Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Also known as: Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami (JP) Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: February 22, 2007 Released in US: November 5, 2007 Released in EU: March 14, 2008 Released in AU: April 10, 2008 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a notes page

Being on the same console known for games like Wii Sports and a plethora of Mario spinoffs, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn feels like a shock to the system. Being the sequel to Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, our heroes must once again stop a glowing lump of blue metal from ending the world (well, sort of...).

To do: * More unused content from these sites: https://serenesforest.net/general/unused-content/ and https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/Unused_content_in_Fire_Emblem:_Radiant_Dawn Rewrite the plagiarized sections and give them proper credit. Document the client.bin file, which appears to be a leftover from Path of Radiance. Changing its extension to .mb allows it to be loaded in a GBA emulator. Document the many leftovers from Path of Radiance, including graphics. There might be some unused terrain types, judging by the list of names here. Check against the game's maps to confirm.

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Notes

Unused Music A lot of alternate themes.

Version Differences Don't be fooled by the difficulty names.

English Translation Differences (Contains spoilers!) Lots of English text was fixed in the European version.

Unused Graphics

Dummy Portraits

The game contains placeholder portraits for both genders. There are also duplicates of these portraits in the game's files associated with unused name strings.

(Source: Fire Emblem Wiki)

Forge Cards

Leftover forge card graphics in window/base_card.tpl, which suggest fourteen forge card types were planned rather than the twelve in-game.

Memory Card Graphics

For some bizarre reason, in etc/memcard.tpl, there are graphics for a GameCube memory card animation and banner! Since Radiant Dawn was developed as a Wii title from the beginning, these could be a remnant of an experimental build on the GameCube, especially since it was based on Path of Radiance.

etc/eventicon.tpl

A crude development texture, which seems to represent the different grid square types in the game.

etc/terricon.tpl

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

A similar texture, which seems to represent the different terrain costs for units. Note that the original texture is riddled with transparency pixels, so a black underlay has been added to this view.

Unused Characters

To do: Elaborate on the "unique animations"—are any of them unused? Document them here if so.

Zelgius, while being a recurring playable character and boss as the Black Knight, never actually appears in any maps as himself, only appearing in scripted battle scenes. He has stats and skills that are obviously identical to those of the Black Knight, but he has a unique version of the Marshall class that exclusively uses Swords and Lances (the latter of which he is never seen using) and has unique animations. He also has a bond support with Sephiran (which isn't present in his Black Knight appearances) with a bonus value of 10.

(Source: Fire Emblem Wiki, Serenes Forest)

Unseen Growth Rates

While most enemy and NPC units have assigned growth rates of 0% across the board, a handful of them do have unique values for it in their data, oddly enough. Since they obviously can't level up, these are effectively unused in-game.

Izuka

	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Growths	5%	5%	80%	50%	50%	5%	5%	85%

Aimee

	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Growths	70%	45%	15%	60%	70%	35%	20%	25%

Levail

	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Growths	70%	60%	25%	40%	35%	40%	45%	25%

Hetzel/Lekain

	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Growths	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%

(Source: Serenes Forest)

Unused Weapons

To do: The Devil Axe, like in Path of Radiance, may still be unused here - there is a folder called xwp/devilaxe, and its icon is in window/icon.cms. Find the Japanese description for these unused weapons/items

Icon	Internal Name	Name	Rank	Might	Hit	Crit	Weight	Range	Uses	Worth	Exp	Description	Notes
	DELICATELANCE	Slim Lance	Lance: E	3	95	5	4	1	35	490	1	A lightweight lance that's easy to wield. It has a slightly improved chance to land a critical hit.	The Slim Lance from previous games. Also one of the only unused items with an actual description, suggesting it was cut late in development.
	JOG AD	dummy	None	1	100	None	1	1-(Magic/2)	Infinite	None	1	The miraculous power of the goddess. Her attacks have myriad form and effect.	An unused Dark magic version of Ashera's Judge attack that damages all enemies in range, doing three less damage for each square between her and the enemy.
	JOG SD	dummy	None	1	100	None	1	1	Infinite	None	1	The miraculous power of the goddess. Her attacks have myriad form and effect.	Another Dark magic version of Ashera's Judge attack that deals damage to one enemy.

(Source: Fire Emblem Wiki, Serenes Forest, Vincent ASM (internal names), original TCRF research)

Unused Items

Icon	Internal Name	Name	Uses	Worth	Description	Notes
	WARPPOWDER	dummy	1	10,000	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	This is supposed to be the Warp Powder the Black Knight uses to transport himself around, but it has no functionality, or a proper name and description for that matter.
	FREYRBOMB	Frey Bomb	1	500	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	This is the Mine from the GBA Fire Emblem titles, but with its Japanese name and no functionality.
	TEMPEST	Tempest	1	2,000	An item that allows you to acquire the skill Tempest when you are at a base.	A scroll used to acquire the unused Tempest skill, a skill from the previous game. The scroll has full functionality.
	SERENITY	Serenity	1	3,000	An item that allows you to acquire the skill Serenity when you are at a base.	A scroll used to acquire the unused Serenity skill, a skill from the previous game. The scroll has full functionality.
	VSBEAST	Laguzguard	1	8,000	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	A skill scroll seemingly meant for a skill version of the Laguzguard item from the previous game. However, the scroll has no functionality.
	VSHUMAN	Beorcguard	1	8,000	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	A skill scroll seemingly meant for a skill version of the Beorcguard item from the previous game, which nullified effective damage dealt by anti-laguz weapons. It's unknown how it would've worked in this game, since there are no specific anti-laguz weapons, and the scroll has no functionality.
	DELPHISHIELD	Full Guard	1	20,000	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	A skill scroll seemingly meant for a skill version of the Full Guard item from the previous game. As the Nullify skill in this game has the same effect, this is likely why the skill was left unused, and the scroll left with no functionality.
	KNIGHTSHIELD	Knight Ward	1	4,000	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	A skill scroll seemingly meant for a skill version of the Knight Ward item from the previous game. However, the scroll has no functionality.
	TROOP	Troop Scroll	1	1000	IF THIS APPEARS IT'S A BUG. REPORT IT.	A skill scroll seemingly meant for a skill version of the Knight Ring item from previous Fire Emblem titles. However, the scroll has no functionality.
	CHANGESTONE1	Laguz Stone	1	4,000	An item that fills up the transformation gauge, allowing laguz to shift forms. For laguz only.	A one-use version of the Laguz Stone previously used in Path of Radiance by enemies in the Japan-exclusive Maniac mode. However, it's not used by any enemies in this game.
	HALFCHANGE	Wild Stone	1	6,000	An item that fills up the transformation gauge, allowing laguz to shift forms. For laguz only.	A strange item with the same description as the Laguz Stone, but with no functionality whatsoever.

(Source: Fire Emblem Wiki, Serenes Forest, Vincent ASM (internal names), Haiyukin (internal order), original TCRF research)

Unused Skills

Icon	Internal Name	Name	Capacity	Description	Notes
	TEMPEST	dummy	5	IF THIS APPEARS, IT'S A BUG. PLEASE REPORT IT.	The Tempest skill from the previous game. Has a fully functional skill scroll in the game's files, though the skill itself doesn't seem to work.
	SERENITY	dummy	5	IF THIS APPEARS, IT'S A BUG. PLEASE REPORT IT.	The Serenity skill from the previous game. Has a fully functional skill scroll in the game's files, though the skill itself doesn't seem to work.

(Source: Vincent ASM (internal names), original TCRF research)

Unused Terrain Speed

To do: Figure out which specific values are unused and list them here.

Dragon units have two unique values for how fast they can pass terrain. Most of this data is unused due to limited appearance of these units. Civilians also have their own rate, but aside from rivers and bogs, which are used, their speed is identical to standard infantry.

(Source: Serenes Forest)

Unused Text

To do: Remove any speculation, and elaborate.

Names

There are a few unused name strings, only a few of which were translated.

• Map 5 Enemy (Filename MPID_MAP5_ENEMY) is listed between the Feral One enemy name and the name of Pugo, the first boss of the game. It's an obvious placeholder name, possibly for enemies in Chapter 4 of Part 1, the fifth map in the game.
• Ferere (Filename MPID_FERERE) is listed before Anna. It seems to be a mistranslation of the Crimean territory, Felirae, which is ruled by Duke Ludveck, the main villain of Part 2. It may have been intended for the generic soldiers in Part 2, which just use the name "Rebel" in the final game.

The following name strings were replaced with the word "dummy" in the localization, meaning they effectively only exist in the Japanese version.

• Dent (Filename MPID_DENT) is listed between Numida's name and the "Grandfather" NPC name. This name is also used as a filename for a duplicate of the male dummy portrait.
• Tabitha (Filename MPID_TABASA) is listed between the name of Nico, a minor NPC, and Alder, a boss. This name has no associated portrait.
• Naybe (Filename MPID_NABE) is listed after Alder's name. This name is also used as a filename for a duplicate of the female dummy portrait.
• Yaromi (Filename MPID_LALOMI) is listed after Naybe and before Ferere. This name is also used as a filename for a duplicate of the male dummy portrait.
• Gritz (Filename MPID_GRITZ) is listed between the names of Almedha and Lehran, two major characters. This is also used as a filename for a duplicate of the male dummy portrait.

(Source: Fire Emblem Wiki)

Dialogue

To do: See if this line correctly displays in the Japanese version. Also, if possible, figure out why the line fails to display.

When Yune talks to Micaiah at the end of the second Endgame chapter, one of her lines is skipped over, which seems to be due to a glitch (at least in the English version). The full conversation, which is found in \Mess\e_c0407b.m, is provided for context:

Whose... Whose memory was that?
It's just one of many...
They're swirling everywhere...
The tower resonates with their strength.
But...who is it? Who do they
belong to?
...There is such sadness...
Zelgius met someone. One lonely soul
calling out to another...

This part is skipped over:

Micaiah. You're sad, too, aren't you?
You wished that the Black Knight could
have stayed by your side.

But he's no longer with us.
Zelgius is gone...
And now the soul that remains
is once more alone...

There is also leftover dialogue for the first part of the final chapter between Sanaki and Hetzel, suggesting Hetzel could be spared. The following dialogue is found in \Mess\e_c0407a.m:
Hetzel:

I... I was only following Lekain's
orders... I never meant any harm. Please, my empress... forgive me...
Please!

Sanaki:

Your crimes will be punished in due
time. Until then, just wait
here patiently. I'm sorry it has to come to this,
but I must go see the goddess and save
the people of Begnion.

It's likely this went unused due to the mission having the Rout objective (i.e., cleared by defeating every enemy on the map), providing no scenario in which Hetzel could be spared.

There is also dialog that triggers when the Black Knight dies under player control, which will never happen because regardless of difficulty there's not a single enemy capable of damaging him, let alone killing him with their limited durability. This dialogue is found in \Mess\e_common.m; for some reason, this text is duplicated in the same file.
Black Knight:

...Perfection.
Your skill...is far superior to mine...

Micaiah:

You...You must be kidding!
For the Black Knight to fall like this...
How could a nobody like that
defeat...such a warrior...?

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Supports

It seems the developers were originally going to include full length support conversations (like the ones in the previous three games) instead of the watered down ones that you see now. One major difference is that only data for A-rank supports exists, so the developers may have intended to utilize the current "everybody supports" system, but have special conversations for certain pairs when they reach the A-level support.

A considerable number of unused support pairs (other than A-rank supports) can be found, with no conversations for them.

• Boyd x: Brom, Ike, Rolf, Mist, Oscar, Titania, Ulki, Mia
• Aran x: Laura, Makalov, Micaiah, Mordecai, Nealuchi, Nolan, Sothe, Danved
• Caineghis x: Elincia, Giffca, Ike, Kyza, Ranulf, Renning, Lyre, Mist, Mordecai, Nailah, Lethe, Skrimir, Stefan, Titania
• Calill x: Geoffrey, Heather, Muarim, Nephenee, Soren, Tauroneo, Tormod, Mia, Danved
• Brom x: Elincia, Heather, Janaff, Meg, Nephenee, Zihark
• Shinon x: Gatrie, Ike, Janaff, Rhys, Rolf, Mist, Oscar, Sigrun, Titania
• Edward x: Leanne, Leonardo, Micaiah, Nolan, Sanaki, Stefan, Sothe
• Ilyana x: Gatrie, Laura, Lucia, Micaiah, Mordecai, Oscar, Mia, Zihark
• Ena x: Gatrie, Gareth, Kurthnaga, Leanne, Mist, Nasir, Volug, Rafiel
• Elincia x: Geoffrey, Ike, Kieran, Ranulf, Leanne, Renning, Lucia, Marcia, Mist, Nephnee, Nailah, Pelleas, Sanaki, Tibarn, Bastian
• Fiona x: Laura, Leanne, Leonardo, Micaiah, Pelleas, Tanith, Tauroneo, Danved
• Gatrie x: Marcia, Mist, Muarim, Oscar, Rafiel, Astrid
• Geoffrey x: Kieran, Kyza, Renning, Lucia, Bastian
• Giffca x: Gareth, Kyza, Ranulf, Lyre, Mordecai, Lethe, Skrimir, Tauroneo, Bastian
• Gareth x: Janaff, Kurthnaga, Renning, Nasir, Vika
• Haar x: Heather, Jill, Makalov, Volug, Pelleas, Sigrun, Tauroneo
• Heather x: Lucia, Mist, Nephenee, Vika, Volke
• Ike x: Kurthnaga, Ranulf, Micaiah, Mist, Nasir, Nailah, Oscar, Lethe, Reyson, Soren, Sothe, Titania, Tibarn, Volke, Mia, Zihark
• Janaff x: Lucia, Oscar, Tibarn, Vika, Ulki
• Jill x: Mist, Nealuchi, Lethe, Sigrun, Tauroneo, Zihark
• Kieran x: Rhys, Renning, Lyre, Marcia, Oscar, Reyson
• Rhys x: Rolf, Mist, Nailah, Oscar, Titania, Ulki, Mia, Ranulf, Lyre, Meg, Mordecai, Muarim, Zihark
• Kyza x: Ranulf, Lyre, Meg, Mordecai, Muarim, Zihark
• Kurthnaga x: Micaiah, Nasir, Pelleas, Skrimir, Sothe
• Laura x: Meg, Micaiah, Nealuchi, Nolan, Tanith
• Ranulf x: Lyre, Mordecai, Lethe, Skrimir, Tibarn, Zihark
• Leanne x: Leonardo, Naesala, Nealuchi, Nailah, Oliver, Sanaki, Tibarn
• Renning x: Lucia, Bastian, Vika
• Leonardo x: Micaiah, Nolan, Pelleas, Skrimir, Sothe
• Lyre x: Nephenee, Pelleas, Lethe, Astrid, Titania, Zihark
• Rolf x: Marcia, Mist, Oscar, Rafiel, Tauroneo
• Lucia x: Astrid, Bastian
• Makalov x: Marcia, Naesala, Astrid, Bastian, Volke
• Marcia x: Sigrun, Tanith, Astrid, Ulki
• Meg x: Micaiah, Nephenee, Astrid, Vika, Ulki, Zihark
• Micaiah x: Naesala, Nailah, Nolan, Volug, Rafiel, Soren, Skrimir, Stefan, Sothe, Tauroneo, Tormod
• Mist x: Oscar, Titania, Mia
• Mordecai x: Oliver, Lethe, Stefan, Ulki, Danved, Zihark
• Muarim x: Lethe, Sothe, Titania, Tormod, Vika, Zihark
• Naesala x: Nealuchi, Oliver, Rafiel, Reyson, Sanaki, Sothe, Tibarn, Vika
• Nasir x: Stefan, Volke, Ulki
• Nealuchi x: Nolan, Rafiel, Reyson, Tauroneo, Vika
• Nephenee x: Pelleas, Danved, Zihark
• Nailah x: Volug, Rafiel, Reyson, Tibarn
• Nolan x: Sothe
• Oliver x: Rafiel, Reyson, Tanith, Tormod, Danved
• Volug x: Rafiel, Soren, Tormod
• Oscar x: Tanith, Titania, Mia
• Pelleas x: Tauroneo
• Rafiel x: Tibarn
• Lethe x: Sanaki, Skrimir, Zihark
• Reyson x: Tanith, Tibarn, Tormod, Ulki
• Sanaki x: Sigrun, Tanith
• Soren x: Skrimir, Stefan, Titania
• Sigrun x: Skrimir, Tanith
• Skrimir x: Tibarn, Mia
• Sothe x: Astrid, Tormod, Volke
• Tauroneo x: Volke, Zihark
• Titania x: Tibarn
• Tibarn x: Ulki, Mia
• Tormod x: Vika, Danved
• Bastian x: Volke

(Source: Serenes Forest [1], [2])

Path of Radiance Leftovers

Several graphics are leftover from the previous game in the series, Path of Radiance, which are from the original Japanese version.

Memory Card Graphics

Present in window/cardicon.tpl are Path of Radiance's memory card banner and animation.

window/trialmenu.tpl

Contains the textures for the Trial Maps menu in Path of Radiance, mostly unchanged.

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window/title.tpl

Two textures from the title screen.

window/expup.tpl

Path of Radiance's EXP meter graphics.

etc/num.tpl

The numeric font used for taking damage in Path of Radiance, which is seen when battle animations are turned off.

Other

• window/back.tpl & back2.tpl - Graphics for the menu background of Path of Radiance.
• window/butai.tpl - Seems to be graphics for debugging and may be unused in Path of Radiance as well.
• window/progressive.tpl & eurgb60hz.tpl - Graphics for the Progressive Scan & 60HZ menus for the NTSC-U and PAL regions respectively. Seem to be identical.
• window/ctrlinfo.tpl - Graphics for the simple help window, which includes graphics for the GameCube buttons and option prompts.
  • Interestingly, the "Con" (short for "Condition") graphic was replaced with "Sit", which could refer to the Seize objective. Perhaps the developers once thought of reusing this window for Radiant Dawn?

Several miscellaneous files and the dummy video remain unused in the exact same file locations.

Unused Voice Acting

A large amount of (if not all) of the Japanese voice acting remains on the disc in the North American version. The game does not have the option to select the Japanese voice acting, so all this data goes unused.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Oddities

Blessing and Boon Scrolls

The localized names of the Skill Scrolls for the Blessing and Boon skills use those skills' Japanese names: Sky Boon and Earth Bounty, respectively. It's unknown why this inconsistency occurred, but it's possible that it wasn't noticed since there really isn't a reason to unequip these skills, as only Herons can learn Blessing (and all three already know it when they join) and only Dragons can learn Boon (and half of them, again, already know it when they join).

(Source: Serenes Forest)

Volke's Dummy Message

Like in Path of Radiance, Volke charges 50G for each door or chest he unlocks (though there's no indication of this anywhere in Radiant Dawn's script). However, if the player attempts to have him open the Matrona chest in the first map of Part 4's Endgame (the only chest that appears after Volke joins) while having less gold on hand than the 50 required, the failure message displayed will simply say dummy—perhaps because this is such an obscure case that the developers forgot to add a proper message for it?

(Source: BigKlingy)

Renning Can't Use Amiti

In Radiant Dawn, Amiti is programmed to be usable by Renning as well as Elincia, which can be seen by viewing it in the item list with Renning. However, it is also permanently locked to Elincia's inventory and cannot ever be removed from her possession, so despite the personal weapon programming, Renning is never actually allowed to use Amiti in legitimate gameplay.