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{{incomplete|section|Add image of Ecruteak City from HGSS's intro cutscene, displaying the red version of the | {{incomplete|section|Add image of Ecruteak City from HGSS's intro cutscene, displaying the red version of the Barrier Station}} | ||
[[File:GameFreak 1997 fanbook MC Satoshi.jpg|thumb|150px|The screenshot of Old City in the fan book]] | [[File:GameFreak 1997 fanbook MC Satoshi.jpg|thumb|150px|The screenshot of Old City in the fan book]] | ||
* During the pre-release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, [[Game Freak]]'s '''''Official Fan Book of Pocket Monsters''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター公式ファンブック''') from 1997 hinted at a location containing {{wp|Japanese architecture|traditional Japanese buildings}} called '''Old City''' (Japanese: '''オールドシティ'''). This was likely a prototype of Ecruteak City. | * During the pre-release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, [[Game Freak]]'s '''''Official Fan Book of Pocket Monsters''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター公式ファンブック''') from 1997 hinted at a location containing {{wp|Japanese architecture|traditional Japanese buildings}} called '''Old City''' (Japanese: '''オールドシティ'''). This was likely a prototype of Ecruteak City. | ||
* In the [[game intro|intro]] cutscene of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the | * In the [[game intro|intro]] cutscene of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, the Barrier Station is missing the sign and has a red color scheme, unlike in normal gameplay. | ||
* An unused house in [[Olivine City]] features an [[non-player character|NPC]] that claims that a pharmacist in Ecruteak made medicine for her {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. As the pharmacy is actually in [[Cianwood City]], this suggests that it was originally planned for Ecruteak City during the development of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. | * An unused house in [[Olivine City]] features an [[non-player character|NPC]] that claims that a pharmacist in Ecruteak made medicine for her {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. As the pharmacy is actually in [[Cianwood City]], this suggests that it was originally planned for Ecruteak City during the development of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. | ||
** Unused early maps of Ecruteak City also hint at the [[Magnet Train]] running through it as well, possibly instead of through [[Goldenrod City]]. The reason they may have considered this could have to do with the fact that {{wp|Kyoto}}, the city that Ecruteak City is based on, is an intermediate stop on the real-world {{wp|Tokaido Shinkansen}}, which inspired the Magnet Train. | ** Unused early maps of Ecruteak City also hint at the [[Magnet Train]] running through it as well, possibly instead of through [[Goldenrod City]]. The reason they may have considered this could have to do with the fact that {{wp|Kyoto}}, the city that Ecruteak City is based on, is an intermediate stop on the real-world {{wp|Tokaido Shinkansen}}, which inspired the Magnet Train. | ||