Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Also known as: Paper Mario RPG (JP), Paper Mario: La Porte Millénaire (FR) Developers: Nintendo, Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Platform: GameCube Released in JP: July 22, 2004 Released in US: October 1, 2004 Released in EU: November 12, 2004 Released in AU: November 18, 2004 This game has unused animations. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Esantis populiarus Nintendo 64 roleplayingo žaidimo sekvelu, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door paėmė viską, kas pavertė originalą puikų ir pakelė iki kosTminio lygio. Su paaštrinta kovos sistema, naujoviškais pasaulis ir puikiais veikėjais bei humoru - šis žaidimas greitai tapo visu fanų mėgstamu ant tiek stipriai, kad visi ateities Paper Mario žaidimai buvo lyginami būtent su juo.

To do: More unused models. Textures that are painted on models but don't appear in-game. More on talk page. Collision maps often have texturing, revealing early map designs (source: JasperRLZ). Prerelease screenshots/video + e3 2004 demo + interview. Add GIFs/videos for unused characters' animations - this can be used to play them Unused enemy badge functionality? Character model oddities Unused post-processing effect Are these models unused?: MOBJ_Arrow, MOBJ_IceBlock? Might be worth analysing/listing the various dates that are contained within files. Some other oddities and obscure secrets in this video Possible oddity with Keelhaul Key NPCs (source: Supper Mario Broth) Heart character assignment oddity

This page is loooong... Consider grouping related content into additional subpages to ease readability.

Sub-puslapiai

Prototype Info (untranslated)

Prerelease Info (untranslated)

Notes (untranslated)

Grafika Pažvelkime į kūrybos procesą.

Nenaudojami dalykai Dalykai, ženklai, raktai.

Nenaudojamas tekstas Jie neužsičiaupia!!

Skirtumai tarp regionų Atrodo, kad lokalizacijos komanda turėjo puikų humoro jausmą.

Objektai už ekrano Labai jau čia daug kas atsidūrė už scenos, kur auditorija nemato.

Nenaudojama geometrija Daug įdomių dalykų, kurių visai niekas ir nemato.

Debuginis režimas

Pradiniame ekrane paspauskite X, B, R, B, Y, L. Spauskite ir laikykite Z, kad būtų rodoma versijos data. Klaidinis debug ekranas atsiras, kai... žaidimas šiaip užstrigs, kurio atveju užstrigimo pranešimas per visą lygį judės apie 10 sekundžių (ir negalės būti atsuktas arba pamatytas dar kartą, kol neišeis už ekrano ribų). Šis režimas neveikia jokiuose demo, o versijos data neegzistuoja demonstracijose, sukurtose anksčiau nei japoniška versija.

(Source: PistonMiner)

Build Date

To do: Check the filenames of the USA demos on every disc they appear on.

The build date can be found in the dol.

Version	Build Date
USA pre-final demo (filename: zz_PaperMario2_game.tgc, header name: 21 2004.06.21 MarioSt_MN7_NOA_20040619a.dpf) from USA multi-demo discs 17 and 18	None
Japan pre-final demo (filename: PaperMarioRPG.tgc) from Japanese multi-demo discs Jul. 2004, Aug. 2004 and Sep. 2004	None
Japan	Jun 17 2004 17:20:01
USA	Sep 9 2004 09:34:02
USA post-final demo (filename: zz_PaperMario2_game.tgc) from USA multi-demo discs 19-22, and 35	Sep 18 2004 17:37:16
Europe demo (filename: zz_PaperMario2_PALDEMO_20040924.tgc) from European multi-demo disc Nov. 2004	Sep 23 2004 13:32:41
Europe	Sep 26 2004 15:37:03

It isn't clear whether the USA or Japanese pre-final demo was built first, but there is something that could suggest the USA demo was built first: the function gcDvdCheckThread, during what looks like the reset process, is set to write "リセット処理開始", which roughly translates to "start reset processing", to the console using OSReport. This code and the string don't appear in any other version of the game.

(gcDvdCheckThread info: Zephiles)

Unused Music

• Demo Title

Internal Track Name: BGM_FILE_MENU1
File Name: sys_mmc1_32k.stm
This is used in demo versions of the game (for E3 and the Multi-Game Interactive Demo Disc demos) as the title screen. It's still in the retail game's disc, though.

• Riverside Station

Internal Track Name: BGM_STG6_EKI1
File Name: stg_eki1_32k.stm
eki is the three-letter abbreviation used for Riverside Station, so that's probably where this would have been used. In the final version, the inside of Riverside Station has no music at all, just ambient sounds.

Lost Tracks

A list of internal track names that reference files that are no longer on the disc or are undefined.

Internal Track Name	File Name	Notes
Boss Tracks
BGM_BOSS_STG4_FAKEMARIO1	None	Doopliss (in Fake Mario form) was supposed to have a unique track.
BGM_BOSS_STG5_SHIP1	btl_sif1_32k.stm	Intended for the second Lord Crump battle.
Event Tracks
BGM_EVT_HAPPY1	evt_hpy1_32k.stm	Happy event!
BGM_EVT_JIN1	evt_dim1_32k.stm	An event track for either Creepy Steeple or Twilight Town.
BGM_EVT_KUPPA2	Blank	A second event track for Bowser.
BGM_EVT_NOK1	evt_nok1_32k.stm	Meant for an event in Petalburg, this track is present on the Multi-Game Interactive Demo Disc 18 demo but removed from the final.
BGM_EVT_REST1	evt_rst1_32k.stm	A longer track for resting?
BGM_EVT_STG2_MORI1	evt_fsg1_32k.stm	Event track for Boggly Woods in Chapter 2.
BGM_EVT_STG2_PUNI1	Blank	Lost Puni event track.
BGM_EVT_STG2_TAIJU1	evt_okk1_32k.stm	Event track for the Great Tree in Chapter 2.
BGM_EVT_STG3_URON1	evt_urn1_32k.stm	Event track for Glitzville in Chapter 3.
BGM_EVT_STG3_TOUGI1	evt_tug1_32k.stm	Event track for the Glitz Pit in Chapter 3.
BGM_EVT_STG4_FAKEMARIO1	evt_fmo1_32k.stm	Event track for Doopliss in Fake Mario form.
BGM_EVT_STG5_VS_3RD_ENEMY	evt_v3d1_32k.stm	Meant for the battle between Lord Crump and Cortez.
BGM_EVT_USU1	evt_usg1_32k.stm	Event track for Twilight Town.
Jingles
BGM_FF_ENV_MAP1	ff_map1_32k.stm	Jingle for the Magical Map?
BGM_FF_ENV_SHIP_APPEAR1	ff_s_apr1_32k.stm	A jingle for either Lord Crump or Cortez's ship appearing.
BGM_FF_ENV_SUCCESS2	Blank	A second "success" jingle.
BGM_FF_GET_PERA1	ff_get7_32k.stm	Jingle for acquiring Paper Powers.
BGM_FF_GET_IMPORTANT_ITEM1	Blank	Jingle for acquiring important items. Different from key items? File name was most likely either ff_get5_32k.stm or ff_get1_32k.stm.
BGM_FF_ENV_OPEN_DOOR1	ff_dor1_32k.stm	Most likely meant for the Thousand-Year Door opening.
BGM_FF_POWERDOWN1	Blank	Counterpart for the Power Up jingle. Very likely that this is the standard Super Mario Bros. "power down" sound.

Mystery of the Smorg

File Names: test_bom (Earliest), c_moa_a, c_moa_b (Early), c_n_moa_a, c_n_moa_b (Final)

The Smorg enemies are more interesting than they appear. This early Smorg design is found in the file test_bom, dated October 7, 2003. It is referred to as test_h in the file.

These two odd creatures are in files c_moa_a and c_moa_b, respectively. Their files are also dated October 7, 2003.

So what's the connection? Well, the Japanese name for the Smorg is Moamoa. Theory: these creatures were the original designs for the Smorg, not the enemy found in test_bom.

The final Smorg designs appear in files c_n_moa_a and c_n_moa_b. These are dated later than the previous moa files, at January 8, 2004 and December 17, 2003. Inside the files, the enemy is referred to as new_moa! This concretes the previously stated theory.

So what happened to the old Smorg design? It was used for Screamy, one of Luigi's partners. Perhaps the staff just wanted to use the old design somewhere in the game.

As for what the enemy in test_bom was originally supposed to be, that's still a mystery.

Unused Characters

• Green Cheep-Cheep

File Name: c_puku
An unused Green Cheep-Cheep. Given the tie, this is either an early version of the blimp conductor or an entirely different, unused character.

• Spinia Partner

File Name: c_lp_hannya
An unused partner for Luigi. Two designs for this partner exist - a hamburger Spinia and a rainbow-colored Spania. The file for this partner was last modified April 21, 2004, whereas Luigi's other partners were last modified May 17, 2004.

• Paper Mario Partners

All of the partners from Paper Mario are on the disc, though only Parakarry and Bow appear in-game. All of them have functional standing and talking animations, and Watt has an extra for her sparks. All of these were repurposed in Super Paper Mario as Catch Cards.

• 

  Goombario

• 

  Kooper

• 

  Bombette

• 

  Watt

• 

  Sushie

• 

  Lakilester

Character	File Name
Goombario	c_kurio
Kooper	c_kameki
Bombette	c_pinky
Watt	c_akarin
Sushie	c_opuku
Lakilester	c_pokopi

Unused Followers

There's an unused Craw follower that uses the same model as Gus, it's unknown if it actually is Gus. Their follower ID is 12.

(Source: Zephiles)

Unused Enemies

Enemies in differing stages of incomplete...ness.

• Hyper Bob-Omb

File Name: c_bomhey_m
Internal Name: btl_un_hyper_bomhei
Enemy Name: Hyper Bob-Omb

btl_hlp_hyper_bomhei
『ハイパーボムへい』よ ＿ こうげきすると　おこりだすよ That's a Hyper Bob-Omb. Attack it and it'll lose its temper. おこっている時に　こうげきすると バクハツするから　ちゅうい！ Once you hit it, it'll get angry and explode, so watch out!	さいだいＨＰは『５』で こうげき力は『１』　ぼうぎょ力は『０』よ Max HP is 5, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. ハンマーや　コウラのように かたいモノで　こうげきすると だいじょうぶだよ Attack it with something hard, like a hammer or shell, and you should be fine.

• Ultra Bob-Omb

File Name: c_bomhey_h
Internal Name: btl_un_ultra_bomhei
Enemy Name: Ultra Bob-Omb

btl_hlp_ultra_bomhei
『ウルトラボムへい』よ ＿ こうげきすると　おこりだすよ That's an Ultra Bob-Omb. Attack it and it'll lose its temper. おこっている時に　こうげきすると バクハツするから　ちゅうい！ Once you hit it, it'll get angry and explode, so watch out!	さいだいＨＰは『７』で こうげき力は『１』　ぼうぎょ力は『０』よ Max HP is 7, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. ハンマーや　コウラのように かたいモノで　こうげきすると だいじょうぶだよ Attack it with something hard, like a hammer or shell, and you should be fine.

• Red Buzzy Beetle

File Name: c_met_h
Internal Name: btl_un_crimson_met
Enemy Name: Red Buzzy Beetle

btl_hlp_crimson_met

アカメット

Red Buzzy Beetle

• Red Parabuzzy

File Name: c_met_h
Internal Name: btl_un_crimson_patamet
Enemy Name: R. Parabuzzy

btl_hlp_crimson_patamet

アカパタメット

Red Parabuzzy

• Red Spiked Parabuzzy

File Name: c_met_h
Internal Name: btl_un_crimson_patatogemet
Enemy Name: R. Parabuzzy

btl_hlp_crimson_patatogemet

アカパタトゲメット

Red Spiked Parabuzzy

• Dark Atomic Boo

File Name: c_atmic_trs_p

The only thing ever completed of this boss was its texture and animation file. It doesn't have an assigned name or any code present on the disc.

• Lord Crump (Type #2)

File Name: c_kanbu
Internal Name: btl_un_kanbu2
Enemy Name: Lord Crump

btl_hlp_kanbu2
『ペケダー』よ ＿ タイプ２よ That's Lord Crump. This is type 2.	さいだいＨＰは『１５』で こうげき力は『Ｘ』　ぼうぎょ力は『０』よ 'Max HP is 15, Attack is X, and Defense is 0.

An unused battle with Lord Crump. The internal name appears in the Great Tree's level data. He was meant to be faced either in addition to, or in place of, Magnus von Grapple.

• Okooru

File Name: c_oko-ru
Internal Name: btl_un_okorl
Enemy Name: オコール (Okooru)

This is an odd case. While Okooru does have a texture file, the only texture present is this reference image. He has not been broken up into parts like the other enemies, so he can't possibly function as one. This was one of the first image files to be entered into the game, and it hasn't been modified since it was first put in.

Okooru means "to get angry". It looks quite calm how it is now. The battle probably changed when the meter on its head got to red.

Enemies Without Graphics

Internal Name	Enemy Name	Log Name	Log Entry	Notes
Battle Name + Log Entry
btl_un_bomzou	BOMBZO GLOBAL 1701	menu_enemy_158	BOMBZO GLOBAL 1776
btl_un_christine	Goombella	menu_enemy_162	Goombella	This is a test character.
btl_un_chuchurina	Ms. Mowz	menu_enemy_168	Ms. Mowz	This is a test character.
btl_un_clauda	Flurrie	menu_enemy_165	Flurrie	This is a test character.
btl_un_koura	Shell	menu_enemy_161	Shell	This is a test character.
btl_un_kurikuri	Goomba Bros.	menu_enemy_138	クリクリ５兄弟 (5 Goomgoom Bros.)	At one point in the game's development, the Goomba Bros in the Glitz Pit may have attacked as a single unit.
btl_un_majolyne2	Beldam	menu_enemy_105	マジョリン2 (Beldam 2)	Given where the Shadow Sirens appear, there was meant to be a second battle in Chapter 4.
btl_un_majolyne3	Beldam	menu_enemy_106	マジョリン3 (Beldam 3)	Given where the Shadow Sirens appear, there was meant to be a third battle in Chapter 6.
btl_un_marilyn2	Marilyn	menu_enemy_109	マリリン2 (Marilyn 2)	Probably meant to be fought in Chapter 4.
btl_un_marilyn3	Marilyn	menu_enemy_110	マリリン3 (Marilyn 3)	Probably meant to be fought in Chapter 6.
btl_un_mario	Mario	menu_enemy_160	Mario	This is a test character.
btl_un_nokotarou	Koops	menu_enemy_163	Koops	This is a test character.
btl_un_sanders	Bobbery	menu_enemy_167	Bobbery	This is a test character.
btl_un_switch	Switch	menu_enemy_156	Switch	This is a test character.
btl_un_system	System	menu_enemy_159	System	This is a test character.
btl_un_testnpc	TEST GLOBAL 1700	menu_enemy_157	Test Character	This is a test character.
btl_un_tree	Odd Tree	menu_enemy_155	きになるき (Worrisome Tree)
btl_un_vivian	Vivian	menu_enemy_166	Vivian	This is a test character.
btl_un_vivian2	Vivian	menu_enemy_113	ビビアン2 (Vivian 2)	Probably meant to be fought in Chapter 4.
btl_un_yoshi	Yoshi	menu_enemy_164	Yoshi	This is a test character.
Battle Name Only
btl_un_black_heiho	ブラックヘイホー (Black Shy Guy)	N/A		Localized as Anti Guy in Paper Mario.
btl_un_command_heiho	コマンドヘイホー (Commando Shy Guy)	N/A		Localized as Spy Guy in Paper Mario.
btl_un_dancing_heiho	ダンシングヘイホー (Dancing Shy Guy)	N/A		Localized as Groove Guy in Paper Mario.
btl_un_fighter	Fighter	N/A
btl_un_fire_heiho	ファイアヘイホー (Fire Shy Guy)	N/A		Localized as Pyro Guy in Paper Mario.
btl_un_hatty	ハッチー (Hatchii)	N/A		This is the Bzzap! enemy from Paper Mario.
btl_un_heiho	ヘイホー (Shy Guy)	N/A
btl_un_kohatty	コバッチー (Kohatchii)	N/A		The ko prefix here probably means "child", so a little Bzzap!
btl_un_mecha_kame	メカカメ (Mechaturtle)	N/A		This does not refer to a Mechakoopa, which has the same name in English and Japanese.
btl_un_mecha_kuri	メカクリ (Mechagoom)	N/A
btl_un_minarai_kamec	みならいカメック (Magikoopa Apprentice)	N/A
btl_un_tuyonarl	ツヨナール (Tsuyonaaru)	N/A		Name taken from Tsuyomaru, meaning "to gain strength". Possible stronger version of Yowaaru.
btl_un_ufo	キャッチャン (Kyacchan)	N/A		Portmanteau of kyatcha, meaning catcher, and the diminutive suffix chan. This refers to the Sentinels that were in Tubba Blubba's castle in Paper Mario.
btl_un_wanawana	ワナワナー (Wanawanaa)	N/A		Possible referring to the Chain Chomp's Japanese name, wanwan.
btl_un_yowarl	ヨワール (Yowaaru)	N/A		Name taken from Yowaru, meaning "to weaken". Possible stronger version of Okooru.
Blank Entries
btl_un_hotdog_master	N/A			Refers to Mr. Hoggle, the Hot Dog vendor.
btl_un_marco	N/A			Japanese name for Flavio.
btl_un_master	N/A			Likely means the bar owner, Podley, since his internal NPC name is masutaa, or "proprietor".
btl_un_nancy	N/A			Japanese name for Zess T.
btl_un_reporter	N/A			Probably refers to the Lakitu reporter in the Glitz Pit.

Unused Enemy Groups

Five enemy groups are defined in the game but aren't used. Most of these are in rooms that don't have enemies otherwise.

• Twilight Trail

Room: Twilight Trail Transitional Room
Empty Room?: Yes
Enemy List: 2 Hyper Goomba / 2 Paragoomba / 2 Paragoomba, Crazee Dayzee
Unique Formation?: Yes

Room: Boulder Area
Empty Room?: No
Enemy List: 2 Hyper Cleft
Unique Formation?: Yes

• Pirate's Grotto

Room: Sluice Gate Room
Empty Room?: Yes
Enemy List: Bill Blaster, Bulky Bob-omb
Unique Formation?: Yes

• Riverside Station

Room: Clock Room
Empty Room?: No
Enemy List: 2 Spiked Parabuzzy
Unique Formation?: No

• X-Naut Base

Room: Potion Laboratory
Empty Room?: Yes
Enemy List: 4 X-Nauts, X-Naut PhD
Unique Formation?: Yes

Unused Ceiling Behaviors

• Buzzy Beetle

All grounded Buzzy Beetle variants have an unused behavior for being on the ceiling, as well as an unused attack where they drop from the ceiling and land on the player. After the attack they remain on the ground for the rest of the battle.

(Source: Jdaster64)

• Piranha Plant

Piranha Plants have a similar behavior, after attacking the player there is a chance they can reappear on the ceiling if there is one in the battle. Although this behavior is technically used, no Piranha Plant variants ever appear in battles where a ceiling appears.

(Source: Isocitration)

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 data in the dol. The rest of it is supplementary. These aren't necessarily in any internal order.

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	The maps under this prefix are unused.
Mario's House	aaa	マリオの家	Mario no ie	Mario's House	Maybe its 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. 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
?	dig	ダイジェスト	Daijesuto	Digest	This map group isn't used. Maybe this was used for the end-of-Chapter summaries at one point?
Ending credits	end	エンディング	Endingu	Ending

(discovery: JasperRLZ)

(analysis: Original TCRF research)

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))

(Source: Original TCRF research)

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".

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.

Undefined Battle ID Behavior

Enemies in the field are assigned a Battle ID that defines which enemies you encounter when you get in a battle. All areas in the game, except the Glitz Pit, share the same Battle IDs; however, encounters differ based on the area you're in. For example, although Boggly Woods and Petal Meadows both have a Battle ID of 00 defined, you cannot touch a Cleft in Boggly Woods and have it direct you to a battle against Goombas.

An undefined Battle ID would be one that is out of range for the IDs used in an area. For example, Boggly Woods' highest used Battle ID is 07, so a Battle ID of 08 or greater would be undefined. Rather than the game crashing or freezing, there is this behavior where interacting with enemies simply doesn't get you into a battle.

Use the NTSC-U Action Replay code 04085504 3B0000?? to set the Battle ID.

(Source: Ralf (GC Forever))

Unused Status

Graphic File Name: battle_common
An unused status icon of a nervous/fearful/nauseous-looking face.

A status effect using this icon can be granted with the following NTSC-U Action Replay codes:

Status Modifier Enabler	Unused Status
34RR-1H8W-XD2D4 30X2-FFFU-B5C19 4DF2-T1WU-P5XXJ EVU6-N0FQ-Y917D 9RQQ-N348-HU6YF 2JJA-E4JE-ZBTP5 G3EV-5G1R-9MM2U QGR9-37KR-NC8U3	543D957C 00000000 4000xxxx 000125yy 4000xxxx 000126zz

yy = # of Rounds (01 to 63)
xxxx = Character ID (use 4620 for Mario and 4624 for Partner)
zz = Attack Mod (01 ... 7F = Attack Up, 80 ... FF = Attack Down)

To have a Thunder Rage inflict this status to see its battle message, splash and hear its sound effect, enter the following NTSC-U Action Replay code on a 1.0 ISO:
02366CDE 00006403
02366CE0 0000FE00

The status is an Attack Down status, a counterpart to the Attack Up status obtained when using Power Lift. zz controls the attack power of the character; if set to FE, the character's attack power would be 2 points weaker, whereas if set to 80, attacks would be so negative that no damage could be dealt. At this point in time, it is not known which values this status would use under normal circumstances.

(Source: Ralf (GC Forever))

Unused Animations

To do: There are LOTS more where these came from. You can use this tool to view them. Add the animation IDs

Bosses

Lord Crump

c_kanbu_ibt contains quite a few unused animations for Lord Crump, including but not limited to him giving the X-Naut salute, rubbing his hands together menacingly, and adjusting a horn on his headgear.

Doopliss

The player has no means to poison enemies, outside of confusing them and having them poison other enemies. Bosses are an exception in that they cannot damage other bosses when confused. However, with cheats it's possible to poison bosses. While most enemies and bosses share their poison animation with dizzy or another status effect, Doopliss' poison animation is unique.

Side Characters

Flavio

Flavio has an unused animation of looking through a spyglass. He has both an idle and talking variant.

Peach

Peach has a unique running animation that goes unused, where she lifts her dress to run.

NPCs

To do: replace video with GIF

Other Unused Graphics

Miscellaneous stuff that somehow escaped the above categories.

• Test Graphics

Dated October 7, 2003, these files were among the first graphics to be put into the game.

File Name: kadono_test2
Crude images of two stars and one Mario.

File Name: nakayama_test
This file contains two 32×32 Kanji. 表 translates to "surface", and 裏 to "interior".

File Name: nakayama_test3
Only one 16×16 texture is in this file. This says "omote", or "surface".

• Bonetail

Early	Final

File Name: c_gonbaba_z
An eye texture is present in Bonetail's file. This was not used in the final game, leaving Bonetail eyeless.

• Dummy Texture

File Name: stg_03_0
This placeholder graphic translates to, appropriately enough, "dummy".

• Green Boots

File Name: icon
Either this is an alternate boot color that went unused, or there was planned to be a third boot upgrade for Mario. It's possible this was the original color for the Super Boots, as those were green in Paper Mario. Its filename suggests that it is a placeholder.

• No Hit

File Names: EFF_nohit, EFF_nohit_us
Text that translates to "No Hit". This would have been used when the player / enemy misses their target. The files are identical - EFF_nohit_us was never translated.

• Mario Running

File Name: menuwin.tpl
Frames for Mario running away from battle create this nifty little animation. It was made earlier in development, when they were still using the first game's style.

• Plakatai

Failo pavadinimas: stg_06_3
Keturi nenaudojami plakatai randami Riverside stoties lauko lygyje. Šie du atrodo kaip jau egzistuojančių nuotraukų sumažintos versijos.

Vertimas:
Mario Story
Populiarus žaidimas jau prekyboje
Super-Soakin' Mario's Livin' Large!!

Translation:
Linksmų Naujųjų Metų

(Source: GlitterBerri (translations))

• Star Rod

File Name: c_koopa
Strangely, the Star Rod from Paper Mario is present in Bowser's texture file. It even has an updated design!

• Teaser Screen

File Name: OFF_d_four_meku_5sec
A teaser screen that should be used for demo versions of the game, but it's not used there either. Odd, that. An earlier version of the title screen can (barely) be seen behind the old game logo.

• Tubba Blubba's Heart

One of the images inside effect_n64.tpl is a single sprite of Tubba Blubba's Heart from Paper Mario. The graphic is shrunken down to a 32×32 size.

(Source: Hiccup)

• 8-Bit Peach

File Name: d_mario-
It seems Peach was supposed to be able to use the dressing room in the X-Naut Fortress that transforms Mario and his partners into 8-bit versions. Strangely, these are the first two textures in the texture archive, before Mario.

• Rogueport Houses

Hidden within the textures grouped with Rogueport are these houses, which don't appear anywhere in Rogueport itself, although differently-colored versions of the green house do appear. The white house seems to be completely unused, as it doesn't match the style of the other Rogueport houses and has an unfamiliar chimney design.

• Pianta Parlor Backgrounds

• 

  yuu_02

• 

  yuu_03

File Name: yuu_02 / yuu_03
The Tube Game and Paper Game rooms (yuu_02 and yuu_03) have files for unique backgrounds. The Tube Game room, like most of the Pianta Parlor game rooms, have a modeled wall that completely hides any background. The Paper Game room has no such back wall, but the camera is lined up with the top edge of the model. By standing on the highest platform, the camera will move up a little bit and show only the very top of the background, which is just a solid color. The Paper Game background just has some simple gradients, but the Tube Game background features buildings similar to the ones seen on the interior walls of the Pianta Parlor. Compared to the Parlor's wall buildings, the buildings here have fewer, larger, colorful windows and more exaggerated angles.

• Hooktail Leg Test

File Name: test_gon2
A rough 3D approximation of one of Hooktail's legs. The gon in the name refers to Hooktail's Japanese name, Gonbaba. The model is only a bit bigger than Mario, nowhere near Hooktail's final size.

Unused Partner Attacks

Koops, Flurrie, and Ms. Mowz have descriptions for unused attacks. It seems Koops may have been planned to learn Kooper's Fire Shell technique at one point. Flurrie and Ms. Mowz's unused attacks, meanwhile, appear entirely new.

• Koops

msg_pnk_koura_ippatsu

てきを　ホノオのコウラで　こうげきする

Attack an enemy with a flaming shell.

• Flurrie

msg_pwd_dengeki

かみなりを　すべてのてきに　おとす おまけに　『ビリビリ』させることがある

Drop lightning on all enemies. As a bonus, you might become electrified.

• Ms. Mowz

msg_pch_shiraberu

ぶたいセットの　ウラに　アイテムなどが かくされていないか　しらべる

Check behind the stage for hidden items.

• Unused Gulp Variations

If Yoshi uses Gulp on a Pokey or Poison Pokey that has lost all of its body segments, there is a 50% chance that he'll eat them instead of spitting them back out. Although this very specific variation of Gulp is used, there are some variations that are unused. Including a variation where Yoshi eats an enemy and plays an extra animation that implies whatever he ate blew up, a variation where Yoshi swallows an enemy and spits out a fireball, which does fire damage to enemies that are hit by it, and a variation where Yoshi eats only part of an enemy, such as a Pokey or Poison Pokey's body segment.

(Source: Triple Pain P)

Unused Star Power

The game references a handful of unused special attacks:

• Hirahira Mekuuru (Hirahira means "flutter", Mekuru means "to turn over; to turn pages of a book")
• Rakkii Booru (Lucky Ball)
• Deka Mario (Dekai means "huge")
• Haato Shuuto (Heart Shoot)
• Kagenui (Shadow-stitching, a legendary ninja immobilization technique. Given what shadow-stitching looks like, this Star Power may be an early version of Supernova.)

Testinis el. laiškas

msg_mail_test global.txt’e:

Japanese	English	French
デザイナー マリオストーリー２の ３Ｄマップしゅにんで おもなさくひんは マリオストーリー　 かなりのゲームずきで ゲームをしていないと 気がすまない 『かわで』と『かわべ』が ややこしい	Designer Paper Mario and Paper Mario 2 3-D Level Designer. Big gamer. Gets restless when not gaming. Can't tell difference between Brett and Bert.	Voilà un test de mail et à quoi ça doit ressembler pour que tout le monde le sache. Je tiens à remercier Hélène pour le super boulot qu'elle a fait. Michaël
Translation
Designer Worked on 3D maps for Paper Mario 2. Biggest project was Paper Mario. Big gamer. Gets restless when not gaming. Can't tell difference between Kawade and Kawabe.		This is a mail test and what it has to look like so that everyone knows. I would like to thank Hélène for the amazing work she did. Michaël

German	Spanish	Italian
Designer Verantwortlich für die 3D-Karten bei Paper Mario 2, Hauptwerk: Paper Mario. Mag Spiele ziemlich gerne. Wenn er nicht spielt, fühlt er sich nicht gut. "Am Fluss" und "Flussufer" sind etwas kompliziert.	Soy el diseñador del entorno tridimensional de este juego. Entre mis obras anteriores destaca el trabajo realizado en la entrega anterior. Cuando no estoy con los videojuegos, siento que me falta algo. Será que juego demasiado. Kawade	Sono il disegnatore delle mappe in 3D di questo gioco. Il lavoro è stato duro, però la storia mi ha davvero appassionato. Non riesco a far passare un giorno senza che mi venga voglia di giocarci un po’! Divertitevi anche voi! Kawade
Translation
Designer Responsible for the 3D maps in Paper Mario 2, biggest project: Paper Mario. Likes games a lot. When he doesn't play, he doesn't feel well. "At the river" and "riverside" are a little complicated.	I’m the designer of the 3D environments in this game. Among my previous works is the work I did for the previous entry. When I'm not with video games, I feel like I'm missing something I’ll play them so much. Kawade	I’m the designer of the 3D maps in this game. The work was hard, but the story really gripped me. Not a day goes by without me feeling like playing it a little! You have fun, too! Kawade

In the French version, "Michaël" is Michaël Hugot and "Hélène" is Hélène Guillemain, both credited as the French localisation team.

(Source: The Mushroom Kingdom)

Oddities

• Mario's House Full Interior

The interior of Mario's house in the opening scene contains a full recreation of the bedroom as it was in Paper Mario, plus a bunch of extra little details. Only the tiniest bit of it is visible in the opening, and this room is never seen outside of a cutscene. Sadly, Luigi's secret basement is not present.

By using cheat codes to play here, the map is revealed to have functional camera angles, bushes, a door, and even a rejecting pipe! The bushes and pipe are likely built from templates, but the interior's camera pans perfectly to and from the bedroom when walking in and out.

• Cheep Cheep Blimp Hidden Detail

The left side of the 3D model for the Cheep Cheep Blimp, which is never shown to the camera, has an extra orange decoration over the windows that is missing from the right side. The decoration was likely removed on purpose, as the detail is not present on the blimp's 2D model.

• Bowser Action Stages - Inaccessible Blocks

Chapter 2 (1-1)

This block is on top of the first set of blocks. With some careful jumps or by standing on top of the first pipe as full-size Bowser you can see part of it. You can also smash it while it's off-screen with full-size Bowser. Like the other Brick Blocks, it doesn't contain anything.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Chapter 6 (3-1)

While this block can be seen, you can't break it as you can only get near it in Bowser's smallest form. Like other Yellow Blocks, it contains some meat.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

• Pianta Parlor Music

The music for the mini-games in the Pianta Parlor uses the file name btl_zak3_32k.dsp. This might indicate that it was originally meant to be a battle track for common enemies, as the used battle music is btl_zak1_32k.dsp. ("zak" likely stands for zako, used here to mean small/weak opponents.) The numbering also seems to imply that a third battle song was planned before being scrapped completely.

• Red Bones Tattle Entry

If the player fails to Tattle a one-time enemy, the enemy's Tattle Log entry will appear in Professor Frankly's trash can after the enemy disappears. However, the player can obtain the Red Bones' Tattle Log entry after defeating it in Chapter 1, even though the player is forced to fight another Red Bones in the Tower of Riddles. This implies that the second Red Bones battle was added later in development.

• Early Name

Please insert
the "Paper Mario 2" Game Disc.

In the Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc Version 18 demo and the final Japanese version, the "insert disc" message refers to the game as Paper Mario 2. This name can also be seen in multiple prerelease materials.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

• Sir Grodus' Dialogue Error

There is an error in the English version with choosing Mario's response after Sir Grodus is defeated at the Palace of Shadow and strikes Mario and co. with lightning. In other versions the text "Don't Attack" is placed above "Attack", but in the English version the text "Don't Attack" is incorrectly placed below "Attack". This causes Sir Grodus' response to be in the wrong order. If the player chooses "Don't Attack", he will say "WORM! You dare defy me?!?", even though Mario is doing what Grodus said. Likewise, if the player chooses "Attack", Grodus simply tells Mario to stop his blubbering.

• Doopliss' KO Resistance

The second form of Doopliss (the one fought on Twilight Trail and the Creepy Steeple rematch) has a 3% chance to get KOed by Showstopper, even though the Star Power is unobtainable by that point. All other bosses fought before obtaining Showstopper are immune to the attack.

(Source: Super Mario Wiki)

• Mario's Arms Texture

To do: replace video with screenshot

Whenever Mario falls into water, a magnified version of his arm texture appears underneath the game area, outside the normal view of the camera. The same textures also appear during a cutscene in Chapter 7 when Mario is sent to the moon.

• Petal Meadows Blow-away-able Bushes

There is one area in Petal Meadows where Flurrie’s ability can be used to blow away the bushes. Doing this results in no reward whatsoever, and the bushes can not be blown away in any other area of that chapter.

• Pianta Syndicate Obscure Dialog

By visiting the Pianta Syndicate before the end of Chapter 2, it's possible to meet Frankie and Francesca before they elope. This is only possible if the player already knows the passcode to enter the building, because the passcode isn't revealed to the player until after Chapter 2.

(Source: Supper Mario Broth)

• Giant Hole in Gloomtail's Room

After the last Bowser battle, there will be a giant hole in the secret room behind Gloomtail's arena, and jumping down will have the player fall into the main hall of the Palace of Shadow where Grodus, and later Bowser and Kammy were fought. However, it's impossible to revisit Gloomtail's arena after a certain point, making this Easter egg unused.

• Unused Shopkeeper Dialog

All shopkeepers have unique dialog for when the player visits an item shop for the first time, however because the player is required to visit a shop in order to access Chapter 3, the extra dialog for the shops in Glitzville, Twilight Town, Keelhaul Key, the Excess Express, and Fahr Outpost go unused.

(Source: Supper Mario Broth)

• Unseen Rawk Hawk Picture

If Mario is not the current Champion in the Glitz Pit, the picture of him in the Champion's Room will be replaced with a picture of Rawk Hawk. However, you only visit this room before becoming the Champion once during a cutscene, and the camera doesn't extend far enough to see the picture, so the player never sees it.

Internal Project Name

The game is reffered to as "mariost" (presumably short for Mario Story) in various places in the code.