Thread by @TristanACooper

Concept art of Mario comforting a lonely man in New Donk City, from the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book

For reference, there's a sidequest in Super Mario Odyssey where all you have to do is sit down and hang out with a guy and make him feel better

Concept art of Mario and Peach sharing a quiet moment in the Mushroom Kingdom, from the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book

Mario Odyssey has concept art of Peach, Bowser and Mario all sitting down at a restaurant together and I have no idea why this scene isn't in the final game

If you're feeling down, just look at this concept art of Mario stealing a cop's hat and fleeing the scene to escape arrest

An unused concept for Mario Odyssey's Cascade Kingdom, which would see Mario explore a dark forest full of glowing Piranha Plants

Unused costumes for Peach in Super Mario Odyssey

The early concepts for Mario Odyssey's Broodals were so good it hurts we didn't get them in the final game

An unused level design for Mario Odyssey, which appears to depict a corrupted version of the Mushroom Kingdom

I scoured the Mario Odyssey art book and wrote about the best concepts, characters and outfits that Nintendo left out of the game. New Donk City (and its pedestrians) once looked way different
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I cannot stress enough that this is official Super Mario Odyssey concept art. Someone at Nintendo was paid to draw Fat King Bowser crushing a Toad skull under his foot

I threw all the neat Mario Odyssey art book details into a Moment if that's more convenient for folks twitter.com/i/moments/1047…

Concept art of Mario confronting a pack of New Donk City cats who are holding a moon hostage

Mario Odyssey designers went through TONS of different "Broodals" minibosses before landing on the moon rabbits in the game. Really into this Resevoir Dogs-ish set in particular