Talk:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Useful link
http://www.unseen64.net/2009/03/27/pokemon-ruby-more-unused-content-in-the-game/ - Contains offsets for unused text and information about 3 unused maps. --Torchickens 16:44, 2 June 2010 (EDT)
 * I knew I had seen those first two maps somewhere years and years ago - an old demo version of Ruby, playable at a Japanese event, a video of which I had downloaded and watched years ago. I went through a bunch of backup CDs (not DVDs, shows how old this is), managed to find it, and put it onto YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXd_FG0MLSc --Xdaniel 22:12, 2 June 2010 (EDT)

Pokémon Ruby beta
I remember drx saying he's getting a Ruby beta. (It's the guy who released over 1000 prototypes before) [2010-03-20 22:10:46] i'll have a ruby proto soon [2010-03-20 22:11:44]  do you know any info? how much complete is it ? [2010-03-20 22:11:57] no [2010-03-20 22:12:02] but it's different [2010-03-20 22:12:06] and has debug menus and cheats [2010-03-20 22:12:09] supposedly [2010-03-20 22:12:33] i won't be able to release it though [2010-03-20 22:13:22] 1) the guy is from nintendo, i'd risk his job [2010-03-20 22:13:29] 2) i paid too much money for it

[2010-05-08 01:32:50] i still didnt get my fucking ruby proto

Time (and money) will tell, but I'm excited about this. -- Sanky ~ talk  16:56, 2 June 2010 (EDT)
 * Turns out that he posted details on the Hidden Palace forums just recently, take a look! http://forums.hidden-palace.org/viewtopic.php?t=2895&sid=53803a394c6bcb4e75d6a9c66b5b1522 --Torchickens 06:07, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

Prototype maps
Xdan, did you check all the regions of the game (Japan, etc). Maybe they did a minor clean up for the U.S release if you were using the U.S version to look for map data...
 * I checked the Japanese version first, since it was the first version to be released, and it doesn't contain the map data. The US version doesn't either, but all the text used by events on the two maps has been translated into English there. Dunno if ex. some trainers there are still used in-game, but I guess that ex. the sign saying "Welcome to the World of POKéMON!" isn't. Guess I'll look into ex. the German version to at least see if they translated the text there as well. --Xdaniel 14:10, 4 June 2010 (EDT)

Time Capsule text
Found it. See Wack0's text dump. 

"Welcome to the POKéMON CABLE CLUB TIME CAPSULE."

Also "We're making preparations. I'm a pseudo-GYM LEADER for interviews. Ready for a test battle"

"By the way, about your @

,

it seemed to be friendly with=@

's @

.

I may even have seen it receiving

a piece of MAIL.""

and "If you leave me that POKéMON,

what will you battle with?

Come back another time."

--Torchickens 17:38, 14 November 2010 (EST)

I'll get it in later, after I comb through that for other things. --Afti 18:07, 14 November 2010 (EST)

This is the most fascinating part to me. Does this mean that gen 2 migration was considered, or that the engine was a heavily modified gen 2 engine? (which in turn was a modified gen 1). As a programmer, this is incredibly fascinating, do you have any further info? --Ergoproxysum 12:46, 08 November 2012 (EST)

Unused NPC/sprite
I remember this old thread about sprites of a character from another Game Freak game, Mendel Palace (for NES), being found in one of the GBA Pokémon games. I even remember a video of it being posted on YouTube somewhere, but I can't seem to find it... Sticking a note here as a TODO to get a sprite rip/video of him in here. --Ninetales 05:24, 29 December 2010 (EST)

Is the sprite actually unused after all, and just an obscure easter egg?
See here. IIMarckus says "in Ruby and Sapphire, there’s a NPC hidden outside the ring during contests. He’s actually a sumo wrestler from Game Freak’s Mendel Palace for the NES." --Torchickens 20:40, 5 February 2012 (EST)

Unused Music Track IDs
I created this list of unused music values by using Sappy 2006 mod 15. I searched for all of the unused music in the Pokémon - Sapphire Version (USA) ROM, and converted the song values displayed by the program to hexadecimal.


 * Weird version of Littleroot Town theme


 * Route 38/39 theme (GSC)


 * Pokémon Communication Center theme (Crystal)


 * Saffron City theme (GSC)


 * Suicune, Raikou, Entei Battle (Crystal)


 * Contest test 1


 * Contest test 2


 * Contest test 3


 * Contest test 4


 * Team Rocket's takeover of Goldenrod's Radio Tower (GSC) (Interestingly, this is the very last track in the data!)

I would have recorded the tracks missing from the article as well, but Sappy's emulation of the M4A engine is less than perfect. --Mattrizzle 23:01, 5 February 2012 (EST)


 * Having not played the game in many years, I'm curious as whether or not this is unused: [[File:PokemonRS-TestMusic.ogg]] --From: divingkataetheweirdo 09:46, 16 April 2012 (EDT)

Mawile's Pokédex entry
According to Bulbapedia, American copies of Ruby erroneously spell Mawile as "Mawhile" in its Pokédex entry. However, I have an American copy that spells it correctly. Is this some revisional difference that hasn't been discovered yet? -- Blaz iken  257  22:34, 3 April 2013 (EDT)
 * Either that, or that piece of information on Bulbapedia is incorrect. I'll look into it. --AquaBat 22:41, 3 April 2013 (EDT)