Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Also known as: Dairantou Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS (JP) Developers: Sora, Bandai Namco Studios Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: September 13, 2014 Released in US: October 3, 2014 Released in EU: October 3, 2014 Released in DE: October 2, 2014 Released in AU: October 4, 2014 Released in KR: September 10, 2015 Released in HK: July 24, 2015 Released in TW: July 24, 2015 This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a bugs page

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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS launches the popular series onto handhelds... with mixed results. While created in conjunction with the Wii U iteration, the 3DS version features different stages and gameplay modes.

Did we mention the Duck Hunt Dog is a playable character? Yes, that Duck Hunt Dog.

To do: Similarly to Brawl and Melee, Mr. Game and Watch is modeled in 3D, then flattened as part of the "2D characters" code used in the Game and Watch level. Take some pictures of Mr. Game and Watch and his items in 3D. Add also informations and a checking inside the USA, EUR kiosk demo and the eShop demo of the game. for any unused and leftovers stuff. and also comparing them with the retail versions of the game for the differences (if any) Point down how the climbing challenge in Smash Run has a limit that no human would feasibly get to see.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Bugs

Unused Graphics Pointy calves and unnecessarily large fonts.

English Trophy Differences Why do you have to make translations so complex, Nintendo?

Version Differences A large number of differences exist between regions and revisions.

Unused Text

To do: Check these; some might be used now.

Unused Parental Controls

This text refers to Parental Controls blocking the Sharing feature.

English	Japanese
Sharing Images / Audio / Video / Long Text Data is restricted by Parental Controls. You will not be able to use this feature.	「しゃしん写真やがぞう画像・おんせい音声・どうが動画・ ちょうぶん長文テキストのそうじゅしん送受信」が ほごしゃ保護者によりせいげん制限されているため このきのう機能はりよう利用できません
The ability to comment or leave short messages in profiles has been restricted by Parental Controls.	「Child Online Privacy Protection」が ほごしゃ保護者によりせいげん制限されているため プロフィールのコメントや ショートメッセージはりよう利用できません

Petey Piranha

A set of strings in the game's executable that contain "bosspackun", the internal name for Petey Piranha. Petey does not show up in this game or the Wii U version, making these strings quite suspicious. The strings also appear in the Wii U version of the game, but in proper sequential order. The Wii U version also has an unused set of animations pertaining to a potential Petey Piranha appearance, but these are not present in the 3DS version.

The strings in question are as seen below:

eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU01_ADD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU02_ADD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU03_ADD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU04_ADD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU05_ADD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU10_MOD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU06_MOD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU07_MOD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU08_MOD
eff_enem_MA_Bosspackun_ZANZOU09_MOD

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Model Features

Dimensions in Face Textures

fighter name | pairs of dimensions | dimensions (separated by comma)

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  25*34, 55*62
  

• 

  45*46, 60*30
  

• 

  38*40, 46*31
  

• 

  50*64
  

• 

  64*48
  

• 

  66*50
  

• 

  52*47
  

• 

  52*50
  

• 

  64*64
  

• 

  48*35
  

• 

  53*48
  

• 

  46*36
  

In many characters' face textures, there are size dimensions that cannot be seen during normal gameplay. The developers most likely forgot to take this text out of the final build of the game. For the textures with one pair of dimensions, the dimensions are the size of their eye textures. For the textures with two pairs, the first pair is the eye textures and the second pair is the mouth textures.

Miscellaneous

Unused Multi-Man Smash Button

The blue "Quit" button after a match of Multi-Man Smash used to be a button that took you to the character selection (identically to how Target Blast and Home Run Contest works) instead of out of the game altogether, which would have been more convenient but for unknown reasons was cut. The Wii U version allows you to select your Multi-Man gamemode from the character selection screen, so it's possible the button was intended for this functionality.

The used "Quit" button still has the same figure icon as the character selection button instead of a more fitting one, suggesting that the button could have been changed late into development.

The button can still be seen for a split-second seemingly randomly after choosing to quit any of the Multi-Man Smash modes after death/completion of the mode.

POCO and friends

Present in the system folder is a dummy Home Menu icon called dummy-c.icn.

	Japanese	English
Title	ポコの大冒険★２	POCO and Friends,
Description	ムックとゆかいななかまたち	Adventure World.
Company	nakap soft	nakap soft

Unused Categories

Trophy Categories

Header English	Header Japanese
Final Smash	最後の切りふだ
Smash Run	フィールドスマッシュ

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  Final Smash trophy icon.

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  Smash Run trophy icon.

Series Trophy Categories

Header English	Header Japanese
Ice Climber	アイスクライマー
Touch! Generations	タッチジェネレーション
Nintendogs	ニンテンドッグス
StreetPass Mii Plaza	Miiplaza（仮）
Tomodachi Life	トモダチコレクション
Wrecking Crew	レッキングクルー
Wii Sports Resort	Wii Sports Resort
Miiverse	ミーバース
Pilotwings	パイロットウイングス

Most of the unused series Trophy categories match up to stages that are either in the 3DS or Wii U version, excluding Ice Climber (for the Ice Climbers, cut during development). It is interesting to note that the Japanese text for Miiplaza has the temporary kanji next to it.

Unused Sounds

Due to the simultaneous development between the 3DS and Wii U releases of the game, this installment contains a number of unused audio clips, some of which were used in the Wii U version.

Narration

"Boss Battle!"

An announcement for the unlockable Boss Battles mode in Brawl, which doesn't appear in the 3DS version in any capacity. However, it is used in the Wii U version whenever you fight a boss in Smash Tour.

"Tourney!"

"The Champion is..."

"Official Tourney!"

Online Tourneys were a feature in the Wii U version, but are not present in the 3DS version.

"Event Match!"

Event Matches, while featured in the Wii U version, are not in the 3DS version.

Japan	International
"Get the Coins!"	"Grab the Coins!"

Coin Battle, another mode from the previous games, is featured in the Wii U version, but not in the 3DS version.

"Special Smash!"

Special Smash (previously "Special Melee" & "Special Brawl") is yet another mode from the previous games that is absent from the 3DS version, and as such, this can only be heard in the Sound Test. The Wii U version got this feature back, but strangely didn't give the voice clip usage until v1.0.6.

"8-Player Smash!"

The Wii U version features an eight-player mode, but the 3DS version can only support four-player like the previous three games.

"Yellow Team!"

The new Yellow Team is used in the Wii U version as part of 8-Player Smash, but because 8-Player Smash isn't in the 3DS version, neither is the Yellow Team.

"Smash World!"

May be related to the Wii U version's "Smash Tour" mode, as "Smash World" ("World Smash") is the name of the mode in the Japanese and Spanish versions.

"Special Orders!"

"Master Orders!"

"Crazy Orders!"

"Ticket Selection!"

All of these relate to the "Special Orders" mode in the Wii U version. However, the "Special Orders!" narration isn't used in the Wii U version either.

"Choose a Mii!"

This is heard when you select a Mii in Smash Tour in the Wii U version. Obviously, it is not used in the 3DS version.

"Choose a Build!"

Likely intended for the Fighter Customization menu.

"Mii Gunner!"

Japan	International
"Mii Fighter!"	"Mii Brawler!"
"Mii Swordman!"	"Mii Swordfighter!"

Announcements for each individual Mii variant, which go unused in the 3DS release, as all Miis simply use the "Mii" announcement clip. They're still present (and also go unused) in the Wii U version. These voice clips ended up being used in Ultimate, where each Mii type is a separate character in the roster, though the Japanese announcements for Mii Fighter/Swordsman didn't see any use at all and were completely removed.

Characters

As expected, many of the game's playable characters also have a number of audio clips which, for one reason or another, don't end up used in the game. Note that for the characters who reuse voices from previous Smash Bros. games, all of their unused audio in Brawl is also unused here, with the exception of one of Meta Knight's.

Kirby

kirby_copy_Palutena_01

"Ten no Hikari!" ("天の光!")

"Heavenly Light!"

kirby_copy_Palutena_02

"Bakuen!" ("爆炎!")

"Explosive Flame!"

In the final game, Kirby can only copy default neutral specials even if the character he swallows has a custom one equipped, meaning he can only acquire Palutena's Autoreticle. As a result, these adorable announcements of Heavenly Light and Explosive Flame go unused. There are two potential explanations for this: either Kirby was originally capable of copying custom specials, or it was not decided which of Palutena's specials would be the default until after the voice work was done.

kirby_Appeal03

The long "Hi!" synonymous with the pink puffball, said at a fairly soft pitch. While totally unused here, the Wii U version would use it upon collecting Kirby in Smash Tour.

Marth

Marth_002-004

Three clips of Marth which played whenever he successfully countered an attack in previous installments. Marth uses one of his generic yells when countering in this game, rendering these unique lines unused. These are still present in the game's sound test as sounds 22-24. In Roy's trailer, you can hear Marth saying the first clip above when he is countering.

Rosalina & Luma

Rosetta_Attack07

Rosalina playfully yelling. Appears to have been intended as another generic attacking voice, and is likely a leftover from Mario Kart 7, where Rosalina's other voice files were imported from.

Wario

Wario_010

A groggy moan by the greedy porkster. In the previous game, this file was used when the effects of Wario's Final Smash (Wario-Man) ran out, and he reverted to his normal form. Under the same circumstances, Wario is silent in this game.

Yoshi

To do: Audio file.

The sound Yoshi makes when Ground Pounding in the Yoshi's Island games can be heard as Clip 22 in his section of the Sound Test, but he is silent when using the Yoshi Bomb in this game, which is rather odd, as Yoshi made this sound effect in the previous games.

Mewtwo

Mewtwo_win01_01

Mewtwo saying "Watashi wa makeru wake niwa ikanai", translating as "There is no way I can lose." Similarly to Melee, this voice clip is used in Japanese versions of the game in Mewtwo's victory poses, but is overwritten with files where Mewtwo doesn't talk in international releases.

Mewtwo_win02_01

Mewtwo saying "Watashi wa naze koko ni iru no ka... ?", which translates to "Why am I here... ?" Same situation as the above audio clip.

Mewtwo_win03_01

Mewtwo saying "Orokana.", which translates to... "Fool." Guess what happened here.

Corrin

Kamui_DamageFly01-2

Male	Female

Both genders of Corrin have strong launch yells that are, for one reason or another, never used in-game (they remain silent when taking a high-knockback hit instead). These clips can still be heard in the sound test.

Both voice clips for both genders are properly used in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Background Music

To do: Add the other file changes. Music files.

Z51_J_GameOver

This song isn't used anywhere in the game. It would make sense for it to play when you choose to quit after losing in Classic mode, but the "Classic: Results (Fail)" theme plays instead. It also goes unused in the Wii U version.

snd_bgm_Z81_F_Ryu_3DS

Present only in updates 1.0.6 and 1.0.7, a direct rip of the tune played at the end of a Street Fighter II match. It was likely used during development as a placeholder, but its presence in the 1.0.6 update unintentionally caused Ryu (as well as Roy, whose corresponding victory theme also existed in this update) to be leaked as a DLC fighter well ahead of his intended announcement date. A remixed version of this song would later overwrite this file and was used as the DLC fighter Ryu's victory theme as of his official release in version 1.0.8.

snd_bgm_F27_AIR_MoriStage_3DS

The Forest Stage theme from Kirby Air Ride. While this would be used for the Dream Land (64) stage in the Wii U version, it is not included in this version. In its stead is a remix of Ice Cream Island from Kirby's Adventure. Like Ryu's placeholder victory theme detailed above, it was also only present in updates 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 before being deleted from the "bgm" file as of update 1.0.8.

TEST01-05

5 entries, presumably intended to test audio playback. TEST01 contains a 2 second long bleep, while TEST02 through TEST05 contain no data whatsoever. Intriguingly, TEST01 only contains this audio data in the 3DS version - the equivalent file in the Wii U version is totally blank.

Miscellaneous Sounds

The sound effect for collecting a CD in Brawl. The only unlockable pieces of music in the 3DS version are obtained through completing Challenges and unlocking stages, so the CD item and the sound above remain unused. It is used in the Wii U version, though.

A 12 second bleep tone which gradually fades out. Labelled "testtone" (and being the only file in a dedicated nus3bank of the same name), it can be inferred that it was used to test the audio engine in some manner.

Another tone (albeit much more brief), which sounds nearly identical to the dummy sound stream present (and unused) in Kid Icarus: Uprising. Because Sora worked on both games, it was likely reused as a placeholder.

Reference to Unused DLC

The DLC file references "pirate" in the content list for stages, grouped right after Super Mario Maker. This corresponds to Pirate Ship, a stage which was added as DLC in the Wii U version, but never was for the 3DS.

Saburo?

A directory labelled "saburo" can be found in the motion folder grouped alongside the game's playable characters, containing only a blank body folder inside. No other references to saburo are known to exist in the files. As a Mii with the same name appeared in various previous Nintendo titles, and in many of them, is referenced internally as "000", it is possible this character was imported as a template to test the Mii Fighters during development.

Brawl Sticker Type Leftovers

Just like in Brawl, every hitbox can be labelled as an Arm, Leg, Head, Body, etc. attack. This is used by Smash Run for the powers such as Strong Body and Strong Head, which increase damage dealt by certain type of attacks. That said, the 3DS and Wii U versions port over the entire type chart from Brawl, even though most of them aren't used by Smash Run powers (or anything else).

Type ID	Attack type	Smash Run power type
0	Typeless	none
1	Head	Head (Strong Head)
2	Body	Body (Strong Body)
3	Butt
4	Hand	Arm (Strong Punch)
5	Elbow
6	Foot	Leg (Strong Kick)
7	Knee
8	Throwing	Throwing (Strong Throw)
9	Weapon	none
10	Sword
11	Hammer
12	Explosive
13	Spin
14	Bite
15	Magic
16	PK
17	Bow
18	unused
19	Bat
20	Umbrella
21	Pikmin
22	Water*
23	Whip
24	Tail
25	Energy

* Never actually used; being "water" is presumed from Brawl.

It's therefore a bit unclear why the developers bothered giving the newcomers attacks coded as Sword or Magic, given that they have no gameplay effect. Perhaps there's a bunch of cut Smash Run powers for them?