History WhatCouldHaveBeen / VsSonicExe

!!Content cut from Version 3.0:

* A final song for Xenophanes titled "Final Escape" was planned, with concept art showing it taking place on a warped version of the game's logo; Xenophanes would be within the ring, chasing Boyfriend across the ribbon. While the song never made it into the Cancelled Build, it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gps6JXXSQIc restored by someone else]] as its own mod. However, [=MarStarBro=], the song's composer, would later [[https://twitter.com/MarstarMain/status/1590238102412750849 announce]] that he intends to finish the song, which will be made into it's own standalone mod.
* At one point, Exetior (Sonic.Exe's counterpart from VideoGame/SonicExeNightmareBeginning) was considered for the mod, but he never made it past the [[https://twitter.com/losermakesgames/status/1552359365809561600?cxt=HHwWgICjrcqni4srAAAA concept phase]].

* A song named "[[https://soundcloud.com/vanialomega/fnf-vs-sonic-exe-fate-unused Fate]]", made for a second battle with Lord X, was composed but scrapped at the request of Lord X's creator [=JoeDoughBoi=]. According to the accompanying concept art, Boyfriend and Lord X would duke it out on floating platforms while a waterfall of rising souls made up the background.[[note]]The song, however, is set to appear in Ryzzon's mod ''Lord X Revenge'' with permission from Vania.[[/note]] [[https://twitter.com/losermakesgames/status/1489618809841340420 [=JoeDoughBoi=] would later clarify]] that the concept art was early, and the idea was changed to a monochrome version of "Execution"'s stage before the song was scrapped. He would later reveal that "Fate" was scrapped simply because he felt "Cycles" was a more fitting song for Lord X.

* A final song for Xenophanes titled "Final Escape" was planned, with concept art showing it taking place on a warped version of the game's logo; Xenophanes would be within the ring, chasing Boyfriend across the ribbon. While the song never made it into the Cancelled Build, it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gps6JXXSQIc restored by someone else]] as its own mod. However, [=MarStarBro=], the song's composer, would later [[https://twitter.com/MarstarMain/status/1590238102412750849 announce]] that he intends to finsih the song, which will be made into it's own standalone mod.

** A final song for Xenophanes titled "Final Escape" was planned, with concept art showing it taking place on a warped version of the game's logo; Xenophanes would be within the ring, chasing Boyfriend across the ribbon. While the song never made it into the Cancelled Build, it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gps6JXXSQIc restored by someone else]] as its own mod.

[[caption-width-right:350:The God, The Lord, And The Forbidden]]

!!Content planned for Version 2.5 and an early version of 3.0!!

!!Content planned for Version 2.5:

* A scrapped song called "[[https://soundcloud.com/marstarbro120/friday-night-funkin-vs-sonicexe-god-speed-unused-instrumental GOD SPEED]]" was revealed in late January 2022. It was another EXE song, but after the allegations against EXE's creator, the song was scrapped, and [=MarStarBro=] has forbidden anyone from using it elsewhere.
* A few days after "GOD SPEED" was uploaded, another scrapped song, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOh1J9g3pxY Burning]]", was released by its composer, Adam [=McHummus=]. It was inspired by the infamous "SONIC HAS PASSED" corruption from one of [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny's streams]], and the opponent was supposed to be (by the composer's own words) a "self-insert" Robotnik.exe called Genesys, created by Revie_03. Similar to EXE, the concept was scrapped after the whole debacle with her. Unlike "GOD SPEED", however, Adam [=McHummus=] has allowed for the song to be reused, and there have been a few different fan takes with it. In a Newgrounds Q&A, Revie_03 elaborated on what the song was supposed to be: to really sell that that "Sonic has passed", his sprites were going to be glitched out versions of his original ''Sonic 1'' sprites, and Genesys would be [[CameraPerspectiveSwitch staring the player head on]] during his portions of the song. In addition, the song was supposed to be a random encounter that could activate while selecting a song in freeplay, after which it'd be freely accessible.

* [[https://youtu.be/l3GkNIwArs0 "Prey"]], a song against Furnace, a Mecha Sonic.exe take meant to occupy Starved, and "Starved", where you play as Sonic depicting how Starved caught and killed Sonic, was planned for the next update but was scrapped due to averyavary, Chaotix and Furnace's creator and Starved's co-creator, leaving the team and requesting that his work not be included in the mod. Ultimately, both "Prey" and "Fight or Flight", a song where Tails fights Starved, were later part of the unfinished build released by [=MarStarBro=].

* A song by Echolocated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3jZ03xlIbE for Lord X]] was planned for 3.0, but scrapped and left unfinished as Echo was booted from the project due to his mishandling of the original ''[[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinTailsGetsTrolled Tails Gets Trolled]]'' mod.
* [=MarStarBro's=] [=SL4SH=] was a character with two planned songs, one against Boyfriend, and another featuring an avatar of [=MarStarBro=]: the latter was cut due to backlash about having an AuthorAvatar in the mod, and everything involving [=SL4SH=] in general was scrapped after [=MarStarBro=] left the team.
* A full week featuring Sally_ALT and her supporting cast was planned, but was scrapped following Falsecow's departure from the team.

* Cut content from Version 1.5:
** Alongside Sunky, an EXE known as Melthog was planned to appear, but was cut before he could be implemented.
* Cut content from Version 2.0:
** "You Can't Run" originally wasn't going to have a transition to a 16-bit soundfont during the section that references "Green Hill Zone". The original version can be listened to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo74dHvTc60 here]].
** In "Chaos", using the spacebar to dodge Fleetway Super Sonic's attacks was supposed to be a recurring thing throughout the song: however, the team couldn't figure out how to implement more than one of the attacks without the game crashing, so they scrapped it and just left the one at the beginning.
** A song named "[[https://soundcloud.com/vanialomega/fnf-vs-sonic-exe-fate-unused Fate]]", made for a second battle with Lord X, was composed but scrapped at the request of Lord X's creator [=JoeDoughBoi=]. According to the accompanying concept art, Boyfriend and Lord X would duke it out on floating platforms while a waterfall of rising souls made up the background.[[note]]The song, however, is set to appear in Ryzzon's mod ''Lord X Revenge'' with permission from Vania.[[/note]] [[https://twitter.com/losermakesgames/status/1489618809841340420 [=JoeDoughBoi=] would later clarify]] that the concept art was early, and the idea was changed to a monochrome version of "Execution"'s stage before the song was scrapped. He would later reveal that "Fate" was scrapped simply because he felt "Cycles" was a more fitting song for Lord X.
** During Robotnik’s segment of “Triple Trouble”, the prospective was planned to be from behind Boyfriend, but it was changed to a side-view so the player could see Robotnik whole body.
* Content planned for Version 2.5:
** "Slaybells" was originally supposed to be against both EXE and Lord X, the former being dressed up as [[TheKrampus Krampus]]; following allegations against EXE's creator, the song was reworked to be Majin and Lord X against Sonic.exe, though the song would never see the light of day before the mod's cancellation.
** A sister song to "Slaybells" where Sonic.exe and the Tails Doll sing against each other, known as [[https://youtu.be/sp9578jFA1U Missletoe]], was planned to be part of v2.5. The mod's cancellation renders the song as good as dead as well.
** A scrapped song called "[[https://soundcloud.com/marstarbro120/friday-night-funkin-vs-sonicexe-god-speed-unused-instrumental GOD SPEED]]" was revealed in late January 2022. It was another EXE song, but after the allegations against EXE's creator, the song was scrapped, and [=MarStarBro=] has forbidden anyone from using it elsewhere.
** A few days after "GOD SPEED" was uploaded, another scrapped song, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOh1J9g3pxY Burning]]", was released by its composer, Adam [=McHummus=]. It was inspired by the infamous "SONIC HAS PASSED" corruption from one of [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny's streams]], and the opponent was supposed to be (by the composer's own words) a "self-insert" Robotnik.exe called Genesys, created by Revie_03. Similar to EXE, the concept was scrapped after the whole debacle with her. Unlike "GOD SPEED", however, Adam [=McHummus=] has allowed for the song to be reused, and there have been a few different fan takes with it. In a Newgrounds Q&A, Revie_03 elaborated on what the song was supposed to be: to really sell that that "Sonic has passed", his sprites were going to be glitched out versions of his original ''Sonic 1'' sprites, and Genesys would be [[CameraPerspectiveSwitch staring the player head on]] during his portions of the song. In addition, the song was supposed to be a random encounter that could activate while selecting a song in freeplay, after which it'd be freely accessible.
** A three-way collaboration between ''Vs Sonic.exe'', ''Sonic Rhythm Rush'', and ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinTailsGetsTrolled'' was planned before the Revie controversy, and then shut down after that. All three were cancelled due to some reason or another.
** [[https://twitter.com/MadzillaKOTH/status/1529067745748389890 According to Madzilla]], Demogri and Giratos were almost cut from Update 3 thanks to a "certain mod director" (all but stated to be Revie yet again) deeming them not unique enough for the mod, compared to characters like Needlemouse. She relented and said that they ''would'' be added back in if Madzilla made a popular animation of Knuckles being killed by Giratos, [[https://twitter.com/MadzillaKOTH/status/1475688816170131458 to which Madzilla reluctantly obliged]] (warning, loud audio!). After Revie was kicked off the project, Demogri and Giratos were fully added back into the planned update... before ultimately being cut later on anyway after their creator left the team.
* Content cut from Version 3.0:
** Originally, Rightburst Ultra's Wechidna was going to be part of version 3.0, but was replaced by Chaotix, who was also cut, and moved to a separate mod called ''Friday Night Funkin': Parallax'' after Rightburst left the development team. Rightburst's character Satanos was also a considered character for version 3.0, but it was too moved to ''Parallax'', following Rightburst departure.
** The first version "My Horizon", before Chaotix was cut, was to be replaced following allegations against its composer, [=JesterFrog=], who was removed from the team shortly after. That version of the song was originally intended to be given to Wechidna in the aforementioned ''Parallax mod'', with the old vocals restored before Wechidna was given a new song entirely. "My Horizon" was later reworked into "[[https://youtu.be/zWPIZtsX0xM Our Horizon]]", which is described as the good end of Chaotix's own mod, ''ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION'', but it would also be scrapped from that mod too due to the team behind the mod not feeling comfortable using any of [=JestFrog=]’s work in the mod.
** [[https://youtu.be/KDgmGjjYn7s A new version of "My Horizon"]] composed by Armydillo was also cut from this mod after Chatoix's creator left the team, but did end up being used in ''ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION''.
** [[https://youtu.be/PPQMeRx_P50 Lastly, yet another version of "My Horizon"]] was created by [=MarStarBro=] which repurposes "Faker" (and presumably "Black Sun"), but, like the other two versions, was cut once Chaotix’s creator left the team. Unlike the other iterations, however, this final try has no further plans to be reused.
** Curse was a character by Jasper that was planned to have a song with different phases, switching from nervous to pissed to happy as the song went on. However, the character was cut following the Echo Leaks, and transferred to ''ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION''.
** [[https://youtu.be/l3GkNIwArs0 "Prey"]], a song against Furnace, a Mecha Sonic.exe take meant to occupy Starved, and "Starved", where you play as Sonic depicting how Starved caught and killed Sonic, was planned for the next update but was scrapped due to averyavary, Chaotix and Furnace's creator and Starved's co-creator, leaving the team and requesting that his work not be included in the mod. Ultimately, both "Prey" and "Fight or Flight", a song where Tails fights Starved, were later part of the unfinished build released by [=MarStarBro=].
** [[https://youtu.be/_Vi_0IHv6Tc As mentioned in this video]], the duel with Chaotix, when he was part of this mod, was originally meant to be in the regular ''FNF'' style, but [=AnarackWarriors=], Fatal Error's creator, presented a version in the style of ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' to averavary, and plans shifted to a pixelated style shortly after.
** Earlier versions of Sarah's sprites showed her as more happy and energetic compared to the more ominous looking sprites from the final "Round-a-Bout".
** Luther and all other Needlemouse related planned content, aside from "Round-a-Bout", were cut after Joseph's departure from the team.
** A song by Echolocated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3jZ03xlIbE for Lord X]] was planned for 3.0, but scrapped and left unfinished as Echo was booted from the project due to his mishandling of the original ''[[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinTailsGetsTrolled Tails Gets Trolled]]'' mod.
** [=MarStarBro's=] [=SL4SH=] was a character with two planned songs, one against Boyfriend, and another featuring an avatar of [=MarStarBro=]: the latter was cut due to backlash about having an AuthorAvatar in the mod, and everything involving [=SL4SH=] in general was scrapped after [=MarStarBro=] left the team.
** A full week featuring Sally_ALT and her supporting cast was planned, but was scrapped following Falsecow's departure from the team.
** Demogri and Griatos were cut following their creator, [=MadzillaKOTH=], leaving the team.

** At one point, Exetior (Sonic.Exe's counterpart from VideoGame/SonicExeNightmareBeginning) was considered for the mod, but he never made it past the [[https://twitter.com/losermakesgames/status/1552359365809561600?cxt=HHwWgICjrcqni4srAAAA concept phase]].
** This all culminated in the entire mod being cancelled, along with everything planned for it. [=MarStarBro=] released the 2.5/3.0 build on his Twitter, with everything the team managed to get done and had permission to use.