Early Maps

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Postwick#

Player's House#

The Player's House is actually textured in this build when compared to previous ones. Your room still looks drastically different when compared to the final, however. Additionally, the Pikachu and Eevee posters are significantly different both in their placement and actual visuals, with Eevee in particular becoming far more refined in the final. In the final, they're also taped onto the wall, whereas this isn't the case here. A poster on the left wall also appears to be a rough paint-job of the real-life London Tower Bridge. The camera and lighting is also significantly different. Interestingly, the build depicted in the February 2019 reveal trailer for the game appears to maintain the placement of the Pikachu/Eevee poster from the prototype, suggesting that it was changed at some point thereafter.

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Hop's House#

Hop's house is still the same as it was in the previous build.

May Proto	Final

Slumbering Weald#

The entrance to Slumbering Weald is a closed gate, similar to how it is at the start of the final game before the area becomes accessible. Despite this gate being closed, the player can still enter the area.

May Proto	Final (Closed)	Final (Open)

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The area itself finally has a model, starting to look like how it does in the final, just in a rougher state.

May Proto	Final

There are dummy NPCs in a T-pose placed here that cannot be interacted with. Those are possibly placeholders for Hop (who doesn't have a model yet).

May Proto	Final

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There are item placeholders placed here that cannot be interacted with. Their locations roughly correspond to where they're placed in the final, although one extra item seems to have been added some time between this build and the final.

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The altar for the box cover legendary already exists at that point as well.

May Proto	Final

Route 1#

The very placeholder-y route signs in the previous build have already been replaced with road signs similar to the final version.

Mar. 2018 Proto	Final

Wedgehurst#

More work has been done on Wedgehurst, although a lot of it is still as placeholder-y as ever.

Station#

The train station still has a basic warp to the Wild Area, despite being largely unfinished. The interior is still the same as it was in the previous build, but the exterior has been updated, now more closely matching to it's final design.

Mar. 2018 Proto	May Proto	Final

Route 2#

Route 2 is still the same as it was in the previous build... but with one key difference: there is one trainer who challenges you to a (very unfinished) trainer battle.

May Proto	Final

Professor's House#

More work has been done on the exterior, more closely resembling how it looks in the final.

Mar. 2018 Proto	May Proto	Final

Motostoke#

Motostoke is still the same as it was in the previous build, just with the addition of placeholder NPCs that you can talk to.

Boutique#

Work has been done on the interior, matching closer to how it looks in the final.

May Proto	Final

Route 3#

Route 3 is still the same as it was in the previous build, just with more placeholder trainers who want to battle you and other universal changes of this build. Also, the entrance to Galar Mine no longer warps you to Route 4, but instead crashes the game.

Galar Mine#

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Trying to enter Galar Mine crashes the game due to misnamed files.

Route 4#

Route 4 is still the same as it was in the previous build, just with the usual universal changes.

Turffield#

More work has been done on Turffield, now looking much closer to how it did in the final.

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Turffield Stadium#

The exterior now matches the final design, just with the lack of extra lighting.

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More work has been done on the Gym Challenge room, although it's still very unfinished.

Mar. 2018 Proto	May Proto	Final

Route 5#

The bridge leading to Hulbury is now properly textured and can be walked on.

Mar. 2018 Proto	May Proto	Final

Daycare#

The exterior of the daycare has been updated, but it's still different from the final.

Mar. 2018 Proto	May Proto	Final

Motostoke Outskirts#

Motostoke Outskirts is still the same as it was in the previous build, just with the difference that the entrance properly puts you into Galar Mine No. 2 (or at least an unfinished version of it).

Galar Mine No. 2#

Galar Mine No. 2 is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever.

May Proto	Final

Hulbury#

Hulbury's gym now uses Turffield's gym design as a placeholder.

Mar. 2018 Proto	May Proto	Final

Hammerlocke#

Hammerlocke is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever.

May Proto	Final

Hammerlocke Stadium#

Hammerlocke Stadium is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever except for its combat area.

May Proto	Final

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Hammerlocke Vault#

Hammerlocke Vault is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever. It also has a very humorous-looking placeholder model for Eternatus, which has more of a fish-like design in this build.

May Proto	Final

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Stow-on-Side#

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Stow-on-Side as a whole largely resembles its finished version, albeit in a much rougher state. Also, Stow-on-Side's gym uses Turffield's gym design as a placeholder.

Glimwood Tangle#

Glimwood Tangle is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever.

May Proto	Final

Ballonlea#

Ballonlea is still the same as it was in the previous build.

Ballonlea Stadium#

May Proto	Final

Circhester#

Circhester is still the same as it was in the previous build.

Route 7#

Route 7 is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever. Entering Route 8 crashes the game.

May Proto	Final

Route 9 Tunnel#

Route 9 Tunnel is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever.

May Proto	Final

Route 9#

Route 9 is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever.

May Proto	Final

Spikemuth#

Spikemuth is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever, although the layout itself is nearly identical to the final version.

May Proto	Final

Route 10#

Route 10 is in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever. Trying to enter Wyndon crashes the game.

May Proto	Final

Wyndon#

Trying to enter Wyndon crashes the game due to misnamed files. Fixing those file names reveals that Wyndon does exist, albeit in a very unfinished state, lacking any textures whatsoever.

May Proto	Final