List of unreleased media
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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, or playable Tech Demos similar to Vaporware rarely intend to be turned into commercial products.
- Return of Donkey Kong, a sequel to Donkey Kong cancelled for unknown reasons. – Nintendo Entertainment System
- Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi, a music-based spin-off of Donkey Kong, also cancelled for unkown reasons. – Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Mario's Wacky Worlds, which was cancelled due to the CD-i's drop in popularity. – CD-i[1]
- Mario Takes America, was cancelled due to Philips being unsatisfied by the development's progress. – CD-i
- Donkey Kong, which was cancelled due to the CD-i's drop in popularity. – CD-i[2]
- Super Mario FX, an early attempt at a 3D Mario game cancelled due to system limitations. Certain aspects of this game were carried over into Super Mario 64. – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[3]
- VB Mario Land, which was cancelled due to the discontinuation of the Virtual Boy. – Virtual Boy[4]
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, also cancelled due to the discontinuation of the Virtual Boy. – Virtual Boy[5]
- Luigi's Mansion, got moved to the Nintendo GameCube. – Nintendo 64
- Mario Artist: Game Maker, cancelled due to the failure of the N64DD. – Nintendo 64DD
- Super Mario 64 2, abandoned due to a lack of progress and failure of the 64DD. Certain aspects were carried over to Super Mario Sunshine & Super Mario 64 DS – Nintendo 64DD[6]
- Super Smash Bros. 2, got reworked into Super Smash Bros. Melee for Nintendo Gamecube.[7] – Nintendo 64DD
- Mario Paint 64, it had many processors when playing and the original mouse. – Nintendo 64DD[8]
- Ultra Donkey Kong, also known as (Ultra Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong World and Donkey Kong Universe) while in development got reworked into Donkey Kong 64. – Nintendo 64DD[9]
- 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[10]
- 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[11]
- Donkey Kong Racing, Not finished before Rare joined Microsoft. (Unofficially cancelled) – Nintendo GameCube[12]
- Yoshi Touch & Go, Moved to Nintendo DS with same name. – Nintendo GameCube
- DK Bongo Blast, got reworked onto the Wii as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. – Nintendo GameCube[13]
- Super Paper Mario, got reworked on Wii with the same name. – Nintendo GameCube[14]
- Super Mario Spikers, a cancelled volleyball-wrestling hybrid game in development for Wii by Next Level Games. – Wii[15]
