Unused content in Pikmin 4

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Pikmin 4 has various unused content left in its game files.

Unused graphics

Green Onion

A cropped image of the radar icons to focus on the Green Onion.

In a spritesheet containing various icons for the radar, there is an unused icon for a light green Onion after the other Onion types. It is unknown what it might have represented.

Save file images

In the folder for the images of areas used on the saved game selection menu, which contains images for all the night expeditions, there are unused images for night expeditions set at The Central Flame and The Maple Bridge in the Giant's Hearth and the Primordial Thicket respectively, which do not have night expeditions unlike most bases. Oddly, these images focus on the Lumiknolls more than the night expedition save file images that are used, which show more of the area around them. The Distant Summit base in the Sun-Speckled Terrace, which also doesn't have a night expedition, does not have an unused image.

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  The save file image for The Central Flame at night.

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  The save file image for The Maple Bridge at night.

Unused parameters

Pikmin type parameters

A piece of Pikmin 3 concept art, featuring various Pikmin type ideas.

Various parameters for Pikmin types include unused parameters for a "Bean" type. There are no models or other information about this Pikmin type. A piece of Pikmin 3 concept art features a Pikmin shaped like a bean, so it is possible that this type was considered for the game early in development.

Unused text

ObjectName

In the Localizations folder there is an unused localization file known as ObjectName, which contains names for a number of obstacles, tools, and other objects, some of which are not used ingame. While it is localized in all of Pikmin 4's supported languages, the table below will only show the unused names in the en-US folder.

Internal Name	Localized Name
GEYSER	air geyser
HIBA	fire geyser
HIBADENKI	electrode
HIBAICE	ice geyser
HIBAWATER	geyser
HIBAPOISON	gaseous spring
HIBABUBBLE	bubble spout
YBOX	cardboard box
XBOX_Can	metal box
DOWNWALL	squashable bag
CRACKPOT	jug
OOASHIBAKINOKO	Bumbershroom
MUSH	Kingcap
KOMUSH	Spotcap
POISONMUSH	Poison Kingcap
POISONKOMUSH	Poison Spotcap
BURNING	straw
CHARCOAL	charcoal
COLDFLOOR	chilled air
COLDBOX	dry ice
ICICLE	icicle
PULLNEKKOHANDLE	stem
ZIPLINE	wire glider
MOVEFLOOR	flying platform
DOOR	gate
HANDLEBOARD	creaky board
SWITCH	switch
SWAMPBOX	swamp
BANKCARD	hint card
UnknownFruit	some kind of bulb
BIGEGG	big nectar egg
MEDICINE_Before	medicinal elements

See also

• Unused content
• Pikmin 4 prerelease history