Since then, it was redeveloped and reconsidered several times: In the late 1990s, it took on the working title Joe Jump, then in the mid-2000s as Reboot Ralph.

Despite knowing they would be able to use the character, the producers could not find an appropriate scene that would let Mario be a significant character without taking away the spotlight from the main story and opted to not include the character.An earlier draft of the screenplay had Ralph and Vanellope spending time going around the game world to collect the pieces for her kart for Sugar Rush, and at times included Felix traveling with the pair. However, if Vanellope completes a race, all of King Candy's changes will be deleted, as the game will reset itself. At this point, a fourth game world, Extreme Easy Living 2, would have been introduced and was considered a "hedonistic place" between the social nature of The Sims and the open-world objective-less aspects of Grand Theft Auto, according to Moore.

In addition to the spoken roles, Wreck-It Ralph contains a number of other video game references, including characters and visual gags.arcade game is stylized to strongly resemble the cabinet of Nintendo's original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game, [25] with Ralph and Felix taking similar poses as Donkey Kong and Mario, respectively. Unaware of this development, King Candy attempts to ram Vanellope off the track, causing them both to glitch. Line art sketches and voice-over readings of the scene were included on the home media release of the film. In a manner similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the Toy Story films, Wreck-It Ralph featured cameo appearances by a number of licensed video-game characters. Find the latest and greatest Wreck-It Ralph merchandise you seek from the original film or Wreck-It Ralph 2 right here, and above all… have fun!