4th Gen The Mansion

[BaconFanLOL]

This isn't about the garden, but I am wondering, Is there any relevance to the side doors blocked by maids? I've been wondering for a while and have received no info.

 

[Shiny Umbreon]

This has been discussed a lot of times.

It's nothing. If you cheat to get to the doors, you aren't transported to any other room. In-game, it's probably just the rest of the rooms. I mean, normally, you don't visit a stranger's house completely, right? In Pokémon you do, though. In my opinion, there was something planned but they took it out in the end. They couldn't put anything but since it was a mansion, they couldn't leave just a hall so they put blocked entrances.

 

[BaconFanLOL]

I was thinking the same thing just that in almost every pokemon game after the gameboy generation there has been either a blocked door or a locked door and i thought this was the same thing.

 

[GalladeIceMan]

I was thinking that when Backlot whispered something to the butler I thought he went into a secret room where there are all kinds of that species of pokemon. And then set them free into the garden, so you won't think he's a blowhard. Kinda like the plot in the episode 'A Staravia is Born!' except Team Rocket doesn't want to set them free.

 

[kakarot]

I was hoping it was the same as the chubby little chap that blocked the entrance to route 224, you had to complete an event in the game before he moved.

Shame really... but you do need unsolved mysteries to keep it interesting.

;)

 

[Shadow]

It is most likely unfinished features that were ripped out at the end of production or just something to make Mr. Backlot just seem more suspicious to players, which it does succeed in doing (otherwise this thread wouldn't be here).

My guess does go to unfinished features, though in past games, when they ripped out unfinished features, they tore the door away, not just left an NPC blocking it (IE: Safari Zone in G/S/C). I have yet to see any map data for Diamond/Pearl (has anyone gotten that far in taking it apart?), but I would bet we would find a few more pieces of Backlot's mansion, or remnants of events that may have been.

That statue behind him is quite odd as well, usually a police officer is guarding it, but when he's out patrolling you can mess with it. Might be a "fun" feature or possibly the beginning of more for Backlot. There isn't even anything really pointing to him post-National Dex, so maybe there was going to be an event to lead up to him and letting players know his garden changed and had some old Pokemon (since I haven't seen any indication of this feature other than online guides).

Erg, just me blabbing on and on. Just like that blasted Tootsie Roll Pop, we may never know the truth behind what Game Freak had planned (or didn't at all!) for their Backlot center of their Pokemon Pop. Cursed analogies.

 

[Shiny]

I think there will be some event involving the Pokemon Manson & the Old Chateu as suggested before