The Legendary Starfy

The Legendary Starfy
Also known as: Densetsu no Stafy Taiketsu! Daiiru Kaizokudan Developer: TOSE Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: July 10, 2008 Released in US: June 8, 2009 Released in AU: October 10, 2009 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

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The first (and only) localized Starfy game.

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Version Differences Gameplay elements that differ between the Japanese and international versions.

Helpful Stuff Feature

"Helpful Stuff" (Japanese: おたすけグッズ), as a special type of the Stuff (known in the Japanese version as Goods) used for Starfy's transformations is an unused feature that is mentioned various times in the ROM. It is possible that the feature was obsoleted by Bunston's Transformations in the final game.

It may also be relevant to the unused transformation sprites detailed in this article later below.

The below character dialog (seemingly from a trial or tech demo at an unknown event significantly before development of the game had finished compared to the English kiosk demo) details how the feature would have worked. Certain Helpful Stuff would have elemental attributes, making them more favorable over others for certain bosses.

Japanese	Unofficial English translation
オッス！キョロスケさまだ！ １作目２作目と　４０まんぼん ちかくうれた　うれっコの キョロスケさまだ！	Yo! It's Moe! The best-seller Moe, whose first two works sold nearly 400,000 copies!
え？さいきん？ さいきんのことはきくんじゃねえ かこのえいこうに ひたってればいいんだよ！	Huh? Recently? I haven't heard anything recently. It'd be nice to soak in the glory of the past!
今回は　こうやって　下がめんで いろいろ　ブツブツと ひとりごとを いっていくんだけどよ・・	This time I'm going to keep complaining to myself on the bottom screen...
ここまでに　こなした ストーリーのせつめいなどを おもに　ブツブツ いっていくんだゼ！	So far I'm mostly complaining about the explanation of the story!
たまに　かくしべやへの ヒントとか　いうかも しんねーから　見のがすんじゃ ねーぞ！おけー？	Sometimes there'll be stuff like hints in hidden places, so don't miss anything! Okay?
とりあえず　いろんな なかまを見つけたら かたっぱしから はなしかけて・・・	First of all, you should make sure you talk to everyone you find.
イベントを　ガンガン こなしていけ！ ぶんきへやも 見のがすな！	Let's get this event going! Don't miss the branching room!
ま　めんどくさがりさんは ぶんきなんか　むしして ガンガン先すすんでも いいんだけどよ	Well, those who think it's too much work can ignore the branches and continue forward.
あとあと　キツく なってもしらねーぞ・・	I don't know if that'll make it harder in the future, though...
今回　はつとうじょうの 通信２人プレイへやだ ワンカートリッジとマルチ カートリッジに　たいおう！	This time is the debut of the two-player communication room. It supports one-cartridge and multi-cartridge!
こんなかんじで　きほん 『１人でも　ちょいがんばれば クリアできるけど　２人でやれば もっとかんたん』な作りに・・	It's made to feel pretty easy by yourself but even easier with two people.
おたすけグッズで すすむ　へやだ	This is a room where you move using Helpful Stuff.
ま　今まででいう 『のりもの』アクション ってとこだな うんうん	That's the action I've referred to as "vehicle" up until now. Yep, yep.
今回は　８しゅるいも！の おたすけグッズがあり とくていの　へやや なんと！ボスせんでもつかえるぞ！	This time there are 8 different types of Helpful Stuff. They're in special rooms and you can even use them in boss battles!
とくていの　へやでは 炎や氷など　ぞくせいを つかった　いろんな しかけがあるんだが・・	In the special rooms are a variety devices saturated with attributes like fire and ice, however...
そのぞくせいに ゆうこうな　おたすけ グッズをつかえば らくに　つうかできたり・・	You can easily pass through if you use Helpful Stuff with an effective attribute...
ぎゃくに　ふりなものを えらんでしまうと むずかしくなって しまったりするわけだ	But if you choose an unhelpful attribute, it'll be more difficult.
ボスせんまえの　へやだ このへんは　今まで通り ボスとの　かいわなどを やるぞ	This is the room before a boss battle. In here, you'll have a conversation with the boss as usual.
まだ　作ってないけど ここでおたすけグッズに きがえて　ボスにいどんだり 通信で２人で　いどんだりを	It hasn't been made yet, but you'll be able to change into Helpful Stuff and choose to challenge the boss
せんたくできるようになる もちろん　せっかちさんは １人で　タイマンしょうぶを いどむのもおっけーだ！	by yourself or with a friend. Of course, if you're impatient it's okay to just challenge the boss one-on-one!
ボスせんの　へやだ 今回のボスは　今までとちがって 炎氷毒・・・などの ぞくせいがあるから・・	This is the boss battle room. This boss is a little different from the others. There are attributes like... fire, ice, and poison, so...
おたすけグッズで　ぞくせいを こうりょした　たたかい方を すると　ゆうりになったり ふりになったりする	The fight might be to your advantage or disadvantage depending on the attribute of the Helpful Stuff.
あと　通信２人プレイも できるから　へたくそさんは ゲームのうまい人に てつだってもらうのもいいな！	Also, you can do this in two-player mode, so if you're really bad at it, find someone better to help!

(Source: Torchickens (original research), Joe (translation))

Leftover Densetsu no Stafy 4 Text

A large amount of text from the previous game in the series, Densetsu no Stafy 4, can be found at offset 0161CFC5 (0161C1C5 in the Japanese version) and finishes at 01630A23 (Japanese version: 01631823).

Placeholder Text

• Dummy (Japanese: ダミー): This text is related to Starfy's abilities. It's found after the Super Vanish description as "Dummy 9" and "Dummy 10", with descriptions "Dummy line 2" and "Dummy line 3". This could be relevant to the unused costume sprites found in the game detailed below.

• In the Japanese version only, there is ability 20-40 too, after the Shooting Star ability text.

• Helpful Stuff 9 and Helpful Stuff 10 (Japanese: おたすけグッズ9/10). These are found after the Super Bugawk/Super Vanish ability text in both the Japanese and English versions.

• In the Japanese version only, text can be found for "ないよう" (translating to "detail" or "content") multiple times in the in-game Notes feature's dialog. Names for Notes 58-100 also exist. Related text does not appear in the North American version.

• "なし" (i.e. "none") entries can be found many times in the text after the last track in the sound test (Results Screen).

• "キョロしゃべりまくりモード テスト" ("Moe Chat Tuck-in Mode Test?") appears many times in the Japanese ROM. The nature of the text is unknown.

Mermaid Gossip

The following messages for the Mermaid Gossip Touch Screen feature are unused.

• Screens in Tandem (Japanese: ぜんめんきょ、つうになります)
• 2nd week extra data (Japanese: にしゅうめエクストラようデータ)

Curiously, in the North American version they are marked with "[NOT SURE IF THIS COPY APPEARS IN GAME]".

(Source: Torchickens)

Unused Backgrounds

Some of the stage backgrounds are leftover from Densetsu no Stafy 4, such as Lobber's Villa and Tear Lake. They can be found in invalid rooms.

(Source: Starfy Wiki)

Unused Graphics

To do: Add sprites.source:http://mirrors.pdp-11.ru/_sprites/www.spriters-resource.com/ds/legendarystarfy/index.html

Costumes

Graphics for unused costumes for Starfy and Starly (aka Stapy) can be found:

• Mermaid Suit: It has swift swimming moves. Oddly enough, graphics for hiding in a shell as well as big heart graphics can be found: these are normally animations for the save mermaid.
• Frog Suit: Has animations for extending his tongue, and spinning.
• Cockroach Suit (Starfy only): Has flying animation (with Starfy visibly tired), sleeping animations, and one for whipping enemies.

Other

A tall yellow creature. Possibly a test graphic?

(Source: redblueyellow on The Spriters Resource)