Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire beta

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Several things were originally going to be added to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire during the time of its development. Some were dropped or changed, and some of the dropped concepts of the beta can still be found in the game's programming.

Team Aqua sprite

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Unused Team Aqua sprite

What appears to be an alternate model of a Team Aqua Grunt, Aqua Admin or even a beta sprite of Archie has been discovered in the coding of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Beta music

Some remastered Generation II music exists, inaccessible in the coding of Ruby and Sapphire. Known pieces include:

All of these themes came from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. These may either be early pieces of music used as stand-ins, or may have hinted at the developers having an intent to make a remake of Gold and Silver instead of one of Red and Green, or even including Johto and/or Kanto, ala Gold, Silver and Crystal.

Pokédex sprite

What appears to be a beta model of the sprite that is used for a Pokémon the player has not seen is two blocky, big and white question marks instead for the round and black one with a white circle and a white question mark.

Pokémon

In an interview in Nintendo Power, it was revealed that Shellos and Gastrodon were originally designed for Generation III instead of Generation IV. These are not the forms in the final versions however; Diamond and Pearl's programming code reveals a third form of them.

Beta versions of Pokémon games
Generation I
Red and GreenYellow
Generation II
Gold and Silver (Spaceworld '97 demo) • Crystal
Generation III
Ruby and SapphireFireRed and LeafGreenEmeraldColosseumXD
Generation IV
Diamond and PearlPlatinumHeartGold and SoulSilver
Generation V
Black and WhiteBlack 2 and White 2
Generation VI
X and YOmega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Generation VII
Sun and MoonUltra Sun and Ultra Moon
Generation VIII
Sword and Shield
Unreleased
Pokémon Picross