Proto:Pikmin 2/Treasure Hoard Entries

Interesting Content
Significant additions / deletions that alter the meaning of a treasure's description.

010 - Child of the Earth
Olimar implies that he has more than one of this treasure in the early script.

015 - Growshroom
The connection to Super Mario Bros' mushrooms is more explicit in the demo description.

018 - Pilgrim Bulb
More evidence that Olimar is a megalomaniac.

020 - Conifer Spire
Louie's gluttonous behavior is fully documented in the final description.

021 - Armored Nut
The word for berry and nut is the same in Japanese. This leads to an error here that was fixed in the final version.

022 - Corpulent Nut
Another berry to nut change. The...strange second half of the description was removed entirely.

033 - Succulent Mattress
"Cushion" was changed to "mattress", possibly hinting at an early treasure name.

034 - King of Sweets
Olimar's celebration was changed from a modest snack to eating the treasure he is about to celebrate finding. Which is much better.

041 - Confection Hoop
The "hold" typo was fixed, and the formatting of text was changed. A joke was added at the end in the final game.

042 - Pastry Wheel
Another reference to Olimar eating the treasures he's supposed to be selling was added in the final script.

044 - Fossilized Ursidae
Amusingly, Olimar considers this treasure a plant in the early script. The demo is also missing Olimar insulting the ship.

046 - Leviathan Feather
The demo disc is missing the large chunk of Olimar's paranoid speech.

048 - Fortified Delicacy
He doth protest too much in the early script.

054 - Gyroid Bust
The talk of posing was replaced with figurines in the final script. This does not appear to be a result of bad translation. The final sentence removed the world "holy".

058 - Vorpal Platter
The awesome power of this object is not described in the demo text.

066 - Manual Honer
Olimar's problem switched from finding an outlet to finding a plug, and the final sentence was excised entirely.

069 - Harmonic Synthesizer
Olimar comes off much sadder in the early script.

072 - Sud Generator
Ever curious, Olimar expects his children to figure out the secrets of this treasure. He's less optimistic in the early script.

076 - Time Capsule
Olimar's artistic spirit was not expressed in the demo's text.

078 - Mirrored Stage
The Pikmin's act changed from interpretive dance to a song and dance routine.

090 - Indomitable CPU
Olimar's hypothesis was changed to mock the ship again. That darn ship.

091 - Network Mainbrain
This is the only instance in any version of the game where the ship is referred to by a name, in this case, "Dolphin 1".

092 - Space Wave Reciever
Olimar's warning was made more explicit.

115 - Pink Menace
The reference to Olimar's concern for the Pikmin is removed and replaced with self-interest.

119 - Gemstar Husband
Since this is obviously a treasure, the description was changed.

131 - Silencer
The fourth sentence was rewritten to be more comical.

132 - Wiggle Noggin
Enamo(u)red has its British English spelling in the demo. Olimar considers buying the treasure for himself in the early script.

138 - Stupendous Lens
The humorous "magnifizer" typo (?) was fixed (? again) in the final game. Olimar is also a lot more vain in the final script.

143 - Luck Wafer
An instance of Olimar's introspection was removed.

149 - Glee Spinner
The final sentence was changed for comedic effect.

150 - Cosmic Archive
While the Famicom Diskettes could be recorded on, it's more accurate to say they're storage devices.

160 - Fuel Reservoir
A plea for cooperation was excised from the final script.

163 - Endless Repository
Olimar really needs to stop eating his treasures.

165 - Nutrient Silo
Great, now Louie is doing it.

169 - Abstract Masterpiece
Some text was added to beef up this description.

172 - Yellow Taste Tyrant
Along with some sentence rearranging, Olimar's line about surly teens was added for the final description.

177 - Hypnotic Platter / Adults-only Emblem
As a result of censorship, the entire description of this item was changed. The joke in the demo text is that Olimar thinks A&W, a form of root beer, is an adult drink. This was apparently too risque for Nintendo.

186 - Prototype Detector
The early script does not refer to the Treasure Gauge by name, nor does it mention a beeping sound. Perhaps it once worked differently.

197 - Shock Therapist
The Titan Dweevil is referred to as a "techno-spider" in the early script, which is probably the only time that word will appear in a video game. Sadly. The extra, erroneous "a nightmarish" text was removed.

198 - Flare Cannon
Curiously, this is probably not the only instance of "techno-spider" in a video game. Louie's gourmet cooking habits pop up in the finalized description.

199 - Comedy Bomb
More techno-spider fun! The bomb is still deadly in the demo script. Oh, and a space was added to the first line.

200 - Monster Pump
The last techno-spider dies.

201 - King of Bugs
This description was entirely rewritten to focus on Louie instead of the Titan Dweevil, in the process suggesting that Louie was controlling the Titan Dweevil, and stating that Louie came up with his own treasure title.