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*[[Densetsu no Starfy|Densetsu no Starfy (Game Boy Color)]] (became Densetsu no Starfy for Game Boy Advance)
 
*[[Densetsu no Starfy|Densetsu no Starfy (Game Boy Color)]] (became Densetsu no Starfy for Game Boy Advance)
 
*[[Game Boy Music]] (moved to Game Boy Advance, but became [[Daigassou! Band Brothers]] for [[Nintendo DS]])
 
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*[[Tomato Adventure|Gimmick Land]] (became Tomato Adventure for Game Boy Advance. Gimmick Land was going to be released for the Game Boy Color, and wasn't meant to be published by Nintendo, but instead by AlphaDream, unlike the GBA Tomato Adventure where it got published by Nintendo.)
 
*[[Panel de Pon GB]] ([[Pokémon Puzzle Challenge]] was released instead, but a demo of it is hidden in the software and can be accessed with a series of button presses)
 
*[[Panel de Pon GB]] ([[Pokémon Puzzle Challenge]] was released instead, but a demo of it is hidden in the software and can be accessed with a series of button presses)
 
*[[Pokémon Picross (Game Boy Color)]] (in a conceptual context. May have became [[Pokémon Picross (Nintendo 3DS)]])
 
*[[Pokémon Picross (Game Boy Color)]] (in a conceptual context. May have became [[Pokémon Picross (Nintendo 3DS)]])

Revision as of 16:58, 6 February 2022

NintendoWiki logo.png This article is naturally incomplete.
The large scope/nature of the article means it is virtually impossible to fully cover the subject in question or know when it is complete.


This article is a list of Nintendo developed works (or works with Nintendo planned as the publisher) that were ultimately unreleased.

Arcade

Game & Watch

Renamed

NES

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Additional mention

  • Joust (Atari Famicom)

SNES

Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Virtual Boy

Sources: [7]

Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Sources: [8]

Finalised as a significantly different game

Game Boy Advance

Sources: [9] [10] [11] [12]

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

Notes: Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue was shown at E3 2003. Some have interpreted that it (may have been) released for North America but it got soon cancelled.

Nintendo 64

Sources: [13] [14]

Finalised on a different platform

Nintendo GameCube

Finalised on a different platform

Nintendo DS


Finalised on a different platform

Wii

Finalised on a different platform

Wii U


Nintendo Switch

Unknown platform

Cancelled iQue games

Game Boy Advance

Nintendo DS

NetCard chess and card series:

Rumored

Based on Nintendo of America card-hero.com domain name:

Datamining

From The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition code:

From unused Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero code, and a registered Card Hero trademark by Nintendo of America:

Leak

Lots of content was leaked from the 2019 Nintendo, Microsoft data breach case.

Cat protagonist game?

Exclusively to the Korean version of Super Paper Mario, there are unused assets for landscapes featuring a cat protagonist and various cat characters. Specific details are unknown. If this would be a game, it is not known who the developers or publishers would have been.

File:Unnamed cat assets.png File:Unknown cat.png

The Legendary Starfy series prototypes?

Similarly, cancelled assets from unrelated games (likely TOSE teams) can be found in the Japanese version of Super Princess Peach and Densetsu no Starfy 4, as well as possibly assets from The Legendary Starfy series prototypes.

File:Unused Starfy assets 1.png File:Unused Starfy assets 2.png

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ NintendoSoup
  2. ↑ Dylan Cuthbert via Devs Play interview
  3. ↑ Game Boy kiosk promotion
  4. ↑ Game Freak blog August 30th 2004
  5. ↑ NintendoSoup (2)
  6. ↑ Screenshots from an unknown English Densetsu no Starfy prototype (mirrored by LuigiBlood on Twitter)
  7. ↑ Chirimenyugido's cancelled game list (in Japanese)
  8. ↑ Menokenkou.work (in Japanese)
  9. ↑ Kyoto Report forum
  10. ↑ N4G
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