Unused Objects

This is a sub-page of Super Mario Odyssey.

To do: There are at least 35 unused actors found in 1.0.0's code, let's get them all documented!

Captures#

CornBoy#

A capturable enemy that has the ability to walk, charge up with X/Y, and the head of the actor squashes down based on the size of the charge. Pressing A will make the actor "fly" based on the charge. The actor uses the EnemyStateSwoon class, so it would walk around and chase the player when uncaptured.

The actor's archive in ObjectData is missing, so to get it to not crash in-game, custom animations and a model were created. The enemy state, color animations, and cameras were stubbed out due to relying on bymls in the missing archive.

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SpaceShuttle#

A capturable MapObj used to launch the player. The base of the object is another unused object, SpaceShuttleChild. When captured, the object can lift itself and the child off by pressing a jump button, and will detach from the base at the apex of the jump (or by letting go of the button), and then the object will fall until it hits the ground, where it forces the player to uncapture and it resets to the start position.

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NPCs#

ShineTowerNpc#

A part of a bigger unused mechanic of the game. The code for this object inits a (now removed) event called HomeMechanicNpc. This NPC originally told the player how many more Power Moons the Odyssey needed, instead of the globe having a balloon message. Under LocalizedData//MessageData/SystemMessage.szs/Home.msbt are two entries for the NPC, HomeMechanicNpc_RestShineNum and HomeMechanicNpc_GoKoopa. The entries for every language are listed below:

Player Actors#

PlayerPowerGlove#

An unused actor that would have presumably been a glove of some kind for Mario. It could have been related to the NES Power Glove accessory, or possibly to Bowser's punching glove hat Mario takes control of during the Cloud and Moon Kingdom boss battles against him.

It has two hit sensors, "Body" and "Attack". The "Attack" sensor would send a 'CapAttack' action.

Player#

Player (not to be confused with PlayerActorHakoniwa, the actual player) is a test player that can move, jump, and fall.

The following video shows it restored, loading Luigi's model because the archive that Player used in development is not present in the final release.

Removed Actors#

These actors have no code, with their only reference being in HitSensor checks or in the partially used HackObjList, found at SystemData/HackObjList.szs.

Captures#