Within the game's data is an unused squirrel character, named "Shakitto" (シャキッと, meaning "crisp" or "crunchy") in the Japanese version's files. The text "Rya~" (りゃ〜) is also placed directly after her name, though it's unclear whether this is meant to be an additional component of it or if it was a catchphrase.

Despite Shakitto appearing to be a scrapped villager, her filename, ac_ev_dokutu, indicates that she was likely conceived as a special character. The "ev" component is used in the game's data for special characters that occasionally visit the player's town rather than being permanent components (e.g. Redd, Sahara, Wendell, Gracie, etc.), while "dokutu" is likely a truncation of "dokutsu," which can refer to either a cavern or a hole in the ground. The latter implies that she would've buried items for the player to dig up, similarly to an action that villagers can announce on the Bulletin Board in the final game.

Because no other code for Shakitto's intended function remains in the final game, spawning her in as a villager with Action Replay codes instead results in her using various bits of preexisting character data.