Scrapped Characters

[Cancer Syrup]

Howdy! I'm a new user and I've been scouring the web (unsuccessfully) to find scrapped characters. ie, characters/their concepts for games in the Mario franchise (and I'm using that term broadly, I'm talking Wario, DK, anything goes) that got thought up but thrown out (or repurposed). Any help would be greatly appreciated so thank you very much!

 

[Czario]

Well there's this unused kong from Donkey Kong Land:

This article should have some more info: List of Donkey Kong Land pre-release and unused content

 

[YoshiFlutterJump]

There was Warupichi, a Wa-version of Peach to be created alongside Waluigi in Mario Tennis. Miyamoto didn't like the idea and only Waluigi made it to the final game.

There was also a certain unused ladder Pixl in Super Paper Mario, and a Goomba elder in Paper Mario 2 named Goomelda that was seemingly cut from the plot entirely.

 

[Moldomré]

On the subject of scrapped Paper Mario characters, there was going to be a Chain Chomp partner in Sticker Star (implying that partners as a whole would come back). There are also PLENTY of unused enemies in Paper Mario games, Mario RPG, and Mario & Luigi. The Mario RPG ones are pretty interesting, so here's a link.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

List of Super Mario Sunshine pre-release and unused content

This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game Super Mario Sunshine.

www.mariowiki.com

Isle Delfino had human resiednts before they traveled back to New Donk City

 

[Ray Trace]

not characters per se but these are scrapped mario kart wii vehicles

this thing is a fighter fly. it uses its super mario all-stars mario bros design.

 

[Vivian]

Those karts bikes would have been awesome!

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

There's a weird new enemy species that was scrapped in... Sticker Star of all games (suggesting at one point they were more tolerant of new species in the game). Looks like a weird Yoshi/Koopa serpent.

 

[Vivian]

Reminds me of Cobrat