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==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 18:04, 9 May 2019
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This article is a list of Nintendo developed works (or works with Nintendo planned as the publisher) that were ultimately unreleased.
Contents
NES
- Bowling
- Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi
- EarthBound (US translation)
- Go (Famicom Network System) (and four other unknown prototypes for the same service)
- Jump Burger
- Palps
- SimCity (NES)
- Virus (old Dr. Mario name)
SNES
- Star Fox 2
- Kid Kirby
- Sound Fantasy
- Fighting Polygon
- Tetrissphere (Japanese version)
Virtual Boy
Sources: [5]
- Bound High!
- Dragon Hopper
- Tech demo, possibly planned: Donkey Kong Country (Virtual Boy)
- Goldeneye 007 (Virtual Boy)
- Virtual Boy Mario Land
- Zero Racers/G-Zero
Game Boy/Game Boy Color
Sources: [6]
- Jet Force Gemini
- Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru DX
- Kirby's Dream Land 2 DX
- Pokémon Picross (Game Boy Color) (see also: Pokémon Picross (Nintendo 3DS))
Finalised as a significantly different game
- Capsule Monsters (early concept for Pokémon Red and Blue with a few significantly different elements to the final games)
- Untitled balloon/bubble pushing games (after it was decided to control the character instead, eventually the character Starfy (or a character like him) was introduced and the game later became Densetsu no Starfy for Game Boy Color)
- Densetsu no Starfy (Game Boy Color) (became Densetsu no Starfy for Game Boy Advance)
- Gimmick Land (became Tomato Adventure for Game Boy Advance)
- The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Power, Wisdom, and Courage (became The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons)
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (originally known as Pokémon 2), seems (based on Nintendo Space World 1997 accounts and an alleged leak which leaked as a ROM on the Internet) to have had a different plan of available monsters including many unreleased ones, before the final games were released. Many differences were also present in the gameplay. The lines between Generation I and Generation II are also blurred with unreleased Pokémon such as "Raitora" being added but unreleased to both Capsule Monsters and the Nintendo Space World 1997 Gold/Silver demo.
Game Boy Advance
- Battland
- Diddy Kong Pilot
- Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers
- Donkey Kong Plus
- Game Boy Wars Advance (Japanese version of Advance Wars, later released in Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2)
- Hanasaki Kassen
- Horse Racing Creating Derby
- Game Boy Music
- Luna Blaze
- Sabre Wulf (Japanese version)
- Unreleased Game Boy Advance Custom Robo GX successor
- Warlocked 2
Finalised on a different platform
- Drill Dozer (European version), became available as a download on Wii U Virtual Console
- Game & Watch Gallery 4 (Japanese version, "Game Boy Gallery 4"), became available as a download on Wii U Virtual Console
Nintendo 64
Sources: [11]
- 1080° Snowboarding 2
- 64 Wars
- Body Harvest (released out of Japan, Japanese version unreleased and to have been published by Nintendo)
- Boogie Buggy
- Cancelled Mario Artist games
- Cabbage
- CatRoots
- Climber
- Conker's Quest: Twelve Tales 64
- EarthBound 64
- Echo Delta
- Eternal Darkness (Nintendo 64)
- Fire Emblem 64
- Kirby Bowl 64
- Jack & Beans
- Jungle Emperor Leo
- Mini Racers (later name Surikka Rajikka)
- NBA Basketball '98 (Japanese version), possibly became NBA In The Zone '98 ?
- Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai (Nintendo 64DD)
- Project: Dream
- RiQa
Finalised on a different platform
- Animal Leader (became Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest for Nintendo GameCube)
- Dinosaur Planet (became Star Fox Adventures and the original protagonists were altered to fit the Star Fox universe)
- Pokémon Stadium (Nintendo 64DD version)
- Pokémon Snap (Nintendo 64DD version)
- Ura Zelda (it is believed this (at least partly) became The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest later featured on the Nintendo GameCube)
Nintendo GameCube
- Donkey Kong Racing
- Geist (Japanese version)
- Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble 2 (later title Roll-o-Rama, without Kirby)
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Stage Debut
- Untitled Kirby game (E3 2005) (Nintendo GameCube)
- Untitled isometric Kirby game (Nintendo GameCube)
- Untitled pop-up book Kirby game (Nintendo GameCube)
Finalised on a different platform
- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (moved from Nintendo GameCube to Wii)
- Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshi Tachi (moved from Nintendo GameCube to Wii)
- Super Paper Mario (moved from Nintendo GameCube to Wii)
Nintendo DS
Finalised on a different platform
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (the Japanese version was originally unreleased, until becoming available as a digital download Club Nintendo promotion for Nintendo eShop)
- Steel Diver (moved from Nintendo DS to Nintendo 3DS, originally a tech demo at E3 2004, see Submarine Tech Demo)
Wii
Finalised on a different platform
- Pikmin 3 (moved from Wii to Wii U)
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
Documented through leak
- Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero (English translation; incomplete English translated text found in code)
- Densetsu no Starfy (Chinese translation)
- Densetsu no Starfy 2 (Chinese translation)
- DK: King of Swing (Chinese translation)
- Tomato Adventure (Chinese translation)
- Famicom Mini Collection (Chinese, may not have actually been intended for release)
- Kuru Kuru Kururin (Chinese translation)
- Kururin Paradise (Chinese translation)
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Chinese translation)
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Chinese translation)
Rumored
- Blackout (SNES)
- Creator (N64)
- Modern Battle: Ultimate War
- Pilotwings 64 II
- Pocket Monsters RPG/Pocket Monsters 64
- Pokémon X (mobile phone supported game, dismissed as Japanese Pokémon Crystal Version which did support the Mobile System GB with Mobile GB Adapter in its final game)
- Super Mario 64 II
- Super Mario FX (SNES)
- Wall Street
- Return of Donkey Kong