Steel Diver

Steel Diver
Developers: Nintendo EAD, Vitei Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: May 12, 2011 Released in US: March 27, 2011 Released in EU: May 6, 2011 Released in AU: May 12, 2011 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has a prerelease article

To do: Some graphics tech info from a developer

Steel Diver is a side-scrolling underwater...er..."platformer" that was a Nintendo 3DS launch title, based on a Nintendo DS tech-demo.

It received a Free-to-play sequel called Steel Diver: Sub Wars, which focused more on Multiplayer Online than the single player campaign.

Unused Models

cube

A rectangular box.

cube_sample

A cube.

seatest01

A large, white square.

sphere

A white sphere.

test04_maya

An orange sphere.

sub_edge_test

An outline of a submarine likely used for testing collision detection.

(Source: Ferrox)

Unused Graphics

A test texture.

(Source: Ferrox)

Build Info

The file version contains a build date and a version number.

Versions that contain a Download Play Child ROM has an identical "version" file in the Child ROM.

Japan v16	USA v0	Europe v0	Europe Demo Kiosk	USA Demo Kiosk	Japan Kiosk Demo
Feb 04 2011 16:50:46 r15256	Feb 04 2011 16:52:38 r15256	Feb 14 2011 10:40:18 r15270	Mar 29 2011 16:33:24 r15357	Apr 01 2011 10:42:19 r15360	Jun 27 2011 14:59:57 r15604

(Source: Ferrox)

Batch File

The file touch.bat is a batch file for something.

@echo off
..\tools\bin\touch.exe -s *

(Source: Ferrox)

Internal Project Names

The game is referred to internally as both "nsub" and "SeaBattle".

(Source: Original TCRF research)