List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content

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This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Early ideas

• Bowser's Sky Castle was intended to include minigames, but was cut due to development time restraints.

Early builds

E3 2010 footage

• The scenery was similar to Paper Mario's.
• ? Blocks were smaller and had light brown outlines.
• In-battle stickers originally appeared in big light brown and blue squares and had different designs.
  • One of the stickers had an appearance similar to the Multibounce badge from the first two Paper Mario games.
• Paperization did not include the screen turning into a photograph. Instead, the object was simply placed in the wanted area.
• A bridge sticker could be placed above a small gap so Mario can cross it. This was possibly changed to the Wooden Bridge scrap for the final game.
• Enemies such as Goombas and Pokeys looked like they did in the prior Paper Mario games.
• A Chain Chomp was shown to be a partner.
  • The Chain Chomp had an overworld ability similar to Kooper and Koops where it could charge in a certain direction to hit objects.
• The Wiggler had more body segments and had a pink flower similar to the unused Wiggler sprite in Super Paper Mario.
• There was going to be a Monty Mole king boss named King Choropu (キングチョロプー), but it was probably replaced by Gooper Blooper as it is shown in a forest area similar to World 3.
• One image shows a maze made of playing cards but said area does not appear in the final game.
• Whomp was smaller, bluer, and most likely a regular enemy.
• Multiple Wigglers were going to appear as enemies.

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  Different ? Blocks, and also the Candy Pops in the background.

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  Paper Mario background, curtains, and early stickers. Also note the early Koopa Troopa and Goombas.

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  A maze made of playing cards which is never seen in the final game.

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  Early Chain Chomp partner. Also note what appears to be a defeated Big Goomba, which does not appear in the final game.

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  The early Wiggler.

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  The scrapped King Choropu boss.

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  An early bridge sticker.

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  An early Whomp.

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  Early battle system.

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  The damage Mario receives is represented by a yellow star instead of a red one. Also note the early Pokey sprite.

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  Early Chain Chomp partner in the overworld.

Nintendo Conference 2010 footage

• The art style appeared to be much closer to the art style in the final game.
• The health HUD was a white and yellow bar and the numbers were orange.
• An unknown "S" rainbow HUD was placed under Mario's health meter, likely either a power generation bar, some sort of "Limit Break" bar, or was similar to Star Power.
• The Frog Suit sticker acted as an attack sticker, not a defense one. Its original purpose was inserted into the Line Jump.
• Stickers were red circles with an icon on them.
• The health meter numbers were red.
• Koopa Troopas are flipped over when hit, similar to the first two Paper Mario games.

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  An early HP HUD and early rainbow meter.

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  An early sticker being used.

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  An early area resembling Warm Fuzzy Plains.

Nintendo World 2011 trailer

• Coins were similar to Super Paper Mario's version.
• The interior of Goomba Fortress' large tower was drastically different, as it had both Heart and Save blocks at the bottom, lacked ?-Blocks and was darker.
• The center of Decalburg had a third path branching off from it suggesting that Surfshine Harbor was likely originally intended to be a part of Decalburg.
• The Shop in Decalburg had a mushroom design that resembled the previous three Paper Mario games.
• An unused area that resembled Whammino Mountain that had falling Parabombs was shown.

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  An early interior of Goomba Fortress's Tower.

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  An early version of Decalburg, with multiple different pathways.

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  An early volcano-themed area with Dry Bones.

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  An early snow-themed area.

E3 2011 trailer

• The game was known as "Paper Mario" at this point.
• The opening shows a very different map and seven Royal Stickers rather than six, suggesting that more worlds were planned.
• Battle Spin was originally called "Battle Chance".
• The Scissors' clipping effect just included bright lines to appear in the screen. They also were red instead of green.
• In-battle Fan would appear as a sticker and right on the stage, instead of the background.
• The stickers on the Shop in Decalburg were actual stickers instead of cardboard.
• A Mystery Box sticker is included on an artwork released with Mario, but a Mystery Box sticker is not seen anywhere in the final game, nor in any screenshots.

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  Early logo

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  The early version of the Shop.

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  An early in-battle Fan.

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  Red Scissors.

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  "Battle Chance".

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  Early coins.

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  The Mystery Box.

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  Early mountainous area with Parabombs.

Nintendo Conference 2011 trailer

• Stickers had a hexagonal shape.
• The Scissors were cyan-colored.
• The Baahammer was simply a Sleepy Sheep-like head on a handle. The final version for this item is a purple hammer with a slightly modified Sleepy Sheep marked on its side.
• Album pages displayed their number and the total number of pages instead of only the page number in a semicircle.

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  Hexagon-shaped stickers.

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  Early Megasparkle Goomba boss fight.

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  Early Baahammer.

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  Cyan-colored Scissors.

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Miscellaneous

• The principal Action command was assigned to the B button. In the final version, it is assigned to the A button.

Unused data

Unused maps

The Sticker Fest plaza featured a different design and a blocked-off exit most likely intended to be accessed later in the game. There is an unused map with a pipe that is labeled "Mario's house pipe" which suggests that the Mario Bros.' House was possibly planned to be in the game.

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  The unused Sticker Fest plaza.

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  The unused map labeled as "Mario's house pipe".

Unused text

2-Fold Shiny Goomba
4-Fold Goomba
4-Fold Shiny Goomba
Shiny Spiny
Deep Cheep
Monty Mole
Inky Piranha Plant
Ptooie
Bullet Bill
Bill Blaster
Banzai Bill
Banzai Blaster
Crowber
Shiny Dry Bones

Several unused enemies.

• The PRIMA Official Game Guide mentions Shiny 2-Fold Goombas, 4-Fold Goombas, Shiny 4-Fold Goombas and Shiny Dry Bones.
  • Shiny variants of Paper Dry Bones and Spinies later appeared in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.

Unused graphics

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  A green, spiked Pokey.

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  A Ptooie.

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  Graphics of a Fish Bone being damaged. As they act as mere obstacles in the final game, they cannot be fought in battle but can be attacked with the hammer.

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  Graphics of a Lakitu being damaged. In the final game, the top left sprite can be seen by jumping into Lakitu while using a Super Star.

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  What appears to be a fishing rod is stored with the Lakitu graphics.

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  An unused shiny Dry Bones.

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  An unused larger version of the Leaf sticker.

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  An unused Piranha Plant sticker. Its internal name ("sl_pkn_hat") suggests it was an early or alternate version of the Spike Helmet sticker.

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  An unused rock sticker. Likely would have functioned similarly to the Pebble from Paper Mario.

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  An unused Spiny Egg sticker.

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  An unused Super Leaf sticker. Possibly replaced with the Tail sticker.

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "mp_hei_4_dokan". Likely intended for Hither Thither Hill. A duplicate exists under the name "pm_hei_4_dokan".

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "mp_iwa_4_tree". Likely intended for Whammino Mountain. A duplicate exists under the name "pm_iwa_4_tree".

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "mp_sky".

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "mp_w4_yak_09a". Likely intended for The Enigmansion. A duplicate exists under the name "pm_w4_yak_09a".

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "pm_bridge01". Likely intended for an area in World 1.

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "pm_hei_2_02a". Likely intended for Water's Edge Way.

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "pm_hei_2_item01". Likely intended for Water's Edge Way.

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "pm_hei_3_flower1". Likely intended for Bouquet Gardens.

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "pm_hei_3_flower2". Likely intended for Bouquet Gardens.

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  An unused scrap internally referred to as "pm_hei_3_flower3". Likely intended for Bouquet Gardens.

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  A screenshot found in Sticker Star's data, which shows an unused Snake-like enemy.

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  Unused UI elements that appear to be similar to sprites from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

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  Earlier design for Sombrero Guy

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  Earlier design for Accordion Guy

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  Earlier design for Maraca Guy

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  Earlier design for Gooper Blooper

Gallery

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  An early logo, as shown in the E3 2012 trailer

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  Early artwork of Mario in the same art style as previous Paper Mario games