

The details of Bowser's airship are different and simpler than in the final game.The electronic billboard for Steam Gardens found in New Donk City showed that the location was originally named "Kogwald.".In the final game, Cappy takes his ghost-like appearance and is off Mario's head. Similarly, when Mario is looking out the window of the Odyssey as its flying, Cappy takes on his appearance as Mario’s cap and his eyes are not present.This was most likely done to avoid revealing the characters too soon.


Similarly, in an early version of the globe texture, it is seen to the top right of the Mushroom Kingdom. In a poster for the game, Isle Delfino from Super Mario Sunshine could be seen to the top left of the Mushroom Kingdom.An unused sprite of an 8-bit Metro Kingdom regional coin exists in the game's files but is not used in the final game.In the final boxart of the game, this picture was instead changed to him swimming underwater in the Lake Kingdom due to controversy surrounding the original image being described as a negative stereotype of the Mexican people. The pre-release boxart of the game featured part of a screenshot of Mario in the Sand Kingdom shivering (due to the cold weather when first arriving) wearing a sombrero and poncho.The pre-release (left) and final (right) boxart for the game
