Super Mario Strikers has been hiding some bizarre secrets since it debuted on GameCube in 2006. Dataminer Dogon_McBanana posted on Twitter a thread of examples found in the annals of Super Mario Strikers, including a team of Mario-style “humanoid figures”.
The same thing is seen with DK, which suggests, according to the dataminer, that each team captain must have had their own “unique team of helpers” at some point. Each captain, including DK and Luigi, has their own duplicates, textures included, but in a “strange” format. In addition to these strange characters, the game was hiding a Dull Bones from the Paper Mario series, as well as characters from Super Mario Sunshine, which appear to have never been used.
All of these models come along with a variety of cameras, TV vans, and even a Shy Guy appearance. Perhaps most interestingly, there were a variety of unused banners and signs, as well as a variety of unused colorings for the different characters.
It seems like at some point each captain was going to have their own unique team of sidekicks. DK has a team of other Kong-like characters, for example. Luigi also has a dupe of himself for his sidekick, likely placeholder. They all have textures, but they’re in a weird format. pic.twitter.com/kaJXoat76o
– Dogon McBanana (@Dogon_McBanana) February 25, 2022
There are also all sorts of cameras, including a TV van and what I think would’ve been Shy Guy’s only appearance, that were eventually swapped out for the futuristic looking automated cameras seen in the final game. pic.twitter.com/0SRW7abnc3
– Dogon McBanana (@Dogon_McBanana) February 25, 2022
I’m probably not the first to discover any of this, and there’s probably a ton more here, but the fact that an entire team of Gamecube-era real human Mario Brothers exists and seemingly wasn’t documented anywhere for over 15 years is absolutely wild to me!
– Dogon McBanana (@Dogon_McBanana) February 25, 2022
As Twitter user and dataminer points out, all of these templates are accessible via the Switch Toolbox, in case you want to see them for yourself.
Source: Eurogamer
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