Unused Enemy Formations

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These are battle formations in the data that never get called up by encountering enemies in the overworld. Using one of the following GameShark codes will modify the first enemy on the overworld you encounter into the desired formation, where XX is the first two digits and YY are the last two.

Formations#

Values	Enemies	Notes
00, 02	Goomba x3	It seems Goomba Road was to be quite a bit longer, since there's almost as many unused formations as there are used ones.
00, 03	Goomba Paragoomba
00, 04	Goomba x4	Most likely removed due to difficulty, seeing how four Goombas can do quite a bit of damage before you can use Action Commands.
00, 05	Goomba Spiked Goomba	The exact same formation appears later on in Pleasant Path.
00, 06	Goomba x2 Paragoomba x2	Again, probably removed due to difficulty.
00, 07	Paragoomba
05, 00	Goomba x2
05, 05	Spiked Goomba Goomba x2
05, 07	Spiked Goomba x4	Possibly removed for the same reason as the four Goombas formation in Goomba Road.
05, 0A	Koopa Troopa x3
05, 0C	Koopa Troopa x2 Spiked Goomba
05, 0E	Koopa Troopa Paragoomba x2
05, 10	Koopa Troopa x2 Spiked Goomba Paragoomba	Similar to a used formation, but with two Koopas instead of a Paratroopa and a Koopa.
05, 12	Paratroopa Koopa Troopa	Similar to a used formation, but with a Koopa Troopa instead of a Paratroopa.
05, 13	Paratroopa Koopa Troopa Spiked Goomba	Similar to a used formation, but with only one Spiked Goomba.
05, 15	Fuzzy	Easier versions of the Fuzzy formation in Koopa Village.
05, 16	Fuzzy x2	Easier versions of the Fuzzy formation in Koopa Village.
06, 02	Koopa Troopa x3	Similar to used formations with one and two Koopas, respectively.
06, 06	Koopa Troopa x2 Bob-omb	Similar to a used formation with two Bob-ombs, making this one of the few unused formations that's actually easier.
06, 09	Paratroopa x3	Similar to a used formation with two Paratroopas.
06, 0B	Paratroopa x2 Koopa Troopa	Similar to a used formation with one Paratroopa.
06, 0C	Paratroopa x2 Koopa Troopa x2	Similar to the previous formation.
06, 0E	Paratroopa Bob-omb x3	Similar to a used formation with two Bob-ombs.
06, 0F	Bob-omb	Almost every formation with Bob-ombs in the front is unused. The only one that's used is a formation with two Bob-ombs, which is used for all three Bob-omb field encounters.
06, 11	Bob-omb x3
06, 12	Bob-omb x4
06, 13	Bob-omb Koopa Troopa
06, 14	Bob-omb x2 Koopa Troopa
06, 15	Bob-omb Koopa Troopa x2
06, 18	Bullet Bill x2	Similar to a used formation with three Bullet Bills.
06, 19	Bullet Bill	Similar to a used formation with three Bullet Bills.
09, 02	Cleft x3	Similar to two used formations with one and two Clefts, respectively.
09, 08	Monty Mole x4	Similar to three used formations with one, two, and three Monty Moles, respectively.
09, 0A 09, 0B	Monty Mole x2 Cleft	Similar to a used formation with one Monty Mole.
0A, 0F	Bandit x2 Pokey x2
0A, 10	Bandit x2 Pokey	A formation consisting of a Pokey between two Bandits. A nigh-identical formation is used, but consists of two Bandits being placed before the Pokey.
0B, 02	Pokey Mummy	Similar to two used formations consisting of two and three Pokey Mummies, respectively.
0B, 04	Pokey Mummy x2 Swooper x2	Similar to a used formation with one Swooper.
0B, 05	Swooper x2	Swoopers are never found on the field, so these go unused.
0B, 06	Swooper x3	Swoopers are never found on the field, so these go unused.
0B, 08	Stone Chomp x3	The Stone Chomp minibosses are always fought in groups of two, leaving this formation unused.
0B, 0D	Ceiling Buzzy Buzzy Beetle	There is only one Ceiling Buzzy on the field in the entire game, leaving this unused.
0B, 0E	Buzzy Beetle Ceiling Buzzy	Similar to a used formation that includes a Swooper.
0B, 10	Buzzy Beetle Ceiling Buzzy x2
0B, 11	Ceiling Buzzy x3	There is only one Ceiling Buzzy on the field in the entire game, leaving these unused.
0B, 12	Ceiling Buzzy x4
0B, 13	Ceiling Buzzy x2, Swooper
0D, 03	Forest Fuzzy Piranha Plant	Similar to multiple used variants, which have two or three Forest Fuzzies and one or two Piranha Plants.
0D, 08	Piranha Plant	Similar to multiple used variants with two, three, and four Piranha Plants.
0D, 0C	Piranha Plant Forest Fuzzy	Similar to multiple used variants with two Piranha Plants or two Forest Fuzzies.
0D, 11	Bzzap! x3	Similar to the used variant with two Bzzaps!.
0E, 04 0E, 05	Hyper Goomba x3 Hyper Paragoomba	Similar to a used variant with two Hyper Goombas.
0E, 0B	Hyper Cleft x2	Similar to used variants with one or three Hyper Clefts.
10, 06	Red Shy Guy Medi Guy x2	Many of the Shy Guy formations go unused, because Shy Guys on the field only ever appear with other Shy Guys. Interestingly, all of these formations feature at least one Medi Guy.
10, 07	Blue Shy Guy Groove Guy Medi Guy
10, 08	Yellow Shy Guy Spy Guy Medi Guy
10, 0A	Pink Shy Guy Pyro Guy Medi Guy
10, 0B	Pink Shy Guy Groove Guy Medi Guy x2
10, 0C	Green Shy Guy Sky Guy Medi Guy
10, 0D	Sky Guy x2	Similar to a used formation with two Sky Guys and a Yellow Shy Guy.
10, 0E	Sky Guy Yellow Shy Guy
10, 10	Sky Guy Medi Guy
10, 11	Sky Guy Spy Guy
10, 13	Sky Guy Green Shy Guy Medi Guy x2	Similar to a used formation with one Medi Guy.
10, 15	Spy Guy x2
10, 16	Spy Guy Pyro Guy	Similar to a used formation with a Groove Guy and a Medi Guy.
10, 18	Spy Guy x2 Medi Guy	Similar to a used formation with three Spy Guys.
10, 1A	Spy Guy x4
10, 1C	Pyro Guy x2	Similar to a used formation with three Pyro Guys.
10, 1E	Pyro Guy Medi Guy	Pyro Guys never appear with Medi Guys in used formations.
10, 1F	Pyro Guy x2 Medi Guy
10, 20	Pyro Guy x2 Medi Guy x2
10, 21	Pyro Guy x2 Grove Guy
10, 23	Pyro Guy Groove Guy Medi Guy x2
10, 24	Pyro Guy x2 Spy Guy
10, 26	Groove Guy x3	Similar to a used formation with two Groove Guys.
10, 27	Groove Guy Medi Guy x2	Groove Guys on the map never appear with Medi Guys, leaving these unused.
10, 28	Groove Guy x2 Medi Guy
10, 29	Groove Guy x2 Medi Guy x2
12, 02	Goomba x2	A slightly harder version of the optional Goomba miniboss in Shy Guy's Toy Box with one more Goomba.
12, 04	Fuzzy x2	A slightly easier version of the optional Fuzzy miniboss in Shy Guy's Toy Box with two fewer Fuzzies.
12, 06	Hammer Bros. x2	A harder version of the optional Hammer Bros. miniboss in Shy Guy's Toy Box with one more Hammer Bro.
14, 04	Spear Guy Jungle Fuzzy x2	Similar to a used formation with the Jungle Fuzzies in a different order.
14, 05	Spear Guy Jungle Fuzzy Spear Guy	Similar to a used formation with an additional Jungle Fuzzy after the second Spear Guy.
14, 07	Spear Guy Medi Guy Spike Top	This formation is listed in the groups reserved for the Jade Jungle. However, Medi Guys and Spike Tops are located in completely different formation groups. No other Jade Jungle formation has Medi Guy or Spike Top as extra enemies, meaning this was probably from a time where these enemies were compatible, or the Medi Guy and Spike Top overwrote the original enemies for this formation.
14, 09	Hurt Plant x3	Hurt Plants are only ever found in groups of two, leaving this unused.
14, 0C	Jungle Fuzzy x4	Similar to used formations consisting of two and three Jungle Fuzzies, respectively.
14, 0F	M. Bush x3	Similar to used formations consisting of two and four M. Bushes, respectively.
15, 00	Putrid Piranha	Similar to used formations consisting of two Putrid Piranhas, and three Putrid Piranhas and one White Magikoopa, respectively. It's worth noting that these encounters are listed with the Jade Jungle miniboss encounters, so it seems there were to be more minibosses there.
15, 02	Putrid Piranha x3
16, 01	Lava Bubble x3	Similar to a used formation consisting of two Lava Bubbles.
16, 02	Lava Bubble x4	Similar to a used formation consisting of two Lava Bubbles.
16, 03	Lava Bubble Spike Top x3
16, 04	Lava Bubble x2 Medi Guy	Similar to an unused formation in Jade Jungle with a Medi Guy, also indicating that either Medi Guy overwrote a different enemy or was to appear in this area as well as Jade Jungle.
16, 0C	Spike Top x2 Putrid Piranha	Similar to used formations with one Spike Top and two Putrid Piranhas, respectively.
16, 0E	Spike Top Lava Bubble x3	Similar to a used formation with one Lava Bubble.
16, 10	Putrid Piranha x3	Similar to a used formation with two Putrid Piranhas.
16, 12	Putrid Piranha x2, Spike Top	Similar to a used formation with the Spike Top between the two Putrid Piranhas.
17, 01	Petit Piranha x2	Located right after Lava Piranha's formation. This was likely just a debug formation to test out the Petit Piranhas without having to battle Lava Piranha every time.
18, 00	Lakitu x2	Similar to used formations that have Spinies and Magikoopas with the Lakitus.
18, 01	Lakitu x3	Similar to a used formation with a Yellow Magikoopa. There is another copy of this formation at 18, 08.
18, 02	Lakitu Ruff Puff
18, 03	Lakitu Bzzap! x2	Similar to a used formation with two Lakitus.
18, 05	Lakitu Crazee Dayzee	Lakitus never appear with Crazee Dayzees in any used formations.
18, 0E	Spiny Crazee Dayzee Medi Guy	Yet another unused formation with a Medi Guy where it shouldn't be. Also, Spinies only ever appear with other Spinies and Lakitus.
18, 11	Crazee Dayzee x3
18, 13	Crazee Dayzee Bzzap!	Similar to used formations with two Crazee Dayzees and two Bzzaps!, respectively.
18, 16	Crazee Dayzee x2 Amazy Dayzee	The only formation in the final game which has the Amazy Dayzee enemy in it only contains a single Amazy Dayzee with no other enemies. Nintendo probably wanted to include it in a few more battles, but considering how overpowered the enemy is, it was probably for the best that this formation was cut.
18, 18	Bzzap! x3	Similar to a used formation with two Bzzaps!.
18, 1B	Bzzap! x2 Ruff Puff	Similar to a used formation with only one Bzzap!.
18, 1D	Amazy Dayzee Bzzap x2	Probably cut for the same reason as the formation at 18, 16.
18, 1E	Amazy Dayzee x4	Again, Amazy is too overpowered to be in other formations, and with this one? You would be dead unless all of them ran away, which was probably the reason this formation was cut.
18, 1F	Ruff Puff x2	Similar to used formations with a Bzzap! and a Yellow Magikoopa, respectively.
18, 21	Ruff Puff Lakitu	Lakitus and Crazee Dayzees never appear with Ruff Puffs in any used formations.
18, 23	Ruff Puff x2 Crazee Dayzee
1A, 03	Dark Koopa Dark Paratroopa x2	One of the formations that contains the unused Dark Paratroopa enemy.
1A, 08	Dark Paratroopa x2	This formation seems to hint that Dark Paratroopas would have appeared in the overworld, like their regular counterparts.
1A, 09	Dark Paratroopa x3	Another Dark Paratroopa formation.
1A, 0B	Gloomba x4	Gloombas only appear on the overworld once, in a group of two.
1A, 11	Spiked Gloomba x2 Buzzy Beetle x2	Similar to a used formation with a Paragloomba instead of a second Spiked Gloomba.
1A, 13	Spike Top x4	Spike Tops never appear on the overworld in Toad Town Sewers, leaving these unused.
1A, 14	Spike Top x2
1A, 18	Spiny x4	Spinies only appear in groups of two or three in used formations.
1C, 00	Swooper x2	The 1C group contains four completely unused enemy formations in Toad Town Sewers, all consisting of Swoopers (which never appear on the field) or Swoopulas (which don't normally appear until Crystal Palace). It's unknown why this group is separated from the regular Toad Town Sewers group (At 1A).
1C, 01	Swooper x3
1C, 02	Swoopula x2
1C, 03	Swoopula x3
1D, 04	Gulpit x2 Frost Piranha	Similar to a used formation with the enemies in a different order.
1D, 05	Gulpit x2 Frost Piranha x2	Similar to a used formation in the opposite order.
1D, 08	Frost Piranha x2 Gulpit
1D, 0D	White Clubba x2 Frost Piranha Gray Magikoopa	White Clubbas never appear with Gray Magikoopas in any used formations.
1E, 01	Paragoomba Gray Magikoopa (Ground)	An odd formation located in the group reserved for the Monstar fight. It's more than likely that this was a boss replaced with the Paragoomba and Gray Magikoopa enemies.
1F, 00	Swoopula x2	Swoopulas never appear in groups of less than three.
1F, 04	White Clubba	White Clubbas never appear by themselves in any used Crystal Palace formations.
1F, 05	White Clubba x2
1F, 06	White Clubba x3
1F, 07	White Clubba x2 Swoopula	White Clubbas never appear with Swoopulas in any used formations.
1F, 0A	White Clubba x2 White Magikoopa Red Magikoopa	Similar to a used formation with a Gray Magikoopa instead of a White Magikoopa.
1F, 0E	Albino Dino	The only formation that uses the unused Albino Dino enemy. It was likely removed because Albino Dinos are quite powerful, and getting a game over from one would cause quite a bit of backtracking due to the last save point being far away.
21, 01	Duplighost	Similar to used formations with two and four Duplighosts, respectively.
21, 03	Duplighost x3
21, 05	Duplighost x2 Swoopula	Similar to a used formation with two Swoopulas and a Duplighost.
21, 07	Duplighost Red Magikoopa	Similar to a used formation with two Duplighosts.
21, 09	Duplighost x2 White Clubba	Duplighosts never appear with White Clubbas in used formations.
21, 0B	White Clubba x2 Duplighost
22, 02	Bony Beetle Dry Bones x2
22, 03	Bony Beetle Bony Beetle (Spiky) Dry Bones
22, 04	Bony Beetle Bony Beetle (Spiky) Magikoopa
22, 05	Bony Beetle x2 Bony Beetle (Spiky) Magikoopa
22, 06	Bony Beetle Dry Bones Bony Beetle (Spiky) Magikoopa
22, 08	Dry Bones x3
22, 09	Dry Bones x4
22, 0A	Dry Bones Ember x3	An interesting formation, since Embers never appear with other enemies in used formations, let alone in Bowser's Castle. This is also the only formation with Embers in Bowser's Castle.
22, 0C	Dry Bones Koopatrol x2	Similar to a used formation, but the enemies are in a different order.
22, 0D	Dry Bones x2 Bony Beetle (Spiky)
22, 0E	Dry Bones x2
22, 10	Hammer Bros. x3	Similar to a used formation with a Magikoopa.
22, 11	Hammer Bros. Koopatrol
22, 12	Hammer Bros. x2 Koopatrol
22, 15	Hammer Bros. x2 Magikoopa (Broom)	Similar to a used formation with three Hammer Bros.
22, 1B	Koopatrol Hammer Bros.
22, 1C	Koopatrol x2 Hammer Bros. x2
22, 1E	Koopatrol x2 Magikoopa x2	Similar to a used formation with a broom Magikoopa.
22, 1F	Koopatrol Bony Beetle (Spiky)	Koopatrols never appear with spiked Bony Beetles in any used formations.
22, 20	Koopatrol x2 Bony Beetle (Spiky)
22, 21	Koopatrol Bony Beetle (Spiky) Bony Beetle
22, 22	Koopatrol x2 Bony Beetle (Spiky)
22, 25	Koopatrol x2 Magikoopa x2	Similar to a used formation, but the enemies are in different spots.
22, 26	Magikoopa x2	None of the used formations have grounded Magikoopas only.
22, 27	Magikoopa x3	None of the used formations have grounded Magikoopas only.
22, 28	Magikoopa Magikoopa (Broom) x2
22, 29	Magikoopa x2 Magikoopa (Broom) x2	Similar to a used formation, but the enemies are in different spots.
22, 2A	Magikoopa Koopatrol x3	Similar to a used formation with two Koopatrols and two Magikoopas.
22, 2C	Magikoopa x2 Bony Beetle (Spiky)
22, 2D	Magikoopa x2 Bony Beetle (Spiky) Bony Beetle
22, 2E	Magikoopa x2 Magikoopa (Broom)	Similar to a used formation with two broom Magikoopas.
22, 30	Magikoopa (Broom) x2	No used formations have just broom Magikoopas.
22, 31	Magikoopa (Broom) x3	No used formations have just broom Magikoopas.
22, 34	Magikoopa (Broom) Hammer Bros.	Broom Magikoopas on the field never appear with Hammer Bros.
22, 36	Magikoopa (Broom) x2 Koopatrol	Similar to a used formation with two Koopatrols and one broom Magikoopa.
22, 37	Magikoopa (Broom) x2 Hammer Bros. x2	Broom Magikoopas on the field never appear with Hammer Bros.
24, 01	Duplighost x2	Similar to a used formation with four Duplighosts.
25, 00	Bombshell Bill x2	Similar to a used formation with three Bombshell Bills.

Oddities#

For some strange reason, Tubba Blubba has two formations at 0F, 04 and 0F, 05. They seem to be identical, however.
The enemy formation at 23, 01 (located with the Bowser fights) crashes the game. This isn't just because of there being no enemy formation there; all nonexistent enemy formations merely softlock the game.

Version	GameShark Code
Japan	810DC4CA XXYY
US	810DC4EA XXYY
Europe	810D8C5A XXYY