Toppins/Pre-release

Behaviour

In the older builds, the pause screen showed what Toppins were collected, and which ones needed to be saved. They also weren't trapped in cages, but instead found around the level on their own. Later they were put in pizza boxes, which previously held complete pizzas.

In the very first builds, Toppins would get goggles when the player goes underwater.

In older demos, Toppins could be fed to Pillar John. After feeding it enough Toppins, he will let you pass through. Pillar John now activates Pizza Time upon defeat instead, and as such, the purpose of the Toppins was changed as well. They also used panicking animation for getting fed or running away after the player gets hit while the Toppins are following them.

Trivia

Originally, Toppins were used in boss fights to transform into Toppin Warriors to help the player; however, that idea, as well as the Toppin Warriors themselves, are currently unused.
In early demos the pizza boxes contained pizza instead of the Toppins.
The Sausage Toppin was originally red in early demos, but was changed to be brown because people thought it looked like ketchup or something else. It also may be to contrast itself from the Tomato Toppin, which is already red.
In Peppino's Xmas Break, the Toppins have exclusive sprites made by wazzuper25. Each Toppin is Christmas-themed, with the Mushroom Toppin being replaced with a Tree, the Cheese Toppin being replaced by a Gift, the Tomato Toppin being replaced by a Snowball, the Sausage Toppin being replaced by Ham, and the Pineapple Toppin being replaced by a Candy Cane.
- For unknown reasons, the Snowball's Toppin's collection animation does not exist in-game. Instead, their running animation is used.
In a March 22nd, 2018 video, when the player gets hurt, The Toppins will start running away until the player collects them. This might be a reference to Super Mario World, as when the player mounts Yoshi and gets hurt, Yoshi will run away while crying.

Gallery

Old Mushroom & Tree Toppin animations

Mushroom Toppin's old idle animation, this was used in the final game as one of mushroom toppin's taunts.
Mushroom Toppin's old running animation.
Mushroom Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
Mushroom Toppin's underwater walking animation. Used in Level2 If the player is in the water.
Mushroom Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
Tree Toppin being collected.
Tree Toppin's idle animation.
Tree Toppin's running animation.

Old Cheese & Present Toppin animations

Cheese Toppin's old idle animation.
Cheese Toppin's old running animation.
Cheese Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
Cheese Toppin's underwater walking animation. Used in Level2 If the player is in the water.
Cheese Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
Present Toppin being collected.
Present Toppin's idle animation.
Present Toppin's running animation.

Old Tomato & Snowball Toppin animations

Tomato Toppin's old idle animation.
Tomato Toppin's old running animation.
Tomato Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
Tomato Toppin's underwater walking animation. Used in Level2 If the player is in the water.
Tomato Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
Snowball Toppin's idle animation.
Snowball Toppin's running animation.

Old Sausage & Ham Toppin animations

Sausage Toppin's old idle animation.
Sausage Toppin's old running animation.
Sausage Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
Sausage Toppin's old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
Old red Sausage Toppin's idle animation. Used in the first two demos.
Old red Sausage Toppin's running animation. Used in the first two demos.
Old red Sausage Toppin's panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
Old red Sausage Toppin's underwater walking animation. Used in Level2 If the player is in the water.
Ham Toppin being collected.
Ham Toppin's idle animation.
Ham Toppin's running animation.

Old Pineapple & Candy Cane Toppin animations

Pineapple Toppin's old idle animation.
Pineapple Toppin's old running animation.
Pineapple Toppin's old panic animation. Seen when it being fed to Pillar John or getting hurt in earlier demos.
Pineapple Toppin's underwater walking animation. Used in Level2 If the player is in the water
Pineapple old uncollected animation. Shows up in the stage's total if the player didn't collect them yet.
Candy Cane Toppin being collected.
Candy Cane Toppin's idle animation.
Candy Cane Toppin's running animation.