Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure

Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure
Also known as: Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS (JP), Pokémon: A la Conquête du Clavier (FR) Developer: Genius Sonority Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: April 21, 2011 Released in EU: September 21, 2012 Released in AU: January 10, 2013 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused sounds. This game has regional differences.

Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure is (surprise!) a Pokémon game that continues the proud tradition set by House of the Dead of having a silly typing trainer spin-off. Despite going so far as to use a Bluetooth adapter in the cart, it was never released in the US.

Unused Graphics

Leftover Banner

An uncompressed, seemingly placeholder DS menu banner graphic (possibly a leftover from development of 100 Classic Books, also by Genius Sonority) is present under the banner directory.

A few DS games share this oddity, but in most games the "unused" banner is just a duplicate of the used one.

Early	Final

"Press the Enter Key"

The file /data/menu/dummy_moji.bin is a CARC file containing the texture seen above, which reads "Press the Enter Key".

3D Models

Two CARC files containing models remain in the game under /data/mapobject/3d/: 3d_house_test.imdbin and 3d_truck_dummy.imdbin. The first, as its name suggests, is a simple two-wall-and-roof house model (texture at right). The second lacks any textures.

Unused Audio

To do: How unused are these? Need to check Japanese version.

There are a number of unused voice clips from the game's announcer, Paige Down, in NDS STRM format. In the English-language release, these were left unlocalized.

In addition (and not collected below), there are unused Japanese voice clips for each individual variety of Unown (a single species of Pokémon which comes in 28 different forms: the letters of the English alphabet plus ? and !), while the English release uses just one "Unown" clip. Lastly, there's Japanese announcements for the Pokémon cut from the English release (see Regional Differences, below).

File	Audio	Transcription	Translation
cc_08		調査終了	Research Ended
	The final (English) game just has an on-screen notification at the end of a stage, no vocal clip.
cc_09		調査完了	Research Complete
	See above.
cv_093		もっと！	More!
	This sits among the other generic "encouragement" clips like "You're doing great!" (cv_067) and "We're just getting started!" (cv_094).
gv_04		真っ暗・・・	Total Darkness ...
	There is a stage where the player can fail by neglecting to hit a series of light switches, but the final (English) game doesn't verbally acknowledge such an error.
gv_07		鍵を取れなかったね・・・	I didn't get the key ...
	Several stages have "hidden" keys which must be found to access a final "boss" Pokémon for the area. Again, no verbal acknowledgement in the final game.
gv_08		次はがんばろう？	Do your best next time?
	This seems to be another gentle "You did poorly" result.
iv_006		アトリエの鍵	Atelier Key
	The iv files reference the few "collectible" items like "Mansion Key" (iv_001) and Light Stone (iv_010). The Atelier Key would most likely have opened the final part of any stage it was used in, as the other items do.
iv_007		6106号室	Room 6106
	It's not at all obvious what this would have been for, but being in the iv section suggests it has something to do with locked paths.
iv_008		マナフィのタマゴ	Manaphy Egg
	Probably would have opened another final area. Manaphy Eggs don't seem to be present in any version of the game.
mcv_001		あ～、やっちゃった	Jeez, you did it.
	While most Japanese clips are mixed among the English ones, these three mcv files have no English equivalent. They seem to be rebukes for poor play in-game.
mcv_002		言わんこっちゃない	I told you so.
	See above.
mcv_004		大丈夫？	Are you all right?
	See above.
ng_001		あともう少し！	Just a little more!
	Similarly, these three "nearing the end" encouragement clips have no English counterparts.
ng_002		もうひと頑張りだ！	A bit more effort!
	See above.
ng_003		ゴールはすぐそこ！	The goal's right there!
	See above.
rv_02		パーフェクト！	Perfect!
	These rv files are intended for the Results screen. English-language files in the same series are things like "New ranking!" (rv_04) and "Way to go!" (rv_05). The final (English) game doesn't verbally acknowledge a Perfect.
rv_03		今回も頑張ったね！	I worked hard this time!
	See above.

(Translations: Inductor, LuigiBlood)

Developer Comments

In several directories under /data/mapobject (as well as /dataUK/mapopject in the European version) are the following dummy files:

000.txt	このフォルダ内のファイルIDの先頭を求めるためのダミーファイルです。 Translation: This is a dummy file for determining the beginning of file IDs in this folder.
zzzzzzzz.txt	このフォルダ内のファイルIDの最後を求めるためのダミーファイルです。 Translation: This is a dummy file for determining the end of file IDs in this folder.

Internal Project Name

The project's internal name is "texas", according to multiple filenames.

Regional Differences

To do: Which assets remain for the deleted Pokémon? French/German-specific differences? Which mons were moved and to where?

Several Pokémon which were able to be "researched" in the Japanese game are no longer available in the English version (and possibly the other European editions). Surskit, Staravia, Ferrothorn and Heatmor are all MIA, although remnants of these Pokémon do still exist in the English ROM: e.g. the Japanese announcer's voice clips for them remain, unlocalized.

Due to the different naming of many Pokémon across regions (and the fact that this is a game about typing names of Pokémon), some of the mons in the initial missions were relocated from their Japanese positions to different paths in order to accommodate a smooth difficulty curve for tutorial purposes.