Puyo Puyo Chronicle

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Puyo Puyo Chronicle
Developers: Sega, O-TWO Publisher: Sega Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: December 8, 2016 This game has unused animations. This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused music. This game has unused text.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Made in celebration of Puyo Puyo's 25th anniversary, Puyo Puyo Chronicle is the first (barring spinoffs) Puyo game to have the characters presented in 3D models as opposed to 2D portraits. It also introduces an RPG-style story mode and a Skill Battle mode.

Unused Graphics

Early/Unused Character Artwork

Arle, Ringo and Ally all have early versions of their art that are never seen in-game. While it appears that Arle and Ringo's were only for testing purposes, it seems Ally's would have been her final art at some stage in development.

Leftover Images From Other Games

The background and the buttons are from Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary. Oddly, the menu background is in grayscale.

The character field uses Ringo's art from Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary. This can also be found in early screenshots of Puyo Puyo Tetris, as well as in the game's files.

These leftovers are all from Puyo Puyo Tetris and are found in the "rpg/staffroll/surfboard" folder in the files, which is where the movie for the end credits is stored.

This is from Puyo Puyo 39, which is a minigame in Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX. This appears to be Len's art for his Servant of Evil costume.

Unused Music

Music_Loop

Appears to have been used for testing music loops.

Unused Models/Animations

In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, Characters have three sets of models and four sets of animations. One model is for battles of any kind, one is for Manzai and one is for the Overworld. One set of animations is for regular puyo battles, one set is for RPG battles, one set is for Manzai and one set is for the Overworld. The Manzai and Overworld sets are unique in that the models and animations are stored in the exact same file, which means that if any unused Manzai or Overworld models are found, there will also be unused animations within.

Overworld

Rafisol has a model and three animations for the overworld, yet she's never seen anywhere after the completion of the game. She lacks an entry in name_listJapanese.mtx.

Carbuncle is just like Rafisol, having a model for the Overworld and all the animations needed to function properly. However, he never shows up in the overworld, and lacks an entry in name_listJapanese.mtx.

Manzai

To do: There are more potential unused Manzai animations in the game.

Rafisol once again has an unused animation, this time in Manzai, which is labelled as "joy". It is not used in any Manzai Rafisol is present in, so you can only view it by editing the game's script to load Rafisol in place of another character, editing the MzChangeAnime value corresponding to Rafisol to load the happy animation rather than something else, or by loading her model and animations in a model viewer.

Unused Text

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

chapter00Japanese

In chapter00Japanese.mtx is this block of text, referencing the possible animations and faces a character has for various emotions. This is used for the 30 test manzais that were used to test character animations.

Japanese

Translation

"モーション通常\nモーション通常\nモーション通常{arrow}", "モーション喜び\nモーション喜び\nモーション喜び{arrow}", "モーション怒り\nモーション怒り\nモーション怒り{arrow}", "モーション哀しみ\nモーション哀しみ\nモーション哀しみ{arrow}", "モーション驚き\nモーション驚き\nモーション驚き{arrow}", "モーションぷよ勝負\nモーションぷよ勝負\nモーションぷよ勝負{arrow}", "表情：デフォルト\n表情：デフォルト\n表情：デフォルト{arrow}", "表情：喜び1 表情：喜び1\n表情：喜び1 表情：喜び1\n表情：喜び1 表情：喜び1{arrow}", "表情：喜び2 表情：喜び2\n表情：喜び2 表情：喜び2\n表情：喜び2 表情：喜び2{arrow}", "表情：怒り1 表情：怒り1\n表情：怒り1 表情：怒り1\n表情：怒り1 表情：怒り1{arrow}", "表情：怒り2 表情：怒り2\n表情：怒り2 表情：怒り2\n表情：怒り2 表情：怒り2{arrow}", "表情：哀しみ1 表情：哀しみ1\n表情：哀しみ1 表情：哀しみ1\n表情：哀しみ1 表情：哀しみ1{arrow}", "表情：哀しみ2 表情：哀しみ2\n表情：哀しみ2 表情：哀しみ2\n表情：哀しみ2 表情：哀しみ2{arrow}", "表情：驚き1 表情：驚き1\n表情：驚き1 表情：驚き1\n表情：驚き1 表情：驚き1{arrow}", "表情：驚き2 表情：驚き2\n表情：驚き2 表情：驚き2\n表情：驚き2 表情：驚き2{arrow}", "表情：驚き3 表情：驚き3\n表情：驚き3 表情：驚き3\n表情：驚き3 表情：驚き3{arrow}", "表情：驚き4 表情：驚き4\n表情：驚き4 表情：驚き4\n表情：驚き4 表情：驚き4{arrow}", "表情：トホホ 表情：トホホ\n表情：トホホ 表情：トホホ\n表情：トホホ 表情：トホホ{arrow}", "表情：困り 表情：困り\n表情：困り 表情：困り\n表情：困り 表情：困り{arrow}", "表情：困惑＆迷惑 表情：困惑＆迷惑\n表情：困惑＆迷惑 表情：困惑＆迷惑\n表情：困惑＆迷惑 表情：困惑＆迷惑{arrow}", "表情：レッツぷよ 表情：レッツぷよ\n表情：レッツぷよ 表情：レッツぷよ\n表情：レッツぷよ 表情：レッツぷよ{arrow}", "表情：真剣 表情：真剣\n表情：真剣 表情：真剣\n表情：真剣 表情：真剣{arrow}", "表情：照れ 表情：照れ\n表情：照れ 表情：照れ\n表情：照れ 表情：照れ{arrow}", "表情：怒り3 表情：怒り3\n表情：怒り3 表情：怒り3\n表情：怒り3 表情：怒り3{arrow}", "表情：驚き5 表情：驚き5\n表情：驚き5 表情：驚き5\n表情：驚き5 表情：驚き5{arrow}", "表情：トホホ2 表情：トホホ2\n表情：トホホ2 表情：トホホ2\n表情：トホホ2 表情：トホホ2{arrow}", "表情：レッツぷよ2\n表情：レッツぷよ2\n表情：レッツぷよ2{arrow}", "★おわり★{arrow}", "表情：怒り4 表情：怒り4\n表情：怒り4 表情：怒り4\n表情：怒り4 表情：怒り4{arrow}", "表情：哀しみ3 表情：哀しみ3\n表情：哀しみ3 表情：哀しみ3\n表情：哀しみ3 表情：哀しみ3{arrow}", "表情：哀しみ4 表情：哀しみ4\n表情：哀しみ4 表情：哀しみ4\n表情：哀しみ4 表情：哀しみ4{arrow}", "表情：喜び3 表情：喜び3\n表情：喜び3 表情：喜び3\n表情：喜び3 表情：喜び3{arrow}", "表情：怒り5 表情：怒り5\n表情：怒り5 表情：怒り5\n表情：怒り5 表情：怒り5{arrow}", "表情：レッツぷよ3\n表情：レッツぷよ3\n表情：レッツぷよ3{arrow}", "表情：特殊1 表情：特殊1\n表情：特殊1 表情：特殊1\n表情：特殊1 表情：特殊1{arrow}", "表情：特殊2 表情：特殊2\n表情：特殊2 表情：特殊2\n表情：特殊2 表情：特殊2{arrow}", "表情：特殊3 表情：特殊3\n表情：特殊3 表情：特殊3\n表情：特殊3 表情：特殊3{arrow}", "表情：特殊4 表情：特殊4\n表情：特殊4 表情：特殊4\n表情：特殊4 表情：特殊4{arrow}", "表情：特殊5 表情：特殊5\n表情：特殊5 表情：特殊5\n表情：特殊5 表情：特殊5{arrow}", "表情：困り 2表情：困り2\n表情：困り2 表情：困り2\n表情：困り2 表情：困り2{arrow}", "表情：困り3表情：困り3\n表情：困り3 表情：困り3\n表情：困り3 表情：困り3{arrow}", "表情：困り4表情：困り4\n表情：困り4 表情：困り4\n表情：困り4 表情：困り4{arrow}", "表情：困り5表情：困り5\n表情：困り5 表情：困り5\n表情：困り5 表情：困り5{arrow}"

"Motion Normal\nMotion Normal\nMotion Normal{arrow}", "Motion Joyful\nMotion Joyful\nMotion Joyful{arrow}", "Motion Angry\nMotion Angry\nMotion Angry{arrow}", "Motion Sad\nMotion Sad\nMotion Sad{arrow}", "Motion Surprised\nMotion Surprised\nMotion Surprised{arrow}", "Motion Puyo Challenge\nMotion Puyo Challenge\nMotion Puyo Challenge{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Default\nFacial Expression: Default\nFacial Expression: Default{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Joyful 1 Facial Expression: Joyful 1\nFacial Expression: Joyful 1 Facial Expression: Joyful 1\nFacial Expression: Joyful 1 Facial Expression: Joyful 1{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Joyful 2 Facial Expression: Joyful 2\nFacial Expression: Joyful 2 Facial Expression: Joyful 2\nFacial Expression: Joyful 2 Facial Expression: Joyful 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Angry 1 Facial Expression: Angry 1\nFacial Expression: Angry 1 Facial Expression: Angry 1\nFacial Expression: Angry 1 Facial Expression: Angry 1{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Angry 2 Facial Expression: Angry 2\nFacial Expression: Angry 2 Facial Expression: Angry 2\nFacial Expression: Angry 2 Facial Expression: Angry 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Sad 1 Facial Expression: Sad 1\nFacial Expression: Sad 1 Facial Expression: Sad 1\nFacial Expression: Sad 1 Facial Expression: Sad 1{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Sad 2 Facial Expression: Sad 2\nFacial Expression: Sad 2 Facial Expression: Sad 2\nFacial Expression: Sad 2 Facial Expression: Sad 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Surprised 1 Facial Expression: Surprised 1\nFacial Expression: Surprised 1 Facial Expression: Surprised 1\nFacial Expression: Surprised 1 Facial Expression: Surprised 1{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Surprised 2 Facial Expression: Surprised 2\nFacial Expression: Surprised 2 Facial Expression: Surprised 2\nFacial Expression: Surprised 2 Facial Expression: Surprised 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Surprised 3 Facial Expression: Surprised 3\nFacial Expression: Surprised 3 Facial Expression: Surprised 3\nFacial Expression: Surprised 3 Facial Expression: Surprised 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Surprised 4 Facial Expression: Surprised 4\nFacial Expression: Surprised 4 Facial Expression: Surprised 4\nFacial Expression: Surprised 4 Facial Expression: Surprised 4{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo\nFacial Expression: Boo-Hoo Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo\nFacial Expression: Boo-Hoo Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Worried Facial Expression: Worried\nFacial Expression: Worried Facial Expression: Worried\nFacial Expression: Worried Facial Expression: Worried{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Confused & Annoyed Facial Expression: Confusion & Annoyance\nFacial Expression: Confused & Annoyed Facial Expression: Confusion & Annoyance\nFacial Expression: Confused & Annoyed Facial Expression: Confusion & Annoyance{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Let's Puyo Facial Expression: Let's Puyo\nFacial Expression: Let's Puyo Facial Expression: Let's Puyo\nFacial Expression: Let's Puyo Facial Expression: Let's Puyo {arrow}", "Facial Expression: Serious Facial Expression: Serious\nFacial Expression: Serious Facial Expression: Serious\nFacial Expression: Serious Facial Expression: Serious{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Shy Facial Expression: Shy\nFacial Expression: Shy Facial Expression: Shy\nFacial Expression: Shy Facial Expression: Shy{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Angry 3 Facial Expression: Angry 3\nFacial Expression: Angry 3 Facial Expression: Angry 3\nFacial Expression: Angry 3 Facial Expression: Angry 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Surprised 5 Facial Expression: Surprised 5\nFacial Expression: Surprised 5 Facial Expression: Surprised 5\nFacial Expression: Surprised 5 Facial Expression: Surprised 5{arrow}", " Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo 2 Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo 2\n Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo 2 Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo 2\n Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo 2 Facial Expression: Boo-Hoo 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Let's Puyo 2\nFacial Expression: Let's Puyo 2\nFacial Expression: Let's Puyo 2{arrow}", "★The End★{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Angry 4 Facial Expression: Angry 4\nFacial Expression: Angry 4 Facial Expression: Angry 4\nFacial Expression: Angry 4 Facial Expression: Angry 4{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Sad 3 Facial Expression: Sad 3\nFacial Expression: Sad 3 Facial Expression: Sad 3\nFacial Expression: Sad 3 Facial Expression: Sad 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Sad 4 Facial Expression: Sad 4\nFacial Expression: Sad 4 Facial Expression: Sad 4\nFacial Expression: Sad 4 Facial Expression: Sad 4{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Joyful 3 Facial Expression: Joyful 3\nFacial Expression: Joyful 3 Facial Expression: Joyful 3\nFacial Expression: Joyful 3 Facial Expression: Joyful 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Angry 5 Facial Expression: Angry 5\nFacial Expression: Angry 5 Facial Expression: Angry 5\nFacial Expression: Angry 5 Facial Expression: Angry 5{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Let's Puyo 3\nFacial Expression: Let's Puyo 3\nFacial Expression: Let's Puyo 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Special 1 Facial Expression: Special 1\nFacial Expression: Special 1 Facial Expression: Special 1\nFacial Expression: Special 1 Facial Expression: Special 1{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Special 2 Facial Expression: Special 2\nFacial Expression: Special 2 Facial Expression: Special 2\nFacial Expression: Special 2 Facial Expression: Special 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Special 3 Facial Expression: Special 3\nFacial Expression: Special 3 Facial Expression: Special 3\nFacial Expression: Special 3 Facial Expression: Special 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Special 4 Facial Expression: Special 4\nFacial Expression: Special 4 Facial Expression: Special 4\nFacial Expression: Special 4 Facial Expression: Special 4{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Special 5 Facial Expression: Special 5\nFacial Expression: Special 5 Facial Expression: Special 5\nFacial Expression: Special 5 Facial Expression: Special 5{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Worried 2 Facial Expression: Worried 2\nFacial Expression: Worried 2 Facial Expression: Worried 2\nFacial Expression: Worried 2 Facial Expression: Worried 2{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Worried 3 Facial Expression: Worried 3\nFacial Expression: Worried 3 Facial Expression: Worried 3\nFacial Expression: Worried 3 Facial Expression: Worried 3{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Worried 4 Facial Expression: Worried 4\nFacial Expression: Worried 4 Facial Expression: Worried 4\nFacial Expression: Worried 4 Facial Expression: Worried 4{arrow}", "Facial Expression: Worried 5 Facial Expression: Worried 5\nFacial Expression: Worried 5 Facial Expression: Worried 5\nFacial Expression: Worried 5 Facial Expression: Worried 5{arrow}"

The video shows one of the manzais loaded into the game, replacing the very first manzai. As there's no known way to access these manzais without replacement, the voices from the first manzai and another play during it. The cutscene had to be modified in order to properly load--Every test manzai loads two of the same character, one on the left and one on the right. This, however, crashes the game in its current state. As such, one of the Rafisols that was supposed to be loaded has been replaced with Ally to allow the cutscene to play out.

Unused Manzai Text

To do: There is a LOT MORE unused manzai text throughout the game.

In dungeon_01Japanese.mtx, these unused lines of text are in the very first manzai of the game with Satan and Arle, sandwiched between lines that are used.

"も～う♪　アルルは本当に\nすなおじゃないな♪",
"はずかしがらずに\n闇（やみ）の貴公子（きこうし）\nこのサタンさまと",
"星空のハネムーン☆とか\nももいろパラダイス♪とか……",
"だ～か～ら～……",

Unused/Placeholder Skill Names and Descriptions

In skill_nameJapanese.mtx are all the skill names and descriptions. There's quite a few placeholders.

"アクティブスキル８４",
"アクティブスキル８５",
"アクティブスキル８６",
"アクティブスキル８７",
"アクティブスキル８８",
"アクティブスキル８９",
"アクティブスキル９０",
"アクティブスキル９１",
"アクティブスキル９２",
"アクティブスキル９３",
"アクティブスキル９４",
"アクティブスキル９５",
"アクティブスキル９６",
"アクティブスキル９７",
"アクティブスキル９８",
"アクティブスキル９９"

15 placeholder names for Active Skills.

"パッシブスキル０８４",
"パッシブスキル０８５",
"パッシブスキル０８６",
"パッシブスキル０８７",
"パッシブスキル０８８",
"パッシブスキル０８９",
"パッシブスキル０９０",
"パッシブスキル０９１",
"パッシブスキル０９２",
"パッシブスキル０９３",
"パッシブスキル０９４",
"パッシブスキル０９５",
"パッシブスキル０９６",
"パッシブスキル０９７",
"パッシブスキル０９８",
"パッシブスキル０９９"

15 placeholder names for Passive Skills.

"敵スキル００９",
"敵スキル０１０",
"敵スキル０１１",
"敵スキル０１２",
"敵スキル０１３",
"敵スキル０１４",
"敵スキル０１５",
"敵スキル０１６",
"敵スキル０１７",
"敵スキル０１８",
"敵スキル０１９",
"敵スキル０２０",
"敵スキル０２１",
"敵スキル０２２",
"敵スキル０２３",
"敵スキル０２４",
"敵スキル０２５",
"敵スキル０２６",
"敵スキル０２７",
"敵スキル０２８",
"敵スキル０２９",
"敵スキル０３０",
"敵スキル０３１",
"敵スキル０３２",
"敵スキル０３３",
"敵スキル０３４",
"敵スキル０３５",
"敵スキル０３６",
"敵スキル０３７",
"敵スキル０３８",
"敵スキル０３９",
"敵スキル０４０",
"敵スキル０４１",
"敵スキル０４２",
"敵スキル０４３",
"敵スキル０４４",
"敵スキル０４５",
"敵スキル０４６",
"敵スキル０４７",
"敵スキル０４８",
"敵スキル０４９",
"敵スキル０５０",
"敵スキル０５１",
"敵スキル０５２",
"敵スキル０５３",
"敵スキル０５４",
"敵スキル０５５",
"敵スキル０５６",
"敵スキル０５７",
"敵スキル０５８",
"敵スキル０５９",
"敵スキル０６０",
"敵スキル０６１",
"敵スキル０６２",
"敵スキル０６３",
"敵スキル０６４",
"敵スキル０６５",
"敵スキル０６６",
"敵スキル０６７",
"敵スキル０６８",
"敵スキル０６９",
"敵スキル０７０",
"敵スキル０７１",
"敵スキル０７２",
"敵スキル０７３",
"敵スキル０７４",
"敵スキル０７５",
"敵スキル０７６",
"敵スキル０７７",
"敵スキル０７８",
"敵スキル０７９",
"敵スキル０８０",
"敵スキル０８１",
"敵スキル０８２",
"敵スキル０８３",
"敵スキル０８４",
"敵スキル０８５",
"敵スキル０８６",
"敵スキル０８７",
"敵スキル０８８",
"敵スキル０８９",
"敵スキル０９０",
"敵スキル０９１",
"敵スキル０９２",
"敵スキル０９３",
"敵スキル０９４",
"敵スキル０９５",
"敵スキル０９６",
"敵スキル０９７",
"敵スキル０９８",
"敵スキル０９９"

90 placeholder names for enemy skills.

To do: Is the above entire entries list unused?

The kanji 欠番 (ketsuban, translated as missing number) is seen 46 times in the entries for the short descriptions of active skills. 23 are located between "味方かいふくアップ" and "ぷよの色をへんかさせる", while the other 23 are located between "よこくおじゃまをへらす" and "相手青色ぼうぎょダウン".

"アクティブスキル説明504"

At the very end of the same entry with the multiple 欠番s is one placeholder entry for the active skill short descriptions.

"パッシブスキル説明420"

The entries list for the short passive skill descriptions has one placeholder entry.

欠番 makes a return 46 times in the long descriptions for active skills seen in the status menu. 23 are between "味方全員のかいふく50％アップ" and "そうさ中のぷよの色をへんかさせる", while the other 23 are between "よこくおじゃまぷよを24コへらす" and "相手の青ぼうぎょ15％ダウン".

skillmovie_Japanese.mtx placeholders

Within skillmovie_Japanese.mtx are the text used in the skill movies which introduce character skills. Rafisol and Carbuncle have placeholders.

"カーバンクルのスキル詳細は未使用"
"ラフィソルのスキル詳細は未使用"

The above are for the full descriptors of their skills.

"カーバンクルのスキル詳細"
"ラフィソルのスキル詳細"

The above are for the characters saying they'll be introducing their skills.