I can't remember where I found the prototype rom anymore.
I'm modifying the prototype as well as modifying SMUSA to be more like the prototype (less animation).
UPDATE: In the prototype, I have now replaced everything. Mario has been replaced with Imajin, Luigi has been replaced with Mama, Toad has been replaced with Papa and Peach has been replaced with Lina. I also changed the SMB2-only items back into the DDP items. Phanto, the mushroom (clown mask) blocks, shell (shrunken head), life mushroom (heart), 1-up mushroom (1-up heart- my own creation:

), changed the "Bomb" explosion back into "Bom" and changed some of the text. The magic lamp and World 7 veggie were already in their DDP incarnations from the start in the proto.
I will have one patch that leaves the Mario characters and one that has DDP characters. I'm now getting the hang of YY-CHR. I am cutting and pasting sprites from the actual DDP fds rom into SM2 proto.
Changes made with yy-chr, thingy, nespaled and other hex editors
Story (Notice also the DDP characters in the border):


Changed 'Please Choose Player' to 'Player Change ??' (notice DDP man instead of arrow, DDP character heads, and removed curtains and border to closer match DDP selection screen):

(this pic has been photoshopped to show all four characters at once in color, in game only one is highlighted at a time.)
Changed 'World' to 'Chapter' (notice black DDP grass):

Changed life mushroom into heart:

Changed 1-up Mushroom into 1-up Heart that I created, and replaced the green grass with black DDP grass:

Changed "Bomb" back into "Bom" and changed the shell back into the head:


Changed Phanto:

Changed gate:

Changed Mario into Imajin:
