Tomodachi Collection

Prerelease Info Nintendo Channel DemoThings found in the Nintendo Channel demo.

Anti-Piracy#

To do: Capture this happening!

This game utilizes the DS Protect anti-piracy library to ensure that it is not being run off a flashcart or emulator. If any of the DS Protect checks fail, the game intentionally crashes after naming the island. If there was save data present beforehand, it is erased to force the game to be start anew.

Unused Text#

Kyōiku kanji (Msg\TmdCommonMsgJP.bin)#

There is a Kyōiku kanji list stored along with the text for buttons, for some reason.

＜小学１年＞
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＜小学２年＞
引羽雲園遠何科夏家歌画回会海絵外角楽活間丸岩顔汽記帰弓牛魚京強教近兄形計元言原戸古午後語工公広交光考行高黄合谷国黒今才細作算止市矢姉思紙寺自時室社弱首秋週春書少場色食心新親図数西声星晴切雪船線前組走多太体台地池知茶昼長鳥朝直通弟店点電刀冬当東答頭同道読内南肉馬売買麦半番父風分聞米歩母方北毎妹万明鳴毛門夜野友用曜来里理話 

＜小学３年＞
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＜小学４年＞
愛案以衣位囲胃印英栄塩億加果貨課芽改械害街各覚完官管関観願希季紀喜旗器機議求泣救給挙漁共協鏡競極訓軍郡径型景芸欠結建健験固功好候航康告差菜最材昨札刷殺察参産散残士氏史司試児治辞失借種周祝順初松笑唱焼象照賞臣信成省清静席積折節説浅戦選然争倉巣束側続卒孫帯隊違単置仲貯兆腸低底停的典伝徒努灯堂働特得毒熱念敗梅博飯飛費必票標不夫付府副粉兵別辺変便包法望牧末満未脈民無約勇要養浴利陸良料量輪類令冷例歴連老労録

＜小学５年＞
圧移因永営衛易益液演応往桜恩可仮価河過賀快解格確額刊幹慣眼基寄規技義逆久旧居許境均禁句群経潔件券険検限現減故個護効厚耕鉱構興講混査再災妻採際在財罪雑酸賛支志枝師資飼示似識質舎謝授修述術準序招承証条状常情織職制性政勢精製税責績接設舌絶銭祖素総造像増則測属率損退貸態団断築張提程適敵統銅導徳独任燃能破犯判版比肥非備俵評貧布婦富武復複仏編弁保墓報豊防貿暴務夢迷綿輸余預容略留領

＜小学６年＞
異遺域宇映延沿我灰拡革閣割株干巻看簡危机揮貴疑吸供胸郷勤筋系敬警劇激穴絹権憲源厳己呼誤后孝皇紅降鋼刻穀骨困砂座済裁策冊蚕至私姿視詞誌磁射捨尺若樹収宗就衆従縦縮熟純処署諸除将傷障城蒸針仁垂推寸盛聖誠宣専泉洗染善奏窓創装層操蔵臓存尊宅担探誕段暖値宙忠著庁頂潮賃痛展討党糖届難乳認納脳派拝背肺俳班晩否批秘腹奮並陛閉片補暮宝訪亡忘棒枚幕密盟模訳郵優幼欲翌乱卵覧裏律臨朗論

Ranking Board Requirements (Msg\TmdContentsMsgJP.bin)#

There's unused text on how to get all the ranks from the Rankings Board.

【モテ男ランキング】
掲載予定
－－－－掲載条件－－－－
告白された男性がいる

[Popular Guy Ranking]
To Be Posted
----Posting Requirements----
Be male and receive
a romantic confession.

【モテ女ランキング】
掲載予定
－－－－掲載条件－－－－
告白された女性がいる

[Popular Gal Ranking]
To Be Posted
----Posting Requirements----
Be female and receive
a romantic confession.

【人気ランキング】
掲載予定
－－－－掲載条件－－－－
住人が１５人以上になる

[Popularity Ranking]
To Be Posted
----Posting Requirements----
Have at least 15 residents.

【友達相性ランキング】
掲載予定
－－－－掲載条件－－－－
友達相性を１０組以上
診断する

[Friendship Compatibility Ranking]
To Be Posted
----Posting Requirements----
Analyze the friendship compatibility 
of at least 10 pairs.

【恋愛相性ランキング】
掲載予定
－－－－掲載条件－－－－
恋愛相性を１０組以上
診断する

[Romantic Compatibility Ranking]
To Be Posted
----Posting Requirements----
Analyze the romantic compatibility 
of at least 10 pairs.

【お気に入りランキング】
掲載予定
－－－－掲載条件－－－－
住人が３０人以上になる

[Favorite Ranking]
To Be Posted
----Posting Requirements----
Have at least 30 residents.

Unused Prompts and Scrapped Features? (Msg\TmdContentsEtcJP.bin)#

The message file where the Mii Editor/City Hall/Apartment lines are located have unused prompts and lines that indicate features that aren't in the final game.
Some are just normal unused lines. Notably one of the lines implies that the Miis would pay rent, and that they could miss paying rent.

Unused Graphics#

Dummy Font (Cmn\Font\DummyFont_LZ.bin)#

A white "て (Te)" on a pink background. It isn't seen anywhere in the game and, as its name suggests, was used as a dummy file for testing. This image is also in Nintendo DS Digital TV Tuner.

Placeholder News Image (News)#

A placeholder background for a Mii News event, seen in many files in the folder News. This is mostly seen starting from file news161.bin.

Early Apartment Box (Scn\Map\SceneMap2WndApart_LZ.bin)#

An early version of the Apartment box shown in the main island menu, there isn't any text on it.

Early Job Tester Box (Scn\Map\SceneMap2WndRightjob_LZ.bin)#

An early version of the Job Tester text box shown in the main island menu. The text literally translates to "Right Job Diagnosis".

Unused "Majority Hall" Location Box (Scn\Map\SceneMap2WndVote_LZ.bin)#

An unused island location on the map, which has a text box not shown on the main island menu. The text translates to "Majority Hall"

Early Job Tester (Scn\Scene\SceneRightJob_LZ.bin)#

BG_UP.NCGR#

Seems that the Job Tester would've been placed at the apartment. (Could be the inside of the Unused Job Diagnosis Building)

OBG_up.NANR#

A table. Although this file also contains the hand animation seen in the final Job Tester, this table isn't seen at all.

Faces (Scn\Scene\SceneTestG3Sprite_LZ.bin)#

Four faces, all of them of different colors.

Jet Coaster (Scn\Scene\SceneTestNg28_LZ.bin)#

An obvious stock image of people on a jet coaster (roller coaster) ride.

Tree Dream? (Scn\Scene\SceneTestNg52_LZ.bin)#

BG#

A crudely drawn image of a tree.

BG2#

A bookshelf. Its palette is the same as the tree's.

OBJ.NANR#

Animation	Image	Description
balloon		A crudely drawn balloon. The only proper animation in the file.
book		A book.
orange		An orange.

Christmas Tree Dream? (Scn\Scene\SceneTestNg58_LZ.bin)#

BG#

A crudely drawn image of a Christmas tree.

OBJ.NANR#

Animation	Image	Description
star		A star. The only proper animation in the file.
bell		A bell.
sock		A sock.
ball0		A blue ball decoration.
ball1		A purple ball decoration.

Hand (Scn\Scene\SceneTestNg66_LZ.bin)#

A hand, noticeably cut from a stock image.

Early Vacation (Scn\Scene\SceneTestNg75_LZ.bin)#

Filename	Image	Description
Airplane		An early version of the airplane image shown during the beginning of a vacation.
BG_Camera		A very early version of the camera picture seen at the bottom screen.
BG0_		A stock photo of the Pyramids of Giza, complete with massive Amana Images watermark.
BG0		An early version of the Frigiliana picture from the Spain vacation event.
BG1		An early version of the sunflower field picture from the Spain vacation event.
BG2		An early version of the Sagrada Família picture from the Spain vacation event.
BG_Oki_0		A picture of a grassy beach meant to be displayed during the Okinawa vacation event. It does not have a final counterpart.
BG_Oki_1		A picture of a pineapple field, possibly from Pineapple Park in Nago, meant to be displayed during the Okinawa vacation event. It does not have a final counterpart.
BG_Oki_2		An early version of the Shuri Castle picture from the Okinawa vacation event.

OBJ.NANR#

Animation	Image	Description
Flag0		The flag of Spain.
Flag1		The flag of Japan.
End		A crudely drawn "End", meant to be displayed at the end of a vacation.
Btn_Next_w Btn_Next_a		An early "つぎへ" (Next) button.
Btn_Cheese_w Btn_Cheese_a		An early "ハイッ チーズ！" (Say cheese!) button.
Push		An arrow.

Layout (Scn\Scene\SceneTestNg97_LZ.bin)#

A button layout, possibly related to the Mii News events.

Unassembled	Assembled

There's some text in the unassembled version that isn't seen in the assembled version.

And these lines are what you can see in both versions.

Unused Models/Animations#

Scn\Scene\SceneTestDrawMan_LZ.bin#

Two unused models can be found in this file, HUMAN00 and HUMAN01, being early versions of male and female Miis, respectively, along with five unused animations. These models seem to resemble those of Miis seen in Otona no Onna no Uranai Techou, a scrapped project that acted as Tomodachi Collection's prototype.

TestBody (Scn\Scene\TestBody00Imd_LZ.bin)#

Another unused Mii model. Its textures are in a separate bin in Scn/Scene/TestBody00Tex_LZ.bin.

Robot (Scn\Scene\SceneTestG3d_3_LZ.bin)#

Inside this file, contains a model named robot_t. It is a placeholder humanoid figure of some sorts. There is also an animation file named T_pose00, although it just simply scrambles the model.

Jar (Scn\Scene\SceneTestG3d_LZ.bin)#

Inside this file, contains a model named Glass6. It is a jar with a "grade" label in it.

Town Hall Interior (Mdl\Misc\cityhall_3D_LZ.bin)#

Town Hall Interior	Full Model

An unused Interior for the Town Hall. Might have worked kind of like the Job Diagnosis but instead a Mii gives you options.

Map (Mdl\Misc\map_ground_3D_LZ.bin)#

What seems to be an early model for the island map.

Sky (Mdl\Misc\map_sky_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused SkyBox meant for the early island map.

Ranking Board (Mdl\Misc\map_ranking_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Ranking board complete with a bobbing icon animation to match! Seems to relate to the aforementioned map model.

Job Diagnosis (Mdl\Misc\map_rightjob_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Job Diagnosis Building with a dude bobbing up and down just like the icon above the ranking board. Also seems to relate to the map model.

Clothing Store (Mdl\Misc\map_shop_costume_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Clothing Store Building with a bobbing icon of a shirt and some unknown thing attached to it. Also seems to relate to the map model.

Food Shop (Mdl\Misc\map_shop_item_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Food Store with a bobbing icon of a cashier. Also seems to relate to the map model.

Interior Shop (Mdl\Misc\map_shop_reform_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Interior Shop with a bobbing icon of the Interior icon. Also seems to relate to the map model.

Vote (Mdl\Misc\map_vote_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Vote map model. Has tiny Miis waving their arms up and down. Also seems to relate to the map model.

Apartment (Mdl\Map\map2_apart4_3D_LZ.bin)#

Unused Apartment model. Could have been an early version of the final remodel of the apartment reaching to 100 Miis.

Unused Music#

SEQ_DRUM_TEST#

As its name suggests, it's a test track, which seems to be the same drumbeat as the one used in the level up theme. Used as a placeholder for some songs in the Tomodachi Collection demo.

SEQ_BEEP_TEST#

A simple infinitely-long beep.

SEQ_MANSION_TEST#

The apartment theme, without any other layers. SEQ_MANSION_AND_ROOM is used instead.

References#