Shining Force III/Unused Graphics
This is a sub-page of Shining Force III.
Contents
Early Title Screen
 | To do: Get the file name. |
File appears somewhat glitched if added back into the game
How it looked in an earlier version of the game.
An .spr containing a very early title screen is still present on the disc. This was used in earlier versions of the game as a placeholder of sorts.
Unused Sprites
CBE23
- Conrad
ID:0338
Only the sprites where he's slumped over in a chair are used, but it seems he was meant to move around at some point. Also worth noting that he appears to be missing a frame for the back.
XBTL99.CHR
- Early Treasure chest
ID:0199
A treasure chest, similar to the ones in Shining the Holy Ark. The final goes with a different design.
XBTL115.CHR
- Edmund
ID:0128
Oddly, using the same ID as Blue Dragon in other maps is this sprite of what appears to be Edmund in a death throe. It's possible the original intention was for General Garzel to actually kill Edmund, rather than simply knock him off the bridge.
XBALCHR.CHR
- Fiderit
ID:0139
Only the rightmost frame is used for a cutscene.
XOP101.CHR
- Masqurin(Opening Cutscene)
ID:0002
The developers decided to animate this sprite from every angle, though most of it isn't used.
XOP102.CHR
- Grace(Opening Cutscene)
ID:0003
Similar to the previous, most of the frames are not used by the game.
XTEST.CHR
- Dantares
ID:0001
This can only be found in the initial 1.006 Japanese release.
- Black cat
ID:0141
The cat used for the Dusty Village cutscene in Scenario 2, albeit unfinished and with black fur instead of white.
- Red Dragon
ID:0126
A similar dragon shows up in a cutscene late in the game, but even this is another case where more of the sprite was completed than what was used.
XTWNTEST.CHR
- Man
ID:0142
An NPC that was oddly not used in any other .CHR.
- Woman 1
ID:0063
The file these NPCs are in was used as a placeholder in earlier versions of the game for maps that did not have a finished .CHR.
- Monk
ID:0064
Mainly used as a placeholder in early versions of the game. This may also be related to a cut enemy named "Monk"
- Woman 2
ID:0065
Spells
Spider Tread
Ferocity
Madness
Illusion
Spiritual
Talisman, which also goes unused in the previous game.
God's Wind, This seems to fit perfect for the Tornado spell, yet for whatever reason they just didn't use it.
Raise
Healing
Praying
Revival
The item sheet contains a full sprite set for spells, including many, many leftovers from Shining the Holy Ark that were oddly never replaced. These all appear to fit in the gap between Return(ID:15) and Phoenix(ID:26), which the game reserves for items and certain enemy attacks, however the icons themselves don't appear to be called by the game at any point.
FACE64B.DAT/FACE64C.DAT
| To do: This is the US version. It's unlikely, but possible these were dummied out of the original japanese release. |
Both files are placeholders for Scenario 2 and 3's teams. Though at this stage, they simply reuse Synbios' team portraits
Unused Sprite Set Placement
Each area and scene of the game stores necessary sprites in a .CHR file, which a particular map or cutscene calls for when needed. However some of these files contain sprites that while used elsewhere, are never used in that specific part of the game.
Benetram
Around the middle point of the game, Benetram (ID: 0076) leaves the party, and doesn't appear again until the ending. However, XBTL118(Volcano Hole), XBTL120(Flagard Castle), and XBTL121(Road to Lookover) all still contain Benetram's sprite.
XBALCHR
For some reason Medion (0020), Campbell (0021), and Grantack (0128) are all loaded into Balsamo Church spriteset.
Unused Textures
- Waterfall
How it looks with improper emulation
How it is supposed to look
Viewing Battle 14 on an Yaiba Sanshiro before version 3.4.2 will show that the Waterfall has been wallpapered over with 3 slightly different placeholder textures
