An unused "Darkness" spell exists in the files, but ultimately goes unused. It acts oppositely to the "Light" spells in the game, making an area darker (most likely to make it easier to sneak and remain undetected). Similar to the unused "Lock" spell it contains many "DO NOT USE" warnings.
An unused "Lock" spell exists in the files (as well as Easy Lock and Average Lock), but it goes unused in the final game. It would have locked containers and doors. The files include several warnings which read "DO NOT USE". "Lock" existed as a spell in TES III: Morrowind.
Unused voice lines for NPCs exist mentioning "Hearts Day" and "New Life Festival". These are both holidays that existed in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. It's possible Bethesda meant for the holiday system and these specific holidays to return in Oblivion, before being cut. Additionally, Pete Hines mentions in an interview that these holidays were to be present in an unreleased DLC.
The Sombrero Guy from Autumn Mountain may have been planned to be a temporary party member just like Spike and Bone Goomba, but was left out. Altering the code through save file hacking makes the character fully functional and adds an otherwise unused graphic to the pause menu.
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The squires in the game have an unused animation that may have been planned for use when the player attacks one with the Patty Wagon. The squires do play a part of their animation, however, they simply disappear after they use their trumpets when the player hits them.
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The ROM for the game contains hidden credits. At the end of the credits is a very brief, but firm message about people who plan to pirate the game: Pirates leave no footprints.
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Six unused modes (Smoke Show, Party, Car Show, Cash Knockout, Tournament, and Theater) were all planned to appear in the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC versions of the game.
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Six of the game's cars (Audi, Cadillac, Mazda, and Volkswagen, and two Porsches) were planned to be usable in the game, but were cut due to time constraints. However, data can be found for said cars in the PlayStation 2 version.
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Unused text in the European version of the game regarding the Nintendo 64's Rumble Pak feature suggests the game was originally planned to utilize the rumble feature in some way.
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Unused code in the files of the GameCube version contains eight different weapons that were considered or almost finished including a Claymore, a Torpedo Launcher, and a Mustang Viper.
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Dozens of unused courses can be found in the game's data, including one modeled after the SEGA logo.
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A demo build of the game shows that Frogger would've had a lot more animations, including Frogger bouncing, doing a mid-air flip, and extra death animation, hopping to his left and right, doing a cartwheel, a "leapfrog" animation, panting, an alternate slipping animation with one slipping to the left and one to the right, a drowning animation, doing a super hop, two idle animations, kicking upwards while doing a handstand, and doing a "superstart."
The sinking and mid-air flip animations would later be used in the sequel.
The sinking and mid-air flip animations would later be used in the sequel.
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20 of the villagers throughout the series were planned to appear in the game, but were cut. These villagers eventually made it into the "Welcome amiibo" updated re-release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
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In the games' data are the unused moves Celebrate, Hold Hands, Matt Block, and V-Create. They are not programmed to a single Pokémon in-game and Metronome will not turn into them.
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By datamining a demo build of the game, an image of Donkey Kong Jr. can be found, suggesting that he may have been planned to appear in the game instead of Diddy Kong. Interestingly, Diddy Kong's internal filename in the final version is listed as "dk_jr," suggesting that Diddy's appearance may have been a later addition.
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Within the game's files is code for a 6th difficulty that goes unused. It would've been called Encore, and "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" is the only song that has a fully completed chart for it. Encore would've been the hardest difficulty in the game, as it would've contained it's own unique notes in the form of randomization. Meaning that the notes (Triangle, Square, Circle, and X) would be different each time the song is played. The only exception to this would've been if the player chose to retry the song.
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In the updated rerelease of the game, Wheel of Fortune 2nd Edition, unused categories regarding "Fictional Place," "Place," "Person/Title," "Foreign Word," "Slang," "Proper Names," "Song/Artists," and "Events" can all be found in the PlayStation version's data.
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Unused categories regarding "Fictional Place," "Person/Title," "Slang," and "Foreign Word" can be found in the PlayStation version's data.
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A bunch of rather vulgar passwords can be found in the GBA version's files. All of the passwords (except for B1TCHK!) are six characters or less, compared to the seven character passwords used for the game. Using B1TCHK!, however, doesn't do anything, making this also unused.
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