Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door/Unused Maps

This is a sub-page of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Unused Maps

To do: The rest of the maps: tik_14, rsh_05_b, rsh_05_c, rsh_06_b, rsh_06_c (note that Zephiles says that these unused rsh maps don't have init scripts).

The unused field maps don't exist in the world_data struct, unlike the used field maps.

(Source: Ralf@gc-forever (discovery of unused train maps), PistonMiner and Zephiles (info on the world_data struct))

Demo Movie

Present only in the Japanese Gekkan Demo and the PAL release, the "dig" stage loads demo.thp from the disc root and plays it as the stage background. Random characters pop up at random intervals from the sides of the screen. If START is pressed, it brings you to the title screen - likely was used for an attract mode akin to the one in Paper Mario 64.

Pit of 100 Trials

These unused maps are named with the Rogueport Sewers prefix ("tik"), but appear to be intended to be in the Pit of 100 Trials. The used Pit of 100 Trials maps all have the "jon" prefix, except for the entrance room which is under "tik".

(Source: Original TCRF research)

tik_09

Model/objects

	Early	Final
Render
In-Game

Textures

	Early	Final
jon_kanban_0

This appears to be an early map for the Pit of 100 Trials normal floors, which use jon_00 in the final game. The final game also uses differently-colored variations - jon_01 and jon_02. It has three warps in the form of pipes. It doesn't have any enemies in and the sign can't be read. The lower pipe activates itself, has glitchy collision, and doesn't seem able to be entered. Tattling produces the "no messages" error text. The only texture that differs is the one for the sign. Interestingly the sign texture is called "jon_kanban_0" in both maps. All the textures match between the early and final maps.

tik_10

Model/objects

	Early	Final
Render
In-Game

Textures

	Early	Final
jon_kanban_0	doesn't exist	matches jon_00's jon_kanban_0
tik_ganban_0
tik_renga_05.5_0		doesn't exist
tik_tex_02_0		doesn't exist

This appears to be an early map for the Pit of 100 Trials intermediate floors, which use jon_03 in the final game. The lower pipe is already activated when you enter the map, and goes to tik_14. The right-hand pipe goes to the used Pit of 100 Trials entrance map, like the final intermediate floors. The chest contains a Mushroom, and tattling produces the "no messages" error text. All the textures other than the ones compared above match between the early and final maps.

Internal Map Group Names

To do: What is the internal order of these names?

In addition to the short abbreviated map group names, Japanese map group names exist as Shift-JIS text in the dol. Only "Abbreviated Name" and "Japanese Name" in the below table are from the game data. The rest of it is supplementary. These aren't necessarily in any internal order. Unused ones are in bold.

Maps	Abbreviated Name	Japanese Name	Romanisation	Translation	Notes
Test maps	kwb / tst	テスト用	Tesuto-yō	For testing	No maps under these prefixes exist in the final game. "kwb" may possibly stand for "Kawabe", as in Chie Kawabe, the game's art director.
Battle Stages	bti	舞台セット	Butai setto	Stage set
Coloured Battle Stages	stg	背景セット	Haikei setto	Background set	These exist, unused, in the final game.
Mario's House	aaa	マリオの家	Mario no ie	Mario's House	Maybe it's called this because its the first location that you see in-game, and "aaa" is the first abbreviation if they are ordered alphabetical.
Rogueport	gor	ゴロツキタウン	Gorotsukitaun	Rogue Town	Same as the in-game Japanese name.
Rogueport Sewers	tik	埋没した都市	Maibotsu shita toshi	Buried city	"tik" is likely from "chika" (underground), using the Kunrei-shiki romanization of "chi". The in-game Japanese name is ゴロツキタウンの地下 (Gorotsuki Town no chika, "Rogue Town Underground").
Hooktail Castle	gon	ゴンババ	Gonbaba	Hooktail	In-game Japanese name of Hooktail.
Petal Meadows	hei	平原	Heigen	Plain
Petalburg	nok	ノコ村	Noko-mura	Koopa Village	Differs from the in-game Japanese name of ハナハナ村 (Hanahana-mura, "Flowery Village"), but is similar to Paper Mario's Koopa Village (ノコノコ村, Nokonoko-mura).
Boggly Woods	win	ウィンディん家周辺	Windi n chi shūhen	Around Windy's house	Flurrie is referred to as "Windy" in the game files.
The Great Tree	mri	巨木の中	Kyoboku no naka	In the big tree	Possibly from mori (森), meaning "forest". 巨木 (kyoboku) differs from the Great Tree's in-game Japanese name of 大樹 (taiju), but is generally synonymous.
Glitzville	tou	闘技場	Tōgijō	Arena
Twilight Town	usu	ウスグラタウン	Usugurataun	Gloomy Town	Slightly different from the in-game Japanese name of ウスグラ村 (Usugura-mura), which refers to it as a village instead of a town.
Twilight Trail	gra	ウスグラの道	Usugura no michi	Gloomy Road	Same as the in-game Japanese name.
Creepy Steeple	jin	ダイム寺院	Daimu jiin	Dime Temple	Differs from the in-game Japanese name of オドローン寺院 (Odorōn Temple).
Keelhaul Key	muj	無人島	Mujintō	Uninhabited island
Pirate's Grotto	dou	洞窟	Dōkutsu	Cave
Poshley Heights	pik	ピカリーヒルズ	Pikarīhiruzu	Pikari Hills	Same as the in-game Japanese name.
Excess Express	rsh	列車	Ressha	Train
Train travel cutscenes/outside Riverside Station	hom	途中駅ホーム	Tochū-eki hōmu	Enroute-station platform
Riverside Station	eki	駅	Eki	Station
Fahr Outpost	bom	ボム村	Bomu-mura	Bomb Village	Differs from the in-game Japanese name of サイハテ村 (Saihate-mura, "Farthest Village").
The Moon	moo	月	Tsuki	Moon
X-Naut Fortress	aji	敵のアジト	Teki no ajito	Enemy hideout
Palace of Shadow	las	ラストダンジョン	Rasutodanjon	Last dungeon
Bowser Stages	kpa	クッパ編	Kuppa-hen	Bowser sections
The Pit of 100 Trials	jon	１００階ダンジョン	100-kai danjon	100-Floor Dungeon	Same as the in-game Japanese name.
Pianta Parlor Minigames	yuu	遊技場	Yūgi-jō	Amusement center	Same as the Japanese name of the Toad Town Playroom in Paper Mario.
Chuck Quizmo Quiz	qiz	はてなむしクイズ	Hatena mushi kuizu	Chuck Quizmo Quiz	No maps under these prefixes exist in the final game, but a near-empty code file is present in the Japanese Gekkan demo and the PAL release. The presence of this entry suggests that Chuck Quizmo from Paper Mario was to appear in this game. He is referenced in the Japanese script and in translations other than English and French.
Game Over screen/chapter prologues	sys	システム	Shisutemu	System
Intro	dmo	オープニングデモ	Ōpuningudemo	Opening cutscene
Demo Movie	dig	ダイジェスト	Daijesuto	Digest
Ending credits	end	エンディング	Endingu	Ending

(discovery: JasperRLZ)

(analysis: Original TCRF research)