Prerelease and unused content in New Horizons

The following is a list of prerelease and unused content in.

E3 2019
was formally revealed in E3 2019, although many elements of the game had changed from its reveal on June 11, 2019 to its release on March 20, 2020.

Notably, grass patterns are confined to a small circle and spread around the island, unlike the final game featuring a more uniform grass pattern scattered across the island. The snow also lacked a grass pattern in the reveal, with the final game featuring a circle pattern. The Call Resident app in this demo is called "Call Islander" and uses a different interface from the final game. The player also uses the Island Designer Construction Permit without a helmet in this demo. Snow in this build falls more heavy and notable than in the final game.

Fuchsia's house is different in this build of the game than the final version. While her wallpaper and flooring remained the same, Fuchsia originally featured a instead of the  in the final game. Her house layout also changed, with the, , , , , , , and in a different placement in the initial build. Fuchsia's was also in the Coral Pink variant than the Fire Red variant. Additionally, the Red Cute Floor Lamp's shade was colored white in this build instead of red in the final build.

Nintendo Direct 9.4.19
Although much of had been finalized in this build, there are some elements that differ a bit from the final game. Rosie's name bubble was originally colored dark blue than light blue in the final game. Similarly, Angus previous featured a brown name bubble compared to his orange name bubble in the final game. Outside of the DIY Recipe app, item names were lowercase instead of the sentence case that was included in the final product. The interface that appears whenever a player eats an edible item is colored red and does not feature an limit identicator.

New Horizons version 1.0.0
Despite version 1.0.0 being the final build of, there were notable changes in version 1.1.0 made to specific images for certain assets. These included:

Special characters
Currently as of version 1.11.0, data exists for the following Special characters that are not present in the game outside of existing posters obtainable from Nook Shopping. This includes their game id, birthday, and name bubble colors. • Blanca

• Booker

• Brewster

• Chip

• Copper

• Digby

• DJ KK

• Don

• Gracie

• Grams

• Harriet

• Joan

• Kapp'n

• Katie

• Katrina

• Leila

• Leilani

• Lottie

• Lyle

• Nat

• Pelly

• Pete

• Phineas

• Phyllis

• Porter

• Resetti

• Shrunk

• Tortimer

• Wendell

Returning special characters
As of version 1.11.0, the following special characters were added in the game via updates and are no longer considered unused data. • Cyrus

• Franklin

• Jack

• Jingle

• Leif

• Luna

• Pascal

• Pavé

• Redd

• Reese

• Rover

• Zipper

DJ KK
Prior to the 1.1.0 update, data exists of DJ KK's icon.

Vegetables
Vegetables were discovered in version 1.0.0 of, with several strings being unused: "VegetableTomato", VegetableWheat, "VegetableSugarCane", "VegetablePotato", "VegetableCarrot", "VegatableSquash", "SquashOrange" (Orange Pumpkin), "SquashYellow" (Yellow Pumpkin), "SquashGreen" (Green Pumpkin), and "SquashWhite" (White Pumpkin). The latter four also had some leftover icons before it and the vegetable names were removed in version 1.1.0.

Vegetables would reappear in version 1.4.0 with the following strings: "VgtTomato", "VgtWheat", "VgtSugarCane", "VgtPotato", "VgtCarrot", and "VgtSquash". A new bush was also discovered called Plumeria.

As of 1.11.0, there exists five "vegetables" in the game, the, , , , and.

The Roost
As of 1.11.0, The Roost has not been added to, yet existing data has been uncovered regarding The Roost's presence in the game.

In version 1.0.0, a executable file known as IdrMuseumCafe00 suggested that the Museum would have a room dedicated to the Roost. This was promptly removed in version 1.1.0, alongside the modification of any villager dialogues that reference Brewster.

In version 1.10.0, assets regarding The Roost resurfaced, with evidence that a Cafe entrance, a new string called "cCafe", and a third floor of the Museum that was highly suggested to be the location of The Roost. Version 1.11.0 introduced a new flag setting called "cNpcMemory:TalkProgressMuseumBuiltCafe".

Gyroids
As of 1.11.0, Gyroids have not been present in, however preexisting files in 's datamine confirms that Gyroid had been present in the game, but were unused.

A 1.0.0 executable file exists as "IdrMuseumHaniwa", suggesting that Gyroids were to be given a seperate room in the Museum. This file, alongside any dialogue that mention Gyroids, were removed in version 1.1.0. Another string, "35_Gyroid", surfaced in version 1.4.0, once again suggesting the inclusion of Gyroids.

Miscellaneous
Evidence for sewing and dishes could have be found in the game's strings prior to their removal in version 1.4.0. These were known as "Ftr_Cooking" and "Ftr_Sewing". Event flows were also found for Nat and Chip, suggesting that they were replaced far into development.

A Portuguese translation of has also been found in the game, with European Portuguese ("EUpt") and Brazilian Portuguese ("USpt") having existed in the game's files.