Prerelease talk:Super Mario Bros.

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This is just copied from the Mario Wiki and completely sourceless, shouldn't it be deleted?

DangItBobby (talk) 15:42, 12 June 2016 (EDT)

Playchoice10 has early sprites

I dont think I've noticed this before, but the PlayChoice-10 version of Super Mario Bros. uses some early sprites of Mario himself for the instructions screen (along with miscolored sprites, but you know, live and learn.)

Ah wait, it's been brung up already. Never mind.

--Dg125 (talk) 14:33, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

isnt it kinda already confirmed the early sprites are indeed intended for smb?

the graph paper did read july 7th 1985, which is a month before the game was presumably completed

JaydenLikesSalami (talk) 16:08, 2 December 2021 (EDT)

I found a flyer with the early world 5-1 or world 5-3 stage of SMB

Maybe a early level design, programming error, or a mock-up on the top-right corner of the flyer

1985 Super Mario Bros. Official Japanese Promotional A4 Flyer

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pzgAAOSwNmdi61j-/s-l1600.jpg

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I have reasons to doubt that the 5-1 image is a mockup.

The camera position seems odd, but it's logical once you consider the fact Mario is standing on a moving platform, another piece of evidence I have is that the clouds match up with those able to be seen in the final game, in SMB the backgrounds are split into 3 chunks, which are looped across the level infinitely, and another thing, why would they put a mock up in a flyer where all the other images are actual in-game ones? Hell, one of them even made it into the manual. --JaydenLikesSalami (talk) 23:25, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

The cloud from the lower hanging platform is cut-off in the middle, and the lower platform is also shorter in length. The time is at 306 instead of 300 too, though apparently some levels in SMB1 start at TIME 400. Gabrielwoj (talk) 23:55, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Pretty sure the reason the lower platform is a tile shorter due to the fact that in SMB when an object gets close to the edge of the screen, they split in half. --JaydenLikesSalami (talk) 09:54, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought that could be the reason, but I thought it happened with every NES game, really. Gabrielwoj (talk) 20:06, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Very Early Small Mario Walking Animation

I tried to recreate the early small Mario walking sprites. Sprites

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Early sprites

In the Sidestepper image there's also another graph paper sheet on top of it that shows the Goomba sprites and what seems to be an early Princess Peach design. I also tried to recreate the early Bowser sprite along with the early Peach design:
Bowser sprite Princess Peach sprite

If they're necessary and someone could include them in the page I would be very grateful. --BoomBoomEnemy (talk) 21:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Early Bowser design?

The Bowser design shown in the Mario Maker booklet is likely art created specifically for that booklet. The full page shows Mario Maker UI elements, and to the right of the bridge is the larger axe design, and the ending door from Mario Maker. Also, the original planning sheets for SMB1 typically didn't have colored-in backgrounds, instead opting to leave them white. Aroohwahoou (talk) 05:30, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Early sprite sheet recreations

Hello, I have made a few recreations of the early sprites shown in the various images on the page. They should be fully accurate. If someone could add them to the page, it would be appreciated, as I couldn't figure out how to rewrite what's already there in order to include them in a natural way. These 4 files are what should be added: https://tcrf.net/File:SMB1_early_pipe.png https://tcrf.net/File:SMB1_early_cloud_platform.png https://tcrf.net/File:SMB1_early_super_mario_walk.png https://tcrf.net/File:SMB1_early_super_mario_walk_2.png XNorvey (talk) 22:25, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Actually, now it seems someone is independently recreating the exact same images as i did, lol. Hopefully the image files I uploaded can be used, still. XNorvey (talk) 23:01, 26 November 2025 (UTC)