Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire beta: Difference between revisions

In the May 2007 issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', [[Junichi Masuda]] stated "There's also a sea-slug Pokémon that we weren't able to put in Ruby and Sapphire that we were able to put in this one, {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}"{{fact}}, which likely suggests that {{p|Shellos}} and/or {{p|Gastrodon}} (existing sea-slug Pokémon) were planned for [[Generation III]] instead of [[Generation IV]].

[[Wild Pokémon|Wild]] [[Double Battle]]s were planned for the [[Generation III]] games in addition to the Double Battles against {{pkmn|Trainer}}s. This is evidenced by a text string found in the internal data that reads <code>Wild \v[&H05] and \v[&H03] appeared!</code>, with <code>\v[&H05]</code> and <code>\v[&H03]</code> being placeholder values used internally to display the names of the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} that the {{player}} would encounter. This mechanic would later be introduced in [[Generation IV]].

* ３８ばんどうろ [[Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection|''Route 38'']]

* ニビシティ [[Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection|''Pewter City'']]

* {{tt|戦闘|せんとう}}！スイクン [[Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection|''Battle! Suicune'']]

* ラジオとう{{tt|占拠|せんきょ}}！ [[Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection|''Radio Tower Infiltrated!'']]

コンテスト！ [[Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection|''Contest!'']], which plays during the appeals round of {{pkmn|Contest|Pokémon Contests}}, is programmed in as both its full version and as four minor tracks which are combined to play the full theme. These minor tracks are next to the normal music in the internal data, indicating that they were initially intended to be used, though with what purpose is unknown.

Another theme in the internal data is a variation of ミシロタウン [[Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection|''Littleroot Town'']], which lacks the introduction and instead goes straight to the loop point.

{{tt|戦闘|せんとう}}！{{tt|野生|やせい}}ポケモン [[Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection|''Battle! Wild Pokémon]], which was used for {{pkmn|Trainer}} {{pkmn|battle}}s in the demo, was used for [[wild Pokémon]] battles in the final release.

Unused copies of the first sentence of [[Pokémon_Center#Cable_Club_3|Cable Club]] welcoming the player to the Trade Center and Colosseum exist in the code. A third message welcomes the player to the "Pokémon Cable Club Time Capsule". The [[Time Capsule]] is a feature in [[Generation II]], the previous Pokémon generation; where players can trade a Pokémon from Generation II over to [[Generation I]] and vice versa.

No copy of text exists for welcoming the player to the Pokémon Cable Club Record Center, which may imply that the [[record mixing|mixing records]] feature was planned or implemented later in development.

A German-language debugging version of {{game3|Ruby and Sapphire|Pokémon Ruby|s}} was apparently sold by a [[Nintendo]] representative to the prototype collector who uses the pseudonym "drx". The {{wp|Read-only memory|ROM}} has many debugging features, which can be accessed by scrolling through a section presumably relevant to who developed that aspect of the game. For example, choosing <code>WATANABE</code> attempts to [[Saving|save]] the game, although it turns out unsuccessful, and selecting <code>KAGAYA</code> allows the {{player}} to view his or her {{ga|Trainer Card}}, the opponent's Trainer Card or activate the [[slot machine]] interface.