Two unused sprites in the SNES version of the game are demonic parodies of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, likely intended for the Tokyo Destinyland theme park, based on the real-life Tokyo Disneyland park.
In the PC Engine release of the game, two much less similar-looking parodies of the characters appear in Tokyo Destinyland as NPCs under the names "Zombie Mouse" and "Demon Duck", possibly as a workaround to copyright issues with The Walt Disney Company.
In the PC Engine release of the game, two much less similar-looking parodies of the characters appear in Tokyo Destinyland as NPCs under the names "Zombie Mouse" and "Demon Duck", possibly as a workaround to copyright issues with The Walt Disney Company.
Contributed by MehDeletingLater
The second playable character was originally an unnamed black cat with blonde hair. However, the games creator Stephen Diduro got permission from Ziyo Ling (the original creator of Lilac, Carol and Milla) to use Carol and Milla in the game. Afterwards he drew Carol over the old character's sprites.
Contributed by SkyminHAZBOZ
Unused files in the game suggest Willie Wumpa Cheeks from Crash Tag Team Racing, Ripto from the Spyro series and the Sorceress from Spyro: Year of the Dragon were once planned to be added to the game as playable characters.
Contributed by blueblur98
The Sombrero Guy from Autumn Mountain may have been planned to be a temporary party member just like Spike and Bone Goomba, but was left out. Altering the code through save file hacking makes the character fully functional and adds an otherwise unused graphic to the pause menu.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Jun was planned to be added into the arcade version of the game, but was later cut some time during development. Her data still exists within the game’s code and can be accessed using MAME cheat files. When added back in, she uses Nina’s character model and Jin’s moveset. Her voice and portrait does exist, but there are assets taken from Tekken 2.
Contributed by ShyanVixen
In an interview, Hideki Kamiya said he discussed putting "Dante" from the Devil May Cry series in the game.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Within the game's files are voice clips for five unused Create-a-Soul classes. These clips can only be heard in-game via mods or hacking. The unused classes are Noble, Scared Fighter, Beastmaster (Ranger), Clown, and Great Warrior.
Contributed by ShyanVixen
20 of the villagers throughout the series were planned to appear in the game, but were cut. These villagers eventually made it into the "Welcome amiibo" updated re-release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Contributed by GamerBen144
In the game's data, there's a model of Jolyne Cujoh as a child. She does have a face in the after credit scene, but the developers kept it hidden.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
By datamining a demo build of the game, an image of Donkey Kong Jr. can be found, suggesting that he may have been planned to appear in the game instead of Diddy Kong. Interestingly, Diddy Kong's internal filename in the final version is listed as "dk_jr," suggesting that Diddy's appearance may have been a later addition.
Contributed by GamerBen144
In a “Making of” video, game director Koshi Nakanishi stated that the Bakers were originally going to have a pet dog named Diane that would have appeared at the dinner scene, but she was cut early in development.
Contributed by Operationgamer17
While battle damage is used for Little Mac in the Wii U version, data suggests that other characters were planned to have similar effects. This can be seen in unused textures for R.O.B. in the game's data which seem to show battle damage. This is a remnant to Super Smash Bros. Brawl in which characters were also planned to have battle damage, but were left out.
Contributed by GamerBen144
There's data within the game's files for two unused characters, Wovama and Q.Takagi. When hacked into the game, both characters use Cassandra's model and will randomly pick a weapon and moveset. While the model and movesets for both character's were never created, their names do appear on the verses screen. But when used in game, Wovama's name remains blank under her health meter, and Q.Takagi's name will change to Spawn. Because neither character have models, it is speculated that they were cut very early in the game's development.
Contributed by ShyanVixen
In the files are yellow and blue Yoshi icons, suggesting there may have more palette swaps planned for the game. In the final version, only green, red, and black Yoshis can be used.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Unused models and code for Mr. Krabs can be found in the game's data, suggesting he may have been planned as a playable character in one of the mini-games, most likely the "Save Me Money" mini game.
Contributed by GamerBen144
All 12 playable characters have dialogue in the game that goes completely unused. The audio references an object that's referred to as an Omochao-themed gate. This gate would've been opened via the use of a nearby Omochao. However, no such "Omochao Gate" appears anywhere in the game, and Omochao himself does not physically appear in any level of the game either.
Contributed by PirateGoofy
Files for Dragonite from the Pokémon series suggest it may have been planned to be summoned from the Poké Ball. While it does not appear as an assist character in the final game, it does appear as a background character in the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Two models for the character exist, with one more in line of those summoned by the player, featuring higher resolution textures.
Contributed by GamerBen144
There are unused voice files in the game for Part 6 Jotaro, who isn't present in the final game aside from an image in the game's credits.
Contributed by ZpaceJ0ck0
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