Wario was gonna look more 'normal' in Master of Disguise?

[CM30]

So, did anyone see this?

http://www.spriters-resource.com/ds/wariomod/sheet/77857/

Seems Wario has unused 'normal' graphics for adventuring in Wario Master of Disguise. Maybe at one point Thief Wario wasn't actually going to be a thing in this game?

Either way, I think they look a tiny bit better than Wario's graphics in the final game. Obviously they're still a bit low quality cause of the game's poor art style/direction, but hey, they're a lot closer to the Wario Land games than what we got.

What do you think about this?

 

[Just a Wario Fan]

Is it just me or looks Wario a little bit out of proportion in these sprites? He seems a bit too tall.

 

[Weario]

Is it just me or looks Wario a little bit out of proportion in these sprites? He seems a bit too tall.

I agree, Wario looks a bit disproportional. Kinda reminds me of this Wario:

 

[JS Shantae]

Ugh...those look terrible. Like some strange claymation/bad '90s FMV models

No thanks, I like the sprites we got

 

[warelander]

Reminds me of how Wario looked on this pre-release screeny :

Honestly I'm glad that style wasn't used for the final game.

 

[Magma]

Ugly

 

[ThAshleyChannel]

Hawt.

 

[CM30]

Yeah, his sprites don't look good. It's weird really, given how he manages to look even more 'ugly' than just about everything in this game (despite its art style being questionable as it is).

 

[Koopaul]

Fascinating. I guess the game was going to be completely different at one point.

 

[JS Shantae]

Reminds me of how Wario looked on this pre-release screeny :

Honestly I'm glad that style wasn't used for the final game.

This appears to be exactly what the sprites are. Dropping it was a wise decision.

Master of Disguise had it's issues, but at least at the end of the day Wario looked like Wario.