Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Developers: Eighting, Nintendo EAD Group No. 4, Monolith Soft Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo Switch Released internationally: October 30, 2020 This game has unused areas. This game has unused objects. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused music.

I guess we spoke too soon on forgetting Hocotate Freight's petty debt. A rerelease of the Wii U's Pikmin 3, Pikmin 3 Deluxe features all the original DLC content from the original game plus a new co-op option for the main story mode, selectable difficulty modes, achievements in the form of badges, as well as a whole new side story where you play as Olimar and Louie before and after the events of the main game!

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To do: This page on the Pikipedia has tons of unused Pikmin 3 Deluxe stuff. Someone check if the original unused content in Pikmin 3 is still there. The game was recently updated in order to (rather sloppily) make its home menu icon use the "modern" Pikmin logo used in Pikmin 4 and the Switch rereleases of 1 and 2, rip the old and new icons.

Unused Graphics

Test Graphics

Two test images can be found in the games files. One appears to show an early version of the Side Stories menu...

...and another appears to reveal that the Pikmin Short Movies were planned to be added to the game! In the final game, they do not appear anywhere, and the Pikmin Short Movies are hosted on Nintendo's YouTube channel. A placeholder graphic for the short movie thumbnails depict a Whiptongue Bulborb.

Both images have Japanese text that means "This is an image that will be deleted if there are no problems". The first image also has Japanese text that reads "Planned for deletion" in large characters.

Unused Enemies

arikui_old

An early version of the Whiptongue Bulborb. Due to its low polycount and relative simplicity, it can either be assumed that this is from the days Pikmin 3 was being developed on the Wii or as a placeholder. It has some different stats from its final counterpart

Stat	Old	Final
Health	1350	1300
Bomb rock explosion to kill	1.5	1
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	1.20000005	5
Mass	10	100
Poko Value	20	50
Damage to Leaders	N/A	10
Territory Radius	N/A	300

tank_old

Early versions of the Fiery and Watery Blowhogs, which use the model and textures from Pikmin 2. This file also contains a third green coloration for a Blowhog that may have possibly been associated with an unused AI for a Blowhog that shoots bubbles.

Stat	Old	Final
Health	1500	1000
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	20	30
Mass	10000	50
Damage to Leaders	N/A	10
Territory Radius	N/A	150

Unused Objects

gate_soft_old

An early version of the dirt wall which uses its model from Pikmin 2.

Stat	Old	Final
Hitpoints	10000	20000
Rock Pikmin throw hits to destroy	50	200

crystal_gate_old

An early version of the crystal wall. This uses the animations of breakable walls from Pikmin 2.

Stat	Old	Final
Hitpoints	10000	4000
Rock Pikmin throw hits to destroy	100	20
Bomb rock explosions to destroy	3	2

Unused Maps

To do: Explain about the unused maps.

Unused Mission Data

There exists leftover data for unused Mission Mode and Bingo Battle maps located in the mission_set and vs_set folders in the system folder. These contain info such as time limits, difficulty, and ranking scores. Some of these are for unused mission categories, such as growing Pikmin or constructing things.

Mission Mode

File	Map	Time Limit	Ranking Scores	Mission Type	Starting Pikmin
miset_mis_chappy_a.szs	mis_chappy	5:00	Platinum: 1500 Gold: 1000 Silver: 750 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_dun_conc_a.szs	mis_dun_conc	5:00	Platinum: 1500 Gold: 1000 Silver: 750 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_dun_conc_p.szs	mis_dun_conc	5:00	Platinum: 150 Gold: 100 Silver: 75 Bronze: 50	"PikminNumMission"
miset_mis_dungeon_a.szs	mis_dungeon	5:00	Platinum: 1500 Gold: 1000 Silver: 750 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_dungeon_p.szs	mis_dungeon	7:00	Platinum: 100 Gold: 70 Silver: 50 Bronze: 30	"PikminNumMission"
miset_mis_dungeon_t.szs	mis_dungeon	13:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1000 Silver: 700 Bronze: 400	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_dungeon_t2.szs	mis_dungeon	13:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1000 Silver: 700 Bronze: 400	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_E3_a.szs	mis_E3	7:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1000 Silver: 800 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_E3_n.szs	mis_E3	10:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	"ConstructionMission"
miset_mis_E3_n2.szs	mis_E3	10:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	"ConstructionMission"
miset_mis_E3_n3.szs	mis_E3	10:00	Platinum: 1200 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	"ConstructionMission"
miset_mis_E3_n4.szs	mis_E3	10:00	Platinum: 1000 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	"ConstructionMission"
miset_mis_E3_s.szs	mis_E3	7:00	Platinum: 1000 Gold: 800 Silver: 500 Bronze: 100	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_E3_z.szs	mis_E3	10:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Battle Enemies
miset_mis_island_a.szs	mis_island	5:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_jungle_a.szs	mis_jungle	5:00	Platinum: 1500 Gold: 1000 Silver: 800 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_kinoshita.szs	enemy_00	7:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1000 Silver: 800 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_kuma_a.szs	mis_kuma	5:00	Platinum: 1500 Gold: 1000 Silver: 750 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure	Red: 20 Winged: 20
miset_mis_kuma_p.szs	mis_kuma	7:00	Platinum: 100 Gold: 70 Silver: 50 Bronze: 30	"PikminNumMission"
miset_mis_maruta.szs	maruta	30:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_miniland_a.szs	mis_miniland	5:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_miniland_p.szs	mis_miniland	7:00	Platinum: 150 Gold: 120 Silver: 100 Bronze: 80	"PikminNumMission"
miset_mis_miniland_z.szs	mis_miniland	10:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Battle Enemies
miset_mis_morita.szs	morita	30:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_novemb_a.szs	mis_novemb	10:00	Platinum: 1500 Gold: 1000 Silver: 750 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_novemb_p.szs	mis_novemb	10:00	Platinum: 150 Gold: 100 Silver: 80 Bronze: 50	"PikminNumMission"
miset_mis_shoot_a.szs	mis_shoot	5:00	Platinum: 10100	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_slider_a.szs	mis_slider	5:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_slider_n.szs	mis_slider	10:00	Platinum: 2000 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	"ConstructionMission"
miset_mis_slider_n2.szs	mis_slider	10:00	Platinum: 1600 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	"ConstructionMission"
miset_mis_slider_p.szs	mis_slider	10:00	Platinum: 100 Gold: 70 Silver: 50 Bronze: 30	"PikminNumMission"
miset_mis_takemura_00.szs	takemura	59:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_takemura_01.szs	takemura01	59:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_takemura_02.szs	takemura02	59:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_y_test_a.szs	mis_y_test	5:00	Platinum: 800 Gold: 700 Silver: 600 Bronze: 500	Collect Treasure
miset_mis_yanma_a.szs	mis_yanma	5:00	Platinum: 1 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1	Collect Treasure

Unused Music

Menu Music

Unused menu music similar to the one used in the Side Stories mode. Likely would've been used in the cut menu for the Pikmin Short Movies.

Unused gen Files

To do: Explain about the unused gen files.