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Unused Dialogue#

This line would be said by Cedric Juniper in Mistralton City if the player doesn't have Klink registered as seen in their Pokédex (replacing the used line about having seen a Klink), but as Klink appears in a mandatory trainer battle against N before this point, it can't be seen in-game without hacking.

Unused Location Name#

Like in the Generation IV games, this placeholder name can be found among other location names. This time, however, it's not assigned to any map header at all.

Unused Event Locations#

The lists of met locations include some that are never used because they were meant to be used for event Pokémon distributions that never happened. Most of them were likely included for future proofing, however, some entries stand out. Pokémon DW refers to the Dream World, a now-inaccessible service. Since all Pokémon obtained through Global Link or the Dream World are always encountered in the Entree Forest, this met location is rather redundant. Furthermore, Pokémon Ranger and Ranger Union imply that the games were originally planned to be compatible with a Pokémon Ranger game in some way.

Unused Weather Text#

Several lines of unused weather effect text appear within the internal data of Black, White, Black 2, and White 2. Notably, quotes for fog exist within the text, implying that fog functionality was planned to exist in Black and White. While the final game does include foggy locations, such as Route 15, the fog weather condition does not appear in battles.

Other Unused Text#

Possible leftovers from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Guess what this is. Curiously, the message in the Spanish version is a full translation of the Japanese message, while the other languages were just shortened.

Found within the files for the Entralink is text for a Pokémon fully restoring all its PP for all moves at once...which can't actually happen in battle.

Darmanitan's Zen Mode ability does not use a unique message in-game, rendering these strings useless.

Draws don't happen anymore. Curse you, tiebreakers!

In prior games, this message would appear if a wild Pokémon escaped from its Poké Ball after it shook three times. In Black and White, the message "Aargh! Almost had it!" appears instead; that message is used for two-shake escapes in all other games since Gold and Silver. There are no two-shake escapes in Generation V.

This is found with the GTS text. They translate to "Delete" and "Increase by 99", respectively.

Entralink stuff again, this time about saving yourself. No comment.

Debug ROM stuff. Judging from the initials, DP, PT, and GS may stand for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, respectively.

Placeholder emoticons. Oddly, the Japanese text for Hello ("こんにちは") is in Katakana, which is commonly used to transcribe foreign words into Japanese. The Korean text also means "Hello". Judging by other languages being present, other languages were also tested with this placeholder set.