SNES Snapshot GX

About
The SNES Snapshot GX refers to a personalization AI device used specifically for the SNES, and more explicitly used for Super Mario World. It was scrapped most likely because as Super Mario World changed it did not need the device, and it caused many problems and disturbances as well. The SNES GX Snapshot was also made for 6 other games, but only 4 are known to be rumored to work with the device.

Compatible Games

 * Super Mario World
 * Super Mario Kart
 * F-Zero
 * Earthbound

Photography
The system was originally built to take photos, but with a catch, being able to be dismounted from the system and stored within a storage box, called the GX storage. It could take pictures on the console by pressing the L and R buttons at the same time, and could rotate itself by holding left or right with the D-pad.

Face Drawing (Duke's Doodler)
Within the Photography, there was planned to be a special software used within the system called Duke's Doodler, with a person similar to Mario, named Duke, with brown overalls. He worked like a computer assistant, and Duke's doodler used to aloud you to use a drawing function to draw over your face. This software, along with the GX snapshot, was also scrapped in favor of Mario Paint, which would take from Duke's Doodler and expand off of it.

Personalization and Face Recognition
Within the four games listed, the GX snapshot could use your face in order to reshape the game currently being played in many different ways, such as changing the track or speed in F-Zero and Super Mario Kart, or the Story in Super Mario World and Earth Bound. This was usually very dangerous to use, however, because it could cause overheat in the system from such large memory storage.

Eyebrow Movement
The system of the Snapshot GX could cause some odd and uncanny actions when a person would move their eyebrows in front of it. Things such as the level Cave from Super Mario World, and others such as Choco Island 3 were able to be controlled by moving your eyebrows. Sometimes this function would not work, and if it did not it would make a high-pitched sound.

High pitched sound
If the eyebrow movement function did not work, the camera would make a high pitched sound, which lead the few play testers to forgetting what had happened and sometimes having nightmares if they could remember. It is very much like the Kellogg's Penguin anomaly, however it was much more disturbing.

Overheating CPU
If the face recognition is used for 3 hours or more without break, the system will start to overheat, burning the plastic case around the system, because of complex memory storage, or too much data. It may also stop working all together and just shut off.

Trivia

 * The system's mascot, Duke, had goggles on, similar to the ones Mario wears in the Super Mario World Beta
 * The Storage GX had words on the back that said "8231991" which is the release date of the game F-Zero itself.