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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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Red XIII had a subplot that was cut from the game as the plot developed in a different direction. Originally there were to be two Red XIII clones created by Hojo called Cobalt XIV and Indigo XV. The player would have to fight all three of the "Red XIIIs" and figure out which was the real one, with the three swapping places periodically. Defeating the real Red XIII by accident meant the player had to fight the following boss battle with Hojo with only two party members. Cobalt and Indigo would return in the final dungeon of the game, turned into cyborgs and determined to prove they were superior to the real Red XIII.
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
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Attachment The characters Dr. Mario, Roy, Mewtwo were supposed to make a return, and Dixie Kong, Plusle and Minun, Toon Zelda (Tetra), and Toon Sheik were supposed to appear as newcomers.

Files for these characters (sadly incomplete) can be found in the game's ISO.
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person KTH calendar_month March 19, 2013
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Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Gold Version (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Silver Version (Game)
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Attachment Olivine City has a hidden map/house that is only accessible by using cheat codes.
The map is of a small house containing two NPCs. The first is a Rhydon, whose glitched sprite changes into a Clefairy during walking animations. When A is pressed in front of it, it simply says, "Gugooh!" The next is a woman, when A is pressed in front of the woman in the house, she says: "When my Pokémon got sick, the Pharmacist in Ecruteak made some medicine for me." It is worth noting that she says that the pharmacy is located in Ecruteak City, when in the final version of the game it was located in Cianwood City.

Also, presuming that the player is in the Olivine House; if the radio is playing "The Pokédex Show" instead of the "Pokédex Talk Show" the game will not display any Pokédex entries and freeze (this will occur between 4am and 10am).
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Code, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person AussieYak calendar_month March 19, 2013
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Pokémon Ruby Version
Pokémon Ruby Version (2002)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Sapphire Version (Game)
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Attachment In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, map data exists for a closed version of the Flower Shop (which in the final version is usually always open) on Route 104. In this unused map there is only one non-playable character, and they inform the player that the Flower Shop is closed.

The map was originally used in the Pokémon Festa 2002 demo to limit the player's experience of the game. It was later removed from gameplay in the final version, but still exists within the code.
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person AussieYak calendar_month March 19, 2013
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Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 (2009)
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While the game was originally not supposed to be a co-op experience, Chris still had a partner to go with him to Africa and Sheva still existed in the game. Chris' original partner was Barry Burton, and Sheva was going to be a part of local militia fighting against the Bio Organic Weapons.
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month March 18, 2013
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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Attachment There is a hidden "Red Man" in the Corel Prison. The model is hidden from view in normal gameplay. There are no other models like this in the game, and it is thought to be a signature from one of the designers.
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person Wolfcat calendar_month March 18, 2013
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The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead (2012)
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Attachment In the game's files there are two unused character's.
One is named "Nick Stokes", who seems to be wearing a uniform with a badge. The badge also features a photo of the character Nick Stokes from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The other is called "Jeff". Jeff is the only character who has the special walker texture.
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Easter Egg, Reference, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Ghost calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Armadillo
Armadillo (1991)
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Attachment Inside the game's files, sprites for a rabbit boss can be found, but these are never used in-game. It was very likely this was going to be the boss of San Francisco, the game's fourth world, until being swapped out with Mecha-Fatadillo.
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person Superjustinbros calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Resident Evil
Resident Evil (1996)
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Attachment The cast to the original Resident Evil was supposed to compose of Jill and Chris but also two characters called Dewey (the team's african-american medic) and Geltzer (the team's huge radio operative). Dewey was planned as a comic relief and the name was later used for the STARS pilot.
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Super Paper Mario
Super Paper Mario (2007)
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Attachment An early, unused title screen can be found in the game's files. The copyright date is listed as 2006 instead of 2007, and in Thoreau's place is a Pixl who resembles a ladder which was not included in the final game. The Pixl also appears in a pre-release screenshot of the battle against Big Blooper.
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Development, Menu, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person lividd3ad calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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In the game's code there is a trainer class for "Chief" called "シルフのチーフ" which translates to Silph's Chief. This possibly meant that the player had to battle Silph Co.'s president.
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person Ghost calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VI (1994)
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Attachment There are three unused enemies hidden in the game's code. These are CzarDragon, Colossus and an alternate Umaro. The Colossus and Umaro use the same graphics and palettes as other enemies in the game. The Colossus is fairly simple and has a full attack script, and the alternate Umaro is weaker than the original.

CzarDragon however has no script, so when the battle begins, all it does is attack repeatedly. Which is odd, as there's a line of battle dialogue for the enemy, as though it was intended to be fought. The dialogue reads:
Mwa, ha ha... Humans and their desires! I'm free at last! I bring you destruction... I bring you terror... I am Czar... Prepare yourselves!
Taking into account the dialogue and its likeness to Shinryu in Final Fantasy V, it seems as though CzarDragon was intended to be an optional end boss. In the Gameboy Advance rerelease, CzarDragon can be fought under its original Japanese name Kaiser Dragon. It has a unique sprite similar to the SNES design.
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Bonus Content, Console Difference, General, Release Difference, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Text, Version Difference
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
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Attachment Toy Story's Woody and Buzz were set to appear as summons in Final Mix, but were removed for unknown reasons. These models were found in the code, untextured, and amongst the game's summons.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 (1997)
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Attachment Fully-textured models of Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery and Roger Moore are all hidden in the game's code. They can be accessed via cheat codes, but only in the game's menus.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario Power Tennis (Game)
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Attachment Waluigi was created by Camelot artist Fumihide Aoki during the development of Mario Tennis as a rival to Luigi. There were also talks of a Princess Peach counterpart to further expand the roster. This proposed "Warupichi" character was ultimately dismissed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo because they were hesitant about making an evil version of Princess Peach, given how she was still portrayed as innocent in earlier games. Despite this, Aoki would keep the character idea around for Mario Power Tennis, featuring another rejected design that would eventually be revealed to the public in 2023, both through unused sketches and a 3D model. In one sketch, the character wields an axe, which according to Aoki, was added to make her "cute and scary". Aoki also revealed more information through Instagram comments, like how "Warupichi" was going to be the authority figure that gave orders to Wario and Waluigi, and how he wanted to make a companion to "Warupichi" that would have been an arch-rival to Yoshi that was going to be a dragon with horns and wings. The day after revealing Warupichi and the rest of this information, Aoki deleted the original posts and locked his Instagram account.
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Original DidYouKnowGaming blog post:
https://didyouknowgaming.com/post/30812672774/mario-tennis-source

2000 Camelot interview revealing the existence of Warupichi:
https://www.camelot.co.jp/gimon/gimon13.html

Warupichi character design first Instagram post (now deleted):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0TpKyDSfOy/?img_index=1

Archived Warupichi concept art and 3D model images:
https://archive.org/details/wapeach

Archived Fumihide Aoki Instagram comment collages (all other comments in the attachment not featured in these two images were captured on desktop directly from Fumihide Aoki's Instagram posts prior to the account being locked down):
https://twitter.com/GenesisJam_/status/1730803149915472217

Warupichi design articles (second link submitted by NintendOtaku):
https://www.polygon.com/23984146/nintendo-wapeach-design-waluigi-creator-mario-tennis
https://www.thegamer.com/waluigi-creator-reveals-wapeach-designs/

Warupichi designs taken down article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/waluigi-creator-shares-then-removes-designs-of-wario-style-peach
Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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Attachment Sonic was originally planned to have a human girlfriend called Madonna. She would chase Sonic around, similar to how Amy Rose acts in later games.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii (2008)
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Attachment Petey Piranha, Paratroopa, and a Hammer Brother were all going to be playable in the game, as well as a third costume for Miis. The Chain Chomp item was going to return, but was replaced by the Bullet Bill in the final game. Several graphics supporting this appear within the game's data.
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Removed Feature, Unused Character, Unused Content
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
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Hideo Kojima had requested that Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake be in the game, but due to time constraints he couldn't be added to the game's roster. Sonic the Hedgehog also nearly made it into the game. Sonic's creator Yuji Naka stated that Sonic was going to be in Melee, but he also was cut due to time constraints. Both characters later made it into the sequel, Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
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Miyamoto had originally planned for "A Link to the Past" to have a party system where you could switch between three characters and utilize their individual abilities. The characters would have been a mix between an elf and a fighter, a magic user, and a girl.
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Franchise: Mario
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Shigeru Miyamoto wanted Mario to have a dinosaur companion ever since Super Mario Bros. but it wasn't thought possible at the time due to the limitations of the NES. He wanted to implement Yoshi in Super Mario Bros. 3 but again could not. Two power-ups were created to fill the gap - raccoon and frog Mario. Co-worker Takashi Tezuka once speculated that Miyamoto's love of horse riding had influenced Yoshi's creation.
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