Mario Party: The Top 100

Mario Party: The Top 100
Also known as: Mario Party 100: Minigame Collection (JP) Developer: Nd Cube Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: December 28, 2017 Released in US: November 10, 2017 Released in EU: December 22, 2017 Released in AU: December 22, 2017 Released in HK: December 28, 2017 Released in TW: December 28, 2017 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text.

To do: Is there any other unused content in the files? Also, find a nicer way to format what's here. English, Spanish, and French text differences between the North American and European versions. RomFS\mess\KR_Korean.zdat appears to be completely unused, as the game seemingly never saw a Korean release. Though it appears to be a simple placeholder as most of the files within appear to be identical to the ones in RomFS\mess\JP_Japanese.zdat, including mostly unlocalized Japanese text. However, its test.msbt appears to have some differences, along with RI.mstl. Look into the RI.mstl files found within most archives in RomFE\mess. They appear to be slightly different in each archive.

Mario Party: The Top 100 is the third and final installment in the Mario Party series for the 3DS. It is a compilation of minigames taken from previous games in the series, upgraded with new graphics, sound, amiibo functionality, online capabilities, and slightly tweaked rulesets for some minigames.

Unused Text

To do: Check the formatting on these. A lot of these messages seem to include codes that likely correspond to things like symbols in the game's fonts.

RomFS\mess\US_English.zdat\test.msbt

Found within most archives at RomFS\mess is a file called test.msbt, a file inherited from Mario Party: Star Rush that contains various test strings. While most are unremarkable, this file contains strings that reference a handful of popular films and manga.

Message ID	Message	Translation	Note
mg0_caption000	スタート！	Start!
mginst_test_000	ミニゲームルール&そうさせつめい	Minigame Rules & Instructions
mginst_test_001	OK
mginst_test_002	COM
nex129_test_000	US_English
nickname_test_000	1Pニックネーム1	1P Nickname 1
nickname_test_001	1Pニックネーム2	1P Nickname 2
nickname_test_002	1Pニックネーム3	1P Nickname 3
nickname_test_003	2Pニックネーム1	2P Nickname 1
nickname_test_004	2Pニックネーム2	2P Nickname 2
nickname_test_005	2Pニックネーム3	2P Nickname 3
nst_sample000	テストテスト	Test test
nst_sample001	マティーニを。ステアじゃなくシェイクで	Martini. Shaken, not stirred	A quote famously spoken by James Bond in the 1964 movie Goldfinger.
nst_sample002	あったかいふとんでぐっすりねる！こんなたのしいことがほかにあるか。	Sleeping in a warm futon! Is there anything more enjoyable than that?	A quote from Volume 6, chapter 89 of Doraemon.
nst_sample003	すべてをうしなってからはじめてやりたいことをやるじゆうをてにすることができる。	It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.	A quote from the 1999 movie Fight Club.
nst_sample004			Seemingly empty.
nst_sample005			Ditto.
nst_sample006	ロディ、キミは	You are Rody
nst_sample007	foo,bar[0]テスト	foo,bar[0]test
sample_scalable	! "# $ % & ' () * + , -./ 0123456789:; <=>?@‘‚“„AaÁáBbCcDdEeÉéFfGgHhIi ÍíJjKkLlMm NnOoÓóPpQqR‹Œr’”S›œs¡«»¿ÀŠÂà ÄÇÈÊËÌTÎÏÑÒtÔÕÖÙÛÜßàUâãäçèuêë ìÚîïñòúôõöùûüVvWwXxYyZz ªºʳᵉ№ –—°→~\−•‣©®™€　^´ [_a][_o][_er][_re][_e]ʳᵉ−‣°~㍷㍸㍹㍴㍵ ||
sample__sys	! "# $ % & ' () * + , -./ 0123456789:; <=>?@‘‚“„AaÁáBbCcDdEeÉéFfGgHhIi ÍíJjKkLlMm NnOoÓóPpQqR‹Œr’”S›œs¡«»¿ÀŠÂà ÄÇÈÊËÌTÎÏÑÒtÔÕÖÙÛÜßàUâãäçèuêë ìÚîïñòúôõöùûüVvWwXxYyZz ªºʳᵉ№ –—°→~\−•‣©®™€　^´ [_a][_o][_er][_re][_e]ʳᵉ−‣°~㍷㍸㍹㍴㍵ ||
test_009	1[_er] 1[_re] 3[_e] 2[_a] 4[_o] 1ʳ 6ᵉ − ‣ °~ ^´ç`ñÑ ìÎ òabcdeqwiedksl ||
test_009_sclbl	[bp]あ[bh]れ[bc]た [ba]ジャ[bb]か[bx]し [by]お[bl]わ[br]は [bsl]い[_nfc]な ||
test_026	X スキップ	X Skip

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\EU_Dutch.zdat\test.msbt

This file is near identical to the file in RomFS\mess\US_English.zdat, but two of the strings have been overwritten with different text.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	EU_Dutch
test_009	[bp]あ[bh]ボ[bc]た[ba]ジャ[bb]い[bx]し[by]す[bl]わ[bb]は[bsl]れ[_nfc]な

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\EU_German.zdat\test.msbt

Identical to RomFS\mess\EU_Dutch.zdat's file, but nex129_test_00 has been overwritten with the appropriate localization marker.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	EU_German

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\EU_Italian.zdat\test.msbt

Ditto.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	EU_Italian

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\EU_French.zdat\test.msbt

Same.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	EU_French

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\EU_English.zdat\test.msbt

A bit more of the same.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	EU_English

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\EU_Spanish.zdat\test.msbt

Even more of the same.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	EU_Spanish

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\JP_Japanese.zdat\test.msbt

This same text is also present in the RomFS\mess\KR_Korean.zdat file.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	JP_Japanese

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\US_French.zdat\test.msbt

Way more of the same.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	US_French

(Source: CometMedal)

RomFS\mess\US_Spanish.zdat\test.msbt

And lastly... the same.

Message ID	Message
nex129_test_000	US_Spanish

(Source: CometMedal)

Unused Audio

Test Audio

Found in RomFS\sound\stream is a single audio file called TES_JIN_MGH_TEST.dspadpcm.bcstm. It is, disappointingly, four seconds of silence.

(Source: CometMedal)

Let's Get A Move On

RomFS\sound\stream contains an audio file named SM_BGM_MG014.dspadpcm, which is a remix of "Let's Get A Move On" from Mario Party 3. This suggests that at least one of the following minigames had been planned for Mario Party: The Top 100 at one point:

• Aces High
• Dizzy Dinghies
• Ridiculous Relay
• Water Whirled

Pandemonium

In Mario Party: The Top 100's song directory RomFS\sound\stream, there is a file called SM_BGM_MG037.dspadpcm. It is a remix of Mario Party 9's minigame theme "Pandemonium", which suggests that at one point at least one of the following minigames was planned for Mario Party: The Top 100:

• Flinger Painting
• Fungi Frenzy
• Hazard Hold

Mini-Game Win (Unused)

RomFS\sound\stream contains an audio file named SM_JIN_MG_WIN.dspadpcm. It's a remix of the minigame victory theme from Mario Party: Star Rush, suggesting that initially, this theme should be used for all the minigames of Mario Party: The Top 100 (unlike the final version, which is one theme for each Mario Party minigame that the respective minigame is), just like the minigame lose and tie themes.