List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content: Difference between revisions

{{rewrite-expand|[[tcrf:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|TCRF]] has more, including remnants of a removed [[Chuck Quizmo]] map}}

Part of the original trailer shows an extra ledge above the pipe in the room directly east of the Thousand Year Door, with an [[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]] badge on it. It could be accessed via a moving platform which had a wall over it halfway, which appeared to be passable with help from [[Vivian]]. Also, [[Beldam]] and [[Doopliss]] were originally going to be fought somewhere in [[Riverside Station]]. The trailer also showed that [[Item Shop]]s would be labeled with Mushrooms, much as in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', rather than the [[Fire Flower]]s seen in the final game. [[Red Bones]] was initially named "Red Koopa Skeleton". In the same trailer, one can see that "Tornado Jump" was initially called "Hurricane Jump". The status element Slow had a different icon, a snail instead of a sad purple face. The jumping and partner swapping sound effects from the [[Paper Mario|previous game]] are used.

All of the [[partner]]s from ''Paper Mario'' were going to appear but were cut-off as well. [[Lady Bow]] and [[Parakarry]] were the only ones left. There was also a strange robot creature and two palette swaps of [[Screamy]]. [[Admiral Bobbery]] also had a different sprite, which depicts him wearing army gear. There was also going to be a [[Dark Boo|dark]] version of the [[Big Boo|Atomic Boo]], which would've appeared in the [[Poshley Sanctum]] as a mini-boss. [[Bonetail]]'s head also looked different, having blue eyes, as he did not have eyes in the final game. A businessman [[Cheep Cheep]] was going to appear with an unknown role. Red variants of [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, [[Para-Beetle|Parabuzzie]]s, and [[Spiky Parabuzzy|Spiky Parabuzzie]]s were going to appear, but they were removed in exception of the pair of Glitz Pit [[Red Spike Top]]s. Hyper and Ultra [[Bob-omb]] sub-species were also unused.

 

===Music===

There are two unused tracks. One sounds like a theme used for an introduction of a character, and the other sounds like a boss fight. This may mean that another character was going to be in the game but was written out of the final version, like these songs.

|description1=This song is somewhat similar to the introduction of a new [[Pixl]] in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. It also sounds like an unused song from ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. It was apparently supposed to be played at Riverside Station.

|description2=This song can be heard in the demo version's starting screen. The theme is very similar to the starting screen in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.

|Goombella

|Uh, yeah... What, no hellos? These guys are totally freezing us out, Mario.

What? What's wrong, Mario? WHAAAAT? Are you saying the champ's belt...<br>

You're totally right, Mario! This Crystal Star...is a fake!!<br>

Sheesh, sorry, [[Rawk Hawk|Mr. Birdie]]. I didn't mean to say your belt was fake. Take it easy.<br>

Anyway, we have a problem now. The map definitely pointed to Glitzville... If that thing on the champ's belt ISN'T the Crystal Star, then... Where the heck is the REAL one, huh?<br>

Mario! Your Mailbox SP just went off! Who'd you get mail from?<br>

What? Who's this X guy? You think he really knows about the Crystal Star? Whoever he is, why would he want to give us information? I don't trust this guy...

|-

|Koops

|Ummm... Judging by the dead silence, I'd say these guys don't like us much.

Ummm... What's up, Mario? What? Are you serious? The champ's belt?<br>

Mario! You were right! This Crystal Star...is a fake!!<br>

Ummmm... Gee, sorry, man... I didn't mean to insult your fancy belt, there...<br>

Well, forget him. We have bigger fish to fry. The map pointed to Glitzville... But if the gem on that guy's belt isn't the true Crystal Star, then... Where's the real one?<br>

Umm... Mario? You hear that? I think you just got an e-mail. From who, though?<br>

Um... Who's this X character? He talks like he knows all about the Crystal Star... Why would someone want to help us with this, anyway? Seems kind of fishy...

|-

|Flurrie

|Oh, dear... These fellows don't seem quite as friendly as the minor-leaguers...

Mario, darling, what is it? Come again? The champ's belt, you say?<br>

My stars, it's completely true! This Crystal Star...is a fake!!<br>

Oh, I do apologize, sir. I didn't mean to embarrass you in front of your belt.<br>

Oh dear, I do believe I made [[Rawk Hawk|that chicken]] angry.<br>

In any case, we've larger issues to deal with. The map most assuredly pointed here... If the ornament on that fellow's belt isn't the real Crystal Star, then... Where in the world could the real one be?<br>

Mario, darling! Did I just hear your Mailbox SP go off? Who would be e-mailing you?<br>

My! Who is this X fellow? He speaks as if he's an expert on the Crystal Star... What would motivate him to help us in our quest, though? This seems suspicious...

|}

 

Similarly, in Twilight Town, all then-five partners have dialogue for when the Mayor sends Mario off and wishes him well. Only Vivian's is used because, at the last opportunity to change partners, Mario had no choice but to use Vivian as Doopliss had turned the others against him.

{|class="wikitable"

!Partner

!Dialogue

|-

|Goombella

|All right, Mario! Let's get back to Rogueport, OK?

|-

|Koops

|Well, Mario... Let's head back to Rogueport, huh?

|-

|Flurrie

|Are you quite ready, Mario? Let's get back to Rogueport.

|-

|Yoshi

|Okeydokey, Gonzales! Let's kick it back to Rogueport!

Apparently, at one point, the Pit of 100 Trials was going to have traps on some floors:

{|class="wikitable"

|-

|The devices on this level are now active. You can no longer change allies during battle!

|The device on this level is now active. You can no longer use your hammer in battle!

|The device on this level is now active. You can no longer use your jump in battle!

|The device on this level is now active. You now receive double coins after battle!

 

At one point, upon defeating the [[Shadow Queen]], saving, and restarting, Mario would begin the game by himself and would have to manually get his partners back together again. Only Koops, Flurrie, and Yoshi have completed dialogue, the latter saying something about how he "registered us for the Glitz Pit again". Vivian has untranslated Japanese dialogue.

 

Inside the game data, dialogue files are stored in the directory "root/msg/$C", where "$C" is an appropriate language or country code, such as "US". The Japanese version is simply stored in "root/msg" without the language or country code. The dialogue is split between 1 global file (game-wide) and 259 local files (for the separate locations). English and other Latin languages are stored in raw ASCII format. Japanese version is stored in the Japanese variant of ANSI format (Shift-JIS), with a few modifications to save space.

 

Names in parenthesis in the table headers (e.g. "hom_00" below) are the names of the text files in which the dialogue can be found. Names in the first column of the table are identifier strings used for specific dialogue scenes within those files.

 

The dialogue uses several [[Wikipedia:XML|XML]]-like tags to alter the presentation of the text. These are enclosed between "<>".

 

*&lt;wait&gt; causes the text to pause.

*&lt;dynamic&gt; causes the dialog to be rendered as "falling" onto the screen.

*&lt;wave&gt; causes the letters of the dialog to move in small circles.

*&lt;k&gt; pauses the text until the player presses {{button|gcn|A}}

*&lt;p&gt; scrolls the text upwards to make room for more.

*&lt;icon&gt; renders a small image into the text. Typically, this is a button used in explaining controls.

*&lt;col&gt; changes the text to a color in RGBA format.

*&lt;NUM&gt; represents a number of coins.

*&lt;ITEM&gt; represents an item name.

*&lt;s&gt; has an unknown use.

*&lt;AN&gt; represents either "a" or "an" depending on which is appropriate grammatically.

*&lt;system&gt; renders the text box in blue and plays a short tone.

*&lt;o&gt; has an unknown use.

*&lt;dkey&gt; has an unknown use.

*&lt;shake&gt; causes the letters of the text to move erratically.

*&lt;housou&gt; creates a "mechanical" text box.

*&lt;tec&gt; creates the text box used by [[TEC-XX]]

*&lt;diary&gt; creates a "ripped paper" text box.

*&lt;scale&gt; changes the font size.

*&lt;wpos&gt; has an unknown use.

*&lt;S&gt; represents either nothing or the letter ''s'', depending on which is appropriate grammatically.

*&lt;small&gt; creates a small text box.

*&lt;select&gt; creates a list of choices.

*&lt;keyxon&gt; allows the text box to be advanced with (x).

*&lt;kanban&gt; creates a wooden sign background.

*&lt;speed&gt; controls the speed with which individual letters appear on the screen.

*&lt;boss&gt; creates the special text box used by Hooktail.

*&lt;se&gt; has an unknown use.

*&lt;majo&gt; creates the text box used by the Shadow Queen.

*&lt;!&gt; is a comment. ^[?]

*&lt;plate&gt; creates the text box used by the Rogueport notice board.

*&lt;pos&gt; positions the text at a specified location in the text box

 

{|border=1 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse;"

!width="10%"|Internal Name

!width="30%"|Original Text

!width="30%"|Translation

!Colspan=4|X-naut Base (aji_10)

|stg7_aji_34

|シンニュウシャ　ハッケン！

|rowspan=2|Written in [[Wikipedia:katakana|katakana]], which could indicate unusual accent, robotic speech, or incorrect speech.

|stg7_aji_35

|タダチニ　ハイジョスル！！

|Leave at once!!

!Colspan=4|Riverside Station (eki_00)

|stg6_eki_00

|

be taken straight to the room <br>

with the railway switch, but...<br>

The key that makes the elevator <br>

move is in the office now...<br>

 

and I'm at my wit's end...<br>

The speaker uses "yatsu-ra," a derogatory word for a group of people, in the last paragraph. However, the speaker does not specify who "yatsu-ra" refers to.

|-

|stg6_hom_15

|

business!<br>

|

|

!Colspan=4|Riverside Station (eki_05)

|stg6_eki_boots_01

|

|Push the {{button|gcn|A}} button, rotate the {{button|gcn|Stick}}control stick as fast as you can, and release<br>the {{button|gcn|Stick}}control stick to do a Ultra Jump!

!Colspan=4|Attack Descriptions (global)

|msg_pnk_koura_ippatsu

|msg_pwd_dengeki

かみなりを　すべてのてきに　おとす<br>

おまけに　『ビリビリ』させることがある<br>

Drop thunder on all enemies,<br>

Occasionally, you'll be electrified.<br>

|"Dengeki" is an electric shock.

|msg_pch_shiraberu

!Colspan=4|E-mails (global)

|free_mail_name_00

|ステキなであいをアナタに・・・

|Lovely Meeting With You

|

This is the group of X-nauts that assists Lord Crump in Chapter 5.

It's "Magikoopa"<br>

This is probably the group of X-nauts that assists Lord Crump in Chapter 5. They are referred to as "gundan_zako_group" internally by the game.

|Mahomaho's Doppelganger.  

|"Mahomaho" is the Japanese name for the [[Wizzerd]] enemy.

|マリリン2

|Marilyn2

|

It's a Paper Plane Panel<br>

Transform to Plane Mode<br>

It's a Boat Panel<br>

Transform to Boat Mode<br>

It's a Boat Panel<br>

Transform to Boat Mode<br>

|Possibly refers to [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] or [[Mega Mario]].

|''Okoru'' means several things: To get angry, to scold, to be angular, to rise, to occur. Has an early texture file.

|''Tsuyomaru'' means "to gain strength". Likely related to Okōru.

|Wanawanaa

|''Wanawana'' means "Trembling with fear." Might be related to [[Chain Chomp|Chain-Chomp]] (''Wanwan'').

|"[[Goomba Bros.]]" from ''Paper Mario''.

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{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"

|Hit action commands, up ally's attack. Fail, it goes to 0.<br/>Works as expected, similarly to Mario's [[All or Nothing]], but for his partner.

|Drops ally's attack by 1, but gain 1 FP per attack.<br/>Works as expected, similarly to Mario's [[FP Drain]], but for his partner.

|Would have likely allowed Mario's partner to restore 5 FP per turn. (Most likely unused due to the fact that allies do not have separate FP)

|Possibly early [[Damage Dodge]]

|Possibly early [[Damage Dodge P]]

|A recolored version of the [[Charge (badge)|Charge]] badge. Enables a "Super Charge" option in the Tactics menu, costing 2 FP to charge Mario's next attack by 2, making it a more expensive Charge badge for no extra benefit. This badge can be stacked.

|A recolored version of the [[Charge P]] badge. Enables a "Super Charge" option in the Tactics menu, costing 2 FP to charge the partner's next attack by 2, making it a more expensive Charge P badge for no extra benefit. This badge can be stacked.

|Uses the [[Zap Tap]] badge icon. It makes Mario and his partner superguard every time an enemy attacks and automatically activates all action commands and stylish moves, except for the special moves. It also makes the runaway meter full for Mario and partner. If Mario uses [[Power Bounce]] (or Goombella uses [[Multibonk]]), the move will continue until being forcibly capped (generally 5-10 bounces for bosses, or 9999 for normal enemies).

|[[File:Lucky Start.png]]