Super Mario Maker 2/Unused Content

This page will cover all content that went unused in the final game. Whether it be found in the code, confirmed by developers or was shown in pre-release point of the game.

Pre-Release Footage
There is some footage and early screenshots of Super Mario Maker 2 that show some early versions of certain parts of the game.

SFX Leftovers
Many sound effects from Super Mario Maker that are no longer used in Super Mario Maker 2 are left over in the game.

Placeholder Castle Bridge Tiles
The tileset data for every theme in Super Mario Maker usually reserves a space for bridge tiles even though they are only needed for the castle theme. So the tileset data for that tile usually just had a modified variant of the Super Mario Bros. castle bridge sprite in non-castle themes.

These return in Super Mario Maker 2. Though, there are unique palletes of these sprites stored in some of the new themes to Super Mario Maker 2, but aren't used.

Clear Pipe
Curiously, crudely-drawn placeholder graphics for the Clear Pipe exist in both versions of the Super Mario World Forest tileset. In the final game, the clear pipe is exclusive to the 3D World game style, which seems to indicate this object originally would have been available in all game styles. However, by glitching the clear pipe into the SMW forest theme, it is revealed that these graphics are indeed used for the Clear Pipe in this specific course theme.