Super Mario 3D Land

Super Mario 3D Land
Also known as: 超级马力欧 3D 乐园 [Chāojí Mǎlìōu 3D Lèyuán] (CN) Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: November 3, 2011 Released in US: November 13, 2011 Released in EU: November 18, 2011 Released in AU: November 24, 2011 Released in KR: April 28, 2012 Released in CN: December 7, 2012 This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a notes page

Super Mario 3D Land is like a high-speed 3D collision between New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Galaxy, featuring a reference to The Legend of Zelda. It marks the return of the Super Leaf from Super Mario Bros. 3, but instead of turning Mario into Raccoon Mario it turns him into Tanooki Mario (minus the statue ability, or at least until the player acquires the Statue Leaf which is available in the Special Worlds). There's also the White Tanooki suit which makes Mario invincible, seen after the player fails a course several times, and the P-Wing (also from Super Mario Bros. 3) which sends the player straight to the flagpole if they fail several more times. Oh, and players can accumulate 1,110 lives.

Got all that? Good.

To do: English, Spanish, and French text differences between the US and European versions. There may be more unused sounds. There is a functional scale parameter, like the one used in Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel, but no objects have been found that work properly. Technically this is used by areas (which are invisible), so maybe this shouldn't be included. (source: exelix11) Leftovers of unused objects in the final versions and the E3 proto. Unused/early level leftovers in the final version and the E3 proto. The prototype has these leftovers listed in CourseList.byml and HeapSizeDefine.byml in SystemData/GameSystemDataTable.szs. In the final European version, StageBgmList.byml in SoundData/BgmTable.szs. Plenty of pre-release stuff, including a little known video(s?) of a small SM3DL press conference at E3 2011 Document any unused objects found in CreatorClassNameTable.szs. Unused Mario animations (source: Cyboo) Nintendo Company Guide Book 2012 has concept art and some pictures of the offices where development of the game took place.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Notes

Unused Textures

Kiosk Demo

Unused Sounds

To do: There are more unused sounds Rip SeSyNoteBlockJumpNormal Fill in the missing fields

Sequence ID	Sequence Name	File ID	File Name	Start Offset Type	Start Offset	Sound / Notes
175	SeSyNoteBlockJumpNormal	90	SeSyDummy.bcseq	Manual	7433	This is the "jump on Note Block" sound used in the E3 demo. The final uses SeSyNoteBlockJumpNormalNote.
?	?	?	?	?	?	As Magikoopas never laugh in-game, this goes unused, but was later used in the next game.
?	?	?	?	?	?	The sound heard when Bowser talks to Mario for the first time in Super Mario 64 is in this game. However, only the second half of this sound is used. The first section remains in the game data as a separate file. Put together, they sound similar (but not identical) to their Super Mario 64 counterpart.
?	?	?	?	?	?	This sound effect was used in Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Flip-Swap platforms. It was replaced with a simpler sound effect.

Unused Instrument Bank

In the E3 2011 kiosk demo of Super Mario 3D Land, there is some unused music leftover from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. While the music sequences are gone, the instrument bank used for them is still present in the final version of the game. The sequences that used this soundbank were probably used to test the note object in early versions of the game.

Unused Music

Short Intro

A shorter version of the HOME screen jingle. It's called STM_BGM_JG_COURSEIN.bcstm. It also exists in the bcsar's wave archives as WSD_COURSE_IN. It's apparently an unused "enter course" sound.

Unused Mario Theme Jingle

This little Super Mario Bros. jingle isn't used. It was reused in Animal Crossing: New Leaf as the sound for putting on Mario-related clothing. It can be found in the wave archives as WSD_COURSE_IN_B. Its apparently another unused "enter course" sound.

Peach Tied to Pole Music - Fast Tempo

A faster tempo version of the music that plays after the player finds Peach tied to the flagpole. In-game, the timer stops after the player defeats Bowser, rendering this track unused.

E3 2011 Course Select

STM_BGM_COURSE_SELECT.bcstm is music that was used for the E3 2011 demo's course selection screen. Oddly enough, the course select was converted from a little-endian pcm bcstm file to a ADPCM bcstm file to save space.

Super Star Theme Copy

A copy of the Super Star theme called StmDummy.bcstm can be found in the music folder. Super Mario 3D World also has a duplicate copy of its Super Star theme. This is technically used for some situations when there isn't meant to be background music playing, but the track isn't actually audible.

Unused Areas

To do: There are more unused things, such as unused rails and a huge number of start positions.

Unreachable Coins

The stage Special 6-3 contains an unreachable area filled with coins that spell out 3D. It's a leftover from World 2-2.

Cutscene Leftover

The stage Special 8-6 contains leftover objects from the World 8-Bowser cutscene. There's a wooden Peach, some wood shards, and an invisible barrier.

Removed Levels

Multiple byml files and the code file contain references to levels that do not exist in the final game.

Name	Translation	References	Notes
KoopaLastTestStage	Final Bowser - Test (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
Lava3_02Stage	Lava - 3 - 02 (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	Also referenced in the StageBgmList.byml of the prototype.
RtDungeonTrapStage	-	StageBgmList.byml	DungeonTrapStage is World 5-2
RtDungeonTrapStage	-	HeapSizeDefine.byml	DungeonTrapStage is World 5-2.
RtFortressSpikeStage	-	StageBgmList.byml	FortressSpikeStage is World 8-1. It is unknown what "Rt" refers to.
SpCavePatan01Stage	Special: Cave - Flip Panel - 01 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	CavePatanStage is World 2-2.
SpDungeonTrap03Stage	Special: Dungeon Trap - 03 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
SpLavaWheel02Stage	Special: LavaWheel - 02 (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	May have been an earlier version World 8-6/Special 8-4 (LavaWheelStage).
SpTestHayaSwimLv1Stage	Special: Test: Haya - Swim - Lv1 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestAoyagiBeatBlockStage	Test: Norihiro Aoyagi - Beat Block (Stage)	code	Norihiro Aoyagi is the Lead Programmer. Also referenced in the code and StageBgmList.byml of the prototype.
TestDossunConveyor02Stage	Test: Thwomp - Conveyor - 02 (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	-
TestGhostPlayerBeatKabeheiStage	Test: Cosmic Clone - Beat Block - Wallop (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	-
TestGhostPlayerSkyPatanStage	Test: Cosmic Clone - Flip Panel (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestGoharaBeat03Stage	Test: Shigetoshi Gohara - Beat Block - 03 (Stage)	code, StageBgmList.byml	Shigetoshi Gohara is a Sound Programming & Effects staff. Also referenced in the code and StageBgmList.byml of the prototype.
TestGoharaBeat04Stage	Test: Shigetoshi Gohara - Beat Block - 04 (Stage)	code	Also referenced in the code of the prototype.
TestHayaCavePatanStage	Test: Haya - Cave - Flip Panel (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHayaChikuwaStage	Test: Haya - Donut Block (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHayaSkyPatanGripOffStage	Test - Haya - Sky - Flip Panel - GripOff (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	SkyPatanStage is World 4-5. Haya might refer to Koichi Hayashida (Director), Takeshi Hayakawa (Programming Support) or Asuka Hayazaki (Music).
TestHiratake022Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake 022 (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	Shinya Hiratake is one of the Level Design staff.
TestHiratake022Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake - 022 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHiratake141Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake - 141 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHiratake145Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake - 145 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHiratake270Stage	Test: Hiratake - 270 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHiratake330Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake - 330 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHiratake341Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake - 341 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestHiratakeKoopaLast001Stage	Test: Shinya Hiratake - Last Bowser - 001 (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	-
TesthishiCPatanStage	Test: hishi - C - Patan (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	"hishi" might refer to Hiroaki Hishinuma, one of the Level Designers. CPatan might be short for CavePatan.
TestIwasaBalanceTruck04Stage	Test: Yuichi Iwasa - Switchboard - 04 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TestIwasaCaveClime01Stage [sic]	Test: Yuichi Iwasa - Cave Climb - 01 (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	Yuichi Iwasa is one of the Level Design staff. CaveClimbStage is World 4-2. In StageBgmList.byml.byml, the "Main" music track set in is the underground theme and the "Outside" music track is set to the main theme.
TestIwasaSpGhostPlayerCaveInkRevStage	Test: Yuichi Iwasa - Special - Cosmic Clone - Cave Ink Revised (Stage)	StageBgmList.byml	Likely an early version of Special 8-1 (CaveInkStage). In StageBgmList.byml.byml, the "Main" music track set in is the underground theme and the "Outside" music track is set to the main theme.
TestLava00Stage	-	StageBgmList.byml	This level is also referenced in the StageBgmList.byml of the prototype.
TestSugawaraObjStage	Test: Hideyuki Sugawara - Object (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	Hideyuki Sugawara is the "Programming Director & Enemy Programming" staff member.
TestUraSwimLV1Stage	Test: Another - Swim - LV1 (Stage)	HeapSizeDefine.byml	-
TowerBeatStage	Tower - Beat Block (Stage)	code	"Tower" may suggest this was a Clock themed level, like World 7-4, Special 4-1 and Special 7-3, because the Clock level's music is called "CLOCK_TOWER" and Special 4-1 is called "EnemyLiftTowerSpStage". But it may be a different kind of tower. This level is also referenced in the code and StageBgmList.byml of the prototype.
SkyChikuwaSp2Stage	Sky - Donut Block - Special 2 (Stage)	StageDefaultBgmList.byml	This would have been a second remixed version of World 3-3.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Development Text

Removed Debug Font

ResourceCategoryTable.byml in ObjectData\ResourceSystem.szs refers to two removed things; archive DebugFont and its parent folder DebugData.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Internal Project Name

Super Mario 3D Land is named RedPepper internally, according to the bcsar filename and other data. This is also reflected in the game's two-letter code "RE" (i.e. Red Pepper or Red Pepper).