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*Certain menu selections, specifically the [[Trophies]], Options, and [[Data]] selections in the Main Menu (then-called "Top Menu"), as well as the Special Melee selection in the Vs. Mode menu, were all blanked out with "?"s. Furthermore, the panel to the right of the menus previewing the menu of the currently selected menu selection, looked considerably different.

*The [[Lottery]] interface had a radically different design, with the actual machine being considerably larger and featuring a model ship, roulette wheel and craps table in the background.

*The earliest character select screens aligned the character portraits to one side. Each of these screens featured less than 14 character portraits. Additionally, similar to the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' beta character select screen, the words "Battle Royal" were displayed in the top left corner instead of "Melee." Finally, the "Press Start" banner on the "Ready to Fight!" band was not located on the banner and instead just above the player boxes.

*Later versions of the character select screen close to the game's release looked nearly identical to the final product. One image on the [[Smabura-Ken|Japanese website]] shows Zelda's character portrait covered by a "?" mark, like other secret characters. As Sheik's playability was revealed before Zelda's, the move is speculated to avoid spoiling the surprise of Zelda's playability. This screenshot also shows that the Ice Climbers' Japanese name was hyphenated.

*The stage select was formatted differently, with Brinstar placed on a top row and Corneria being in the middle. "?" portraits were also in place of presumably the two Special Stages and three Past Stages.

*All-Star Mode was intended to have intro screens nearly identical to the ones found in Classic Mode. They were ultimately unused, with the mode ultimately using the [[All-Star Rest Area]] in transitions between fights, though they are still fully accessible in the Debug Menu.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOzsSEBO9Y</ref> The earliest Classic Mode intros also looked vastly different from the final version's, featuring different character artwork and no maps or backgrounds. However, Bowser's Classic Mode render remained the same but was positioned more towards the background, and so appeared slightly smaller.