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Antonblast

IT'S HAPPY HOUR!

Antonblast is what happens if you combine Wario Land 4, a touch of Virtual Boy Wario Land, and Crash Bandicoot into a high-action, explosive 2D platformer.

Unused Options#

In the game's code, there are various unused options.

One of these being "showFPS" Screenshot_2026-03-29_112850.png This seems to use Gamemaker's way of showing FPS.

Unused and Obscured Text#

To do:

  • Search for more unused text; the localization folder is an easy start.
  • Some Micro-Demon and Brulo-Egg dialogue was either rewritten or straight up removed in the latest update. Try and document the changed dialogue and add the removed dialogue somewhere.
  • Translations for each of the strings as of the latest update. (Yes, even these unused strings got translated.)
  • Move this section to a subpage once it's long enough.

The localization folder contains a few unused and development-related text.

Language

Text

Translation

English

This line of dialogue goes unused, if you're reading it we're not amused!

French

Cette ligne de dialogue est pas utilisée, si vous la lisez nous on n'est pas amusés !

Italian

Questo messaggio è inutilizzato. Se lo hai letto, non ne sono impressionato!

German

Dieser Dialog steht nicht aufm Bande, wenn du das hier liest, ist das eine Schande.

Spanish

Este dialogo no se usa en el juego, si estás leyendo esto, ¡adiós y hasta luego!

Spanish (Latin America)

¡Este diálogo es un error, si lo estás leyendo nos parece un horror!

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Essa linha de diálogo a gente tinha removido, se você tá lendo ela, estamos ofendidos!

Portuguese

Este diálogo não foi utilizado, se o estás a ler é porque o teu comportamento está mal-educado!

Present in moonits_tasks.csv is this unused message, pointing out that it's unused in Moonits fashion.

pippo,Pippos Culled

Present in stats.csv is a statistic for killed Pippos, which is not shown in Nina's Office.

Language

Text

Translation

English

RING-A-DING SOLD HIS LIKENESS TO A NATIONAL FAST FOOD CHAIN SEARCHING FOR A MASCOT.
THE FIRM ELECTED NOT TO PURCHASE HIS VOICE RIGHTS.

French

RING-A-DING VENDA SA TRONCHE À UNE CHAINE DE FAST FOOD CHERCHANT UNE MASCOTTE.
LA FIRME DECIDA DE NE PAS ACHETER LES DROITS POUR SA VOIX.

Italian

RING-A-DING HA VENDUTO LA SUA IMMAGINE A UNA CATENA NAZIONALE DI FAST FOOD IN CERCA DI UNA MASCOTTE.
L'AZIENDA HA DECISO DI NON ACQUISTARE I DIRITTI DELLA SUA VOCE.

German

RING-A-DING VERKAUFTE SEIN ÄUßERES AN EINE NATIONALE FAST-FOOD-KETTE, DIE EIN MASKOTTCHEN SUCHTE.
DIE FIRMA ENTSCHLOSS SICH, SEINE STIMMRECHTE NICHT ZU ERWERBEN.

Spanish

RING-A-DING VENDIÓ SU IMAGEN A UNA CADENA DE COMIDA RÁPIDA QUE BUSCABA UNA NUEVA MASCOTA.
LA EMPRESA DECIDIÓ NO COMPRAR SUS DERECHOS DE VOZ.

Spanish (Latin America)

RING-A-DING VENDIÓ SU IMAGEN A UNA CADENA NACIONAL DE COMIDA RÁPIDA QUE BUSCABA UNA MASCOTA.
LA EMPRESA DECIDIÓ NO COMPRAR SUS DERECHOS DE VOZ.

Portuguese (Brazilian)

RING-A-DING VENDEU A SUA IMAGEM À UMA REDE DE FAST-FOOD PROCURANDO UM MASCOTE.
A EMPRESA PREFIRIU NÃO COMPRAR OS DIREITOS DA VOZ DELE.

Present in epilogue.csv are some lines for Ring-A-Ding that were meant to appear during the credits, after beating the final boss. What's odd is that besides the mighty Satan, no other boss in the game has any lines in epilogue.csv and Ring-A-Ding only has two lines instead of three like everyone else.

YOU HAVE MADE A CRITICAL ERROR. SHUT THE GAME OFF. DO IT. LISTEN TO ME RIGHT NOW. IF YOU DON'T TURN ANTONBLAST OFF IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING HORRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHY IS THE GAME STILL ON? WHAT ARE YOU DOING. YOU NEED TO TURN THE GAME OFF. I'M WARNING YOU. I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE IN FOR. THIS SKIN IS EVIL. THIS SKIN WILL RUIN YOU. AND YES THE ANTON VARIANT IS CURSED TOO. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME. IT'S PURE EVIL. IT'S MADDENING AND SICKENING. YOU CAN'T STOP IT. YOU NEED TO TURN THE GAME OFF. THIS WILL BE THE END OF YOU. WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS? THERE WAS AMPLE TIME TO TAKE ACTION. YOU SHOULD HAVE TURNED THE GAME OFF ALREADY. OH WELL. I GUESS THERE'S NOT MUCH WORTH IN WALLOWING IN PAST MISTAKES. ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THE PRESENT AND WHAT IS YET TO COME, AND WHAT'S YET TO COME IS UNTHINKABLE. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO NOW BUT WAIT FOR YOUR DOOM. YOU'RE FINISHED. THE END IS NEAR. GOODBYE. I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN ENJOYING THE GAME BY THE WAY!

This description is used for Annie's "A9@:$))2;$,!,7nJjjj171;" skin, but it's partially obscured due to its ludicrous length. Originally the text was covered by Annie herself, but in The End update the text, drawn over Annie this time, was made big enough to have its first few lines exceed the top of the screen.

References to Unimplemented Languages#

,Name
EN,English
ES,Español
FR,François
IT,Italiano
DE,Deutsch
PT,Português
BR,Português do Brasil
LA,Español Latino-Américo
ZH,中文
JP,日本語
KO,한글
RU,русский

Present in languages.csv are entries for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian. These four languages are not able to be selected in the game's language settings and do not have strings translated, despite having sections for them in the localization files, which are always empty.

References#


  1. ANTONBLAST (Steam)↩︎
  2. ANTONBLAST (My Nintendo Store)↩︎