Why put a truck here and tease the players if there was nothing hidden there?
>>58636772It's called worldbuilding, anon.
>>58636772probably was just a leftover from an earlier build of the game. I doubt they even expected players to be able to get here.
for the lolz
>>58636772>>58636863I think they did realize it was possible to get here even without cheating (ex. get Cut but then faint afterward from poison or something, or don't get the HM but have someone trade a mon with it from elsewhere), and so just threw the truck in that area >>58636875 like this anon says. Like I don't think it's super deep; they wanted to throw something weird in there for players because it's a weird "hidden" area you can technically still get to, but also didn't put a cool/exclusive item or mon there because it wouldn't really be fair to people who played it the right way.
>>58636772It's a remnant from their first builds. It's there as a reminder for them, not us.
>>58636772So they can add a cookie years later
Why put other entrances and tease the player if there was nothing hidden there?
>>58638109Because they're retarded
>>58636772>>58638109We're doing this shit again?
>>58638352>'e has ze card?>block eet off
>>58638109bumping :)
>>58636863We're never getting leaks of playable early builds of Red and Green are we? ;_;
>>58636772>if there was nothing hidden there>He does not know .
>>58636772Sometimes a truck is just a truck, my dude
>>58636772>tease>figured no one would be stupid enough to die on the ship>>58638109THIS is more of a tease and slap to the face all in one. Along with "The battle frontier project is underway!"
>>58636893This is the correct answer. The truck was used on the map for C as seen on the Capsule Monsters concept map, C was removed with the map possibly being reworked into the S.S. Anne port, truck was kept as a reminder to the developers of what could have been even though most players would never find it.
>>58640267Even then it's still strange this one map is the only one with a truck in it. Makes you wonder what the significance of it was. (Can't be the Championship if that was at Silph Co in Saffron)
>>58640622meh probably had no real significance, it's just an environmental detail they made early on then decided not to use for whatever reason. I know that's boring but these things often are.
>>58640159We said that about Gold and Silver in the 2000s. I get the feeling we eventually will get the RG betas leaked. Hopefully, the whole source repository, so we can see every last version, just like what we have for Pokemon Black and White.
>>58640744>the whole source repositorySadly RG were made before things like version control were standard practice. The game wouldn't almost die to a PC hardware failure mid-development if they had made proper backups.SW97 survived because it had to be flashed onto multiple cartridges for exhibition. The chances of any RG beta got flashed into a cartridge and were never overwritten or lost over time are extremely slim.
>>58640774>Sadly RG were made before things like version control were standard practiceVersion Control Software became widespread in the 80s for any major software company that could afford a master server, and with the falling prices of hard drives, it became common within the games industry as late as 1994.We also know that Nintendo had a hand in the development of Pokemon Red and Blue by providing guidance and funding. Nintendo absolutely loved to acquire copies of their second party titles periodically to check in on the progress. So, even if Gamefreak didn't use VCS, Nintendo would most definitely have backups somewhere which could be used as psuedo-repository.
>>58640622It's probably meant to be a seaport if it was the S.S. Anne's destination, so it was presumably scenery since ports have trucks and industry.
>>58640791I hope so
>>58636863This.You cannot even reach this truck without shenanigans with trading or literally glitching out the game.>>58640159Considering how much of a shitfest was development of Gen I, including multiple data losses? The "early builds" never existed in form or shape that is useful for anyone. Bunch of various files and scripts spread across entire development team, waiting for being put together or abandoned due to time, space and skill constrains. Unless the original 10 devs will sit together and just write down all their memories from that time, it's a forgotten era that will never resurface.
>>58642230Even if we only got bits and pieces... there are some very talented people in the rom hacking community that could stitch together a fascinating and fun "what-if" type game. Even if we're only talking, say, 30% of the beta source material, something could still be built off of that, combined with what is currently known about the betas. It wouldn't be 100% authentic obviously, but for me, and I think a lot of people, it would be an amazing trip back to Pokemon in one of its earliest forms.
>>58640179It's the only time a vehicle ever appears in the entire game. That alone makes it very significant.
>>58643538I think it's just another case like the Ilex forest shrine in GS: it's there but nobody remembers why
>>58643594That's a marker to summon Celebi. It has a purpose.
>>58636891I get the not wanting to put an item or Pokemon there... but it would've been pretty cool if there was an old, tattered note on the ground next to the truck that the player could find and read. As to what the note might've said, well, maybe it could've added a little lore to the world, similar to the Pokemon Mansion journal entries, or even been a message from the developers to the player, congratulating them for finding a remanent of the past. Idk, something fun for players to find, y'know?
>>58644964They literally had no space to add any more "flaour text" with a found noite, you sperging dipshit. The last 300kb of space went to Mew, rather than write a note to a zoomer faggot in the future, when they were unsure if they'd even get sales for it to even impact Home market.
>>58636772>Why put a truck here and tease the players if there was nothing hidden there?Welcome to Pokemon. The Idea is always more appealing than the final product.
>>58643538It's just a truck, man. Most people use Pokemon to get around. They just felt like putting a truck there. You see it and think 'hey, cool truck'.
>>58643658There's an interview, that purpose was decided only when they made Crystal, back when they made GS they just placed it there and nobody remembers why
>>58644984>300kb300 kilobytes is like 80% of the original Pokemon Green release. They had 300 bytes left.
Why put fields here and tease the players if there was nothing hidden there?
>>58636772Do truck usually hide secrets? Why would the game devs think players would expect a secret here? It's not like they put in a waterfall without treasure behind it.
>>58647274It's the literal only use of that truck asset in the entire game, so of course it's gonna be the source of speculation when no one knows it's just the developers going "haha, I remember those times of making this game!" to themselves.
>>58647281>make tileset>truck is included>move on>make map/region without roads>nowhere to use the truck tile you made>finally one spot where it sort of fits>put it down>move onGaruntee you there's no further expectation beyond that.
>>58647265World building. They didn’t want mountains and water everywhere so some places had grass
>>58636772Except there is something hidden there.
