Pokémon Platinum beta

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Japanese logo of Pokémon Platinum

Pokémon Platinum, released on September 13th, 2008 in Japan and on March 22, 2009 in the United States, was in development for a long time beforehand. During the planning and development stages of Pokémon Platinum, several things were going to be a part of the games, but many things did not make it to the final games.

Locations

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The Battle Park in Platinum. Notice the lack of shadow and the updated environment.

The Battle Park from Diamond and Pearl appears in the coding of Platinum by using a special device. This indicates that the Battle Frontier was created some time after the development of Platinum begun.

Sprites

During the planning and development stages of Pokémon Platinum, several sprites were going to be a part of the games. As Pokémon Platinum has a different sprite set from that of Diamond and Pearl, some sprites were dropped or changed since the early screenshots of Pokémon Platinum. Before the game was released, there are pictures from Coro-Coro Magazine that showed a prototype sprite for Shaymin's Sky Forme. This was soon dropped and redesigned for the final version. Another sprite of Giratina was also shown in several early screenshots of the game. Also, the coding of Pokémon Platinum has different sets of sprites for Shaymin's Land Forme, which are not accessible during normal gameplay. Prototype sprites for the items which change Rotom's forms were also found.

Gallery

• Shaymin Beta.png

  Alternate Shaymin sprite

• Another Beta.png

  Leftover animation frame

• Origin Beta.png

  Prototype sprite

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  Prototype Rotom item sprites

Prototype music

A prototype track has been found in the music, possibly as a test track. The track, in question, is a remix of the opening theme of the Generation III games; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Prototype items

It has been discovered that various items still remain in the coding of Platinum that were also in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. These items can be obtained using Action Replay and other means of cheating, but cannot be used. They are:

• S.S. Ticket, that allows entry for the luxury liner S.S. Anne (a possible reference to Red and Green or FireRed and LeafGreen).
• Contest Pass that would allow entry into Contests. However, Super Contests allow entry without a pass.
• Magma Rock would be a mystical item that could be used in Stark Mountain. Although it hasn't any known purpose, it is possible it would have something to do with the Heatran event.
• Red Chain is a creation from Uxie's, Mesprit's and Azelf's crystals. Its purpose was to control Dialga and Palkia without reducing their true power. Cyrus himself actually uses the item in-game, and it's possible that the Team Galactic event at Spear Pillar was initially planned to be activated by the player.
• Rule Book was a book that would be used as a guide when using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. It's possible that this was removed since these guidelines were contained in the games' instruction book.
• Seal Bag held up to 10 Seals, but was replaced with the Seal Case.
• Loot Sack was meant to hold treasures from the Underground. It was replaced with special selections for the Underground.

In addition, coding for the Point Card still exists in the game. Though normally unavailable, it can be obtained through hacking, and surprisingly will still function despite the fact that Battle Points are tracked by the Vs. Recorder. The Storage Key can also be obtained through hacking despite being used by Looker, but it will have no function.

Debugging features

Unused dialogue within Pokémon Platinum and later Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver give further details on how the game developers might have debugged the game. For instance, such text refers to features such as a "Sound test" and an option to modify the real-time clock. (RTC) [1]

Beta versions of Pokémon games

Generation I Red and Green • Yellow Generation II Gold and Silver (Spaceworld '97 demo) • Crystal Generation III Ruby and Sapphire • FireRed and LeafGreen • Emerald • Colosseum • XD Generation IV Diamond and Pearl • Platinum • HeartGold and SoulSilver Generation V Black and White • Black 2 and White 2 Generation VI X and Y • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Generation VII Sun and Moon • Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Generation VIII Sword and Shield Generation IX Scarlet and Violet Unreleased Pokémon Picross

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