



ni_drop.cut would have probably been used if Nigel went too far offscreen and ni_hitob.cut would have been used if Nigel hit something.Ĭrush was intended to be a playable character although he has less animations and a shorter txt file so he didn't get as far into development as Nigel. Unlike other death animations, there's no txt file to accompany these deaths. Nigel has two death animations mentioned in the files: ni_drop.cut and ni_hitob.cut. There is also no model for Nigel in the Xbox version. It is unknown why he is not present although it could have been due to not being able to get his original actor, time or budget constraints or they may have preferred to focus their full attention on the water aspect of the game rather than have an underwater aspect in the game as well. Nigel is completely absent in the final game and is never mentioned. These were never used in the final game as no other character or enemy walks or flies (as the final is entirely set underwater). Underneath his walk and fly animations are sound effects "thunk" and flap". This is unfinished as Nigel has many more animations that are not listed (dive, glide, grab, idle, jglide) which shows that he was probably cut before they finished making him. His model is present within the files however at least in the GameCube version, the textures are incomplete showing that he was cut before he was finished and he has a txt file much like the other playable characters: Judging from what can be found in the files, it seems as though Nigel was going to have two gameplay styles: one where he would have been running and jumping and another where he would have been flying. The config.txt file shows all of the characters that were planned to be playable. However, the files show that there were going to be more playable characters with completely different gameplay styles who never made it into the final game. While there are few differences among them, their gameplay styles are nearly identical they swim around in a 2D or 3D plane. The game has three playable characters: Nemo, Marlin and Dory.
