Talk:List of unreleased media

Tech Demos

This article list a few tech demos which were never intended to be turned into full games, things that are not really vaporware at all. I'll make a separate Tech Demo page and move the relevant entries, if nobody minds. --Glowsquid 14:00, 1 August 2011 (EDT)

I agree. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 14:04, 1 August 2011 (EDT)

Move the page to "List of Cancelled Games and Vaporware"

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move page 11-0
The page lists all sorts of cancelled or unreleased projects, which doesn't synch with the name. "Vaporware" has a specific definition, it refers to projects that were never released but not officially cancelled, or products with long and bloated developpement cycles and no concrete release in sight. Futhermore, not all vapoware projects are cancelled - games such as Duke Nukem Forever and Team Fortress 2 eventually ended up being released despite being vaporware for most of their production. With this in mind, the wiki's usage of "Vaporware" as a catch-all umbrella term for any cancelled or unreleased game is inaccurate and rather abusive.

I propose moving the page to "List of Cancelled Games and Vaporware" as it suits the content more and I don't feel there are enough cancelled/unreleased games to make creating different pages worthwhile.

Proposer:Glowsquid (talk)
Deadline: December 9, 2011, 23:59 GMT

Move the page to "List of Cancelled Games and Vaporware"

1. Glowsquid (talk) - per proposal.
2. Mariomario64 (talk) – I never really knew there was a difference between the two terms. Per proposal.
3. Mario & Luigi (talk) Per Glowsquid.
4. M&SG (talk) - Per Glowsquid.
5. Mario4Ever (talk) Per proposal.
6. Nintendo64Fan (talk)↑What Mario4Ever said.
7. Technickal (talk) Per Glowsquid.
8. Magikrazy51 (talk)All those in favor, I salute per you!
9. Toad85 (talk) Per Nintendo64Fan
10. ThePremiumYoshi (talk) Per proposal
11. Walkazo (talk) - Per Glowsquid.

Comments

Something feels that the name would just not sound right. I don't really like the word and in articles. New Super Yoshi (talk)

I think the name is serviceable enough, but if anyone proposes a better name before the three days limit, then sure, I'll change it. --Glowsquid 16:19, 25 November 2011 (EST)

Merge with Mario (series)?

The Mario (franchise) article has a subsection "Cancelled Games and Tech Demos". It is currently incomplete, but I planned to expand the subsection (see here. I wanted to do it, but I thought about something: if we add descriptions and even pictures if there are any in the Mario series article, the List of cancelled games and vaporware article would be redundant. Should we merge this article in Mario (series)?
Banon (talk · edits) 16:14, 5 April 2013 (EDT)

I think the section in the Mario series article should link here because the Mario series article is very huge, and I don't want it to be any bigger than it already is. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 19:51, 5 April 2013 (EDT)

Ok so, we should expand this article with images and bigger descriptions (as in the Mario series article), and in the Mario series article put a link to this article with a short description (according to the empty section policy)
Banon (talk · edits) 11:08, 6 April 2013 (EDT)

Complaint

This shouldn't have stuff that was turned into a game (wario land 2, luigi's mansion, mario rpg 2). The info on that should be on the respective prerelease/unused pages.--Hiccup (talk) 15:53, 8 October 2015 (EDT)

I think these have a reason to be there. Reworked games are technically canceled, even if they technically end up in a different console (the original game may end up a whole lot different, such as Kirby Air Ride, which started as a drastically different N64 game). I'm not sure about Wario Land 2's case, but for the others, it should be there for the sake of completion. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 16:01, 8 October 2015 (EDT)

yeah, cancelled versions are worth mentioning ("List of cancelled games, ports and vaporware" would be too wordy, lol).. Wario Land 2's shouldn't be listed since it was just the JP GB release that got canned, but the rest, yes. --Glowsquid (talk) 16:25, 8 October 2015 (EDT)

Super Paper Mario (film)

Should this be listed here? According to Super Paper Mario it was planned at one point by Seth Gordon but never came to be.-- 07:47, 2 April 2017 (EDT)

The reports of it made it sound like it was more wishful thinking on Gordon's part than something that ever went into any step of production. --Glowsquid (talk) 15:13, 2 April 2017 (EDT)

Well, now it's on here. I put it here, where it belongs. Lord Falafel (talk) 12:14, July 18, 2019 (EDT)

Donkey Kong IV

I believe I may have found the elusive "Donkey Kong IV" that magazine referred to...Kong Strikes Back. Its a game from 1984 by Ocean, which is clearly trying to resemble donkey kong (even featuring a ripoff mario on the cover), but is actually a clone of Mr. Do's Wild Ride. It matches the description pretty well, and ocean somehow got the mario rights shortly after, which could've led to confusion by the publication. Still not enough to entirely end the mystery though... --Ireallydontcare123456789 (talk) 23:15, July 17, 2019 (EDT)ireallydontcare123456789

Mario Factory

I guess Mario Factory should be mentioned SOMEWHERE (exactly where, I'm, uh, not there yet) but I think listing it among other things that were proposed with the idea of making them real things you can buy is a bit misleading. The way the patent describes it make it sounds like "Mario Factory" was not a real game (or at least not in the form described) but something made up for the purpose of explaining how the read/write feature of the patented device works.

"a title screen is displayed such as the exemplary screen shown in FIG. 5 entitled "Mario Factory". [...]The description herein sets forth the details of an exemplary game authoring tool referred to herein as "Mario Factory" which is designed primarily for game fabrication by those uninitiated with video game program design and authoring." --Glowsquid (talk) 19:55, September 7, 2019 (EDT)

Cancelled TV shows / Unreleased episodes

I have outlines of unreleased episodes for The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. I even have a script for a proposed but ultimately cancelled Super Mario TV show that would have preceded the Super Show (the Super Show integrated some of its concepts, such as the Ratigator). Where should I post about this content? It comes from the original DiC Writer's Bible, production outlines, scripts, and a rejected TV proof-of-concept proposal that I own, all never-before-seen. There are no articles on this Wiki or even online about them. (I also own the heavily revised Super Mario Bros. film script with many cut scenes.) Please advise. --The Ultimate Mario Fan (talk) 18:00, September 13, 2020 (EDT)

You can publish the material you have in the General Discussion or Marioverse boards on the Mario Boards if you have an account. It's better to expose it in a fan forum and discuss it with others in there before anything else. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 12:41, September 14, 2020 (EDT)

I think that's a great idea. SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA) (talk) 10:05, January 24, 2023 (CST)

Section proposal

Would it be worth adding a section for games which had canceled localizations? As in, where games were exclusive to certain territories, but were originally planned to release in others as well (and never did)? Stuff like the Japanese version of Game & Watch Gallery 4, the North American version of Mario & Wario, the numerous canceled iQue GBA games, etc.

I wanted to ask about this on the talk page first, since I'm not sure if it fits the right criteria for the article. Ireallydontcare123456789 (talk) 14:56, August 16, 2021 (EDT)Ireallydontcare123456789

Look what i found!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElRd1-zXYAEWls3?format=jpg Lucoshi (talk) 21:03, October 7, 2021 (EDT)

The link doesn't work. Niiue - Who has lost his tail? 21:08, October 7, 2021 (EDT)

I found this too https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/mario-bros/

Video for you all!

https://youtu.be/6vru_wvGS6U Lucoshi (talk) 16:08, December 11, 2021 (EST)

Split

Super Mario 64DD has been dumped and it shows that the game has differences from the original game for that reason it should get it's own article. I want to start a proposal to split the article since just arguing with random people isn't gonna do anything but I don't know how to start a proposal so uhhhh... yeah. help. I'manumber1 (talk) 15:30, December 22, 2021 (EST)

Everything is explained here. Nightwicked Bowser 15:39, December 22, 2021 (EST)

Super Mario 64DD Split

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failed 2-7
Super Mario 64DD has many differences from the original game including different textures, a completely different title screen,different Peach's Castle music and some other edited sound effects,plus an oddly glitched wiggler boss fight. Super Mario 64DD also has enough info to support it's own article. For these reasons Super Mario 64DD should get it's own article.

Proposer: I'manumber1 (talk)
Deadline: January 5, 2022, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. I'manumber1 (talk) per proposal
2. Niiue (talk) Per proposal.

Oppose

1. Swallow (talk) Per Waluigi Time's comment, opposing unless this gets elaborated to my satisfaction. Sources for these claims would be nice too.
2. Waluigi Time (talk) After reading The Cutting Room Floor article I'm convinced that any differences in this version aren't significant enough to make it worth splitting.
3. Hewer (talk) These differences don't sound like the kind of thing we'd need a whole article for.
4. RHG1951 (talk) The differences listed on TCRF doesn't seem substantial enough to warrant the creation of an article for it.
5. Archivist Toadette (talk) Super Mario 64DD can easily be covered here.
6. Somethingone (talk) I do not think that a duplicated sound effect oddity, one extra music track, and a few unused images of MK64 renders, a bus and some unknown Nintendo employee are enough to warrant a split.
7. WildWario (talk) An article doesn't seem required. Per all.

Comments

Can you elaborate on what else is different? From the information you've given so far I'm inclined to oppose, there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot here that can't be covered on the current list article and there aren't significant differences from the original game. -- Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 17:20, December 22, 2021 (EST)

The Cutting Room Floor has some more info if you're interested. I'manumber1 (talk) 18:55, December 22, 2021 (EST)

SM64DD.

I don't see a list of changes or anything close to that. Please add something like that. SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA) (talk) 15:25, December 15, 2022 (CST)

Decide how canceled games and vaporware are organized

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leave as-is 0-0-5
The sorting of the text that says "Game Boy Advance / Nintendo GameCube" makes no sense. I was wondering if there's a possibility to decide how canceled games and vaporware can be organized. Here are three options:

Option #1: Organize using a new table style.

Game	System							Description and/or reason
	NES	CD-i	VB	N64DD	GBA	GCN	Wii
Return of Donkey Kong								A follow-up to Donkey Kong, canceled for unknown reasons.
Mario Takes America								A Super Mario platformer, canceled due to financial issues caused by Philips being unsatisfied with the development's progress. Attempts to rework the title into a Sonic the Hedgehog game and even later with original characters fell through, with developer Cigam going bankrupt in 1994.
VB Mario Land								A sequel to Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, otherwise known as Mario Adventure; scrapped in favor of Mario Clash, based on the Mario Bros.-esque mini-game but with extensive variety.
Super Mario 64 2								A sequel to Super Mario 64, abandoned due to a lack of progress and the 64DD's late release and commercial failure. Certain aspects were carried over to Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64 DS. It may be related to Super Mario 64 Disk Version, a similarly-unreleased working port of the previous game demonstrated at Nintendo Space World 1996.
Donkey Kong Plus								A remake of the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, replaced by Mario vs. Donkey Kong, an original game based on the classic Donkey Kong gameplay. Although the game was shown at E3 2002 as a proof-of-concept for connectivity between Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube systems, its intended system is unclear.
Super Mario Spikers								A volleyball-wrestling hybrid game that was being developed by Next Level Games, canceled in favor of Punch-Out!! due to aspects of the game clashing with Nintendo's code of honor.

Option #2: Organize using sections; same as the low-information games and rejected game pitches section, abiet with the {{Main}} template used on top of every section.

Donkey Kong Plus

Main article: Mario vs. Donkey Kong § Development

Donkey Kong Plus was a remake of the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong. Although the game was shown at E3 2002 as a proof-of-concept for connectivity between Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube systems, its intended system—either the Game Boy Advance or the GameCube—is unclear. However, both versions were replaced by Mario vs. Donkey Kong, an original game based on the classic Donkey Kong gameplay.

Option #3: Do nothing.

Proposer: GuntherBB (talk) (blocked)
Deadline: December 16, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Organize using a new table style

#GuntherBB (talk) Per proposal

Do nothing

1. Camwoodstock (talk) Correct us if we're wrong, but this seems to only impact Donkey Kong Plus (no other game on that table seems to be tied to multiple consoles), so part of our vote here is with that in mind. But looking at the information we have on it, it seems like Donkey Kong Plus was intended to be a little bit like a Four Swords Adventures deal where, at least in the level editor mode, gameplay would be split betwixt both a GameCube and a Game Boy Advance. We don't really see anything particularly nonsensical in listing this as both Game Boy Advance and GameCube--it's accurate, and while you could argue there's a bit of ambiguity as to the "main" console, the description does a good enough job clarifying it, and both options don't really do a better job than the description already does; the checkmark list has the same problem of relying on the description, and divvying up into sections effectively leaves only the description.
2. MegaBowser64 (talk) ...Per Camwoodstock. Seems pointless.
3. Swallow (talk) All games are on different systems, Donkey Kong Plus is the only one on more that one (which neither are shared with any other games). The table in its current state is far better for this.
4. Sdman213 (talk) Per all.
5. Power Flotzo (talk) Per all.

Donkey Kong Freedom

https://www.dkvine.com/?p=news_body&post=6697 Lucoshi (talk) 18:56, February 3, 2024 (EST)

Unannounced sequel to DK64

A sequel to Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo GameCube was canceled after the acquisition. Not much is known about the game, as it wasn't enough developed before Rare was acquired by Microsoft. How do list a work that has been canceled without being announced? Windy (talk) 10:57, April 11, 2024 (EDT)

Then... how do you know it existed in any form? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:00, April 11, 2024 (EDT)

Development began in late 1999 or early 2000, immediately after Donkey Kong 64 was released. According to DK fandom and its comments, there is no information other than that it was in development. The name Donkey Kong Racing existed in the newspaper in February 2000. Windy (talk) 11:10, April 11, 2024 (EDT)

Another wiki is not a reliable source. We need something concrete from Rare at the very least. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:38, April 11, 2024 (EDT)

More info about the cancelled games

https://youtu.be/A7II7Xns3No?si=nAD-IFfuLP9xmNap --Lucoshi (talk) 15:21, May 12, 2024 (EDT)

Yossy

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— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Perfection (talk).

It's already there. See List of unreleased media#Super Yoshi no Tamago.--Platform (talk) 05:23, November 16, 2024 (EST)

Split rejected pitches and titles that never began development into a List of proposed media

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Split 5-2
Technically, if a piece of media never went into development (i.e. Elon Musk's proposed Tesla-based Mario Kart game, then it only counts as unreleased due to the fact that it was planned to enter development at one point. However, I believe that projects such as the aforementioned Telsa-based Mario Kart game differ from unreleased media, as unreleased media did go through a period of active development with intent to release the final product, while rejected pitches were simply proposed to Nintendo, with the product never undergoing any official development at all. Occasionally, Nintendo would also have rejected ideas that also underwent little to no official development (such as Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix 2). Because of this, I believe the rejected pitches listed in this article, alongside any media that was proposed to or by Nintendo yet never underwent any official development, should be split from this article into a list of proposed media. This proposal would affect the following sections:

• Elon Musk's Tesla-based Mario Kart game
• Wario Pool
• Yoshi Racing
• The Super Paper Mario film
• The Archie Comics Super Mario pitch
• The Fleetway Publications Super Mario pitch
• The Kinoppe spin-off manga
• The Super Mario animated pitch brought to attention by Ryan Lang
• The Super Mario/Sonic crossover action game
• Retro Studios' Boo pitch
• Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix 2
• The Firebird and Orpheus Software Super Mario Bros. pitches
• Arcade1UP's Donkey Kong pitch
• The rejected Donkey Kong TRS-80 pitch
• The 3DS Virtual Boy port(s) pitch
• Boss Game Studios' Super Mario pitch

Proposer: Nelsonic (talk)
Deadline: March 16, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Split

1. Nelsonic (talk) Per proposal.
2. Camwoodstock (talk) With id Software's Mario 3 excluded, the current list sounds reasonable enough to us. The only possible sticking point we can even think of is Wario Pool; though admittedly, we're a lot less familiar with 3D Pocket Pool than we are the existence of the entire Commander Keen series.
3. Ahemtoday (talk) Makes sense to me.
4. EvieMaybe (talk) they are two different things, after all
5. Power Flotzo (talk) Per all.

Don't split

1. Lucoshi (talk) Why don't add a new list?
2. Rykitu (talk) I would support if this list was too large, but we haven't gotten to that point yet. Also per Lucoshi.

Comments

We disagree that id's Mario 3 pitch should be included, as it did actually start development as a tech demo, and that demo even later spiraled into the Commander Keen series; that's about as far away from "only proposed" as you can get. If that was rectified, we'd be happy to support. ~Camwoodstock ( talk • contribs ) 17:16, March 2, 2025 (EST)

Sounds good. I'll modify the proposal accordingly. Nelsonic (talk) 17:18, March 2, 2025 (EST)

DKC4

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Is the source referencing Donkey Kong Country 4 reliable? Attempts to find credible information about the existence of Donkey Kong Country 4 have proven extremely difficult, and available references appear scarce or potentially fabricated. Fox de Quintal (talk) 21:48, April 11, 2025 (EDT)

Split Mario Factory and give it its own page

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Current time: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 21:52 GMT

For awhile now, Mario Factory has been on this page for unreleased media. It never saw a wide-spread release or nothing, but we know it existed thanks to patents. So, it goes here, right? This is sound reasoning... if not for that load-bearing "wide-spread".

As it turns out, Mario Factory did actually release, and saw limited usage in Japanese schools. Indeed, Mario Factory is actually the main software used by the Game Processor, which you might know from this video by Akfamilyhome, and we even have a bit of surviving information on titles made with it, including a game that actually meets our coverage requirements; namely, Easy Racer! Easy Racer is a simplistic racing game featuring Mario and Luigi, that was distributed via the Satellaview, and was directly created using Mario Factory.

So, uh... Why exactly is Mario Factory in "unreleased media" if it was not only distributed, but a game made using it was even given its own distribution? Sure, Mario Factory is presently lost media, as no surviving units have surfaced, and even Easy Racer itself is currently lost with only footage to show it existed. But lost doesn't mean unreleased, does it? It's not like Easy Racer being AWOL means that it just never broadcast in the first place, and it's not like Mario Factory currently being AWOL means it never got used by universities. This entire thing being here feels like quite the misnomer, and we think it's time to reconcile that.

There's three paths forward:

• Split Mario Factory, and remove the mention here: It released, however limited its release may be and despite being lost media at the moment, ergo, it's not unreleased, ergo, it should just have its own page. Simple-as.
• Split Mario Factory, but keep a mention here with a {{Main}} tag: Similar to above, but we give a summary of the situation here and link to the actual page.
• Keep here/do nothing: The status quo option; Mario Factory remains on this page. We... Dislike this, as we genuinely cannot see a reason to do this, but a status quo option is mandatory, so we're happy to oblige.

Proposer: Camwoodstock (talk)
Deadline: April 28, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Split and remove it (build a new plant!)

1. Camwoodstock (talk) Per proposal. It ain't unreleased; it's so released, it released other games! Lost, yes, absolutely. But unreleased?
2. Rykitu (talk) Per proposal. I would also like to mention that there was an official Mario-themed arcade in Japan also called "Mario Factory" that deserves its own article, so if this page gets made, we might need an identifier.
3. Pseudo (talk) Seems like it's not unreleased, so it doesn't belong here. Per proposal!
4. EvieMaybe (talk) per all. why was this here in the first place?
5. Jdtendo (talk) Per Pseudo.
6. Nelsonic (talk) Per proposal. Nintendo Puzzle Collection was also once considered for release in the U.S., as both IGN and the Player's Poll can tell us, yet the U.S. localization was cancelled. The same thing has happened here.

Split, but keep a mention here (just in case!)

1. Fox de Quintal (talk) In case more information is added.

Comments (Mario Factory split/removal)

@Rykitu - That makes sense to us. How's about Mario Factory (game) for this, and Mario Factory (arcade) for that? ~Camwoodstock ( talk • contribs ) 21:03, April 14, 2025 (EDT)

Sure! That works! Rykitu

Question: Will the change add new information to the article? If so, split the information and add a note indicating where to read the main article. But if it’s just repeating what’s already here, it’s better not to change anything. — Fox de Quintal (talk) 21:15, April 15, 2025 (EDT)

Our hope is that the resulting split page will be able to explain the situation with the universities-only release of the Game Processor, discussing what little we know about the Mario Factory software, and of course, mentioning how it was used to make games that appeared on Satellaview, namely Easy Racer. ~Camwoodstock ( talk • contribs ) 18:02, April 16, 2025 (EDT)

If you can pull it off, it’ll turn out great. One way to find sources is by using the Perplexity AI, though I recommend reviewing each source carefully, as it doesn’t always pick the most reliable ones — and of course, double-check to make sure it hasn’t hallucinated anything. Fox de Quintal (talk) 21:45, April 16, 2025 (EDT)

Heads up, we've written a draft for an article and it's currently sitting on our userpage right here, on its own dedicated subpage, but we do have a few questions for it since this seems on pace to pass in favor of its own article:

• Should we handle the Game Processor as though it was its own console/accessory, or should we handle it as just being a Super Famicom title?
• The Game Processor used its own keyboard and microphone, which we only have images for via patent. For the input part of the infobox, should we include these as text, or use images, or what?
• How do we put an approximate date into an infobox like this? We don't have a specific date the Game Processor was first distributed to Japanese universities, but it's as late as 1994.
• How the hey do we handle the "format" parameter? It's unclear if Mario Factory was a BIOS, or an individual cartridge, or what. Do we mention the RAM Cassettes there?

~Camwoodstock ( talk • contribs ) 17:25, April 17, 2025 (EDT)