With Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury now available on Nintendo Switch, plenty of new players are enjoying the Wii U classic for the first time. The title's known for its mash-up of 2D and 3D Mario platforming, cats, and a four-player roster made up of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad, but it looks like things could have been rather different.
According to @Nickoloxx, who claims to have been "doing some digging" through Super Mario 3D World's files, it appears that Toadette was once planned to be a playable character. Nickoloxx says, "So far I've found a few traces of her in the player files. She has a voice line for being selected, and I also found 214 player animations."
That voice line can be heard in the post shared below; Nickoloxx notes that while they're able to get the file to load in-game on the character selection screen, they're unable to rip it directly.
So, was Toadette once planned as a bonus player option? Would players have been able to choose between the two Toads perhaps, or was she going to be added in the Captain Toad levels – just like she is in the full Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker game?
Intriguing stuff.
[source twitter.com]
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They might add it as a update later, they might not have had the time to add her. just one thing her voice sounds a little to clean to be a toad voice but that might just be me.
I'll survive without her, but it would have been cool.
Not really sure what differences she could have from Toad (besides Peachette returning).
*Sixth player option. Rosalina is the fifth.
I find it weird that yoshi wasn't never a playable option
Kinda hoping they would add a new character to the main game but alas
Wow. Big misstep Nintendo in not getting the MVP that is Toadette. Mario's a good substitute I guess.
Still a missed opportunity to get more characters playable in this game to begin with. Toadette would not have been very hype for me because we already have Toad but it would've been better than nothing.
Was hoping that Wario or Yoshi would have been playable in this new version.
Toadette was left out because evil Nintendo was too greedy to do the extra work. The 3D World remake should have had a playable roster like Smash Ultimate.
Given Toadette was in Super Mario Maker 2 and was still part of the 3D World game style, I'm not too surprised. Wonder if it's possible that an update brings her in
@Yosher
This I wanted Wario Daisy or Pauline or Yoshi.
It would've been so cool. Toadette would've been alright and I love characters in general so I hope she comes in an update.
But why they're so hesitant to ever give us some cool characters so play in mainline mario games is annoying. And I don't get why the likes of Daisy is left out because she was introduced in a gamebody game or something but Toadette is a mainstay because she was introduced in Double dash! I don't get the logic. Nintendo being nintendo I guess...
@VexingInsanity I believe the dislike towards Daisy is usually because Miyamoto wasn't the one to create her, something along those lines, don't quote me on that though. But yes I would have loved any of those characters as well. Hoping there'll be an update to add some characters but I'm not holding my breath.
Maybe the direct today they say toadett is in
No new characters was a huge disappointment
Crazy to me how they don't think to include Daisy in these games. She's been around far longer than Toadette or Rosalina.
Unpopular opinion time...
...but you have to play every level with every character to fully complete the game. Another character on top of the 4 (+1) in the original game just feels like more work.
Anyone up for some 3D World multiplayer?
I also would have liked Toadette, Daisy and Yoshi to be included; If they have already appeared as playable characters in New Mario Bros and Mario Run (yes, the one for mobiles), they could have considered them.
However, I think at one point some levels could have been redesigned to include them or made new ones, for their abilities, but I think the efforts were for the expansion game .
Maybe they are already considered for a future 3D world 2, if this game has a great success (How it looks now) then, it's very probable a 3D world 2
I would guess this is for the Captain Toad levels, since she was a Co-Op option there.
Lol i almost thought it said for smashbros 🤣🤣🤣 phew thank God.
@Markiemania95 brooooooo why u spoil game that's 7 years old????? Blocked...............
Too bad. I prefer Toadette to the two princesses, but I get why they did it.
I liked the theory of Daisy being playable way better than Toadette.
@Porky
Finally someone recognizes the best Mario princess.
@Snatcher The final build was made November 25th, 2020. Next, we had a day 1 patch for minor bug fixes. They had time to implement Toadette unless they held back to add her later to bring attention to the game.
Sorry Daisy fans, this is real and Toadette was considered over her.
Currently her placeholder animations all match Toad's, and are all for the main game, not the Captain Toad levels. Perhaps they were in the early stages of implementing her and scrapped it midway through development? There's no Toadette player ability files.
She? Wasn't Toads supposed to be genderless?
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/mario-character-toad-doesn-t-identify-gender-9879797.html
It's strange that they didn't put her in the game.
They literally already had the model, animation and voice clip done from Mario Maker 2.
Maybe nintendo plans to do a dlc character pack?
Super wario 3d nyah! Doesnt exist yet. Get on it nintendo.
I was really hoping they added toadette.... Heck even bring in some peachette into the game. Would be kool to see in an update. Have the peach-crown turn everyone to a version of peach haha
And add the Sprixies to Mario Tennis Aces!
I’d rather have Daisy.
Nintendo direct?
@Moonlessky It's even worse when DLC was originally planned to be in the "basic" game! I guess Nintendo is picking up the worst habits of companies like Capcom.
Too bad, I play as toadette in MK8
I still can’t believe daisy wasn’t introduced as a playable character in Bowsers fury. I’m mean the introduction of the calico cat should have been a dead ringer for her inclusion. The word sarasa in sarasaland means calico, such a wasted opportunity.
@towerprincess I agree, i guess there's still a chance the game'll get DLC later on that could include her, Captain Toad got new content after all, that would be really cool.
@Kriven Yes, I am aware that gender is not sex. However, when people refer to them as "she" or "he" they add an assumption of sex/gender on a character that does not have one. There are non-gender specific pronouns one could use as well.
@Kriven You're absolutely right.
My bad.
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