Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Also known as: Hoshi no Kirby Wii (JP), Kirby’s Adventure Wii (EU/AU) Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: October 27, 2011 Released in US: October 24, 2011 Released in EU: November 25, 2011 Released in AU: December 1, 2011 Released in KR: September 6, 2012 This game has unused animations. This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused objects. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has anti-piracy features. This game has a prerelease article

Kirby's Return to Dream Land is a Wii game that came out as the result of 3 games such as a 2.5D side-scroller akin to Kirby Super Star, a full 3D platformer, and a fully 2D cel-shaded styled platformer getting cancelled! The 2.5D side-scroller concept, however was retained in the final game. The challenge stages from the subsequent Kirby's Dream Collection use the same engine, as do the next three mainline games (Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot, and Kirby Star Allies).

A remake (with a redesigned King Dedede & Meta Knight) called Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe was released on Nintendo Switch in February 2023.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Unused animations, there's a lot more of them. Unused textures, same as the animations. Unused graphics, such as of an unused file select design and the Master Crown completion crown. Magolor enemy and other unused enemy behaviors too. Add filenames and file directories of everything possible. More regional differences to be documented. Clean this up in general.

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Prerelease Info

Unused Graphics Red Kirby?

Unused Animations No Walking Allowed!

Unused Music & Audio Why are there so many unused versions of the music?

Unused Models Some doors and projectiles here.

Debug Mode Remnants

Hitbox viewer

To do: Find a fix for game freezes when entering certain sub-games like The Arena including it's True counterpart and when picking up objects, such as keys. Find codes for other regions if possible.

Although most debugging options were taken out, a hit-box viewer mode remains. It can be accessed with this code in the US version:

04356ADC 38600001

There are many different types of hitboxes, all with a different color:

• Damaging hitboxes are colored red.
• Yellow corresponds to hurtboxes.
• Grab hitboxes are colored green.
• Light green hitboxes don't allow the playable character to perform idle animations if they are near a damaging hitbox.

While it appears playable characters and enemies have orange hitboxes on them, they're actually a hurtbox and a damaging hitbox stacked on top of each other. Hitboxes will continue to display even when pausing.

Unused Movies

Trying to load any of these cutscenes in place of one with dialogue will cause the text of the latter to appear onscreen as the former plays.

Prototype_Movie_OP

This cutscene is almost identical to a part of the game's opening showing Magolor's spaceship, the Lor Starcutter, losing its parts, except there are a few effects missing as it exits the portal and it plays "Limitless Power". It cuts to a black screen as the mast floats away before the music fades out.

The name of this unused cutscene is at the bottom-right of the screen. "OP" might stand for "opening".

To view the movie in-game, select the cutscene "A Visitor from Afar" with this code in the Japanese version.

0476949C 4F70656E
047694A0 696E675F
047694A4 48512E6D

Prototype_Movie_ED

"Once Cleared, the Fun Begins" plays as the Lor Starcutter, missing several of its parts, floats in the middle of what seems to be a black void with faint white streaks in the background. The Lor's oars, left wing, right wing, emblem, and mast then appear one by one and attach themselves with a lightning effect. The star on the emblem glows and the cutscene fades to white before panning out to the Lor Starcutter resting on the ground and making various exterior shots. It then fades to black with plain white text stating "To Be Continued" before the music fades out as well. Oddly, there's a duplicate file of this movie under the filename "Ending_BitrateFixed.mo"

Much like Prototype_Movie_OP, the name of this cutscene is at the bottom-right corner of the screen. "ED" might stand for "ending".

To view the movie in-game, select the cutscene "Right Wing Restored!" with this code in the Japanese version.

047694B0 456E6469
047694B4 6E675F48
047694B8 512E6D6F
047694BC 00000000

To view the duplicate movie in-game, select the cutscene "Let Me Explain Everything" with this code in the Japanese version.

04769518 456E6469
0476951C 6E675F42
04769520 69747261
04769524 74654669
04769528 7865642E

Unnamed Cutscene

This cutscene starts with a countdown from 3 to 1 with white numbers on a black screen. It then plays out very similarly to Prototype_Movie_ED, except the black void now has a purple tone, the faint white streaks are much more visible pink and blue streaks, and it fades to black after the star on the emblem glows.

Unlike the other two unused cutscenes, this one has a logo in the top-left corner reading "HAL LABORATORY, INC." in a different font than the other two cutscenes' titles.

To view the movie in-game, select the cutscene "Left Wing Restored!" with this code in the Japanese version.

047694C4 4D6F7669
047694C8 65303830
047694CC 322E6D6F
047694D0 00000000

Unused Objects

Unused Switch

An unused but fully functional switch that functions similarly to switches that hang from ceilings.

(Source: Reserved)

Unused Enemy

A fully animated, pink plant enemy named Hearbell. Judging by its animations, it likely would have functioned very similarly to the Pacto enemy. It may have inspired the Pacflower enemy in Kirby: Triple Deluxe seen below.

(Source: Nulog - #星のカービィWii　没敵「ヒアーベル」)

Unused Abilities

Super Spark

‎Super Spark Copy Ability

The only remnant of this lost ability is its Copy Ability texture. Unfortunately, the rest of this ability's remaining data, which is just its HUD icon was completely overwritten with the one for Ultra Sword. The Ultra Sword icon that overwrote Super Spark's icon is exactly the same as the one used for Ultra Sword in the actual game, likely suggesting that the HUD icon for Super Spark was overwritten later in development. Note that unlike the normal Spark ability, which has a cyan color palette, this graphic has a green color palette.

• 

  Ability Star Render

Super Cutter

‎Super Cutter Copy Ability

Several files related to the unused Super Cutter ability remain on the disc: the ability's icon, the HUD hat graphic, and the models for the hat and cutter weapon. It may have been scrapped because of its extreme similarity to the Ultra Sword ability. The HUD graphic also has the black outlines present in the E3 2011 gameplay footage.

• 

  Hat Model Angled View

• 

  Hat Model Profile View

• 

  Hat Model Frontal View

• 

  Super Cutter Weapon

• 

  HUD Graphic

• 

  Ability Star Render

(Source: Nulog - 星のカービィWii　没になったスーパー能力)

Kirby is also completely animated, as he has animations for throwing the Cutter and catching it. He only lacks the "AbilityGet" and "FirstAttack" animations.

• 

  CutterSuperThrow Kirby throwing the cutter

• 

  CutterSuperCatch Kirby catching the cutter

• 

  AirCutterSuperThrowKirby throws the cutter in midair

• 

  AirCutterSuperCatchKirby catches the cutter in midair

Unused Text

Despite having unused content of literally anything else you can think of, the unused text in this game isn't a lot. However, there are still some things to go over.

LvMap.msbt

The file containing the level names to display on their splash screens and level maps has one piece of unused text in all versions except Japanese and Korean. The entry containing it IS used exclusively in the Japanese and Korean versions of the game, but the international versions still have some text that wasn't wiped from the file.

Entry	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
Lv8Title_00	The Final Battle	Le combat final	Der letzte Kampf	La battaglia finale	La batalla final

The entry originally contained "The last battle in another dimension" in Japanese and Korean, used for Another Dimension's subtitle in its splash screen. Subtitles aren't used in international versions of the game, so it's obvious why this was unused. What is not so obvious is why this was left-in and translated.

Name.msbt

This file contains ability and boss names. Four entries in it are unused in all versions of the game.

Entry	Japanese	English	Canadian French	European French	German	Italian	Latin American Spanish	Iberian Spanish	Korean
CharaGrandLowperGuard	グランドローパー　ガード (Grand Lowper Guard)	Grand Doomer (Guard)	Chimair royal (gardien)	Chimair royal (garde)	Uralter Sphärenspuk (Block)	Fenix di fuoco (guardia)	Gran Esfespectro (guardia)	Gran espectrosfera (defensa)	그랜드 로퍼 가드 (Grand Lowper Guard)
CharaGrandLowperHeal	グランドローパー　チャージ (Grand Lowper Charge)	Grand Doomer (Charge)	Chimair royal (attaque)	Chimair royal (charge)	Uralter Sphärenspuk (Angriff)	Fenix di fuoco (carica)	Gran Esfespectro (ataque)	Gran espectrosfera (ataque)	그랜드 로퍼 챠지 (Grand Lowper Charge)
AbilityLandia	ランディア (Landia)	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia	랜디아 (Landia)
AbilitySuperCutter	No text

AbilityLandia was supposed to be used as Landia's name in the HUD when playable in Another Dimension. However, the final game pulls from their boss name instead. AbilitySuperCutter is empty in all versions, but it was meant to be used as the name in the HUD for the cut Super Cutter Super Ability. By far, the most interesting entries are CharaGrandLowperGuard and CharaGrandLowperHeal. Based on the original Japanese text and the entries' names, it's likely that these boss names would've been used when fighting Grand Doomer when in its protected form and charging state respectively. Seems like most languages outside of English misinterpret "Charge" as an attacking state rather than a literal energy charge state.

Pause.msbt

The file containing pause creen text has some unused text.

Entry	Japanese	English	Canadian French	European French	German	Italian	Spanish	Korean
AblMetaDash	ダッシュ (Dash)	Dash	Se ruer	Courir	Spurten	Scatto	Correr	대시 (Dash)

The entry AblMetaDash is for the name of Meta Knight's run, performed by double tapping any sideways direction. It's unknown why Meta Knight specifically has text for this, since none of the other characters save for Kirby have them. It's likely that every character was supposed to have their basic controls laid out, or that Meta Knight had a unique dash, as Copy Abilities that have unique dash moves, such as Water, list them in the pause menu. There's no corresponding input entry for this move.

Ship.msbt

There are three entries in the file for Magolor's dialogue while in the Lor that go unused. This file contains ability and boss names. Two entries in it are unused in all versions of the game.

Entry	Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Korean
MahoroaSpeak_P5_1B_00	test	test	test	test	test	test	test
MahoroaSpeak_P5_2A_00	test	test	test	test	test	test	test
MahoroaSpeak_P5_2B_00	test	test	test	test	test	test	test

These entries are part of a group related to Magolor's dialogue when Kirby gets the final Lor Starcutter piece and restores it back to its old self. These come right after Magolor's last line of dialogue in that cutscene. The fact that they exist imply that said cutscene wasn't originally planned to load the "Halcandra: A New Enemy" movie, and Magolor could be talked to again after he finished speaking.

(Source: Vyroz)

Unused Scripting

Kirby's Return to Dream Land introduces a new scripting language called Mint, which is used in this and later Kirby games to describe large parts of the game's behavior. All the functions in Mint bytecode files have full names and type signatures. There are also leftover functions clearly from the development of Mint tooling, which overlapped with the game itself.

There exists a class User.Tsuruoka.MintTest with content

• (static field) intVal of type int
• (function) void func1()
• (function) void func2()
• (function) void Hello()
• (function) int StaticReturnTest()

The bytecode for the Hello function performs two function calls: Mint.Debug.puts("Hello, World!!"); App.Alert.Print("こんにちわ、世界");

Removed Maps

The file fdg/Archive.dat contains, among other things, the paths to all of the game's map files, plus a whole 335 test and other maps which were completely removed before release:

map/step/test/bg/Aaa00.dat

map/step/test/bg/Airfort.dat
map/step/test/bg/Airisland.dat
map/step/test/bg/Airtemple.dat
map/step/test/bg/Airtemple2.dat
map/step/test/bg/Bridge.dat
map/step/test/bg/Cave.dat
map/step/test/bg/Cavenormal.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge01.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge02.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge03.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge04.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge05.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge06.dat
map/step/test/bg/Challenge07.dat
map/step/test/bg/Desert.dat
map/step/test/bg/Factory.dat
map/step/test/bg/Final.dat
map/step/test/bg/Gckbeach.dat
map/step/test/bg/Gckcloud.dat
map/step/test/bg/Grass.dat
map/step/test/bg/Icebldg.dat
map/step/test/bg/Icecave.dat
map/step/test/bg/Landia.dat
map/step/test/bg/Lava.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap1.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap2.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap3.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap4.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap5.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap6.dat
map/step/test/bg/Levelmap7.dat
map/step/test/bg/Log.dat
map/step/test/bg/Lowper.dat
map/step/test/bg/Lowper2.dat
map/step/test/bg/Oasis.dat
map/step/test/bg/Pyrmid.dat
map/step/test/bg/Sea.dat
map/step/test/bg/Seatemple.dat
map/step/test/bg/Ship.dat
map/step/test/bg/Shooting.dat
map/step/test/bg/Snow.dat
map/step/test/bg/Subway.dat
map/step/test/bg/Sun.dat
map/step/test/bg/Volcano.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability06.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability07.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability08.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability09.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability10.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability11.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability12.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability13.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability14.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability15.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability16.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability17.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability18.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability19.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability20.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability21.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability22.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability23.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability24.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability25.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability26.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability27.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability28.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability29.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability30.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability31.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability32.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability33.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability34.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability35.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability36.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability37.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Ability38.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss06.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss07.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss08.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss09.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Boss10.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Capture01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Capture02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Capture03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Capture04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Capture05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Capture06.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Food01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss06.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss07.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Mboss08.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Muteki01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Muteki02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Muteki03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Muteki04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Muteki05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Muteki06.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Shooting01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Shooting02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Shooting03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Shooting04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Super01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Super02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Super03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Super04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Super05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako01.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako02.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako03.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako04.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako05.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako06.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako07.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako08.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako09.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako10.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako11.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako12.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako13.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako14.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako15.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako16.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako17.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako18.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako19.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako20.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako21.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako22.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako23.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako24.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako25.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako26.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako27.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako28.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako29.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako30.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako31.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako32.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako33.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako34.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako35.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako36.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako37.dat
map/step/test/enemy/Zako38.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Block01.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Block02.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Block03.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Block04.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field01.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field02.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field03.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field04.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field05.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field06.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field07.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field08.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field09.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field10.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field11.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field12.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field13.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field14.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field15.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field16.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field17.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field18.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field19.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field20.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Field21.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other01.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other02.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other03.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other04.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other05.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other06.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other07.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other08.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other09.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other10.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other11.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other12.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other13.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other14.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other15.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other16.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other17.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other18.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other19.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other20.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other21.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other22.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other23.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other24.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other25.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other26.dat
map/step/test/gimmick/Other30.dat
map/step/test/hero/Ability00.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability01.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability02.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability03.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability04.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability05.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability06.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability07.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability08.dat
map/step/test/item/Ability09.dat
map/step/test/item/Food01.dat
map/step/test/item/Food02.dat
map/step/test/item/Other01.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test00.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test01.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test02.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test03.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test04.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test05.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test06.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test07.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test08.dat
map/step/user/akaike/Test09.dat
map/step/user/atono/Test00.dat
map/step/user/atono/Test01.dat
map/step/user/atono/Test02.dat
map/step/user/endo/Test00.dat
map/step/user/endo/Test01.dat
map/step/user/endo/Test02.dat
map/step/user/fujiura/Test00.dat
map/step/user/fujiura/Test01.dat
map/step/user/fujiura/Test02.dat
map/step/user/fukunaga/Test00.dat
map/step/user/fukunaga/Test01.dat
map/step/user/fukunaga/Test02.dat
map/step/user/h_itoh/Test00.dat
map/step/user/h_itoh/Test01.dat
map/step/user/h_itoh/Test02.dat
map/step/user/hasiguti/Test00.dat
map/step/user/hasiguti/Test01.dat
map/step/user/hasiguti/Test02.dat
map/step/user/hasikura/Test00.dat
map/step/user/hasikura/Test01.dat
map/step/user/hasikura/Test02.dat
map/step/user/hondayu/Test00.dat
map/step/user/hondayu/Test01.dat
map/step/user/hondayu/Test02.dat
map/step/user/ishiguro/Test00.dat
map/step/user/ishiguro/Test01.dat
map/step/user/ishiguro/Test02.dat
map/step/user/kamitake/Test00.dat
map/step/user/kamitake/Test01.dat
map/step/user/kamitake/Test02.dat
map/step/user/kamitake/Test03.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test00.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test01.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test02.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test03.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test04.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test05.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test06.dat
map/step/user/kamiyama/Test07.dat
map/step/user/kamochi/Test00.dat
map/step/user/kamochi/Test01.dat
map/step/user/kamochi/Test02.dat
map/step/user/kawahara/Test00.dat
map/step/user/kawahara/Test01.dat
map/step/user/kawahara/Test02.dat
map/step/user/kikkawa/Test00.dat
map/step/user/kikkawa/Test01.dat
map/step/user/kikkawa/Test02.dat
map/step/user/minami/Test00.dat
map/step/user/minami/Test01.dat
map/step/user/minami/Test02.dat
map/step/user/morisita/Test00.dat
map/step/user/morisita/Test01.dat
map/step/user/morisita/Test02.dat
map/step/user/nagata/Test00.dat
map/step/user/nagata/Test01.dat
map/step/user/nagata/Test02.dat
map/step/user/nakano/Test00.dat
map/step/user/nakano/Test01.dat
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map/step/user/noriko/Test00.dat
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map/step/user/nozue/Test00.dat
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map/step/user/otoguro/Test00.dat
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map/step/user/sugano/Test00.dat
map/step/user/sugano/Test01.dat
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map/step/user/sumitomo/Test00.dat
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map/step/user/sumitomo/Test02.dat
map/step/user/sumitomo/Test03.dat
map/step/user/sumitomo/Test04.dat
map/step/user/sumitomo/Test05.dat
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map/step/user/tajima/Test00.dat
map/step/user/tajima/Test01.dat
map/step/user/tajima/Test02.dat
map/step/user/takahasi/Test00.dat
map/step/user/takahasi/Test01.dat
map/step/user/takahasi/Test02.dat
map/step/user/tanifuji/Test00.dat
map/step/user/tanifuji/Test01.dat
map/step/user/tanifuji/Test02.dat
map/step/user/uchida/Test00.dat
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map/step/user/uchida/Test02.dat

Regional Differences

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In the Japanese and Korean versions of the game, during the tutorial, a red circle will appear whenever an action is properly completed. In the American and European versions, a green check mark will appear instead. This is likely because tests in Japanese schools have circles represent correct answers while check marks represent wrong answers, whereas it is the opposite in international schools.

This change is also in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot, Kirby Battle Royale, Kirby Star Allies, and the challenge stages included in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition.

Each location's name differs from Japanese into other languages. The Japanese and Korean versions in particular have English text underneath the respective Japanese/Korean writing in-game. The Korean version re-uses the English translations from the Japanese version, even if the actual Korean writing is different.

Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Latin American Spanish	European Spanish	Korean
Pop Star (ポップスター)	Planet Popstar	Planète Pop	Planet Pop	Pianeta Pop	Planeta Pop		Pop Star (팝스타)
Halcandra (ハルカンドラ)	Halcandra						Halcandra (할캔드라)
Lor Starcutter (天かける船 ローア) The internal filename is "Roah", but "Lor Starcutter" is the provided English translation.	Lor Starcutter	Galéronef Lor	Sternenkreuzer Lor	Astrobarca Lor	Astrovelero Lor		Lor Starcutter (하늘배 로아)
Cookie Country (クッキーカントリー)	Cookie Country	Prairie paisible	Keks-Kulisse	Bosco Biscotto	Campiña Caramelo	Praderas Piruleta	Cookie Grassland (쿠키 초원)
Raisin Ruins (レーズンルインズ)	Raisin Ruins	Arène Aride	Rosinen-Ruinen	Deserto Dattero	Oasis Orégano	Ruinas Remolacha	Raisin Ruins (건포도 유적저)
Onion Ocean (オニオンオーシャン)	Onion Ocean	Remous Renversants	Obst-Ozean	Spiaggia Sorbetto	Ribera Roquefort	Océano Orégano	Onion Ocean (양파 파다)
White Wafer (ホワイト ウェハース)	White Wafers	Falaise Frissonnante	Endlose Eiswaffeln	Monte Meringa	Ocaso de Obleas	Carámbanos Caramelo	White Wafers (웨하스 빙하)
Nuts Noon (ナッツ ヌーン)	Nutty Noon	Ascension Azurée	Nussiger Nachmittag	Frontiera Frittella	Nubes de Nata		Peanut Sky (땅콩 하늘)
Egger Engines (エッガー エンジンズ)	Egg Engines	Imbroglio Industriel	Eier-Elektrik	Industrie Involtino	Artefactos Almendra	Maquinaria Menta	Egg Engine (달꺌 엔진)
Dangerous Dinner (デンジャラスディナー)	Dangerous Dinner	Terrain Tonitruant	Nacho-Nervenkitzel	Cena Cimentosa	Rocas de Rábano	Volcán Vainilla	Dangerous Dinner (위험한 디너)
The last battle in another dimension (ザラストバトルインアナザーディメンション)	Another Dimension	Dimension parallèle	Eine andere Dimension	Un'altra dimensione	Dimensión Paralela		Final Battle (마지막 승부)

The first letter of levels 1 to 7 are also used to form a word in some languages, linked to the end of the game.

English	French	German	Latin American Spanish
C-R-O-W-N-E-D	P-A-R-F-A-I-T	K-R-O-E-N-E-N	C-O-R-O-N-A-R

Three of the five Super Abilities' names were also changed.

English	Japanese
Flare Beam	Miracle Beam (ミラクルビーム)
Monster Flame	Dragon Storm (ドラゴストーム)
Grand Hammer	Gigaton Hammer (ギガトンハンマー)

Almost all of the boss names had further alterations from Japanese into other languages. The only exception is HR-D3, whose name is the same in all regional versions. In most cases, the English translations of the Japanese names are provided by their filenames, though they don't always fully match the Japanese reading.

Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Korean
Sphere Lowper (スフィアローパー)	Sphere Doomer	Chimair sphère	Sphärenspuk	Fenix Sferix	Esfespectro (Latin American Spanish) Espectrosfera (European Spanish)	Sphere Roper (스피어 로퍼)
Gigant Edge (ギガントエッジ)	Gigant Edge	Gigalame	Schwert-Koloss	Mega cavaliere	Filo Gigante	Gigant Edge (기간트 에지)
Whispy Woods (ウィスピーウッズ)	Whispy Woods	Whispy Woods	Whispy Woods	Whispy Woods	Whispy Woods	Whispy Woods (위스피 우드)
Bonkers (ボンカース)	Bonkers	Bonkers	Bonkers	Bonkers	Bonkers	Bonkers (본커스)
Kings Doo (キングスドゥ)	King Doo	Roi Doo	König Glubsch	Re Doo	Rey Doo	Doo King (두 왕)
Water Galboros (ウォーターガルボロス)	Water Galboros	Aqua Galboros	Wasser-Galboros	Galboros d'acqua	Galboamo acuático	Water Galboros (워터겔보로스)
Mr. Doubter (Mr.ダウター)	Mr. Dooter	M. Raddjah	Jonglier-Dschinn	Mr. Turbantik	Sr. Enigmante	Mr. Dooter (Mr. 두터)
Zan Kibble (ザンキブル)	Kibble Blade	Seigneur Hache	Ritter Rammkamm	Ser de' Zac	Gladiosharpe	Zan Kibble (잔키블)
Moundeath (マウンデス)	Moundo	Grabuge	Opa Klops	Monte sumo	Montaño	Moundeath (마운데스)
Fatty Buffer (ファッティバッファー)	Fatty Puffer	Grodruche	Dicklipp	Pesce pallone	Gordiglobo	Fatty Puffer (패티 푸퍼)
Super Bonkers (スーパーボンカース)	Super Bonkers	Super Bonkers	Super Bonkers	Super Bonkers	Mega Bonkers	Super Bonkers (슈퍼 본커스)
Goriath (ゴリアテ)	Goriath	Goriath	Goriath	Gorilla polare	Goriath	Goriath (고리아스)
Dubior (ドゥビア)	Dubior	Dubior	Dubior	Dubior	Dubior	Dubior (두비어)
Grand Lowper (グランドローパー)	Grand Doomer	Chimair royal	Uralter Sphärenspuk	Fenix di fuoco	Gran Esfespectro (Latin American Spanish) Gran espectrosfera (European Spanish)	Grand Roper (그랜드 로퍼)
Metal General (メタルジェネラル)	Metal General	Général Métal	Metall-Marschall	Metallobot	General Metal	Metal General (메탈 제너럴)
Landia (ランディア)	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia	Landia (랜디아)
Roah & Mahoroa (ローア＆マホロア)	Lor & Magolor	Lor & Magolor	Lor & Magolor	Lor & Magolor	Lor y Maglor	Roah & Mabeoroa (로아 & 마버로아)
Galactic Knight (ギャラクティックナイト)	Galacta Knight	Galacta Knight	Ultra-Knight	Galacta Knight	Galacta Knight	Galactic Knight (갤럭틱 나이트)
Mahoroa (マホロア)	Magolor	Magolor	Magolor	Magolor	Maglor	Mabeoroa (마버로아)
Mahoroa Soul (マホロア ソウル)	Magolor Soul	Âme de Magolor	Magolor-Seele	Spettro Magolor	Espíritu de Maglor	Mabeoroa Soul (마버로아 소울)

"Mr. Dooter" is parsed "Mr Dooter" in the English version of Kirby's Adventure Wii, which appears to be the only major text difference between the two English versions.

The harder bosses found in Extra Mode and The True Arena are given the "EX" suffix in the Japanese, English, French, Latin American Spanish and Korean localizations, the "X" suffix in the German and Italian versions and the "+" suffix in the European Spanish localizations.

The name of the Scope Shot sub-game and its exclusive enemies were changed as well.

English	Japanese
Scope Shot	Gun Gun Busters (ガンガンバスターズ)
Waddle Tank	Wado Tank (ワドタンク)
Mecha Kawasaki	Iron Kawasaki (アイアンカワサキ)
Robo Dedede	Dedede Robo (デデデロボ)

1-Ups

Like with the games Kirby: Canvas Curse, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot and Kirby Star Allies, the models for the 1-Ups for the Main and Extra modes change depending on what language the player set the Wii to.

Japanese, English, Italian, and Korean	French	Spanish

Japanese, English, Italian, and Korean	French	Spanish

Oddities

• Some brstm files are headed with "KbyW", "Kby" or "ST_KBYW/ST_KbyW" while others are headed with "IUK" combined with the presence of a "KbyF" prefix in some of Kirby's Epic Yarn's music may hint at "KbyW" being the third cancelled prototype game.
• "Beyond the Hill"'s filename, ST_IUK_KBYW_CANYON1.brstm, implies it was meant to be used in Raisin Ruins rather than Cookie Country.
• IUK_FISH1.brstm is used as the Hub theme for Raisin Ruins, the desert world rather than Onion Ocean, the ocean/beach world.
• "Perfect Sledding Weather", the theme for the fourth stage of White Wafers, is calledST_KBYW_CACTUS1.brstm internally. This, along with its upbeat Western theme, implies that it was also intended for Raisin Ruins.
• ST_KbyW_COLD1.brstm is a wintry-sounding song that would fit right into White Wafers, but is instead used as the hub stage theme for Nutty Noon, the sky world.
• "Pressure Panic"'s internal filename is KbyW_BOSS_TYU2.brstm, implying that at one point it was a mid-boss theme. ("tyu" is an alternate Romanization of "chuu", referring to 中ボス chuu-boss, a Japanese term for mid-bosses.)
• "Guardian Angel Landia" is referred to as a stage theme in its filename, ST_IUK_KAZAN1.brstm. It might have been an early stage theme for Dangerous Dinner, as "Kazan" is Japanese for Volcano.
• st_halberd.brstm is "Fly, Kirby!", the theme of Another Dimension. The famous Halberd is nowhere in the final game, but a pre-release trailer for the GameCube Kirby game showed that the Halberd was intended to appear in said game, likely indicating the song name as a leftover. (This also serves to explain why the "Triumphant Return" riff from Kirby Super Star is in the song.)
• b_dedede01.brstm is "Blazing! Boss Battle", the normal boss theme. b_dedede02.brstm is "Crash! Mid-Boss Tower", the cover of Dedede's theme used in Nutty Noon Stage 5. It seems these might be more leftovers from the GameCube Kirby game, in which Dedede appeared to have a more antagonistic role.
• The above-mentioned unused duplicate of "Challenging the True Arena" is called gunshooting01.brstm, which suggests that it was originally planned for use in something related to guns (Scope Shot, most likely).
• The files for the Armor Halcandle Dee enemy include a bunch of random extra textures, such as the unused versions of the Challenge Stage icons, the HUD icon for Energy Spheres, and a few textures from inside the Lor Starcutter.
• The folder for King Doo is named beholdoo, which is not its final name. This is duplicated in Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition.
• Blue Kirby's HUD icons are called "KirbyRFace." Since the HUD icons for the other Kirby colors are called "KirbyGFace" and "KirbyYFace", KirbyRFace most likely means Blue Kirby was originally going to red, like in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.
• The rock texture for the hand model for the Stone Uppercut attack for the Stone ability is named KbStoneSupreHat00. "Supre" can be interpreted as a misspelling of "Super", which combined with how the texture's filename suggests it was used for a hat, which is not where the texture is used in the final game, as well as having a similar filename format to some of the filenames of the hat textures used for the Super Abilities, likely suggests there was plans for a Super Stone ability that ended up getting cut from the game, also note that no Copy Ability star texture for it, nor any folders for said ability are present in the files.

Anti-Piracy

This game uses the MetaFortress copy protection method that was previously used in The Smurfs Dance Party. The game does this by checking for game launcher homebrew; most launchers use IOS58 to allow USB 2.0 support and grant the launcher access to vastly improved transfer rates for dumped disc-based games. However, IOS58 disables the ability to use USB 1.1. If the MetaFortress protection cannot access the older USB standard, then it triggers the protection.

If this protection is tripped, the game will intentionally crash while booting, randomly during the title screen or main menu, or upon trying to load any of the game modes on the main menu.

Internal Project Name

According to the game's sound archive and many other miscellaneous files, the project's internal name is "IUK". Some unused files are headed with "GCK" and "KbyW", which suggest earlier project names (respectively "GameCube Kirby" and "Kirby Wii").