Sutakomi: Star Communicator

Sutakomi: Star Communicator
Also known as: Star Communicator, Sutakomi, Stacomi (official romanization) Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Publisher: Konami Platform: Game Boy Advance Released in JP: July 26, 2001 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused music.

This game's online features are no longer supported. While this game's online features were once accessible, they are (as of December 14, 2002) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

To do: Conveniently, the game includes lots of its text in Shift-JIS. Maybe cover all the defunct Mobile System GB features in Notes, and investigate unknown music.

Sutakomi: Star Communicator is a game by Konami based on traditional pet-raising style games. This title also supported the Mobile GB Adapter which allowed players to send and receive mail online, buy items for the pet, and paid content was also used in a "Star Marriage" feature where two players could marry their pets to each other.

Unused Music

The title screen music in this game will cut off after about 11 seconds, as the game will go back to an opening scene. The full music (about 30 seconds) seems to be unused, and can be re-enabled if code 03002EC3:00 is enabled on the title screen itself (not the opening). After the expected scene change to the opening, this code will cause the game to pause and only show the background with the music still playing, but is not necessarily a freeze as disabling the code allows the player to go to the main menu as normal.

Full Version of Alien Encounter Music

There is a green alien that appears frequently in the window of the player's ship during gameplay. Sometimes this alien will enter the ship in attempt to rob the player and during this cutscene music will play but the full version is cut off before it can finish by the cutscene ending. using the code 03002EC3:00 during the cutscene and allowing it to play out will let the full version of the music play. The code will cause the game to freeze on the money stolen screen but the music will continue. Disabling the code allows the player to continue as normal.

Alien Encounter Music

Unused Graphics

Unused Background

One of the backgrounds found within the memory that goes unused. The other backgrounds are associated with specific types of pets but this background has no pet associated with it. In a pre-release photo possibly from September 2000, Kokichi can be seen in the room.

(Source: All Stacomi, all the time, SaluDiary (Wayback Machine: July 13, 2001))

Unused Items

Cursed Bear

Japanese
呪いのクマちゃん - 若干、呪われてます
Translation
A cursed bear - Inflicts a few curses

This text is referring to an unused item in the game. No sprite for this item has been found. Given the generally light-hearted nature of this game, it may have been removed in good conscience.

Star Board

This is one of the items that was available to download from the Mobile System GB service. The only thing known about the item is it's name, "Star Board".