List of unreleased media

Vaporware is a term for games that are announced on which development is started but, for a possible variety of reasons, were never published. Following is a list of Mario vaporware. Vaporware should not be confused with Beta elements, elements from a game that are removed before release.

• Return of Donkey Kong, a Donkey Kong sequel canceled for unknown reasons - Nintendo Entertainment System
• Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi, a music-based spin-off of Donkey Kong, also canceled for unkown reasons - Nintendo Entertainment System
• Super Mario's Wacky Worlds, which was canceled due to the CD-i's drop in popularity. - CD-i
• Super Mario FX, an early attempt at a 3D Mario game canceled due to system limitations. Certain aspects of this game were carried over into Super Mario 64. - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• VB Mario Land, which was not completed before the Virtual Boy failed. - Virtual Boy
• Super Mario 64 2, abandoned due to a lack of progress and failure of the 64DD. - Nintendo 64DD
• Super Mario 128, an experimental demo, of which some elements were used in Super Mario Galaxy. More dramatically, it served as a basis for the game Pikmin. - Nintendo GameCube
• Diddy Kong Pilot, not finished before Rare joined Microsoft in 2002 and Nintendo not approving of the concept. It was later reworked into Banjo Pilot. - Game Boy Advance
• Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers, much like the aforemented Diddy Kong Pilot, it was not finished before Rare joined Microsoft. It was eventually reworked into It's Mr. Pants. - Game Boy Advance
• Donkey Kong Racing, Not finished before Rare joined Microsoft. (Unofficially canceled) - Nintendo GameCube
• Donkey Kong Bongo Blast, - Nintendo GameCube
• Peach’s Castle, - Nintendo GameCube
• Yoshi Demo, was little more than an experimental demo. Whether Nintendo had intentions of ever releasing it is unknown. - Game Boy Advance
• New Super Mario Bros. Mii, - Wii U

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