Pikmin 3 Deleted Character (2013)

The Pikmin franchise is one of Nintendo's current popular video game series. With the first adaptation coming out in 2001 and its sequel being released in 2005, both recieved critical acclaim. The third installment, Pikmin 3, spent 8 years in development hell.

The game went through several different phases. For starters, it was originally intended for the Wii, but eventually moved up to the Wii U, allegedly removing some gameplay elements. A lot of these elements remain undiscovered, but one element that we know for sure was part of the game was a 4th playable unnamed character. He or she is visible in some early concept art, and it is said that the character wasn't removed until late in the game's development.

No video footage can be found of this 4th character as he or she never appeared in any trailers or demos. With the Wii U having only been out for a year, many game hackers are still having trouble cracking the codes to get into the console's games, so there's no knowing if the character exists in the game's source code somewhere. The code could be hiding many early gameplay mechanics, too. Until the secret is unraveled, the concept art is all that remains of this mysterious 4th character.