Unused Pokémon data

Unused content in the Pokémon games

Unused map locations | Early English promotional Pokémon names | Eternal Flower Floette | Bird type | Unused music | Unused encounter system (Yellow) | Unused Bulbasaur slot machine symbol | Unused Shadow Pokémon | Cacophony | Unused Japanese list strings (Generation I) | Unused items | Unused Pokémon data | Unused and redundant Egg moves

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Remnants of unused Pokémon have been found in the Pokémon games.

Generation I

Missingno.

The Missingno. occupy 39 index numbers in between the index numbers of valid Pokémon.

It is believed that the existence of the Missingno. (although having unintended glitch characteristics) may be remnants of unused Pokémon, because Shigeki Morimoto is said to have confirmed (according to a Smogon thread by Zog) that 190 Pokémon were originally planned for Pokémon (with the rest being added later), and the value 151+39 equals 190.

Supporting this theory is the fact that nine Missingno. have special cries.

0x43's cry sounds identical to Zubat. 0x51's cry is comparable to Pidgey and Ditto.

Though speculation, 0x43 has been compared to Togepi, and 0xB5 has been compared to Crobat.

0x5E, 0x5F and 0x89's cries are comparable to the Dratini evolution line (note that there is an unused Pokémon design for a Pokémon that looks like Dragonair).

The cry data can be found in the table below, and can be listened to on the Pokémon Red and Blue TCRF article.

Index Number Hexadecimal Identifier Base Cry Cry Pitch Cry Length 67 0x43 0 128 16 69 0x45 29 224 128 79 0x4F 34 255 64 81 0x51 14 224 96 94 0x5E 15 64 192 95 0x5F 15 32 192 127 0x7F 17 32 16 137 0x89 15 64 128 181 0xB5 29 0 128 Generation III Cries Unused cries for two Pokémon were discovered in Generation III. These can be played as cries 266 and 269 in a leaked development version of German Pokémon Ruby known as "Debugging Version 0509A". It is unknown whether these cries were intended to belong to Shellos and Gastrodon. (In the May 2007 edition of the now defunct magazine Nintendo Power, Junichi Masuda commented that the development team were unable to put Shellos and Gastrodon in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire but they were able to put them in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.) Generation IV This section is incomplete, please feel free to add any missing information about the subject. It is missing: {{{1}}}. Hidden within the code of Diamond and Pearl is an unused backsprite presumably belonging to Gastrodon, along with one for Shellos. The Shellos backsprite is pink like West Sea Shellos, but has the 'wings' belonging to East Sea Shellos. The unused Gastrodon backsprite looks like the final Gastrodon except it is missing the yellow stripes and 'flaps' on its head. Instead, its head has five bumps on it. Additionally, the unused 'Gastrodon' backsprite has a different protrusion pattern on its back. There are three visible bumps on its sprite instead of the final backsprite two, and the three bumps have surfaces which are 'flattened out', unlike the final version which has rounder bumps. Along with the backsprites for Shellos and Gastrodon, there are a multitude of other sprites, belonging to Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, and Manaphy. External Links Youtube video of German Debugging Ruby's cries 266 and 269.