Talk:Unused content in Pikmin 3

Supposed White Bulborb
There are rumors about that a White Bulborb of sorts is an unused enemy in Pikmin 3. This is most likely false, and I'll explain why. In the game files, almost all enemies have their own file, except for really similar enemies, like Female Sheargrubs and Swarming Sheargrubs, and Red Bulborbs and Orange Bulborbs. In the "Bulborb" file, there are two main textures: spots and body. Here's a list of all textures:
 * is the Red Bulborb's spot.
 * is the Orange Bulborb's spot.
 * is the normal map for either enemy's spots.
 * is currently unknown, but speculated by the gang to be a texture used when you snap a picture with the KopPad with flash on.
 * is the Red Bulborb's body, eyes, etc.
 * is the same, but for the Orange Bulborb.
 * is the normal map for the Red Bulborb (as distinguished by the eyes).
 * is the same, but for the Orange Bulborb.
 * is again, unknown; it might be like  but for the Red Bulborb's body.
 * is the same, but for the Orange Bulborb.

This supposed White Bulborb uses  for the body and. Now, if this were a new Bulborb, shouldn't it follow the same logical texture style as the used Bulborbs? Plus a number like "2"? Either way, nobody's really sure of what those "scm" textures are, but to assume that it's a new type of Bulborb is pretty far-fetched. Even if it is, we can't say for sure for now, so we're better off not adding speculation. &mdash; {EspyoT} 11:54, 11 August 2015 (EDT)

Interesting. 107.22.181.108 09:57, 19 January 2016 (EST)/Pikifan4 on the Pikmin Fanon

I would like to note that it is still unused in the game even thought it is just a shading texture or something. Also shouldn't the Pikmin 2 clones still have their models here? AND you said that several enemies have this texture. 107.22.183.108 11:22, 22 January 2016 (EST)/Pikifan4 on the Pikminfanon


 * Who said that it was unused? Also, other enemies don't have this texture, they have bump-mapping (or whatever it is) textures for their specific models; I just mean that all normal enemies have a bump-mapping texture, a normal map texture, etc. The Pikmin 2 clones are already mentioned on the page, and it's pointless to upload images of them because... they look exactly like they do in Pikmin 2. Having images wouldn't be interesting to anybody. &mdash; {EspyoT} 12:04, 22 January 2016 (EST)


 * The "scm" textures are specular map textures. That is, the regular texture is for the Bulborb's color, and the "scm" texture filters the color of the specular highlights on it. So technically, it is in use when the KopPad camera flashes. If the Red Bulborb didn't have this texture, highlights on it would all be one color, like in the previous two games. And that's just not as realistic.


 * But this is certainly not a new unused Bulborb. All enemies in Pikmin 3 have specular map textures like this to vary their highlights and make their colors more interesting under different lights. Scruffy (talk) 16:21, 22 January 2016 (EST)


 * Well, i would like to point out that Espyo told me that Several enemies have a shading texture that doesn't appear, making in unused. Also Are we able to get a pic of the Blue Cannon Beetle. Pikifan4 (talk) 10:58, 29 January 2016 (EST)


 * I never once said that. Also, the only thing that exists about the Armored Cannon Larva variants, as the article states, are parameters. There are no textures, sounds, models, etc. &mdash; {EspyoT} 14:38, 29 January 2016 (EST)

Mimic bud?
I saw a video and there was a candypop bud that kills Pikmin when thrown into it. There was also a crimson candypop bud that made Pikpik carrot Pikmin, but I have my doubts about that one. Can't find link. P.s. Please don't put a picture of Link saying "Here he is."Pikmin Theories (talk) 00:40, 10 September 2016 (EDT)

Found it! Pikmin 3 hack various unused objects by BielR3.Pikmin Theories (talk) 00:43, 10 September 2016 (EDT)

Is NamaPongashi really a base object?
The current page states that NamaPongashi is most likely a base object. From what I've seen, NamaPongashi has a unique model to it. If NamaPongashi really was a base object, then all Candypop Buds in the game would have to use the old Candypop Bud model and large tips at the end of their petals, and either a purple underbelly or white on the outside of the petals, which they do not. Also, a Candypop bud model that looks like that looks very threatening, which seems like it would make sense for it to kill Pikmin when they are thrown in. There's a gen file for the test map https://youtu.be/ERW_qASjzC0?t=8100 that has a group of seven of these buds placed next to the used Candypop Buds, which include the respective buds for red, rock, white, yellow, purple, blue and pink Pikmin, which is seven buds in total. This leads me to conclude that the developers were intentionally testing to throw each Pikmin type into separate NamaPongashi's, which makes it even more unusual for a supposed "base" object. Also, how do we know that the "nama" in NamaPongashi is actually meant to indicate that it's a base object? For all we know, it could've referred to a unfinished function of the object. From this, I conclude that the idea that "NamaPongashi is the base object that all Candypop Buds were meant to derive from" should be removed from the page, because based on the evidence I found, it seems more tempting to say that it's really just an unfinished Candypop Bud variant that was just left in the game, and cut because the developers decided it was a bad idea. Beady Long Bramble Grates Legs (talk) 10:03, January 22, 2021 (EST)


 * The idea is that it was a base object, not that it currently is. Further, each specific Candypop Bud could overwrite the base model, so throughout development they all looked like NamaPongashi until the models and textures for the different-colored Buds started getting developed, and started getting used in the derived objects, thus overriding the base object's model with the new ones.
 * I don't personally feel the threatening part because the model clearly looks unfinished, almost like a test model. If the idea of the devs was to make a plant that looks menacing, those tips would probably look more like sharp spikes rather than weird black 12-poly cones that are almost as big as the leaves themselves (compare with the small buds the Candypops have at the tips in the final game). And that is all assuming they'd style the tips in the first place. If they wanted to really make a trap Candypop Bud, they would've clearly communicated the danger in some way. Not with some ambiguous pointy bits that seem plausible in random plants in the world. They would instead have aimed at making the center of the Candypop Bud look dangerous. Maybe with sharp teeth, unpleasant colors, and moving slightly like an idle Piranha Plant. Clarity was a big thing during Pikmin 3's development, considering there is nothing in the game that insta-kills your Pikmin by surprise. Even the old games didn't really kill your Pikmin by surprise much, as long as you were paying attention (Creeping Crysanthemums, falling boulders), but Pikmin 3 made things even safer in general (if a Pikmin so much as collides with an electric gate, it's perfectly safe). Candypop Buds in particular also received a lot of attention to their centers in general, considering they were redesigned to make their centers look like targets and receptacles, encouraging players to throw Pikmin inside even more than in previous games.
 * The test map does shed some interesting light. Though it further makes me believe that the NamaPongashi really is a base Candypop Bud object. If it were just one finalized object, what would be the reason to place seven of it in the test map? What's more likely to me is that during development the real Candypop Buds actually did derive from the base object, and they placed all seven in that map, each one for a Pikmin type. Their specific type data must've gotten lost in the final game. For instance: during development, areas used a specific file format to store object properties (such as what sub-type a Candypop should be), and nowadays the game can't even read those attributes, so all of the seven distinct Candypops spawn as the base form, which is the only data the game can read. Somebody should look into the test maps and see if any properties survived. There are final-game Candypop Buds nearby, which makes me believe that they must've ditched NamaPongashi entirely at one point, and thus, it's not even used in the final game as the final Candypop base object. They then made the Candypop Bud objects we have in the final game. I can imagine that during development, to compare the before-and-after behaviors and keep an eye on what developments were missing, they added both old and new Candypop Buds to the same map.
 * Google Translate returns "raw" as a possible translation for "nama". It also returns "crude", "unprocessed", and so on. DeepL returns "birth" and "unpolished", interestingly. The "raw" part really brings to mind a base object from which others derive. Hence it only contains the raw information about accepting Pikmin and disappearing and whatnot, but then all derived objects refine the information to their own needs (spawn a Red Pikmin seed, spawn a Yellow Pikmin seed, etc.). Some of those translations actually make me think that this really was an abandoned version of the Candypop Bud object, like "unpolished". "Birth" is cryptic, though it could mean it's like the firstborn version. Maybe they really did mean to create a proof-of-concept object from the get-go, just filled it with the most absolute barebones behavior, and then proceeded to code the final Candypop Buds separately. They kept the old object for some reason, and named it accordingly with "unprocessed" or whatever, so that developers wouldn't confuse it for the final Candypop Bud.
 * So in conclusion, I believed NamaPongashi was some sort of base object that other Candypop Buds derived from during development. And that it certainly wasn't a plant made with cruel intent by the devs. Those observations and new research, combined with a number of years of game development experience, just further help confirm my thoughts. &mdash; {EspyoT} 16:11, April 16, 2021 (EDT)

Buriko
If "buriko" is what the Swarming Sheargrub is called in Japanese, wouldn't that make this "buriko" an early version of that enemy? 85.243.109.179 09:55, February 14, 2021 (EST)
 * Good point. I'll edit that accordingly. &mdash; {EspyoT} 11:44, February 16, 2021 (EST)

Page split?
I'm wondering, would it be a good idea to split the page between Pikmin 3 and 3 Deluxe? 3 Deluxe has plenty of it's own stuff, and it's also kinda hard to see what is Pikmin 3's and 3 Deluxe's unless you actually stop and read the article. I dunno, just kind a putting it out there. --Burrhead2 (talk) 16:24, March 31, 2021 (EDT)
 * I get what you mean, but it might be tricky. Some of the unused content in one game can be found in the other also, so duplicating information will leave the articles worse. Plus, people still haven't really researched all of the unused content and its potential, so it may be a bit too soon to judge how things should be split. &mdash; {EspyoT} 13:54, April 1, 2021 (EDT)

Yeah, you're probably right.--Burrhead2 (talk) 13:05, April 6, 2021 (EDT)