Tech demo

Template:Distinguish2 A Tech Demo is a computer and video game industry term referring to short applications designed to gauge interest in an upcoming product or to demonstrate hardware-specific features. Tech Demos have various levels of interactivity, ranging from real-time videos to short but fully playable demonstrations. Tech Demos are rarely intended to be turned into fully fledged commercial products, though their ideas and concepts are sometimes reused.

Due to its status as Nintendo's flagship franchise, the Mario series has been the subject of or has been featured in many tech demos. The following is a list of them.

List of Mario-related Tech Demos

Game	System	Description and Related Works
Mario Demo	Virtual Boy	An animation sequence to show off the console's stereoscopic 3D effect.
Luigi's Mansion	Nintendo GameCube	Originally intended to be a tech demo, but Nintendo later reworked it into a real game.
Yoshi Demo	Game Boy Advance	Loosely based on Yoshi's Story, this was a little more than an experimental game. However, it's not known if Nintendo would turn it into a game.
Super Mario 128	Nintendo GameCube	A series of experiments originally intended to be a sequel to Super Mario 64. The concept of this game was used as a basis for the game Pikmin.
Peach's Castle	Nintendo GameCube	A tech demo included in a revision of the GameCube Software Development Kit, created to show developers the graphical capabilities of the console.
Mario Kart for Nintendo GameCube	Nintendo GameCube	A seven-second clip featuring Mario and Luigi driving karts using Super Smash Bros. Melee models. It was most likely reworked into Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
Balloon Trip	Nintendo DS	A Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island-themed minigame making use of the Nintendo DS's touchscreen and dual screen setup. It ended up forming the basis of Yoshi Touch and Go.
Face to Mario	Nintendo DS	A tech demo featuring Mario and Wario's heads, that could be squeezed or stretched in various ways.
New Super Mario Bros. Mii	Wii U	An experience tech demo loosely based on New Super Mario Bros. Wii appearing in E3 2011. It served as the basis for New Super Mario Bros. U.
Chase Mii	Wii U	It features Miis in Mario-themed costumes playing a game similar to tag. A refined version of this demo appears in Nintendo Land under the name Mario Chase.
Shield Pose	Wii U	A rhythm-based minigame in which the player moves the GamePad around to block attacks. Initially developed as pre-installed software for the console, the demo's scope was expanded and it was reworked as the Game & Wario minigame Pirates.
Measure Up	Wii U	A minigame in which the player is instructed to draw geometrical shapes. It was released as the Game & Wario minigame Design.
Zapper demo	Wii U	A minigame in which the player moves the GamePad to shoot Mii-like characters. It ended up being the basis of the Game & Wario minigame Shutter.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U demo	Wii U	Developed with Nintendo Web Framework (a development environment based on WebKit), was taught at GDC 2014. Nintendo used this demo as a sample of what is possible using the development platform Nintendo Web Framework. The first stage shown in the video shows some of the basic features of this, and then immediately see a bigger stage, which brings more complex lighting effects and animations.