546 - Were Gen II & III Pokemon Meant to be in Rumble?? Unused Content/The Story of Weekend Edition

FINALLY made this video sharing all the info I found while working on the Rumble "Weekend Edition" passion project. I think taking a look deeper into this game's files tells a pretty interesting story about the Johto/Hoenn Pokemon that were cut from the game!

HUGE shoutout to my Skype friends who I've had the pleasure of chatting with during Rumble Weekend since the start of it and continuously inspired me to try and work on this project, and another LARGE shoutout to SpecialAgentApe, KKZero, and the entire Mystery Dungeon WiiWare translation team.

Timestamps:
0:00 - intro
3:41 - unused names
4:35 - unused models
6:27 - unused moves
7:25 - unused traits
8:01 - PID and TID discussion
8:36 - species swapping
10:50 - unused rank
11:36 - caterpie debug room
12:00 - debug menu text
12:26 - collection screen observation
12:57 - Spinda spots

[TheSupremeRks]

Being around for all of these discoveries was one thing, but seeing Weekend edition become a reality was something I never thought would actually happen! Glad everyone else can see how much went into it - PS: absolblogs with a man bun seems unstoppable

[EricDrinksWater]

2 years later I stumbled on this - and it’s so sick.

[Sonikks]

I expected this video to be a fun ride full of knowledge and wisdom yet here I am thinking about those poor orphan Bonsly...

Awesome video Matt, amazing editing as always. Somewhere, someplace, there is a Rumble developer proud of you for showing all the unsued and what could have been content.

[homersimpson]

When that Regigigas started bouncing like a Spoink, my god what a moment.

[AlphaStoutland]

Dang, I feel so sorry for the guy that carried over the formula for the Spinda forms to Rumble, only for it to go unused 😅

[RattatAndyGo]

15 seconds into this video, on the 4th reset of the night (estimated 1.5x odds total), I found my first ever shiny uncatchable pooch while hunting Treecko in Ruby. Feeling very mixed right now, I have always wanted to eventually find one, but on the other hand I have been looking for that treecko for a while now. Phase two here we go!

[thatcloveplant]

i always love unused content and having unused content combined with your type of videos, its just too perfect

[twilightjoltik]

It’s sad that the file size might have been what killed the gen 2 and 3 mons in the base game. Makes me wish the original Rumble would have gotten an enhanced physical release instead of a few less good sequels.

[JonoBono]

POV: you found an absol video and you click so fast you don’t know what the video is yet

[juanmena]

I just found about this this Sunday morning.
I was wondering how it was made and it all makes sense.

I guess I owe you my current happiness.
Current version as of March 2023 is 1.5
Been having a blast with it today.
Thanks for that.

[Paulluxx]

Poor, porygon-2 floating out there in the middle of cyberspace and real space :(

[mrletsplayit]

Absolutely beautiful video dude. You're a gift to this community. Extracting the Pii is so important

[Cardmaster]

oh my gosh the story behind the octillery model was so much more interesting than I could have imagined.


Your persistence with this game is absolutely incredible btw, insane to me that there was so much to know and see still. The fact that the pokemon basically existed but were removed makes me wonder why they never removed the other 2 models tbh, how much further did they make it? surely if they were removing loads of models the pika and octillery model couldn't just have been test content, but actually made it further into development than gen 2 and 3? Anyway would love to see and hear more content about deciphering the code for the game, this reminds me of the decomp projects for various N64 games that have been happening, the code has existed for over a decade to be studied yet needs to basically be deciphered to truly uncover its mysteries!

[monywehat]

A Rumble mod including gen 2 and 3 had always been my biggest dream. Your work doesn’t go unnoticed, and it’s an inspiration for many!

[ProfessorRex]

I genuinely feel so honoured to have been kept up to date as this all came together. From that first crazy screenshot of the fog being removed to now, this has been an amazing journey to be a part of 😍

[agentape]

Whoa I missed this, amazing to see work from our PMD translation was helpful. Big props to kkzero for that compression tool.

[LewtwoYT]

this is absolutely the most fascinating pokemon video i've seen in years. i love rumble so much and this is so sick

[jeschoofs]

The feeling when no one was talking about the first dexit

[nat]

this video was incredibly cool. those are some sick discoveries, and it really makes you wonder why they would have taken gen 2 and 3 out right near the end of development!

[ShiningDanny]

Gosh I LOVE hearing about all of the behind the scenes action, thank you for sharing this and Rumble Weekend Edition with us!!