Metroid Dread
Also known as: Metroid 5 Developer:MercurySteam[1] Publisher:Nintendo[1] Platform:Nintendo Switch Released internationally: October 8, 2021[1] This game hasunused graphics. This game hasunused cinematics. This game hasunused sounds. This game hasunused text. This game hasdebugging material. This game hasrevisional differences. This game has a prerelease article

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude torescue this article?

Metroid Dread finally picks up whereFusion left off 19 years earlier.

To do: Document unused textures and config.ini options. Document remaining unused audio files. "v1.0.1" update. There seems to either beSamus Returns leftovers, or unused powerups in Romfs\textures\items and Romfs\textures\weapons. items has folders and textures for items that did not physically appear inDread like High Jump Boots, Spiderball, Ice Beam, and a few others. weapons has an icebeam folder that has textures for uncharged and charged Ice Beam shots. Romfs\textures\maps\blocks also hasSamus Returns leftovers and breakable block types that didn't appear in the game (Super Missile Block and Ice Missile Block textures are in there). "Middle golzuna" enemy has a death animation that goes unseen from normally encountering the enemy after the X are released. Internal name is Cazadora (Hunter),which is potentially where ZDR got its name. (see also) Internal names for enemies etc

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Prerelease Info

Unused Textures/Models

To do: Add model renders

Teleportal (Pink)

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on thetalk page. Specifically: See if the Teleportal object potentially has a subtype to make it pink.

There are three textures left in the game that suggest that there was going to be a pink Teleportal. The textures are of a global map icon, a map icon, and an object texture. Interestingly, the symbol on the map icon and object texture do not match up: one of them is mirrored horizontally. There is no leftover unused text relating to the pink Teleportal. The textures can be found at Romfs\textures\gui\globalview.bctex, Romfs\textures\system\minimap\icons\icons.bctx, and Romfs\textures\actors\props\teleporter\teleporterdirection_bc.bctex.

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  Global Map Icon

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  Map Icon

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  Object Texture

Automper

A robot, similar to other Chozo robot enemies seen in the game. It has several accompanying unused audio files.

Hybrid PV5

An unused enemy.

Shineon

A bulbous creature with tiny wings. It has an accompanying unused audio file for its wings buzzing too.

Swifter

An unused enemy.

"Abberations"

There are background creatures in tubes in Dairon called "abberation_01" in the final game, but the game also has textures for an "abberation_02" and "abberation_03" that are never seen.

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  abberation_02

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  abberation_03

Corpius Mask

The boss Corpius has a model for an unused defensive mask. The names of unused audio files (i.e. "scorpius_breakmask" and "scorpius_regenerate") indicate that Samus would have somehow broken this mask during their encounter.

Unused Text

The game's Japanese string table includes a series of entries that do not appear in other languages, informally describing the content of two of the game's major cutscenes. These may have been produced by Nintendo to give MercurySteam direction when creating the scenes.

Raven Beak X's dialogue has unused subtitles.

Item acquisition text exists for the Hyper Beam, which is normally acquired in the cutscene after Raven Beak is defeated. Item acquisition text for the Metroid Suit does not exist.

Unused Sounds

Blah Blah Blah

A placeholder sound is present in the game's streaming audio folder. It consists of a male voice saying "blah blah blah".

Automper

The corresponding sound files for the unused Automper enemy.

Shineon

The corresponding sound file for the unused Shineon enemy.

Corpius Mask

The corresponding sound files for the aforementioned mask that Corpius would have worn

Raven Beak

There are five unused lines of dialogue, featuring Raven Beak giving the speech normally given by fake ADAM just before the boss fight, but in the Chozo language. Each line corresponds with a line spoken by ADAM in a real-world language (i.e. English) so they can be roughly translated this way, though there are some slight differences in syntax.

There is one unused line of dialogue for Raven Beak X, along with corresponding subtitle text.

Unused Cutscenes

Transport Capsule

InMetroid Dread, all cutscenes that play when traveling between areas are prerendered videos. There are three different versions of each cutscene for Power, Varia, and Gravity suit (there are no Metroid Suit cutscenes), as well as different cutscenes for every method of transportation (Elevator up/down, Shuttle left/right, Teleportal, Transport Capsule). Interestingly, prerendered videos exist for using the Transport Capsule that connects Hanubia and Itorash with the Power Suit and Varia Suit, which are impossible to see without the use of the invincibility glitch that was patched in v1.0.3.

Revisional Differences

To do: Add videos and images. Document the apparently unused content that was added in v1.01 and then removed in v1.02 (1,2). Nintendo Support patchnotes.

Sequence-Break Softlock

At the beginning of the game, there's an unintended sequence-break which allows players to skip the first E.M.M.I. (the damaged one which serves as a tutorial). v1.0.0 caused the player to become softlocked if they returned here after skipping this E.M.M.I. and progressing through the game. The room eventually becomes populated with normal enemies, and the E.M.M.I. gets removed from the scenario. The cutscenes that should play in this room do so as normal, but the E.M.M.I. disappears as soon as they finish. This causes the player to become unable to escape this room, since all the doors get locked until the E.M.M.I. (which has been removed from the game permanently) is destroyed.

v1.0.1 fixed this to keep the sequence-break but not update the room setup (i.e. add normal enemies) untilafter the E.M.M.I. is destroyed.

New Unused Audio

v1.0.1 added several new files that went unused, likely added unintentionally since they were removed in v1.0.2.

A line of ADAM dialogue, likely intended for use after the X are released:

A duplicate of the second line of Raven Beak's victory speech, but without his usual vocal effects applied:

Escape Sequence Crash

v1.0.0 had an issue which caused the game to crash during the escape sequence immediately following the battle with Raven Beak: If a map marker was placed on the Hyper Beam Door that leads to the end of the escape and the Gunship, destroying the door with the Hyper Beam would cause the game to crash with the "the software has closed because an error occurred" message. Further, in v1.0.0, destroying the Hyper Beam Door causes it to completely disappear from the map.

v1.0.1 fixed the crash and made the Hyper Beam Door remain on the map faded after it is destroyed.

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