In the interim, however, Nintendo apparently considered omitting Baby Mario entirely sprites dating to the spring of 1994 show that the developers considered having the Yoshi Clan ferry an infant wizard around instead. The earliest of these assets are a series of sprites from October 1993 depicting him in a bonnet and with a mustache similar to his adult counterpart by comparison, the earliest sprites depicting his final design are dated to August 1994. Among files uncovered in the Gigaleak, a large-scale leak of assets from Nintendo's internal servers in 2020, are various assets from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island depicting alternate ideas for Baby Mario.
