In 1994, development of Yoshi's Island briefly went through a "baby wizard" phase whereby Baby Mario was considered to be replaced by an original baby wizard character. I have compiled a timeline of Baby Mario's development based on known asset timestamps.

Woah. @maxnichols.bsky.social is this for real? This was my favorite game for a long time. This blows my mind if true lol 🤯

I have no idea! These seems likely to be info from someone digging into one of the big leaks, which I’ve generally not investigated

I see! Didn't know there was a big leak lol. This could have launched some potentially new character/franchise into prominence with the right marketing behind it, if true. Would be neat to see that alternate timeline lol