2006

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February#

DS Conference 2006#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Was any video footage taken of this event?

The screenshot on the DS Conference 2006¹ website and the video at the conference itself appear to be of the same version.

Level

• The section in the screenshot doesn't appear in the final. The block and bush arrangement and the position relative to the mid-point suggest it was an early version of the section with the Vine-containing block.
• The midway point is near the centre of the level, rather than near the end.

HUD

• The Coin and Timer icons have slightly different appearances and are centred.
• The Progress Bar marker for the Midway Point is a line, rather than a flag.
• The player icon on the progress bar is higher up than the final.
• The 'w' before the level number is a lower case, unlike the final game.
• Various elements are placed and sized differently in this version.
• The item storage only has one slot now.
• The three empty circles appear to be the first sign of the Star Coins, or something like them.

Screenshots#

To do: Compare to screenshots from the released version where necessary, and add a description to the 1st, 3rd, and 7th screenshots

These new screenshots first appear in a Famitsu issue from around this month² and seem to have been released to the general press later.³

Early	Final

Early version of what in the final is World 4-Ghost House. The candle flame in the background is missing, and the "?" Block is a darker yellow instead of gray

Most resembles World 3-1, the only level with Cheep Chomps, but doesn't seem to directly match any part of that level.

Early	Mockup	Final

An early version of what in the final is World 3-B. Compared to the final level, the theme is desert, there are coins on top of the pipes (something that doesn't happen at all in the final level) and all the pipes are green. By modding in the desert background to the final level, and you can see that the background scrolling amount suggests, assuming the scrolling parameters were the same, that the placement of this section along the level is the same in this build and in the final.

Early version of what in the final is World 6-4, now seeming to use the final mountain background.

This screen shows an early version of Unused Level 5. This shows that the level was removed after the desert tileset was changed to the final/near-final version. Also notable is the Spiny, which uses the wrong sprite-set in the final.

Apparently an early version of what in the final is World 6-1.

Early	Final

Most resembles World 8-4. World 8-4 has the dark land theme, whereas this has the jungle theme. Blocks, coins and terrain were rearranged. You can see the unused "junglekusa" actor from the final game in use here, with earlier graphics. Judging from the background scrolling distance, assuming the scrolling parameters were the same, the equivalent objects are in the final level are not in the same location in the early level.

Many of these screenshots can also be found in Nintendo Dream issue 144, released sometime in February⁴

Image	Text	Translation
	←後ろにピラミッドも見えてちょっとした観光気分。これはファイアマリオだね ↓テレサは空中を自由に動くから、囲まれるとキケンだよ。マリオ、ピンチ！ [Speech Bubble:] サンボも飛び出す 砂漠ステージ	← Looks a bit like sightseeing with the pyramids in the back. Here's Fire Mario ↓ Because Boos move freely in midair, it's dangerous to get surrounded. Look out, Mario! [Speech Bubble:] Pokey is popping out too Desert stage
	↑大きなキノコを上を進む。キノコは風にゆられて動くので、落ちないように気を付けよう →ガサゴソには、上から落ちてくれるやっと地上を歩くやつがいる [Speech Bubble:] キノコがゆーらゆら キノコアスレチック	↑ Get up the big mushroom. With the mushrooms swaying in the breeze, be careful you don't fall off → Scuttlebugs will walk on the ground once they finish falling from above [Speech Bubble:] The mushrooms wobble around Mushroom athletics
	→カベを蹴ってさらに上にジャンプできる。これを繰り返せばかなり高いところまで行けるね ←ガケにぶら下がることもできる。ジャンプできないほど狭い通路では、ぶら下がってキラーをよける必要があるかも… [Speech Bubble:] 新アクション3 ぶら下がり	→ You can jump higher by kicking the wall. You can get to high places if you keep repeating it ← You can also hang from cliffs. For paths that are too narrow for jumping, you may need to dodge the bad guys by hanging... [Speech Bubble:] New action 3 Hanging

March#

• ?th two videos with artwork background released in this month or earlier - compare with final.
• ?th - Famitsu issue released. Has preview with new screenshots. (1, 2, 3)
• 29th - USA ROM built.
• http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news020306supermarioprod

todo: add the other set from tmk's "prerelease"-labelled screens

Screenshots#

To do: These are from the NoA game info page from the time (if not also released to the press)

• https://www.gamekult.com/forum/t/ds-new-super-mario-bros-topic-officiel/122284/71
• https://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/JeuxVideo/Consoles/topik-unik-nintendo-sujet_83933_897.htm#t3306187
• http://web.archive.org/web/20060221133604/http://www.insidegamer.nl/content.php?id=9383
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-super-mario-bros-s-illustre-47174.html
• http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr14918_new-super-mario-bros-la-totale.html

Prototype	Final

Version of the E3 2005 demo desert level, which also has a version left unused in the final

Prototype	Final

Early version of what is World 2-2 in the final game.

Prototype	Final

E3 desert again.

Prototype	Final

Early 2-2 again.

Prototype	Final

Beach level that most resembles World 6-2 in the final.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early version of what in the final is World 3-1.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early version of what in the final is World 3-3.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early version of what in the final is World 1-2.

Prototype	Final

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The level terrain seems to match the start of World 7-6 in the final.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early version of what is World 2-4 in the final. Interestingly it is a grassland level here, but a desert level in the final. In another screenshot [todo], World 2-4 is shown on the map as a grassland level. The final level does not have any desert-specific elements, other than the swelling ground and stone terrain blocks from the desert tileset.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early 7-6 again.

Prototype	Final

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Resembles the start of World 1-1 from the original Super Mario Bros. In the final, the grassland-themed VS. Level is based off of that.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early 2-4 again.

Prototype	Final

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Prototype	Final

Early 1-2 again. It seems to have Buzzy Beetles, unlike the final which has Koopa Troopas. In the final game, the sprite set for loading Buzzy Beetles is still enabled, despite no objects from that set being used in the level at all.

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Early version of what is World 6-1 in the final.

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Interview with Miyamoto in Paris#

https://www.gamekult.com/forum/t/ds-new-super-mario-bros-topic-officiel/122284/87

Press Release#

Date ~15th ^{5 6 7}

GDC#

Demo#

Impressions

• http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/hands-on-preview/11217/new-super-mario-bros-nintendo-ds

Videos

• https://web.archive.org/web/20061018221322/http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9854&type=wmv&pl=game
• https://web.archive.org/web/20061017050605/http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9854&pl=game&type=mov

Screenshots#

Date: ~29th

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April#

• • April ?th - Nintendo Power issue 202 released. Unknown what it contains in terms of previews.

~19th screenshots#

todo: add other ign-exclusive screens https://uk.ign.com/images/games/new-super-mario-bros-nds-682879?page=4

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~24th screenshots#

more of them, and earlier date (11th) found here: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20060411/mario.htm

^{10 11}

May#

• • May ?th - Nintendo Power issue 203 released. Unknown what it contains in terms of previews.

E3 2006#

Screenshots#

To do: add press kit as ref

Early	Final

Level

• The patch of mushrooms on the ground moved a block to the right in the final.

Visual

• The Coin and Timer icons have slightly different appearances.
• The Midway Point Flag has a stand, like in the sequels.
• The player icon on the progress bar is higher up than the final.
• The streak behind the lives HUD is a different shape.
• Red Koopa has a darker shell than the final. The old palette is left unused in the game's files in root/obj/nokonok0256_ncl.bin.

Misc

• Oddly, Mario has activated the midway flag, yet is behind its location.
• Despite the score popups appearing, the player seems to have gained a massive 0 points from smashing up the level.

Early	Final

Levels

• The first Toad House is green instead of red.

Visual

• Lines connecting worlds are blue. Also, the lines that connect locked worlds are not dotted.
• The Star Coin counter has a slightly different appearance and is on the top-right.

Misc

• Some points on the touchscreen's map overview are misplaced unlike the final.
• The Star Coin Signs were moved back and forth a bit, between the prerelease version and the final. The 2 boxes containing the map overview and the "World 1" text were moved up slightly for the final.

Prototype	Final

• Mario isn't reacting to Bowser
• The boss icon is a skull that is unused in the final and is replaced with Bowser Jr.'s icon.

Gameplay Screen: The mushroom platform is longer and has some Coins and three Goombas.

Information Screen: The Star Coin graphics on the bottom screen have black eyes.

There is a Fire Bubble here unlike the final.

The Cheep Cheep is higher.

A progress bar is visible, something that's not possible in the final game in this location.

The singleplayer mode button is labelled 'Mario' instead of xx and parts of the logo and copyright text have an ugly-looking light green border.

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Trailer#

To do: https://chupnet.com/E3/2006/E306Part11.avi (press conference) trailer is higher res + has sfx ds b-roll (which can be found elsewhere I think) has a nsmb clip Official Nintendo magazine july 2006 dvd has a higher/different quality version of the trailer compared to the online/cd press kit version - but still bad quality

Looks final, but I haven't checked carefully. Nintendo's Japanese E3 2006 website DS page says screens and video show games in-development, but that might not be accurate for all the screens/videos.

Press release#

xxxx

Demo#

Same as GDC demo? ¹³¹⁴

Touch!-DS Site#

ref: http://web.archive.org/web/20060623022100im_/http://touch-ds.jp/mfs/newmario/

Japanese Official Site#

todo:

• this is from this site (early music) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZygmvED4a8
• there is at least one more prerelease image on the site - check all of them

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North American Manual#

To do: add link

The North American manual contains a pre-final screenshot used in explanation of the map screen on page 12. It shows an early bottom screen for the World 1 map. It doesn't correspond to the top screen screenshot on the same page. The manuals for the other regions and the PDF versions of the manual available on the official Nintendo websites were corrected.

June#

• June 8th - Game released in Australia
• June 30th - Game released in Europe.
• New Super Mario Bros. had kiosk demo at World Hobby Fair June 2006 - probably post-final

Famitsu#

'...But what does it mean?' This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

To do: get full scan

issue 912 released, featuring New Super Mario Bros. on the cover. Unknown if it has a preview inside. ¹⁷

July#

Nintendo Online Magazine#

Issue 96 features developer interview and pre-final screenshots¹⁸.

Todo#

• http://www.gamekyo.com/videofr5698_video-new-super-mario-bros.html / https://blog.xuite.net/arashi881/blog/13271874-NDS-%E6%96%B0%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E7%91%AA%E8%8E%89%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/planning-des-sorties-nintendo-46095.html
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-mario-ds-plus-d-images-47744.html
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-super-mario-images-et-pochette-47767.html
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-mario-ds-des-images-toutes-neuves-48019.html
• order each month's subsections by date
• some websites have reasonably high-res renders of the world maps - investigate
• Mario 35th anniversary JP site's history page has a prerelease NSMB screen: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/assets/images/history/games/new_smb/img-modal-03.png
• Gekkan Nintendo Tentou Demo 2006.6.1 and Gekkan Nintendo Tentou Demo 2006.7.1 discs have near-final footage/screenshots (but its not necessarily "new" stuff)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060413194108/http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2006/033006_nsmb_1.x e3 2006 or gdc 2006 demo preview article
• https://archive.org/details/new-super-mario-bros-podcast
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=sxy2D8kXdHk interview with guy in mario costume - has some late mvsl footage at least (wireless strength icon on the top screen), haven't checked if it's unique to this video.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150531002700/http://www.nindori.com/interview/159newmario/index.html
• European promo disc https://www.reddit.com/r/nds/comments/1bm9zs2/found_neverbefore_seen_gameplay_of_the_beta_of/
• https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/691781153021149184/promotional-photo-of-shigeru-miyamoto-presenting
• https://mario.nintendo.com/history/ has prerelease screens: https://mario.nintendo.com/static/6395620798d73745813fa25f6762acf0/24ce1/screen-1.jpg https://mario.nintendo.com/static/13edccb69516c9cf37d5a481df23017b/24ce1/screen-2.jpg https://mario.nintendo.com/static/f89dd8fb06eb857befd143a30b30f10b/24ce1/screen-3.jpg
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Mario/comments/1hjx52p/beta_screenshots_of_nsmbds_in_a_official_manual/ is underwater screen final? can it be found anywhere else?

Nintendo Dream issue 146 (June, released April 21st)#

This screen shows that 2-4 was once a a grassland level like 2-2, or at least they marked it like that on the map. This lines up with an early screenshot of the level itself [todo].

To do: http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212018_0_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212022_1_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212024_2_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212031_3_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212038_4_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212044_5_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212046_6_big.jpg

Unk Date#

• Nintendo Dream issue released. Has preview with new screenshots. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Magazine released. Has preview with new screenshots. (1, 2)
• Two screens added to amazon jp page / Amazon jp page published (1

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NOM 96#

Screenshots

To do: 任天堂マガジン表紙・N.O.M2006年7月号 No.96

Interview

To do: 任天堂マガジン表紙・N.O.M2006年7月号 No.96

• Originally Mini Mario had a big nose.
• Mega Mario used to be limited to specific stages, but Miyamoto wanted it to be usable in all stages
• "At first, [the world maps] was more bare-faced and had a childish atmosphere, like a miniature amusement park. Since the game featuring Mario is aimed at all ages, we were careful not to make it look too cute."
• They wanted the controls to be simple.

Future's Game Guide#

p120

To do: ... Upload cropped scans

Both-Screen Screenshots
Visual

• The Big Star progress bar icon is sligtly different?

Misc

• There is no wireless icon. One-Screen Screenshots
  Misc
• The wireless icon is on the gameplay screen.

References#