Pokémon Sun and Moon beta

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Character development

This article lists the unused content of the Generation VII games Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Pre-release

Pokémon Direct

In the Pokémon Direct announcing Pokémon Sun and Moon on February 27, 2016, various pieces of concept art were shown.

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  Pikachu

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  Interiors of various buildings

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  Various screenshots

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  Early exterior of the Tide Song Hotel

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  A Pokémon Center

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  Various trucks, a fire truck, and an ambulance

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  Pikipek wireframe

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  Pikipek from behind

Early Elite Four Battle theme

This song was shown during a Master Class by Junichi Masuda during the Japan Expo 2016 and was made exclusively for use at the event. The song would later be re-worked to become the Elite Four battle music. At the time, the song was called Boss Battle Theme instead.

By Video Game Music Resources

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Post-release

Pokémon

Eternal Flower Floette remains in the code of Sun and Moon. There are menu sprites for Cosplay Pikachu and Eternal Flower Floette, though neither of them are available in-game.

Hidden Abilities

Some Pokémon are programmed to have Hidden Abilities in Sun and Moon; however, they cannot be legally obtained in Sun and Moon. These abilities are available in later generations with use of the Ability Patch.

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	Flash Fire	None	Flame Body
0785		Tapu Koko	Electric	Fairy	Electric Surge	None	Telepathy
0786		Tapu Lele	Psychic	Fairy	Psychic Surge	None	Telepathy
0787		Tapu Bulu	Grass	Fairy	Grassy Surge	None	Telepathy
0788		Tapu Fini	Water	Fairy	Misty Surge	None	Telepathy
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Shiny Pokémon

For consistency, all Pokémon have Shiny variants, even if they cannot be obtained as Shiny. Some Shiny Pokémon, such as Pikachu in a cap, are identical to their normal counterparts.

All Pikachu in a cap are programmed to not be Shiny.

#   Pokémon Type 0025 Pikachu All Pikachu in a cap forms Electric 0647 Keldeo Water Fighting 0648 Meloetta Normal Psychic 0658 Greninja Battle Bond/Ash-Greninja Water Dark 0720 Hoopa Psychic Ghost 0721 Volcanion Fire Water 0789 Cosmog Psychic 0790 Cosmoem Psychic 0791 Solgaleo Psychic Steel 0792 Lunala Psychic Ghost 0800 Necrozma Psychic 0801 Magearna Steel Fairy 0802 Marshadow Fighting Ghost

Locations

Akala Meadow exists as a location name at index number 66 (0x0042). In the final game, Pink Nectar can be found at Royal Avenue. There are three unused rooms in the player's house; a laundry room, a bathroom, and a garage. These rooms are fully textured. They are also unused in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

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  The bathroom in the player's house

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  The washroom in the player's house

Battle backgrounds

An unused battle background for what appears to be a Gym is programmed in the game.

Items

Main article: List of unobtainable items → Ride Pager

The Ride Pager, used to summon Ride Pokémon as part of Poké Ride, is not normally available as an item. However, it is present in the internal data of the games at index number 850 (0x0352).

Additionally, the Macho Brace is unused in this game despite being present in all the past games since Generation III.

Inverse Battles

Inverse Battles are in the coding of Generation VII although no NPC's can trigger them.

Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO exists as a location name at index number 30012 (0x753C). The Wonder Card at index number 88 (0x58) is intended to be used for a gift related to Pokémon GO. Additionally, Pokémon with the game of origin byte set to 34 (0x22) will display Pokémon GO as their location in Pokémon Bank, using as an origin mark.

Global missions

Although 12 global missions were programmed into the game, only nine of them were used. The remaining three are listed below:

Mission
Get high scores with your Poké Finder! Take as many photos that exceed 10,000 points as possible with your Poké Finder!
Catch Crabrawler! Catch as many Crabrawler as possible! They're hiding behind Berries!
Win Battle Royals! Win as many Master Rank Battle Royals as possible during the mission period!

Unused graphics

There is an unused graphic of the real world map in the game.

Unused models

There are unused models of the player character's wireframe as well as two unused overworld models of Zygarde. Walking and running models of all 802 Pokémon exist in Sun and Moon's files including Mega Evolutions and alternate forms. There is also an unused model of the Rotom Pokédex, seemingly from before the Pokédex is inhabited. In the files of various trainers, an unused helmet model can be found, likely intended to be worn by the trainers. Zygarde's 50% Forme overworld model was later used in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

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  Zygarde 10% Forme

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  Zygarde 50% Forme

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  The unused Rotom Pokédex model

Vast Poni Canyon trial music

The ambient music used during the trial in Vast Poni Canyon is referred to in the game data as battle music but it is never heard during any Pokémon battles.

Beta versions of Pokémon games

Generation I Red and Green • Yellow Generation II Gold and Silver (Spaceworld '97 demo) • Crystal Generation III Ruby and Sapphire • FireRed and LeafGreen • Emerald • Colosseum • XD Generation IV Diamond and Pearl • Platinum • HeartGold and SoulSilver Generation V Black and White • Black 2 and White 2 Generation VI X and Y • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Generation VII Sun and Moon • Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Generation VIII Sword and Shield Unreleased Pokémon Picross

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