>>36548139"N's concept artwork and the accompanying notes indicate that the puzzle cube might have been relevant to the game's plot at one point and was going to show a central cube with a keyhole that would appear when the puzzle was solved."
Got it from bulbapedo but i can't confirm it as i don't know Japanese to look it up and nobody else seems to have brought it up
About N, in his initial draft they mention that he 'can see people's past and future' and that its rumored that he 'was born from pokemon' as well as his high IQ, i can only wonder where they were going with that