Screenshots of Rejected M&S Characters
Tristan Oliver | May 17, 2008
As promised, Proof Positive that Some Chars were Cut
As previously reported First @ TSSZ, not only were some members of the Sonic universe given the axe from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, but some Mario-centric characters also got the boot.
We promised some screenshots of Birdo and Donkey Kong, the two rejected characters from the Mario series, and here they are. We thank Link of X-Cult and Sonic Retro for releasing these shots–he even has a video if you’d like a look. You’ll note we threw in Silver, just to reaffirm the news of Sonic cuts.
Filed Under Emulation & Hacking, Gaming News, Nintendo, Sega
[...] Olympic Games. The character was not in the original Summer Olympics game; in fact, researchers uncovered an unfinished model of it and others in that original title, indicating Birdo was at least in the works. Thus [...]