Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver beta: Difference between revisions

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During the planning and development stages of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, several things were originally going to be a part of the games. Some of them were dropped or changed, but several of these dropped concepts of the beta version can still be found within the game's programming.

Prototype sprites

Before the game was released, there are pictures from CoroCoro Magazine that showed Silver's, Chikorita's, Pikachu's and Pikachu-colored Pichu's beta sprites. These were changed later on. There is also a beta back sprite of Ethan. His hair is slightly different and there is a symbol on his hat.

Beta screenshots also exist, one of the Slowpoke Well that instead shows a Team Rocket grunt standing where Proton is in the final version, as was the case in the original games, and another of the Mystri Stage in Sinjoh Ruins that shows the three circles being identical instead of three different colors in the final version.

• SilverHGSS beta.png

  Silver's beta sprite

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  Beta back sprite of Ethan

• Goldvssilver.png

  Beta battle screen, showing Ethan and Silver's aforementioned sprites

• Slowpokewell.png

  Beta Slowpoke Well, minus one Proton

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  Chikorita's beta sprite (leaf coloring is darker)

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  Pikachu's beta sprite

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  Pikachu-colored Pichu's beta sprite

• Cynthiaarceus.jpg

  Beta Mystri Stage, with three identical circles]]

Prototype items

• The Photo Album was going to be a key item, but the feature was included in the PC instead.
• Data, including a sprite, exists for the Slowpoketail. It can be obtained through hacking but has no function.

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