Unused content in Pikmin

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Early S.S. Dolphin

An early prototype of the S.S. Dolphin's model can be found in the game files, inside a few archives. This version of the S.S. Dolphin can be seen in the end credits cutscene.

Some differences can be spotted:

• The top of the Ionium Jets are not hexagonal; they are round.
• The retracted form of the egg-beater-like machine on the S.S. Dolphin is not cubical; it is instead a sphere.
• The Interstellar Radio is blue and yellow with a white top, has two antennas, and has a tilted round grille instead of a red rectangular screen.
• The Bowsprit has a larger, and rounder bulb.
• The Guard Satellite has a more cylindrical design with a different top design.
• There are less rivets on the early model.
• There appears to be no reflection on the early model, although this might be because of a lighting engine issue, since the credits video shows it with reflective surfaces.

Others

• There are 2 test blo files found inside dataDir\screen\eng_blo, "test.blo" and "test2.blo"
• account.blo contains some weird strings that don't seem to be used. They are "The sun has gone down, today's job is finished.", which appears twice, "starting pikmins", "pikmins now", "dead pikmins", "enemies defeated" and "collected items", which all appear twice, grouped. account2.blo seems to contain the real text for the results screen.
• When a Pikmin is held, its throw height is decided to be at a certain level. Holding the Pikmin for a while increases this value, and the increase stops more or less when the Pikmin's noise ends. However, in the game files, the starting value and the ending value are exactly the same, so this feature has absolutely no impact in the final game. Pikmin 2 has the same parameters, but the code to change the value is gone.
• An unused parameter in aiconst.bin, when set to 1, allows the player to pluck Pikmin by simply whistling at them, like the Pluckaphone in Pikmin 2. The Pikmin come out on their own, with a unique sound an animation. This feature was actually used in the 2000 prototype trailer.

See also

• Unused content
• Prerelease information

External links

• Video showcasing iwagen