The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey
Also known as: Shadowkey Developer: Vir2L Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Platform: N-Gage Released in US: November 2004 This game has unused areas. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has a development article

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The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey is the first (and only) Elder Scrolls game on the Nokia N-Gage. The taco-phone, marketed for its spontaneous and short bursts of "on-the-go" gameplay, naturally led Shadowkey to become the second Elder Scrolls title to feature a multiplayer mode, after Battlespire had done so 7 years prior. The game takes place in the Western Reach of the borderlands between Hammerfell, High Rock, and Skyrim. It follows an evolving narrative that begins simply enough with the ransacking of the player's home village, before unfolding into a conflict between the player, mysterious forces, and mages versed in the highly obscure and powerful art of Shadow Magic.

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Unused Areas

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In the game's files is a level named "menu." This unused map was likely intended to be used as a demo on Shadowkey's main menu.

Unused Enemies

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Spikeworm

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In the data for the game are references to a cut enemy referred to as a Spikeworm. In addition to the regular variety of Spikeworm, there are also references to a "Nubbed Spikeworm" and a "Horrid Spikeworm." It should be noted that the Wormmouth enemy, which does appear in the final game, shares a curiously similar vermiform naming structure to the Spikeworm, even using the same adjectives for the two alternative varieties: "Wormmouth", "Nubbed Wormmouth", and "Horrid Wormmouth." Whether or not the Spikeworm was an early name for the Wormmouth or different variety of monster entirely is currently unknown.

(Source: Shadowkey:Creatures - UESP)

Unused Graphics

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Many of the unused enemies and NPCs have textures which are unused in the final game. Noticeably, an entire texture for male and female Khajiit are unused, alongside variations of other creatures textures.

Unused Models

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In addition to the Khajiit textures, the Khajiit NPCs were to also have digitigrade legs and a tail. Neither of these anatomical features are referenced in the game or affect gameplay while playing a Khajiit.

Unused Items

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In the game's files are references to a cut shortblade and dagger. They are the Shard of Vehemence and Neb's Talon respectively.

(Source: Shadowkey:Unused Content - UESP)