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| E3 2006 demo || May 9, 2006 || The first public reveal of the game, held at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California. This demo consisted of a single stage (GalaxyStage) containing three stars that could be obtained. Upon getting the star, the game would reset to the title screen.
| E3 2006 demo || May 9, 2006 || The first public reveal of the game, held at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California. This demo consisted of a single stage (GalaxyStage) containing three stars that could be obtained. Upon getting a star, the game would reset to the title screen.
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| JP and EU localizations of the E3 2006 demo? || 2006 ||
| Wii Preview demos || September through December 2006 || A series of events held around the world from September through December 2006. This demo was likely largely identical to the E3 2006 demo. An archive of leaked Nintendo emails appeared in July 2021, several of which listed the filenames and CRC hashes of various games for exhibition during the Wii Preview events. Four builds of Super Mario Galaxy are listed, two with Nintendo of America localization and two with Nintendo of Europe localization.
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| Wii Preview demos || September 2006 || Four builds of the game, two with NOA localization and two with NOE localization, whose names and CRC hashes are listed in a Nintendo email leak from July 2021. There is no known footage of these demos.
| Nintendo World demo || November 2006 || An event held in Japan in November 2006. This demo was likely largely identical to the E3 2006 demo, except for Japanese text.
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| E3 2007 demo || 2007 || Unlike the previous year's demo, the E3 2007 demo contained four or six stages that the player could choose. Like the 2006 demo, the game would reset to the title screen after getting a star.
| E3 2007 demo || July 2007 || Unlike the previous year's demo, the E3 2007 demo contained four stages that the player could choose: Gateway Galaxy, Egg Planet Galaxy (renamed to Good Egg Galaxy in the final game), Honeybee Galaxy (Honeyhive Galaxy), and Star Dust Galaxy (Space Junk Galaxy). Like the 2006 demo, the game would reset to the title screen after getting a star.
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| JP and EU localizations of the E3 2007 demo? || 2007 ||
| 2007 demo with Beach Bowl Galaxy and Sweet Sweet Galaxy || 2007 || There is video of a demo build from 2007 that additionally has Beach Bowl Galaxy and Cookie Factory Galaxy (renamed to Sweet Sweet Galaxy in the final game). It's possible that this was the European version of the E3 2007 demo.
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| Prima Review Copy || 2007 || A non-demo, fully playable build sent to Prima Games several months before release to reference while writing the ''PRIMA Official Game Guide''.
| Prima Review Copy || 2007 || A non-demo, fully playable build sent to Prima Games several months before release to reference while writing the ''PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Several differences can be observed between this build and the final game from the screenshots in the Prima guide.
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Latest revision as of 07:25, 24 March 2025

This page aims to list all known non-release builds of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 that were exhibited outside Nintendo. Most of these were demo builds with one exception. Unfortunately, none of these builds have been publicly dumped.

Super Mario Galaxy

Demo Date Description
E3 2006 demo May 9, 2006 The first public reveal of the game, held at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California. This demo consisted of a single stage (GalaxyStage) containing three stars that could be obtained. Upon getting a star, the game would reset to the title screen.
Wii Preview demos September through December 2006 A series of events held around the world from September through December 2006. This demo was likely largely identical to the E3 2006 demo. An archive of leaked Nintendo emails appeared in July 2021, several of which listed the filenames and CRC hashes of various games for exhibition during the Wii Preview events. Four builds of Super Mario Galaxy are listed, two with Nintendo of America localization and two with Nintendo of Europe localization.
Nintendo World demo November 2006 An event held in Japan in November 2006. This demo was likely largely identical to the E3 2006 demo, except for Japanese text.
E3 2007 demo July 2007 Unlike the previous year's demo, the E3 2007 demo contained four stages that the player could choose: Gateway Galaxy, Egg Planet Galaxy (renamed to Good Egg Galaxy in the final game), Honeybee Galaxy (Honeyhive Galaxy), and Star Dust Galaxy (Space Junk Galaxy). Like the 2006 demo, the game would reset to the title screen after getting a star.
2007 demo with Beach Bowl Galaxy and Sweet Sweet Galaxy 2007 There is video of a demo build from 2007 that additionally has Beach Bowl Galaxy and Cookie Factory Galaxy (renamed to Sweet Sweet Galaxy in the final game). It's possible that this was the European version of the E3 2007 demo.
Prima Review Copy 2007 A non-demo, fully playable build sent to Prima Games several months before release to reference while writing the PRIMA Official Game Guide. Several differences can be observed between this build and the final game from the screenshots in the Prima guide.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Demo Date Description
Media Summit demo February 2010
World Hobby Fair demo July 2010 A unique demo build of Super Mario Galaxy 2 shown at the "World Hobby Fair" in Tokyo, Japan, between the v1 and v2 releases of Super Mario Galaxy 2. Remnants of this demo can be found in Super Mario Galaxy 2 v2.
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