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*[[Unreleased Pokémon versions|Pokémon Pink]]<ref>[https://nintendosoup.com/pokemon-pink-leaked-in-source-code-for-pokemon-yellow/ NintendoSoup]</ref>
 
*[[Unreleased Pokémon versions|Pokémon Pink]]<ref>[https://nintendosoup.com/pokemon-pink-leaked-in-source-code-for-pokemon-yellow/ NintendoSoup]</ref>
 
*[[Sutte Hakkun GB]]
 
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*[[X]] (English translation, rejected by Nintendo for being 'too complex'<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wf2cn7fcD0 Dylan Cuthbert via Devs Play interview]</ref>), also known as ''Lunar Chase''.
 
*[[X]] (English translation, rejected by Nintendo for being 'too complex'<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wf2cn7fcD0 Dylan Cuthbert via Devs Play interview]</ref>), also known as ''Lunar Chase''.
 
*Balloon Kids (Japanese version of [[Balloon Kid]]; later released in the form of [[Hello Kitty World]] and [[Balloon Fight GB]])<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyxsgSS18eY Game Boy kiosk promotion]</ref>
 
*Balloon Kids (Japanese version of [[Balloon Kid]]; later released in the form of [[Hello Kitty World]] and [[Balloon Fight GB]])<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyxsgSS18eY Game Boy kiosk promotion]</ref>
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===Finalised as a significantly different game===
 
===Finalised as a significantly different game===

Revision as of 00:46, 9 January 2022

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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.

Arcade

Game & Watch

Renamed

NES

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Additional mention

  • Joust (Atari Famicom)

SNES

Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Virtual Boy

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Reason: On hindsight some of these may be removed if Nintendo wasn't planned to be the publisher

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