Editing List of Paper Mario: Color Splash pre-release and unused content

{{italic title|List of ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' pre-release and unused content}}
This is a list of pre-release and unused content for ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''.

==Early ideas==
The game features a concept art gallery in which concept art is gradually unlocked by donating Battle Cards to the museum<ref name="PMCS livestream 4">Crunchii (September 26, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G59LgSoGQQ The Final Paper Mario: Color Splash Stream (Thank You Everyone)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 26, 2016.</ref>. The concept art allows to see how the characters, objects and settings were gradually changed during development. 

===Unused locations===
The concept art gallery reveals two locations that were cut from the game.
[[File:PMCS_Art_37.png|thumb|Concept art showing [[Decalburg]] and an unused location.]]
The first location is the east side of [[Decalburg]], from the [[Paper Mario: Sticker Star|previous game]], that would have featured new objects, including postboxes, differently placed [[Coins]] and [[? Block]]s and, most importantly a river with sewage pipes, that it would have been possible to cross using a bridge to reach an area not present in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''. The second one is an unused location similar to a temple in a mountainous area of a rocky desert, that would have featured blue torches and at least three buildings connected by staircases and bridges. Many warp pipes would have been present as well, as in the concept art five of them can be observed, of which four are in a row.
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[[File:PMCS_Art_28.png|thumb|left|The inside of the unused location.]]
The unused location on the inside would have featured blue torches, cacti, sandfalls, broken walls that allow some light to enter, drawings of a Coin, a mushroom and a star on the walls, very high pillars, bridges made of blocks of a different material, possibly sand, and spiked pits, thus making it similar to [[Kiwano Temple]], suggesting, along with the rocky desert setting, that this unused location might have been a preliminary version of said location.
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===Development of characters' design===
A few characters underwent several changes in their design before their final one was finalized.

====Huey====
[[File:PMCS_Art_36.png|thumb|Concept art showing various early designs of [[Huey]].]]
One of the early designs of [[Huey]] was similar to a [[Swoop]] with colors ranging from red, to yellow, to white, a radial crest and a face similar to that of [[Chuck Quizmo]] and [[Grubba]], with sunglasses and a blue bow tie. A uniform grey design with a single tuft, a ghost-like face and a red bow tie was then tried. Several designs of bottles were also attempted. Two of those featured a mouth, one of them had wings, another one was colored with the three colors used by the Paint Hammer (blue, red and yellow), and a further one was more similar to an ink bottle, complete with feather. Three different expressions of the ink bottles were drawn (thoughtful, happy and angry), and it is shown that they were meant to follow Mario by bouncing on the ground instead of flying like Huey does.
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====Black Bowser====
[[File:PMCS_Art_33.png|thumb|left|Concept art showing various early designs of [[Black Bowser]].]]
In one of the early designs, [[Black Bowser]] was going to be normal Bowser possessed by a black cape with yellow eyes. As a consequence, his cuffs and eyes would have shone of a bright yellow, while the sclera would have become black. A new design instead was a recolored Bowser in which the mouth, the eyes, the eyebrows and the hair were red, the spikes, the horns and the sclera were yellow, while the rest was in greyscale. A different version of said design would have had some of the coloring of Bowser being still visible, except for the back of the shell, while the pupils and irises would have not been visible, some parts like the hair would have shone and and drops of paint would have continually evaporated from him. Two designs more similar to the final one were attempted, with Bowser covered in black paint, the red tongue being visible and the eyes being red with a yellow sclera. Both a version in which the claws, horns and spikes were still normally colored and a version in which they were fully covered by black paint were drawn. Finally, some poses of the early designs were drawn: one of him looking behind surprised, one of him looking at someone going up in front of him, one of him breathing fire, one of him blocking someone with his hands, and one of him spinning in his shell.
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====Rock Paper Wizard====
[[File:PMCS_Art_22.png|thumb|Concept art showing various early designs of the [[Rock Paper Wizard]].]]
Several designs of the [[Rock Paper Wizard]] were attempted, which consisted of Toads being hidden by a white sheet with at least holes for the eyes. In one of them he was a Toad dressed like a [[Duplighost]] with white eyes, a red bow tie and a jester hat with an orange and violet zigzag pattern at the base and the three shapes of Roshambo at the tips, each one tied to a particular pattern: cyan and light blue longitudinal stripes for scissors, yellow and dark yellow transversal stripes for paper, white polka dots on magenta for rock. He would have used signs to indicate what shape he was playing. In another one he was similar to a white [[Lantern Ghost]] with a red bow tie, with a stick colored yellow, cyan and magenta having at the tip the shape he was going to play. Two designs simply consisted of a Toad covered by a white sheet with holes for the eyes. One of them had black eyes with yellow pupils, while the other had a mouth with a content expression, holes in the eyes that allowed to see the Toad inside and a 「じ」 character from Hiragana on the head that might have had various meanings. Another design had a Toad covered by a white sheet with small holes for the eyes and a large hole for the mouth, used to see around, wearing a magenta, cyan and yellow turban, with a blue stone surrounded by a gold ring and what looked like a white feather, that might have been made with a white sheet. He would have used sticks, each one with a hand on the tip, to simulate his hand and to show the shape he wanted to play. Along with the turban, also a violet Top hat with spots of yellow, magenta and cyan spots was drawn. Finally, a design would have involved two Toads, one standing on the cap of the other, with the sheet covering both of them and having holes for the eyes and the mouth, the latter of which would have been used to see around. The tip of the sheet would have been colored with magenta, yellow and cyan paint.
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====Shy Bandit====
[[File:PMCS_Art_23.png|thumb|left|Concept art showing various early designs of the [[Shy Bandit]].]]
The [[Shy Bandit]] was meant to be a [[Black Shy Guy]] from the beginning, and in all cases except one a grey Slurp Guy, however several ways to convey that it is a bandit were attempted. Three of them were different to the final design in that they relied on a green sheet that either formed a hood and had swirls on it, or formed a sack tied to the bottom of the mask. In the first case two designs were attempted, one was the only design in which the Shy Bandit was a normal Shy Guy with a hood tied in a way that covered the mouth that fully covered the hat with a lighter green color and less swirls of a darker green color, the other had a hood tied to the bottom of the mask that did not fully cover the hat and was of a darker green color with many swirls of a light green color. In the designs similar to the final one, three designs of the glasses were tried, one of which had magenta glasses with an area for the nose defined with sharp angles, another had a grey glasses with a more gradually defined area for the nose and shapes that remained wings at both tips of the glasses, and the final design, similar to the magenta glasses but with a different color and with a more gradually defined area for the nose. Of this latter design, several color for the eyes, the mask and the glasses were tried: the first one had black eyes, black mask and red glasses, the second was red with the left eye white and the right eye black with the mask using the same coloring as the eyes, the third was the one actually used in the final game, with a white mask, black eyes and red glasses, the fourth had alternating red and white colors, with the mask and the eyes having the same color and being red on the right side, while the glasses had the opposite color, the fifth had a white mask and eyes and red glasses, the last one had on the right side black mask and eye with white glasses, while the in the left part the mask and eye were white while the glasses were red.
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====Chosen Toads====
[[File:PMCS_Art_14.png|thumb|Concept art showing various early designs of the [[Chosen Toads]].]]
An early design of the [[Chosen Toads]] had them being [[Red Toad]]s with more varied shapes of the keys. A design of the shapes of the keys more similar to the final one can be seen in the sketches, which also show how the Chosen Toads were supposed to disappear, how the key was meant to appear and how the Chosen Toads were supposed to use their keys. 
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====Rescue Squad====
[[File:PMCS_Art_15.png|thumb|left|Concept art showing various early designs of the Toads of the [[Rescue Squad]].]]
Among the early designs of the Toads of the Red [[Rescue Squad]], two of them only wore stars on the head that distinguished them from the other Toads, while another design relied on a bent head. Another design with the bent head had uniformly red outfits, while other two design with the uniformly colored outfits also had another yellow distinguishing element, either a star pinned to the jacket or a scarf. A variation of the final design was also made that had the outfits used in the final game, along with a yellow scarf and a lamp similar to the one used by [[Captain Toad]]. Only a preliminary design of the Toads of the Blue Rescue Squad is shown, having a yellow scarf instead of a light blue scarf used in the final game. Two preliminary designs were made of the Toads of the Yellow Rescue Squad having the typical outfits of Toads with different colors, as the jacket and belt were dark grey and the jacket was orange. The difference among them were the yellow distinguishing elements: a scarf in one case and the yellow star in the other.
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====Other Toads====
[[File:PMCS_Art_29.png|thumb|Concept art showing various early designs of the Foreman, the Violet Passage captain and the legendary captain.]]
A few designs of the [[Foreman]] were attempted, two of them showed him wearing the hat of modern authorities, of which one even had the elegant outfits. In two designs he had blue and light blue outfits typical of mechanics and spots of oil or dust on his face, cap and outfits. One of them even had a blue hat with spots of oil or dust. The [[Violet Passage captain]] had several early designs as well, two designs were characterized by a sword, a hat and a jacket typical of pirates' captains, one of them had a red jacket, a darker skin tone, a black cap with red dots and a skull on the hat, the other had a dark grey jacket and a skull with crossed bones behind on the hat. Only one design of the [[legendary captain]] is shown, having a sword like that of the Violet Passage captain, a red jacket and a hat with a skull on it and a red ribbon around it typical of the pirates' captains, and a black cap with yellow dots. Finally, a common design was also attempted, which had a sword, the typical outfit of a Toad with a black jacket and a pirate hat with a white mushroom having crossed bones on it in place of the cap.
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==Unused data==
There is an unused sprite of [[Princess (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Princess]] that uses the [[Chain Chomp]] sprite from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', though with a pink bow on her head and a slightly bigger eye like in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''.

An unused Huey Replica card exists in the game's data. If Mario uses it, it acts like a Jump card.<ref>Getlucky12341. (February 13, 2017). [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNZ3YGRr5k Paper Mario: Color Splash HACKS! - Glitch Showcase #3]. ''YouTube''. Retrived February 16, 2017.</ref>

Some cards that can only be obtained pre-colored have special behaviors when they are not colored, mainly due to the coding used that gives them both a base effect while uncolored and a full effect while colored.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12jSeMI6-xEia0ocOrG_ykpCXNoEmX5pGitHnfsuf9ag/pubhtml a transcrition of the Unit Data table and of the Weapon Data Table of the game].</ref> [[1-Up Mushroom]] cards and [[POW Block]] cards appear to be used, but do not have any effect. [[Mushroom]]s, Big Mushrooms, and Mega Mushrooms give Mario more [[Heart Point|HP]] depending on how much the card is painted. Defensive cards, such as the [[Frog Suit]], [[Raccoon Mario|Tail]], and Spike Helmet, are the exact same as the colored version of their cards. [[Kamek]] and the [[Koopalings]] can still be summoned and just like normal enemies, the fraction of their HP when summoned depends on how much the card is colored. <ref>Getlucky12341. (November 10, 2016). [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SmtiWHAPZtA Paper Mario: Color Splash HACKS! - Huey Card outside of Boss Battle, Custom Music, Inventory Hacks!]. ''YouTube''. Retrived February 16, 2017.</ref>

In the game's code, it is revealed that the Super Ludship is supposed to have an attack that instantly defeats Mario, called the ''Lud-Cannon Blast'',<ref>As indicated by the ''BB_BossBattle_Ludwig_10'' line of dialogue, that states ''Not even you could withstand my power, Mario... Now, meet your doom. Lud-Cannon Blast!''</ref> that is hinted by {{Ludwig}}, along with a line that suggests the player to use the Tail Card.<ref>Said sentence is the ''BB_BossBattle_Ludwig_09'' line of dialogue that states ''Gweheh! You're going to fight my Super Ludship with THOSE cards? You'd best turn tail and run!''</ref> The Super Ludship would fire many projectiles dealing 25 HP of damage each.<ref>As shown by the ''LDW_BULLET_KILL_ATTACK'' in the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12jSeMI6-xEia0ocOrG_ykpCXNoEmX5pGitHnfsuf9ag/pubhtml Weapon Data Table of the game].</ref> In the final game, the event that leads to the attack does not appear to be able to be triggered.

Red Paint Guys have a set of four generic dialogue quotes. However, they are given specific sets of dialogue for the two instances they are encountered in-game, leaving these unused. They can be found in <tt>BattleEnemy.msbt.lz</tt>, prefixed with <tt>PNK_HEI_R_BTL_COM</tt>.
*''"Carrying this thing is a workout!"''
*''"I got more paint than you!"''
*''"No paint, no gain...t!"''
*''"Bucket brigade!"''

[[Koopa Paratroopa 10-Stack]]s have a standard attack that deals 5 damage per Paratroopa, but they are only summoned during the battle with {{Larry}} and will always target the conductor Toad, so it's not possible to see this attack in normal gameplay.

Among the item names for the [[Journal Entry|Journal Entries]] is an unused string reading "Sea Journal."<ref>In the file <tt>ItemName.msbt.lz</tt>, <tt>ItemName_KEY_V2_SEA_MEMO_Dummy</tt></ref>

Some files, such as <tt>FadeCap.bfres.lz</tt>, contain a rainbow texture with the word "dummy" over it.

A pink [[Whistle Snifit]] is found in the game's graphics, although not used in-game. Pink Whistle Snifits debut in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' in the cafe at the [[Spring of Rainbows]].

[[Deep Cheep]]s and green [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s are found in the game's graphics, but are left unused.

All enemies, even ones that are new to ''Color Splash'', have what appears to be graphics for being [[asleep]], with enemies that appeared in ''Sticker Star'' reusing these graphics. For enemies that appear in Roshambo temples, one frame of the animation is used as a "thinking" pose when there is a tie, but there is no way to inflict Sleep on enemies in this game. Mario also has a sleeping animation, complete with snot bubble, that is separate from his unique thinking pose.

Many Toads exclusive to Port Prisma have recolors in the sprite graphics (palettes of <tt>KNP_Town.bfres.lz</tt>): [[Guide Toad]], [[Rescue Squad Chief]], [[Card Connoisseur Toad]], [[Action Toad]], [[Know-it-All Toad]], and [["Deep Cuts" Toad]]. The [[Wringer]] does not have recolors, and is instead stored in <tt>SQKNP.Default.bfres.lz</tt>.

In the graphics for the Red Slurp Guy, one contains text reading "*mask_path" written far above the Slurp Guy.

In <tt>RCK_Crowd_30fall.Red.bfres.lz</tt>, graphics used for the stack of red [[Rescue Squad]] Toads in [[Sunset Express]], the first graphic is text reading "*format_bc3."

A file named <tt>BigMoney.bfres.lz</tt> contains nothing except a dummy texture reading "TES."

There is an oversight in the graphics for the green Toads at [[Toad Trainworks]]. One back sprite, <tt>Pera_Albedo.0004_Back</tt>, depicts the Toad with only three spots instead of four. This is corrected in the other back sprite, <tt>Pera_Albedo.0003_Back</tt>. This can be seen in <tt>KNP_Paste_O3.Green.bfres.lz</tt>. In the game, this scene plays out with a fixed camera angle, so the oversight cannot be seen.

Two placeholder models are present: <tt>MOBJ_TST_FenceA.bfres.lz</tt> is an early model of a fence, and <tt>MOBJ_TST_Dummy.bfres.lz</tt> is three colored triangles.

A low-resolution version of a [[Hammer x3]] card is used as a placeholder graphic for Battle Cards. It is present in various files from the <tt>/Graphics/UI/Pnl/</tt> directory.

There are unused [[letter]]s featuring the [[Rescue Squad]] captains. They feature a polka-dotted background, with a cut-in of the captain saluting alongside. Their icons can be found in <tt>ItemIcon.bfres.lz</tt>, while the letter graphics are in <tt>WdwLetterLRCK.bfres.lz</tt>. No text remains for what the contents of the letters would have been.

"[[It]]" has an unused icon, depicting a colored Yoshi. This item cannot be recollected after it is placed down, and the Yoshi runs away after Mario paints it.

Unused recolors of [[Host Snifit]] can be found in the palettes of <tt>MUC_E.bfres.lz</tt>.

The USA release of the game contains English, Spanish, and French translations. However, all graphics have unfinished Portuguese translations, some of which feature incomplete shading or have placeholder labels over them. This is fixed in the European version.

There is an oversight in the [[Koopa Troopa]]'s attack animations. In the final game, the animation when one exits its shell is simply a reversed version of when it retreats into its shell. However, there is an unused unique sprite with the Koopa Troopa pointing its beak out of the shell, with the texture names indicating which animation it belongs to.

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PMCS Action Toad blue.png|Unused recolor of the Action Toad
PMCS Action Toad green.png|Unused recolor of the Action Toad
PMCS Action Toad purple.png|Unused recolor of the Action Toad
PMCS Action Toad red.png|Unused recolor of the Action Toad
PMCS Action Toad yellow.png|Unused recolor of the Action Toad
PMCS Card Connoisseur Toad blue.png|Unused recolor of the Card Connoisseur Toad
PMCS Card Connoisseur Toad default.png|Unused recolor of the Card Connoisseur Toad
PMCS Card Connoisseur Toad green.png|Unused recolor of the Card Connoisseur Toad
PMCS Card Connoisseur Toad red.png|Unused recolor of the Card Connoisseur Toad
PMCS Card Connoisseur Toad yellow.png|Unused recolor of the Card Connoisseur Toad. This design would later be used for [[Kanchō Kinopio]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''.
PMCS Deep Cuts Toad blue.png|Unused recolor of the "Deep Cuts" Toad
PMCS Deep Cuts Toad default.png|Unused recolor of the "Deep Cuts" Toad
PMCS Deep Cuts Toad green.png|Unused recolor of the "Deep Cuts" Toad
PMCS Deep Cuts Toad red.png|Unused recolor of the "Deep Cuts" Toad
PMCS Deep Cuts Toad yellow.png|Unused recolor of the "Deep Cuts" Toad
PMCS Guide Toad blue.png|Unused recolor of Guide Toad
PMCS Guide Toad default.png|Unused recolor of Guide Toad
PMCS Guide Toad purple.png|Unused recolor of Guide Toad
PMCS Guide Toad red.png|Unused recolor of Guide Toad
PMCS Guide Toad yellow.png|Unused recolor of Guide Toad
PMCS Know-it-All Toad blue.png|Unused recolor of the Know-it-All Toad
PMCS Know-it-All Toad green.png|Unused recolor of the Know-it-All Toad
PMCS Know-it-All Toad purple.png|Unused recolor of the Know-it-All Toad
PMCS Know-it-All Toad red.png|Unused recolor of the Know-it-All Toad
PMCS Know-it-All Toad yellow.png|Unused recolor of the Know-it-All Toad
PMCS Rescue Squad Chief blue.png|Unused recolor of the Rescue Squad Chief
PMCS Rescue Squad Chief green.png|Unused recolor of the Rescue Squad Chief
PMCS Rescue Squad Chief purple.png|Unused recolor of the Rescue Squad Chief
PMCS Rescue Squad Chief red.png|Unused recolor of the Rescue Squad Chief
PMCS Rescue Squad Chief yellow.png|Unused recolor of the Rescue Squad Chief
PMCS Host Snifit blue.png|Unused recolor of Host Snifit
PMCS Host Snifit green.png|Unused recolor of Host Snifit
PMCS Host Snifit pink.png|Unused recolor of Host Snifit
PMCS Host Snifit yellow.png|Unused recolor of Host Snifit
PMCS Baby Princess.png|An unused sprite of Princess
PMCS dummy texture.png|A dummy texture
PMCS 1-Up Mushroom card unpainted.png|Unpainted 1-Up Mushroom card
PMCS Tail card unpainted.png|Unpainted Tail card
PMCS Spike Helmet card unpainted.png|Unpainted Spike Helmet card
PMCS Frog Suit card unpainted.png|Unpainted Frog Suit card
PMCS Huey Replica card.png|Huey Replica card
PMCS Huey Replica card unpainted.png|Unpainted Huey Replica card
PMCS Pink Whistle Snifit Idle Animated.gif|The pink Whistle Snifit
PMCS Slurp Guy Mask Path.png|The "*mask_path" graphic
Deep Cheep PMCS sprite.png|A [[Deep Cheep]]
Koopa Paratroopa green PMCS sprite.png|A green [[Koopa Paratroopa]]
Green Shell Paratroopa PMCS sprite.png|A Paratroopa's [[Green Shell]]
PMCS Big Money test.png|The "BigMoney" test graphic
PMCS format bc3.png|The "*format_bc3" graphic
PMCS green Toad mistake.png|A green Toad with only three spots
PMCS Item It.png|Unused icon for "it."
PMCS panel dummy uncolored.png|A placeholder card image.
PMCS panel dummy colored.png|A placeholder card image.
PMCS Rescue Purple letter background.png|Rescue Purple's letter background
PMCS Rescue Green letter background.png|Rescue Green's letter background
PMCS Rescue Yellow letter background.png|Rescue Yellow's letter background
PMCS Rescue Blue letter background.png|Rescue Blue's letter background
PMCS Rescue Red letter background.png|Rescue Red's letter background
PMCS Rescue Purple letter icon.png|Rescue Purple's letter icon
PMCS Rescue Green letter icon.png|Rescue Green's letter icon
PMCS Rescue Yellow letter icon.png|Rescue Yellow's letter icon
PMCS Rescue Blue letter icon.png|Rescue Blue's letter icon
PMCS Rescue Red letter icon.png|Rescue Red's letter icon
PMCS Rescue Purple letter salute.png|Rescue Purple's letter cut-in
PMCS Rescue Green letter salute.png|Rescue Green's letter cut-in
PMCS Rescue Yellow letter salute.png|Rescue Yellow's letter cut-in
PMCS Rescue Blue letter salute.png|Rescue Blue's letter cut-in
PMCS Rescue Red letter salute.png|Rescue Red's letter cut-in
PMCS unused fence.png|The unused fence model.
PMCS unused triangle 1.png|A placeholder triangle model.
PMCS unused triangle 2.png|A placeholder triangle model.
PMCS unused triangle 3.png|A placeholder triangle model.
PMCS Battle Spin temp 1.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS Battle Spin temp 2.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS Battle Spin temp 3.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS Big Paint Star temp 1.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS Big Paint Star temp 2.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS block temp.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS excellent temp 1.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS excellent temp 2.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS good temp 1.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS good temp 2.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS great temp 1.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS great temp 2.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS nice temp 1.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS nice temp 2.png|Incomplete Portuguese text
PMCS bugged Koopa animation.png|The bugged Koopa Troopa animation.
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==References==
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