Pokemon Diamond/Pearl early builds unearthed, reveal many changes from the final games
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were among the many games included in the latest Nintendo leaks. A number of builds have been unearthed, with the earliest one going back to March 14, 2006, which is more than five months before the final release.
Twitter Lewchube has been rounding up the many discoveries on Twitter. They include a possible father figure, a potential different type pairing for Turtwig, graphical changes, different area layouts, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
– Player starts with the Bike and Running Shoes
– Rowan bumps into you as the game starts
– Begins in Barry's House
– Noticeably rough, no wild battle musicPictured: Early Oreburgh Gate & Oreburgh City pic.twitter.com/ok6zWnYWIC
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
Ravaged Path comparison pic.twitter.com/2HzMtmzpNQ
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
There's VASTLY different Overworld map from Veilstone City below and onwards to Pastoria, which seems like a testing ground for a variety of assets.
BIG level design changes, too many to count. pic.twitter.com/ILJwuC4xkI
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
– Dex UI is much different, uses a slider to reveal two different pages of options pic.twitter.com/5DvmGqbSIN
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
– Turtwig is STILL a poison type in this build, guess that confirms the original intent
– Lake Verity is always in the daytime?
– Ball Seals are on by default?
– Sand texture is more like the final than later builds?
– No Nurse Joy sprite pic.twitter.com/CjKoL0QmXd— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
Woah, Route 209 is super different! pic.twitter.com/0jLqJR9SWP
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
– A Gate that I don't ever remember seeing in the final can be warped to? Reminds me of the Saffron Gates
– The Steel Gym Leader has yet to be implemented yet, meaning Brock's team is the only one?
– No Running Shoes animation
– Warp to a VERY laggy and broken Mt. Coronet pic.twitter.com/rc6ISiCGo3— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
– Most Pokemon have entirely new backsprites when compared to later builds, weird
that's all i got for now, gonna take a break pic.twitter.com/YmOsKHMZ58
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) July 27, 2020
We also recently covered a Pokemon Diamond/Pearl leak involving beta sprites. For more on that, head on over here.
