In the prototype version of the game, Raidou is given an end card sequence, hinting that he would have been unlockable in the final version.
"Is this the end? ...
I looked down at my opponent who fell at my feet and muttered the thunder track. It's been a long time since you came out to be chasing a village like this or the one Kirigen Tenjinryu. Since then, the thunder road has only sought power for appetite. Fight against all the fighters, made his technique his own. I was asked to be a member of the tournament because I had a feeling that I might be able to meet the hunger for mosquitoes. However, it seems to be useless. The thunder road called a storm and disappeared into the fog..."
"Is this the end? ...
I looked down at my opponent who fell at my feet and muttered the thunder track. It's been a long time since you came out to be chasing a village like this or the one Kirigen Tenjinryu. Since then, the thunder road has only sought power for appetite. Fight against all the fighters, made his technique his own. I was asked to be a member of the tournament because I had a feeling that I might be able to meet the hunger for mosquitoes. However, it seems to be useless. The thunder road called a storm and disappeared into the fog..."
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
An unused texture of the Felt Friends can be found in the game's data, suggesting they may have been planned for some kind of role in the game.
Contributed by GamerBen144
While battle damage is used for Little Mac in the Wii U version, data suggests that other characters were planned to have similar effects. This can be seen in unused textures for R.O.B. in the game's data which seem to show battle damage. This is a remnant to Super Smash Bros. Brawl in which characters were also planned to have battle damage, but were left out.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Unused graphic of Shrek's swamp can be found in the GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and the PC version's files, suggesting that such a stage may have been planned at one point during development.
Contributed by GamerBen144
In the files are yellow and blue Yoshi icons, suggesting there may have more palette swaps planned for the game. In the final version, only green, red, and black Yoshis can be used.
Contributed by GamerBen144
All 12 playable characters have dialogue in the game that goes completely unused. The audio references an object that's referred to as an Omochao-themed gate. This gate would've been opened via the use of a nearby Omochao. However, no such "Omochao Gate" appears anywhere in the game, and Omochao himself does not physically appear in any level of the game either.
Contributed by PirateGoofy
Files for Dragonite from the Pokémon series suggest it may have been planned to be summoned from the Poké Ball. While it does not appear as an assist character in the final game, it does appear as a background character in the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Two models for the character exist, with one more in line of those summoned by the player, featuring higher resolution textures.
Contributed by GamerBen144
A lot of Team Rose's levels end at a much earlier point than Team Sonic and Dark's. However, through the use of glitches, exploits, or cheats, it's possible to go past the goal ring with Team Rose and go to areas that are only accessible to the two other aforementioned teams. The same thing can also be done in some of Team Chaotix's levels as well.
Interestingly, the characters of both Team Rose and Chaotix have fully voiced and functioning dialogue for these normally inaccessible areas.
Interestingly, the characters of both Team Rose and Chaotix have fully voiced and functioning dialogue for these normally inaccessible areas.
Contributed by PirateGoofy
A large area of the game, titled The Boneforest, was cut late in development.
Contributed by Countnecula
Found within the game's data are unused themes of the mini-games "Let's Get a Move on" and "Pandemonium" from Mario Party 3 and 9 respectively, suggesting mini-games from Mario Party 3 and 9 that used those tracks were intended to be included in the game.
Contributed by CuriousUserX90
In an interview, Noboru Sugimura stated that Leon was originally supposed to start out in civilian attire. There would've been a scene between him and Marvin at the police station where he'd change into his police uniform.
"It’s true that with Racoon City destroyed, the police wouldn’t be actively on duty, so there’d be no real need for Leon to change into his uniform… but we wanted to show his determination to protect both the city and his principles by having him change into his uniform regardless. It was a scene with a lot of meaning. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the CG it got cut."
"It’s true that with Racoon City destroyed, the police wouldn’t be actively on duty, so there’d be no real need for Leon to change into his uniform… but we wanted to show his determination to protect both the city and his principles by having him change into his uniform regardless. It was a scene with a lot of meaning. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the CG it got cut."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Sefton Hill stated on reddit that they were originally going to include an interactive combat battle against Rocksteady employees, in the game's credit. And each time the player got a knockdown, the developer's names and roles in development to appear during the slow-motion. It would've been used for the new game plus, but due to time constraints, they have to remove this feature.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Unused text in the GBA version's files suggest that all of the in-game spells (except for Expelliarmus) were planned to be upgradeable.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Paper Luigi was originally intended to be playable as well, but he ended up being excluded, because the game became too complicated with his implementation.
Contributed by CuriousUserX90
In the NES version, there are unused sprites suggesting that Spider-Man was once planned to climb walls.
Contributed by GamerBen144
In the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and PC version's files are removed game modes. These modes include Tournament, Burnout, Knockout, Car Show, and an otherwise undefined "GT" mode that hadn't appeared in previous entries.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Unused data can be found in the game’s files suggesting that the Sensei, Rockhopper, the Jet-Pack Guy, and a robot from the PSA missions were going to be fully functional characters.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Originally, the region of Johto was based on the entirety of Japan, rather than just the Kansai region, with towns and dungeons based on areas within the country, such as Hokkaido (called North in the Spaceworld 97 demo), Osaka (which was called West and likely became Goldenrod City) and Mt. Fuji (which likely became Mt. Silver). Due to this, Kanto, which was based on the region in Japan of the same name, was compressed into a single map, with Blue as the Gym Leader.
Evolved and pre-evolved forms for Tangela, Qwilfish, Goldeen, Vulpix, Paras, Ditto, Doduo, Meowth, Mr. Mime, Growlithe, Lickitung, an alternate evolution for Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Pinsir and a Grass type evolution for Eevee, were implemented in the demo featured at Nintendo's Spaceworld 97 show. All of these evolutions were cut from the final product.
There was originally going to be a Sphinx themed mini-boss in Pharaoh Man's stage. It was functional in some demo versions of the game, but the Sphinx is not present in the final release.
Contributed by SonicNicholas1995
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