Pokémon Sun and Moon beta
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This article lists the unused content of the Generation VII games Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Pre-release
Pokémon Direct
In the Pokémon Direct announcing Pokémon Sun and Moon on February 27, 2016, various pieces of concept art were shown.
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Interiors of various buildings -
Various screenshots -
Early exterior of the Tide Song Hotel -
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Various trucks, a fire truck, and an ambulance -
Pikipek wireframe -
Pikipek from behind
Early Elite Four Battle theme
This song was shown during a Master Class by Junichi Masuda during the Japan Expo 2016 and was made exclusively for use at the event. The song would later be re-worked to become the Elite Four battle music. At the time, the song was called Boss Battle Theme instead.
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Post-release
Game internals
Pokémon
Eternal Flower Floette remains in the code of Sun and Moon. There are menu sprites for Cosplay Pikachu and Eternal Flower Floette, though neither of them are available in-game.
Hidden Abilities
Some Pokémon are programmed to have Hidden Abilities in Sun and Moon; however, they cannot be legally obtained in Sun and Moon. These abilities are available in later generations with use of the Ability Patch.
| # | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
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| 0485 | 
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Heatran |
Fire | Steel | Flash Fire | None | Flame Body |
| 0785 | 
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Tapu Koko |
Electric | Fairy | Electric Surge | None | Telepathy |
| 0786 | 
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Tapu Lele |
Psychic | Fairy | Psychic Surge | None | Telepathy |
| 0787 | 
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Tapu Bulu |
Grass | Fairy | Grassy Surge | None | Telepathy |
| 0788 | 
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Tapu Fini |
Water | Fairy | Misty Surge | None | Telepathy |
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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Shiny Pokémon
For consistency, all Pokémon have Shiny variants, even if they cannot be obtained as Shiny. Some Shiny Pokémon, such as Pikachu in a cap, are identical to their normal counterparts.
All Pikachu in a cap are programmed to not be Shiny.
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Locations
Akala Meadow exists as a location name at index number 66 (0x0042). In the final game, Pink Nectar can be found at Royal Avenue. There are three unused rooms in the player's house; a laundry room, a bathroom, and a garage. These rooms are fully textured. They are also unused in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
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The bathroom in the player's house -
The washroom in the player's house
Battle backgrounds
An unused battle background for what appears to be a Gym is programmed in the game.
Items
- Main article: List of unobtainable items → Ride Pager
The Ride Pager, used to summon Ride Pokémon as part of Poké Ride, is not normally available as an item. However, it is present in the internal data of the games at index number 850 (0x0352).
Additionally, the Macho Brace is unused in this game despite being present in all the past games since Generation III.
Inverse Battles
Inverse Battles are in the coding of Generation VII although no NPC's can trigger them.
Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO exists as a location name at index number 30012 (0x753C). The Wonder Card at index number 88 (0x58) is intended to be used for a gift related to Pokémon GO. Additionally, Pokémon with the game of origin byte set to 34 (0x22) will display Pokémon GO as their location in Pokémon Bank, using 
as an origin mark.
Global missions
Although 12 global missions were programmed into the game, only nine of them were used. The remaining three are listed below:
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| Get high scores with your Poké Finder! Take as many photos that exceed 10,000 points as possible with your Poké Finder! |
| Catch Crabrawler! Catch as many Crabrawler as possible! They're hiding behind Berries! |
| Win Battle Royals! Win as many Master Rank Battle Royals as possible during the mission period! |
Unused graphics
There is an unused graphic of the real world map in the game.
Unused models
There are unused models of the player character's wireframe as well as two unused overworld models of Zygarde. Walking and running models of all 802 Pokémon exist in Sun and Moon's files including Mega Evolutions and alternate forms. There is also an unused model of the Rotom Dex, seemingly from before the Pokédex is inhabited. In the files of various trainers, an unused helmet model can be found, likely intended to be worn by the trainers. Zygarde's 50% Forme overworld model was later used in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
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Zygarde 10% Forme -
Zygarde 50% Forme -
The unused Rotom Dex model
Vast Poni Canyon trial music
The ambient music used during the trial in Vast Poni Canyon is referred to in the game data as battle music but it is never heard during any Pokémon battles.
Post-release artwork
- See also: The Alola Region Artworks
The Alola Region Artworks is a Japan-exclusive art book that contains numerous concept art sheets, setting material, and interviews for the development of Pokémon Sun and Moon. As such it contains multiple unused concepts and development content before the release of the game.
Pokémon
Used to represent automatic vacuum cleaners, an early design for Wimpod is shown in an illustration for Paniola Town. These robots are white in color, with blue and red accents, matching neither the regular or Shiny coloration of either Wimpod or Golisopod.
Tapu Fini is not present in the illustration of the Ruins of Hope, having a dummy in its place, where as a Pokémon resembling Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu are found in illustrations of their respective chambers. Tapu Lele does not appear in any context to their own ruins, only displaying the outsides of these locations. The Ruins of Abundance and the Ruins of Life are however flipped in their labels, suggesting the two Land Spirit Pokémon may have been originally made for different islands.
Characters
Lana, the captain of Brooklet Hill has an illustration describing her sisters. Two seemingly older twin sisters (where as in the final game, Harper and Sarah are her younger sisters), as well as a third child, implied to be a third younger sister who may have been cut.
Locations
As internal data suggests, Akala Meadow was a cut location from the final game. It is fully illustrated, included with flowers similar to what appear in Royal Avenue.
Professor Kukui's lab has plenty of rooms that appear to be mapped out and illustrated, including a bedroom and bathroom.
The motels found on each island also include unused bathrooms, humorously drawn with a Pikachu sitting on a toilet.
The Ruins of Life and the Ruins of Abundance are labeled differently and flipped, Ruins of Life suggestion a relationship with Tapu Bulu while the Ruins of Abundance would originally have a relationship with Tapu Lele. The Ruins of Life appears with the Thrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site) in this concept art. The site is destroyed by Tapu Bulu and appears on Ula'ula Island in the final game. Another Thrifty Megamart does however appear in Royal Avenue on Akala Island, the same island that the Ruins of Life is present on in the final game.
The Vast Poni Canyon would had multiple land formations in the shape of Pokémon.
Items
Rotom Dex has two concept art sheets, the second being an unused design intended for merchandising. This design makes it more toy-like and heavily detailed.
Gameplay
Hariyama appears to be pulling a kart labeled as a taxi in an illustration for Malie City. It specifically mentions being the same taxi service as Tauros, suggesting Hariyama was intended to be a Ride Pokémon.
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