Unused Graphics

This is a sub-page of Development:Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Scrapped Tiles#

In the game's source code, several unused tilesets can be found. These have the suffix "ach," while the used ones use the suffix "sch_LZ." It seems that the ach files were what the artists used before they were shrunk to just what ended up being used.

Field_n1#

ach	sch_LZ

The Seagallop Ferry building featured a Rapidash logo, possibly a logo for the company itself. For some reason this wasn't used.

Field_7#

ach	sch_LZ

The tiles that form a shape similar to a "V" weren't used in the final tileset.

Field_9#

ach	sch_LZ

Pokémon Mansion almost had holes on its roof. These were removed from the final tileset.

Gym_03#

ach	sch_LZ

An early take of Surge's Gym decoration. It shows an ever so slightly different Surge Badge.

PC#

ach	sch_LZ

Early tiles for trade-related stuff.

Room#

ach	sch_LZ

One special tile in the uncut tileset is a nearly identical copy of the Gen 1 Rhydon statue.

Early Overworld Sprites#

To do: These could be presented a lot less vertically...

Red#

Green.dat	Hero l.dat	Final

Red's design (in both Green.dat and Hero I.dat) aligns with that of his Generation 1 design. Interestingly, Green.dat has Red without a cap, revealing blue hair; a hair color neither the official artwork of Red in Red/Green (black) nor his artwork for FireRed/LeafGreen (brown) has. Lacks refining.

Blue/Green#

Op rival old.ach	Op rival.ach	Final

Both rival spritesheets lack Blue/Green's hairspike in the middle compared to the final, alongside lacking refining.

Professor Oak#

Op okido.ach	Final

Lacks refining.

People#

Character	obj_char	Final	Notes
Camper			Squarer hat.
Picknicker			Squarer hat.
Youngster			Youngster's shirt is yellow instead of blue in the final.
Old Man (Lying Down)			The old man had a front lying down sprite instead of facing to the side.
Blue			Different hair and pink shirt.
Professor Oak			Grey hair instead of brown.
Cable Club Receptionist			Long green hair instead of brown.
Union Room Receptionist			Long red hair without headwear.
Teachy TV Host
Sabrina			Longer hair with visible ears.
Gym Guy			Wider glasses.
Fisherman			Eyes are closed.
Mother			Shoulders are less shrugged, hair shading is different.
Lance			Lance is missing his cape.
Worker (Male)
Worker (Female)			Green bow was removed.
Beauty			Different hairline.
Woman			Different hairline.
Cool Trainer (Male)			Completely different appearance with purple hair.
Cool Trainer (Female)			Completely different appearance with purple hair.
Biker			Not on a bike.
Rocket Grunt (Female)			More prominent pigtails.
Mr. Fuji			Lacking a visible belt.
Lorelei			Glasses are less pointed, and wearing long sleeves.
Daisy			Her legs are longer.
Little Girl			Wearing a pink dress and pigtails on top of her head.
Sailor
Bruno
Clerk			Slightly different hairstyle.
Scientist			Glasses are squarer.
Celio			Celio's sprite was changed to be more unique, as it used to be very close to these two sprites present in the final game. Celio also appeared to have green hair and lacking glasses in his early sprite.

Pokémon#

Pokémon	obj_char	Final	Notes
Mewtwo			Colored much lighter, and with its eyes closed.
Celebi			More pronounced neck.
Deoxys (Normal Form)			Chunkier appearance overall.
Entei			Brown feet instead of white.
Raikou			Highlight on its crown reversed.
Suicune			In a less bow-legged stance.
Kangaskhan			Smaller snout.
Cubone			Thinner skull.
Psyduck			Grumpier eyes, flatter bill.
Lugia			Smaller wings.
Omanyte			Smaller eyes, one pixel thinner.
Machop			Larger, posed with its arms up.
Slowpoke			Grumpier eyes, wider tail.
Jigglypuff			Smaller ears.
Wigglytuff			Its right eye is missing a highlight.

Miscellaneous#

Object	obj_char	Final	Notes
PokéDex			Maintains its first generation design, rather than its update.
Town Map			Appears as a regular scroll.
Ruby			Less shiny.
Sapphire			Also less shiny.

obj_char

An unknown statue. It could've been a placeholder for the Mewtwo statues in Pokémon Mansion because in Pokémon Red and Blue they were just Rhydon statues.