Pokémon Platinum/Unused Maps

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To do: Record Corner.

In Pokémon Platinum, a lot of unused maps exist, ranging from empty and unfinished maps to leftovers from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. However, we can also find more interesting ones in here as well, including maps that were ultimately scrapped.

Removed Overworld

A lot of overworld locations have been removed from the final game, including early, scrapped routes and dungeon exteriors. All of these maps lack proper models, text, scripts, and events, except where noted.

ID	Name	Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Flags	Description
0	EVERYWHERE	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	113	The famous Mystery Zone. This map is not completely unused, serving as a placeholder for invalid areas outside of the Sinnoh overworld.
1	NOTHING	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	1	Same as above, though this one isn't used at all.
C5	D01	SEQ_D_01	SEQ_D_01	Oreburgh Mine	116	Removed Oreburgh Mine exterior. Same model as 1F.
CE	D05	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	52	Removed Mt. Coronet exterior.
DE	D06	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	52	Removed Safari Zone exterior.
E0	D07	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	52	Removed Solaceon Ruins exterior.
F3	D09	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	52	Removed Victory Road exterior.
FA	D10	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	116	Removed Pal Park exterior. Same model as final map.
FC	D11	SEQ_D_01	SEQ_D_01	Mystery Zone	52	Removed Amity Square exterior.
FF	D13	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	116	Removed Floaroma Meadow exterior. Same model as final map.
10A	D17	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	52	Unknown exterior map; this could be an early version of Spring Path, as the D17 label is also used for the Sendoff Spring and Turnback Cave maps.
114	D19A	SEQ_D_01	SEQ_D_01	Mystery Zone	52	Unknown.
115	D19B	SEQ_D_01	SEQ_D_01	Mystery Zone	52	Unknown.
198	R230	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	49	An earlier version of Route 230. The internal name implies it was not a water route in earlier versions; the final game uses W230.
199	R232	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	49	A removed route.
191	R226A	SEQ_ROAD_D_D	SEQ_ROAD_D_N	Mystery Zone	49	Apparently, Route 226 was originally split into two different sections, just like Route 205 and Route 212.
192	R226B	SEQ_ROAD_D_D	SEQ_ROAD_D_N	Mystery Zone	49	The second half of the previous map.
194	R227A	SEQ_ROAD_D_D	SEQ_ROAD_D_N	Mystery Zone	49	The same as R226A, this time for Route 227.
195	R227B	SEQ_ROAD_D_D	SEQ_ROAD_D_N	Mystery Zone	49	The same as R226B, this time for Route 227.
1D6	W229	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	49	Route 229, which was originally a water route...?
1D7	W233	SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	49	A scrapped water route.

Jubilife City

C01GYM0101 (5)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_GYM	SEQ_GYM	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

The map's internal name and background music reveal that Jubilife City was originally intended to house a Pokémon Gym. It appears this was scrapped very early in the game's development, as it just loads a generic house model. The map's script file contains a simple message script, and the text file has one empty string. There is a misplaced warp point that exits to the front of the right door of the Pokétch Company building in Jubilife City. This map normally crashes the game due to invalid tileset references.

C01R0303 (15)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY01_D	SEQ_CITY01_N	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

This is the original third floor for the southern condominiums. The staircase exits to the second floor, and there is a warp to an unused fourth floor as well. The NPC says a generic message:

When I give my Pokémon nicknames,
it’s like they’re my very own.

It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling!

C01R0304 (16)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY01_D	SEQ_CITY01_N	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

An unused fourth floor for the southern condominiums. The staircase leads to the previous map. This floor does not contain any scripts, texts, or NPCs.

C01R0401 (17)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

Normally, this map crashes the game because it attempts to load an invalid tileset. A generic NPC script and an empty text string can be found in the files. Nevertheless, this map's purpose remains a mystery.

C01R0503 (1A)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY01_D	SEQ_CITY01_N	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

The unused third floor from the eastern condominiums. It contains two generic NPCs, and connects the second floor to the unused fourth floor. The girl's text:

The world you can reach with
Nintendo WFC...
I can’t tell if it’s huge or small.

The man's dialogue:

I can trade Pokémon around the world
using Nintendo WFC...

Just hearing that name gets my heart
racing!

C01R0504 (1B)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_GYM	SEQ_GYM	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

This is a strange map... It's the fourth floor of the eastern condomniums, but it plays the gym music for some reason. This and the woman's dialogue imply that the condomniums originally served as some kind of training ground before being repurposed as a generic building. She gives the player one Focus Band:

You managed to come out here?
That takes focus!

For someone like you, this
Focus Band might be perfect.

Let a Pokémon hold it, yah?

Revisiting her again, she says the following:

There are items that are useful only
when they’re held by Pokémon.

Try finding other items like that
and spice up your adventure!

C01R0901 (1F)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

This map crashes the game because it loads an invalid tileset. It has two simple message scripts, two empty text strings, and a warp point that exits to warp 11 (in the top-left corner of Jubilife City).

C01R1001 (20)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Jubilife City	Sea	Default	2D	3

Similar to the map above, but this one has only one unused message script and text string. It exits to warp 12.

Oreburgh City

C03R0103 (34)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY03_D	SEQ_CITY03_N	Oreburgh City	Sea	Default	2D	3

Do you make your Pokémon hold items?

If you’d like, let one hold this
Hard Stone.

That Hard Stone intensifies the
power of Rock-type moves.

Unfortunately, none of my Pokémon
can use Rock-type moves, so...

PSYDUCK: Duuuck?

C03R0104 (35)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY03_D	SEQ_CITY03_N	Oreburgh City	Sea	Default	2D	3

Hahaha!
I’m gonna swipe your Flag!

I set some nasty Traps!
Catch me if you can!

Thanks to the Gym Leader, we can
play underground.

C03R0203 (38)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY03_D	SEQ_CITY03_N	Oreburgh City	Sea	Default	2D	3

During the daytime, everyone goes off
to the mine.

At night, everyone’s at home
getting some well-deserved rest.

We’ll keep digging coal.
The world needs energy!

Everyone, including lots of Pokémon,
dug the big underground maze!

C03R0204 (39)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY03_D	SEQ_CITY03_N	Oreburgh City	Sea	Default	2D	3

C03R0603 (3F)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY03_D	SEQ_CITY03_N	Oreburgh City	Sea	Default	2D	3

The last of the five unused areas in Oreburgh City. This one has two guys with normal dialogue strings.

The coal mine here’s fully automated.

Coal mining was brutally hard in the
old days, but not anymore!

You remind me so much of the time
I got my first Pokémon.

Eterna City

C04GYM0102 (44)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_GYM	SEQ_GYM	Eterna City	Sea	Default	EternaGym	3

In Diamond and Pearl, Eterna City's gym was split into two rooms, whereas it was redesigned into one room for this game. Looking into the files reveals that this is the original second area, as all the text and collision data for it are still retained from the previous games! However, the model itself is an earlier, unfinished version of the redesigned gym. Unfortunately, no tileset appears to fit the map...

C04R0304 (4F)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY04_D	SEQ_CITY04_N	Eterna City	Sea	Default	2D	3

The unused fourth floor of the Eterna Condominiums. It appears to be an earlier version of the third floor, since the old woman's dialogue is shared with another NPC. Strangely, the text refers to TM67 Recycle, but the player actually receives TM04 Calm Mind instead.

I’ve had this TM Recycle for such
a long time now.

It’s not anything that I have much
use for these days.

I do hope you’ll put it to good
use, young Trainer.

After obtaining the TM, she says:

Folks like me have a long history
we can look back on.

Young people like you have only the
future to look forward to.

C04R0901 (55)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Eterna City	Sea	Default	2D	3

A generic house interior that fails to load due to invalid tileset pointers. It was dummied out early in development, as there are no scripts, events, or text.

Hearthome City

C05GYM0105 (5C)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym.

C05GYM0106 (5D)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym. Walking on the red field starts a nonexistent lift.

C05GYM0107 (5E)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym.

C05GYM0108 (5F)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym. Walking on the red field starts a nonexistent lift.

C05GYM0109 (60)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym.

C05GYM0110 (61)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym.

C05GYM0111 (62)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym.

C05GYM0112 (63)

A room meant for Hearthome's gym.

C05GYM0113 (64)

An empty room meant for Hearthome's gym.

Sunyshore City

C08R0501 (A1)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY08_D	SEQ_CITY08_N	Sunyshore City	Sea	Default	2D	3

One of Sunyshore City's unused houses. This one has two guys with no proper scripts. Interestingly, the text file contains text for the Bug Catcher who's looking for all Burmy forms in Diamond and Pearl. Thus, it's likely the Macho Brace was meant to be obtained in Sunyshore City rather than in Pastoria City.

Hmmm... The Pokémon BURMY is an
interesting example...

It hints at how the environment can
shape people’s personalities.

You know that Pokémon BURMY, and how
it comes in different forms?

Do you have all the forms of that
BURMY?

Aww, you don’t even have a single
BURMY?

What, you don’t like them?
They’re all mooshy and cute!

Hmm...

It’d be cool if you had all the
different-looking BURMY.

Cool! That’s all the different kinds
of BURMY! I feel giddy!

Since I feel so giddy, take this!
Go ahead, take it!

Whoops, your Bag is crammed full!
I’ll give this to you later.

You’re good!
You’d make an awesome Bug Maniac!

C08R0601 (A2)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_CITY08_D	SEQ_CITY08_N	Sunyshore City	Sea	Default	2D	3

Another unused Sunyshore City house. A girl and a sailor reside here. The map has no proper scripts, but contains eight empty text strings for some reason.

Fight Area, Battle Park & Battle Frontier

C11R0101 (C0)

The building which connects the old Battle Tower exterior with the Fight Area exists within the game code, but it was never removed from the final game. The original model has been replaced. The event data still exists, but the people don't have dialogue strings anymore.

C11R0501 (C4)

This house, like all houses in the Fight Area, resembles the house placeholder. Though it doesn't have any events or scripts, it does have proper settings like music, camera, and flags. And unlike the house interiors, it doesn't crash the game!

D31 (142)

The old Battle Park map from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl exists within the game code, but it was never removed from the final game. Notably, this version uses the older grass textures from Diamond and Pearl, and the Battle Tower building has no shadow because it's been replaced with a newer one.

D31R0101 (143)

The Exchange Service Corner interior map from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl exists within the game code, but it was never removed from the final game. It's identical to the one from the previous games.

D31R0102 (144)

An unfinished map that was ultimately scrapped. Its header data hasn't been finalized, so it uses Mystery Zone's music and name, and the map has undefined flags. The internal Diamond & Pearl debug menu lists its warp as fac-02-00-00. This may suggest that it was intended for the Battle Tower.

D31R0103 (145)

The same as above, but a little bit larger.

D32R0201 (231)

An empty map using a placeholder model that was meant to appear in the Battle Tower. It has proper header data, but there aren't any events, scripts, or text.

Hall of Origin

D05R0116 (1FE)

The Hall of Origin from the scrapped Azure Flute event.

D05R0116 (1FF)

The same as above, but without any events. For some reason, the Spear Pillar theme is used in this map.

Other

D06R0101 (DF)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Pastoria City	Sea	Default	3D	3

An early version of the Great Marsh that's labeled as Pastoria City. There is no data for encounters, events, scripts, or text.

D18R0101 (113)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	Sea	Default	3D	4

The internal name suggests it was intended as an area of the Flower Paradise, though what it is was for remains a mystery. It seems to use a generic house interior in the final build, but for some reason it is the only one besides C11R0501 to not crash the game, indicating that this may have been an actual house and not a placeholder.

D25R1001 (130)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	Sea	Default	3D	4

L01R0101 (14F)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_ROAD_A_D	SEQ_ROAD_A_N	Verity Lakefront	Sea	Default	3D	3

An empty house interior for Verity Lakefront, which is just the generic house placeholder described previously; as expected, it crashes due to invalid pointers. It contains a simple dialogue script and an empty text string. Like other early interiors, it uses a 3D camera.

R206R0201 (160)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_DUMMY	SEQ_DUMMY	Mystery Zone	Sea	Default	3D	3

An earlier version of the gate connecting Route 206 and Eterna City. Apparently, Route 206 did not require the player to ride the bike, as it looks like any other gate interior in Diamond and Pearl. Furthermore, its flags prohibit riding the bike. It has proper warp points connecting to the aforementioned locations. The data also contains empty text strings. This map normally crashes due to invalid tileset pointers.

T07FS0101 (1CA)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_FS	SEQ_FS	Resort Area	Town	Default	2D	3

The Resort Area is one of the very few locations where there is no Pokémon Mart building. However, an actual map for an unused shop is present in the game's data. The map is properly set up, but the exit leads to Solaceon Town for some reason.

D33R0101 (23A)

Daytime music	Nighttime music	Location	Frame	Weather	Camera	Flags
SEQ_PL_D_GIRATINA	SEQ_PL_D_GIRATINA	Distortion World	Cave	Default	2D	8

This map is presumed to be a testing area for the Distortion World. It loads a black background, and a 2D indoor camera, as well as the Distortion World music and graphics by default; however, after fixing the header values, it is revealed to be a grassy platform with trees on it. What makes this map interesting is that the map is copied and pasted four times—once on the bottom, once on the left and right sides, and once on the top, all facing towards the center. There are no events or platform/camera changes on the map, and there are no events associated with the text.