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One scrapped idea for a Wonder Flower transformation was an eight-heads-tall, life-size, live-action version of Mario that hummed to the background music and exclaimed "Boing" when jumping. This idea was pitched by series composer Koji Kondo, but was scrapped due to it being "hard to see the connection between pre-Wonder effect and during Wonder effect. And it's hard to imagine the gameplay changing much by having Mario turn into a live-action, human proportion version of himself." However, this did end up leading to the Sound Off? badge being created to keep the voice sound effects idea in the game. Incidentally, Kondo provided the voice acting for all of the sound effects included while wearing the badge.
IGN article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/koji-kondos-mario-wonder-pitch-was-a-super-tall-live-action-mario-that-said-boing
GamesRadar article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/after-39-years-nintendos-legendary-composer-put-his-voice-in-super-mario-bros-wonder-when-his-idea-for-a-live-action-mario-with-human-proportions-was-rejected/
https://www.ign.com/articles/koji-kondos-mario-wonder-pitch-was-a-super-tall-live-action-mario-that-said-boing
GamesRadar article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/after-39-years-nintendos-legendary-composer-put-his-voice-in-super-mario-bros-wonder-when-his-idea-for-a-live-action-mario-with-human-proportions-was-rejected/
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