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[samusx]

Hey I did a search under google pics for 'super mario beta' and I came across these very interesting pics. It shows a very early map screen and also a platform level in early shape. Does anyone have larger versions of these pics? I want to know more about the mario world beta.

Here is the page on google I found.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img.../images?q=super+mario+beta&hl=en&lr=&safe=off

 

[PC Gaijin]

That pic was from a Nintendo Power article. I have the issue, but no scanner unfortunately. EGM also printed some very early Super Mario World pics that appear to be even older than the ones in Nintendo Power.

 

[yodandy]

whao

 

[talking head]

the page is down?

 

[Asskicker064]

the page is down?

No, don't be so impatient. Give it time to load.

 

[john tv]

None of it works for me.

 

[Artanisix]

Same here.

 

[demi]

Works for me, you guys are noobs!

I will upload pictures somewhere else if you want.

 

[john tv]

Why don't you do that so I don't have to ban you for calling us noobs?

 

[demi]

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/2598/smw2my.jpg

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/6295/smw14gi.jpg

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/1176/smw24yi.jpg

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/9756/smw39dj.jpg

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3739/smw45ut.jpg

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/4397/smwb6oq.jpg

love,

demi

 

[Rorschach]

Why don't you do that so I don't have to ban you for calling us noobs?

Ban him anyway!

 

[demi]

I POSTED THEM FIRST BAN HIM

 

[Rorschach]

no img tags; no dice!

 

[Dujour]

Could you at least ban him for a minute whilst we ridicule him?

 

[demi]

I was thinking of the 56k crowd! rorschach has no heart!

 

[jett]

Neat. I think that world map screen looks better than the one we actually got.

 

[soul.less]

Seeing those pics makes me want to play Super Mario World again.

 

[robot]

Seeing those pics makes me want to play Super Mario World again.

i was gonna say the same thing. time to dust off the snes.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Mario is a brother.
Mario is missing.
Mario is riding a dinosaur.

 

[MoxManiac]

I might try to recreate that world map using Lunar Magic...

 

[dolph]

Anyone know what issue of Nintendo Power these are from?

 

[jkooXL]

I was 16 when the Super Famicom launched in Japan, and working as a game counselor at Nintendo at the time. My ex-lead had been transferred to R&D and invited me down there into a darked room needing a card key, to let me play Super Mario World, F-Zero and Pilotwings weeks before it even launched in Japan!! The greatest, ultra geekiest moment of my fan boy life. I almost melted it was just too cool. Zooming in to your car from above in F-zero was simply the coolest thing I had ever seen! That same guy also later gave me my first break into the industry when he hired me after graduation from film school years later to join his staff as an artist at Lobotomy where I began my professional career and made many life long friends. Thanks Paul wherever you are!!

 

[SantaC]

wow I loved SMW. Good stuff.

 

[Dan]

Seeing those pics makes me want to play Super Mario World again.

Given the visuals, it makes me want to play Super Mario Bros 3 more than World. Looks more like the third game's lost levels than a next-gen game. Both games ultimately kicked ass of course.

 

[Ranger X]

LOL the old map design was better looking imo

 

[TheDrowningMan]

I've been playing Mario World on my DS lately....Hard to believe that it's a 15 year old game. Nintendo really were head and shoulders above everyone else once upon a time....

 

[Nightbringer]

Hum, is interesting that some of the sprites used in the beta were from SuperMario Bros 3.

¿Any posibility that SMW started as SMB4 before Yamauchi said to Miyamoto that the game is for SuperFamicom?