The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess [Beta / Unused Stuff]
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The second Zelda for the GameCube (and the first for the Wii) had a long development of nearly four years, and the final game turned out to be a lot different from what was first revealed in 2004. Some areas and dungeons were removed, while the surviving sections were heavily modified.
The game was developed by the same team that created the cel-shaded Wind Waker, and as a result some things were re-used, such as the games battle and movement systems. It’s possible to find some unused items in the game-code, like the original Wind Waker baton and the Spoils Bag from WW.
Gabrielwoj discovered that probably all the WindWaker items was to be used in the game, but only the models have been found. (see them below). Also, some other beta items, which probably has been changed in other configurations later in the development (see them below).
Thanks to Jay for the english corrections!
For more infos, check the Zelda: Twilight Princess Beta Analysis
Clicca qui per la versione in Italiano ▼
Thanks to KEK8, Jamie, Z3LER, gabrielwoj and Shadowdorothy for the contributions!
You can find more info about The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess in the Zelda Wiki!
Images:
Update Images: Wind Waker Items (click on them to open on a new tab)
(there actually some 4 copies of the same bottles)
It’s possible to see some of them on the videos on below, example? The Bomb Plants, it uses the same model…
The unused items:
The Hookshot (The only 3D Zelda that don’t have Hookshot [there is only a Clawshot, similar to Hookshot, but not the same)]
Elixer Soup from the Wind Waker
The Mirror Shield (the Only 3D Zelda that doesn’t have Mirror Shield)
Probably, Navi on a Bottle
Poe on a Bottle (Just like Zelda Ocarina of Time)
Videos:
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33 Responses to The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess [Beta / Unused Stuff]
dsaasd
June 8th, 2008 at 4:15 am
PLEASE, SPEAK ENGLISH
yota
June 8th, 2008 at 8:11 am
dsaad, here is the english version
http://www.unseen64.net/articles/zelda-twilight-princess-beta-analysis/
go to the articles section, we have more english articles
javiperz
August 29th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
hey!! you have reason! these images are not in the game,i’ve looking for this game and i still don’t find anything!do you think this game will be launched after twilight princess final version?
shadowdorothy
January 10th, 2009 at 4:19 am
no. game companies never release beta games as squeals, if they release beta’s at all.
CJ
January 16th, 2009 at 2:05 am
acutally Shadow Dorothy Zelda:Majora’s mask was actually once a included beta piece of Zelda:OOT
Torin
February 12th, 2009 at 10:37 am
That’s pretty interesting, CJ. I never knew that. So what parts of the Oot beta became MM?
monokoma
February 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Hi Torin! The development of Zelda 64, URA and Majora’s Mask it’s a long and complex story, but you can read a good summary of its evolution in this article:
http://www.unseen64.net/articles/zelda64-project-development/
Bret Kinney
June 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I’m surprised that no one corrected these guys. Oh well…
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was NOT the second Zelda game for the GameCube, only to be the fifth. The second Zelda GameCube game was the GameCube version of Ocarina of time (Nintendo 64 classic. Third was the Collector’s Edition, and the fourth was The Four Swords Adventure (the sequal to the 2002 Game Boy Advance Multi-Player game). I have all 5 Zelda games for the GameCube, though I play them on my Wii.
karatejake
June 11th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
i wish thay kept all the beta stuf. its much cooler and more butiful than the new stuf. + we dont even have a forest now.there is more forest in the tehpel of time than the whole game and the forest tempel.
monokoma
June 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Maybe in the next Zelda Wii they could re-use some of the removed stuff from Twilight Princess
danish yaqoob
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:06 pm
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danish yaqoob
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
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Stormwind
March 6th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Hm… the beta version is much better in graphics and much better in story. Though they left it out in the Gamecube version. The beta has much more in store from this point of veiw. Hopefully they can come out with it. The beta version is something more than just the NGC version, it has more to it. *sighs* all we can really do is wait.
danish yaqoob
March 17th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
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~AttackOfLink
April 28th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
I found at least one image not removed from the game. Setting that asside, these were intersting discoveries. If anyone knows how to get to the beta world through Action Replay (AR), please give me the codes. My email is estesgage@yahoo.com. Thanks.
danish yaqoob
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:46 pm
I found at least one image not removed from the game. Setting that asside, these were intersting discoveries. If anyone knows how to get to the beta world through Action Replay (AR), please give me the codes. My email is danish1979@hotmail.co.uk. thanks
danish yaqoob
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:17 pm
please gives me action replay ar codes beta world zelda twilight princess 2004 2005 beta world codes please give me my email is danish1979@hotmail.co.uk thanks
Anonymous
July 30th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
The area in picture #2 looks like 1 of the areas in the new Zelda for wii Skyward sword and the enemy in that area also appeared on the new Zelda trailer for wii, who knows maybe they used that unused area for the new zelda?
Anonymous
August 29th, 2010 at 2:43 am
i wish they kept the Beta castle town in, it looks so much more like a little town rather then a castle =D
Redefined Darkness
September 30th, 2010 at 5:25 am
@ The anonymous user above the user above me: That’s Nintendo for you. Save resources by reusing them!
I’m liking the WW Conducter’s baton. But why? Remnant of WW? Intentional? Eh. They’re probably messing with us now. We (almost) didn’t get any fun items…
Remember, folks, don’t drink the green goo. =3
loco
October 19th, 2010 at 12:46 am
some sections of the images found by glitches betas as forest photo
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Kratos
November 13th, 2010 at 6:39 am
Are there any Gecko codes to access these beta enemies in the Wii version of Twilight Princess? I wanna fight them .-.
DarkLink
January 17th, 2011 at 1:49 am
I doubt they’d reuse this stuff even though it’s really awesome! Cause they already made another Zelda game, (Skyward Sword) and its all cartoony and this stuff wouldn’t fit into skyward sword…
person
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:07 am
Is it possible to reach the beta forest? I’ve heard a lot of talk about it but I’m not sure if it is actually true…
gabrielwoj
June 5th, 2011 at 4:33 am
@person
Just a background (As I know)
KuronoToriga
July 2nd, 2011 at 1:56 am
I have an old disc I got in a Nintendo Power magazine once that shows video of Twilight Princess being played, before it even had a rating (I think it said “RP”, rating pending.). If you need to see anything on it, just ask me!
MPNagem89
July 12th, 2011 at 3:40 am
On some guy’s blog I read that the Irate Gamer said that Skyward Sword was a “disappointment” because it’s graphics are not gritty and realistic. All I can say is that I THINK THE ART STYLE IN THE GAME LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. When will this guy plus many others who think OMG THIS GAME WILL SUCK BECAUSE IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE GOD OF WAR OR HALO :’( get through their thick skulls that GRAPHICS DON’T EQUAL GAMEPLAY. Oh and to Irate Gamer GO TO HELL YOU GRAPHIC WHORE!
Celine
September 29th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
No prototype first person battle mode for the Wii version in article ?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2267798831844194977
monokoma
September 30th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
wow, that is awesome. I have no words, but i’d love to see a better and longer video of that Twilight Princess beta :O
monokoma
September 30th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
I have added that short video in the page :P
Lynx
November 15th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Twilight Princess wasn’t the second Zelda title for GameCube, it was the third. People seems to really forget The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures existed as the second Zelda game for GameCube…
monokoma
November 15th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
You are right Lynx :O Maybe we could write “the second main Zelda” or something like that ;P
Blaze
December 13th, 2011 at 9:59 am
Beta Trailer = When the game actually looked great.