Shining Force III/Unused Graphics

This is a sub-page of Shining Force III.

Early Title Scren

To do: Get the file name.

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  File appears somewhat glitched if added back into the game

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  How it looked in an earlier version of the game.

An .spr containing a very early title screen is still present on the disc.

Unused Sprites

CBE23

• Conrad

ID:0338
This character is only in game seen slumped over in a chair, dying. It appears this wasn't always the intention, however. Also worth noting that he appears to be missing a frame for the back.

XBTL99.CHR

• Early Treasure chest

ID:0199
The final uses a 3D model for chests.

XBTL115.CHR

• Edmund

ID:0128
Oddly, sharing the same ID as Blue Dragon in other maps is this sprite of what appears to be Edmund in a death throe. It seems the original intention was for General Garzel to actually kill Edmund, rather than just knock him off the bridge.

XBALCHR.CHR

• Fiderit

ID:0139
Only the right side is used for a cutscene.

XOP101.CHR

• Masqurin(Opening Cutscene)

ID:0002
Roughly a quarter of the frames are used.

XOP102.CHR

• Grace(Opening Cutscene)

ID:0003
About 1 or 2 angles are used during the opening cutscene, but there exists a fullset regardless.

XTEST.CHR

• Dantares

ID:0001
This can only be found in the initial 1.006 Japanese release.

• Black cat

ID:0141
A black cat, with incredibly limited frames of animation. This cat would eventually be whitened up and used for Scenario 2, in a dusty village cutscene.

• Red Dragon

ID:0126
This dragon is only used for a single cutscene, but has a full sprite set.

XTWNTEST.CHR

• Man

ID:0142

• Woman 1

ID:0063

• Monk

ID:0064
Mainly used as a placeholder in early versions of the game, likely also used for a cut enemy.

• Woman 2

ID:0065

Spells

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  Spider Tread from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Ferocity from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Madness from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Illusion from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Spiritual from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  God's Wind from Shining the Holy Ark. This seems to fit perfect for Tornado, yet for whatever reason they didn't bother to use it.

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  Raise from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Healing from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Praying from Shining the Holy Ark.

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  Revival from Shining the Holy Ark.

The item sheet contains a full sprite set for spells, including many, many unused ones. Interesting, these all appear in the gap between Return(ID:15) and Phoenix(ID:26), combined with duplicate icons for Chant, Heal, Aura, and Confusion and Antidote, they fit said gap perfectly.

(Source: Knight0fDragon(Sprite Rips))

FACE64B.DAT/FACE64C.DAT

To do: This is the US version. It's unlikely, but possible these were dummied out of the original japanese release.

Both files are placeholders for Scenario 2 and 3's teams. Though at this stage, they simply reuse Synbios' team portraits

Unused Sprite Set Placement

Each area and scene of the game has it's own .CHR file, which are loaded with the necessary sprites a scene requires. However some of these scenes contain sprites that while used elsewhere, are never called in that specific part of the game.

Benetram

Around the middle point of the game, Benetram(0076) leaves the party, and doesn't show up until the ending. However, XBTL118(Volcano Hole), XBTL120(Flagard Castle), and XBTL121(Road to Lookover) all contain Benetram's sprite.

XBALCHR

For some reason Medion(0020), Campbell(0021), and Grantack(0128) are all loaded in Balsamo's Church spriteset.

Unused Textures

• Waterfall

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  How it looks with improper emulation

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  How it is supposed to look

Viewing Battle 14 on an Yaiba Sanshiro before version 3.4.2 will show that the Waterfall has been wallpapered over with 3 slightly different placeholder textures