Episode Differences

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Hubs#

Simpsons House#

• There are no set camera angles.

• The houses outside of the Simpsons House are different. Notably the house in front of the Simpson's house is George H. W. Bush's house from the Season 7 episode "Two Bad Neighbors."

Early	Final

• Outside the window behind the TV is Homer's failed Barbecue Pit from the show's episode "Mom and Pop Art".

Early	Final

Simpsons Garden#

• The Barbecue Pit is also present here.
• There is a random table with a cup that got removed in the final.
• A specific tree has spots on it for some reason.
• The treehouse has a different opening and design.

Misc.

Early	Final

Game Engine#

• The skybox just shows a bunch of colors.
• The poster for Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game is different.

Episodes#

The Land of Chocolate#

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• Attacking the marshmallow trees will cause them to drop marshmallows food pickups, unlike the final Old-Gen version.
• There are three Boston creme platforms instead of 2.

Early	Final

• One of the chocolate buildings originally had a staircase, and the door was smaller.

Old-Gen	New-Gen

Bartman Begins#

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• The placement of the buttons at the start are different. There are also 2 buttons that Homer needs to stand on, like with the New-Gen version.

Early	Final

• A Krusty Koupon was moved from a platform next to some vines over to a different platform.

Early	Final

• The levers use the models from Around the World in 80 Bites.

Around the World in 80 Bites#

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• The Bite Night minigame is located in a different spot. Instead of being at the Krusty Fried Chicken, it is present at a woman holding two glasses of beer.
• When destroying the super meatball, meatball food pickups come out of it for Homer to eat, which voicelines and a model for it go unused in the New-Gen version.
• The destruction of Lady Liberty is done in-game instead of being a cutscene from the New-Gen version.

Lisa the Tree Hugger#

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• The Buddha Hand puzzle at the logging factory is slightly different.

Early	Final

• The cutscene of Lenny and Carl about to get killed on the conveyor is in-game instead of being footage from the New-Gen version.
• You can't save Lenny and Carl with the Buddha Hand Port, as it is not present. Instead, Bart needs to use his slingshot to hit a target, which was shown in a cutscene from the New-Gen version.

Mob Rules#

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• The positions of Abe and Smithers were swapped.

• There is no fencing on the building near the courtyard.

Early	Final

• There was originally a ladder on this green building.

Misc.

Early	Final

• A bouncy tire near a Buddha Hand Port in the courtyard was removed.

Early	Final

• The button in the first Maggie crawlspace originally had an open wall with bars behind it like the New-Gen version instead of a regular wall.
• Planet Hype was originally called Planet Springfield.

Early	Final

• There was originally another ladder leading down to the courtyard.

Misc.

Early	Final

Enter the Cheatrix#

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• There are animations for Bart and Lisa picking up the pages to the Strategy Guide that were removed in the final. Lisa's animation is broken, as her hair is missing.

Bart	Lisa

• The fan was replaced by the grapple hook.

Early	Final

• The level was originally titled "Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater".
• The pipe puzzle is quite broken. Usually, the pipes can tilt in the wrong direction, making the level impossible.
• A platform with two barrels in the first room got removed.
• The death of the Stubborn Ape is in-game instead of being a cutscene from the New-Gen version.

Misc.

Early	Final

The Day of the Dolphin#

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• This level was originally set at daytime. The skybox also originally looked more rudimentary and crude.

Early	Final

• The boats have a different design, with an opening.

Misc.

Early	Final

Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers#

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• Instead of just going straight inside of the UFO, you play the Space Invaders section seen in the New-Gen version, there are also buzz cola machines on each side, which spawn out hamburgers for homer to eat.

• The fountain originally shot out actual water and reuses the statue of selma from "Five Characters in Search of an Author".

Early	Final

• The third mall building was made blue and was given the name of Cockamamie's.

Early	Final

• The TacoMat trucks are seen in a less damaged state compared to the final game, which makes them piles of rubble.

Early	Final

• The Hailstone's building is slightly different, with the windows being alot bigger and missing the sign on the building.

Early	Final

• There was originally a hook on the streetlight near the space beam that Bart could grapple onto.

Early	Final

Shadow of the Colossal Donut#

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• This episode was originally set at daytime. Like with The Day of the Dolphin, and many of the buildings and objects use different colors to reflect this change

Early	Final

• Originally the sign on top of Lard Lad Donuts was a billboard advertising Powersauce Bars, which can also be seen in some early screenshots for the New-Gen version. This billboard would also spawn Powersauce Bars for Homer to eat if Lard Lad uses his lasers on the billboard.

Early	Final

• The Duff Cap above KrustyLu Studios was lowered down to the road in the final game, likely due to how difficult it is to aim Homerball onto the sign.

Early	Final

• Originally there was a ladder to reach the top of Bart's old factory instead of bouncing off a mattress.

Early	Final

• Originally, one of the cranes in the construction zone had a girder attached to its claw, functioning like a fulcrum if Homer and Bart were standing on it.

Early	Final

• Originally the side of the grease recycling plant had a dumpster in place of a Krusty Koupon, which the collectible itself originally to the right, while the Duff Cap was originally on top of the building.

Early	Final

• Lard Lad's death was originally in-game instead of showing the New-Gen equivalent.

Early (In-Game)	Final (FMV)

• The third Bite Night was in a completely different location. It was moved from the Krusty Burger in this level to a van in Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers.

Bargain Bin#

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• The cutscene for shutting off the Cartridge Incinerator is done in-game instead of being a cutscene taken from the New-Gen version.

Misc.

Early	Final

NeverQuest#

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• The switch used to open a door originally didn't have the weight on it.

Misc.

Early	Final

Medal of Homer#

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St. Capitulons

• While the level does take place in nighttime like the final, the lighting says otherwise, because as seen in the level thumbnail, the level originally took place at daytime.

Early	Final

• In the Castle Duffenstein room, there are German soldiers you need to fight in to open the door to leave the room. The posters in this room are also slightly different, showing that the castle was originally called Castle Hoofenstein.

Early	Final

• Around the area are "Smarch Fest" posters that were removed for an unknown reason.

Early	Final

U.S.S. Reel Crazy

• The plane crash cutscene is done in a different way.

Early	Final

• The helium tanks are in a different color.

Early	Final

• Instead of immediately going to a camera flythrough of the plane that ends the level when you reach Mr. Burns, you actually get to fight him like the New-Gen version. After defeating him, he drops the red key card for you to collect.

Misc.

Early	Final

Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game#

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• Instead of having to place 3 lanterns to progress, you just need to defeat a set amount of Dirt Sumos.

• The toilet has a different design. Mr. Sparkle's head is also not shown in stone.

Early	Final

• Instead of cutting to the New-Gen equivalent, you actually get to fight the Sparklemon. However, instead of RPG battles, you just beat the Sparklemon till they die. Also, for some reason, Janey wields Dirty Donkey, which is Sherri and Terri's Sparklemon.

• The skybox just shows a bunch of colors.
• There were originally poles like the New-Gen version instead of platforms at the start of the level.
• A Buddha Hand Port was moved over in the Land of Fire.
• The dojos are not present due to the early Sparklemon fights.

Misc.

Early	Final

Grand Theft Scratchy#

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• Instead of using the batteries to raise and lower the elevator, you just press a button.

Early	Final

• When fighting Poochie, the camera is much more zoomed out compared to the final.

Early	Final

• A sign saying Gougers Gas that would get changed to Groovies Gas got removed next to Stickn' Ya Repeatedly.
• The Tom Jackson posters originally showed him as a human instead of a dog.
• A wall was originally a bunch of roadblocks instead of a normal wall.

Misc.

Early	Final

Five Characters in Search of an Author#

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• Before the boss room, there appears to have been an additional area that was cut during development. Although none of the room’s geometry remains, several props are still present in the environment, including “RWC_Dog” and “RWC_Step_01” (generic platform). There is also an unused model named “RWC_TableBeeRoom.” While it is still placed in the boss room, it appears invisible during gameplay because it functions as a destructible object. Interestingly, “RWC_Dog” may have been designed to shoot bees from its mouth, as a similar prop appears in the DS version of the level.

Early	Final

• The Bender clones have bottles that they use to attack you.

Early	Final

• There's a Apple food pickup that's never seen in the final game.

• The level was originally titled "Rhymes with Complaining".
• Lots of paintings were changed in the second room.
• A statue of an unknown woman was originally a statue of Marge.

Misc.

Early	Final

Game Over#

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• The Hand of Buddha puzzle isn't present.

Early	Final

• The level was originally titled "Meet Thy Player".
• The escalator has a different design.
• The Dance Dance Revelation sequence is more zoomed in than the final.

Misc.

Early	Final

Test Map#

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There are two similar test maps named Metrics.wii and M_and_L.wii. They differ in some objects and characters that get spawned and the characters you get to control. Metrics is played with Homer and Bart, and M_and_L lets you play as Marge and Lisa.

Metrics.wii	M_and_L.wii

Wii Moments#

Bite Night#

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• The font is different.
• The score doesn't go from the food to the score counter. Instead, the score counter just adds up regularly without any effect.
• The HUD has another Homer in the place of the other fighter as a placeholder.
• A bell was removed from the timer.
• The cutscenes in-between the rounds are all very different. You could also originally skip them.
• Homer can be seen in the background as if this was a regular level and not a minigame.

The Quick and the Starved

• The CPUs are generally more aggressive, taking the food quicker than the final.

The Fat and the Furious

• You can generally eat faster than the final.
• The Gastro-Meter is not present.

Fight #1: The Land of Chocolate

• Comic Book Guy is present instead of the White Chocolate Rabbit, likely as a placeholder.
• The arena takes place inside a giant chocolate waterfall instead of near the giant cake.

Early	Final

Fight #2: Around the World in 80 Bites

• Barney's eyes are messed up in the cutscenes.

Fight #3: Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers

• The arena is less detailed.

Fight #4: Game Over

• The arena is glitchy, as if the camera is zoomed out enough, the entire bottom of the arena and the decoration on the cloud are not shown.

Bart Wings#

• While descending, missiles occasionally fire from the aircraft carrier. It's unclear whether they can damage you or not.
• Bartman is shown on the progress tracker instead of Private Bart. The red lines were also moved over to the right a little bit.
• An icon for the Wii Remote and Nunchuk near the score count was removed.
• The loading screen is very different. The background is not moving, Private Bart does not have a mask, and there are missles, cloud rings, and a parachute in the background.
• The cloud rings have a different texture.

Heartburn#

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Heartburn, also known as Homer Bowling, is a cut minigame where you play with the Homerball, go through a track and end by crashing into a pile of Springfield citizens. It uses an earlier Springfield Hub as a base for this minigame. There are many changes found here, but this will just show some of the main recognizable buildings.

Wii Moment Entrance

This door in Mob Rules which you can't enter in the final game is accessible and takes you to the Heartburn minigame. It is present in Mob Rules.

Map 2 (wm_hb2) There is also a second version of the Heartburn minigame map. This map is particularly notable for using Version 0 level geometry, an extremely rare format that appears in only three .wii files across both the prototype and final versions of the game. Because of this, it is likely one of the earliest maps created during development. The map itself is very basic. Only some collision is present, making it impossible to actually complete the minigame, and there are no props or interactive objects. Much of the level also appears to be based on mob rules, with many of the minigame-specific assets only partially implemented. As a result, several pieces of geometry are misplaced, incomplete, or missing entirely.

The Lord of the Flings: Hobbapult#

• This just shows a blank sky, like the final game. It seems that no work was ever done on this aside from the loading screen.

Interiors#

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These are being compared to the New-Gen version.

Church Interior#

The church looks mostly the same, the main difference being a missing desk by the main door, different floor color and there being only one staircase in the main room. Also, Ned Flanders is present instead of Reverend Lovejoy.Chur_Int.wii

Early interior	Final interior

Krusty Burger Interior#

Similar to final, but lacking the 2nd fryer behind the counter. It also has Jimbo Jones in the building, whereas in the final New-Gen version only the Squeaky-Voiced Teen.

Early interior	Final interior

Kwik-E-Mart Interior#

The main difference in the Kwik-E-Mart is a missing shelf and some other objects.

Early interior	Final interior

Moe's Tavern Interior#

Objects on the tables such as glasses have actual transparency in this build. In the final New-Gen version they're opaque.

Early interior	Final interior

Police Station Interior#

There are no buttons to open the jail cells. Using the Player > FlyPlayerWithoutCollisions option through the debug menu shows that there is no collision inside those cells yet.

Early interior	Final interior