Star Fox Adventures/Dinosaur Planet Leftovers

Dinosaur Planet is what essentially became Star Fox Adventures. There are a surprising number of leftovers from this earlier incarnation. As the plot was heavily rewritten for the final game, there are a slew of differences between what's in the game's data and what's actually in the game.

Unless noted otherwise, all the text seen here was ripped from GAMETEXT.bin. Any text that is italicized was transcribed.

General Scales/Krystal confrontation
Some of this very same cutscene can be seen in leaked Dinosaur Planet N64 footage.

Bad Future
The creators had a very different endgame in mind - one that obviously had less Star Fox elements. This section refers to a scrapped plot to recover the fifth SpellStone from two time periods before it disappears in the present. The other speaker is a dying physical Krazoa being who originally gave some exposition of the larger plot.

Unused DarkIce Mines Dialogue
Strangely, there are two different variations of this dialogue remaining in the game's data; one with Sabre being mentioned, and the other with Fox.

Misc.
''ThornTail: How's Randorn? I hope he's OK!''

General
WIZARD RANDORN| Sabre's father A reference to two characters not in the final version.

"Skeetlas!" "Sabre, Look!" "Come on Tricky, We've got to help him!" A very similar line is in audio form, but Sabre has been replaced with Fox. What's even being referenced here is unknown.

"You have placed the first ..." "KRAZOA SPIRIT!" " " "There are 7 more that must be returned" " to Warlock Mountain!" This implies that eight Krazoa Spirits existed at one point, but there's only six in the actual game. Also, instead of returning them to Krazoa Palace, it appears that they would have been returned through Warlock Mountain.

"Follow the path to Swapstone Hollow." Swapstone Hollow would later become ThornTail Hollow.

"Hello there little fellow, I'm Rocky." "My twin brother met a friend of yours." "Now let me tell you how I can help."

"Now, now ... Don't be scared." "Krystal's friend, Sabre, is on the other side of the planet." "To complete the adventure you will have to guide both characters." "To do this you must visit me, or my twin brother Rocky." "Do you understand?" "Good, now let's swap to Sabre." Dialogue from two characters that were completely removed from the final game, Rocky and Rumble. They would have served the purpose of swapping between Krystal and Sabre.

"Hey scaleface, pick on someone your own size!" "What ... Who's that?" "??��\?�" "I am Fox McCloud, Royal Knight of the Lylat System. I've come to take the Prince back to his ... home?" "Hey wait!" While this is largely the same as the final version, this line is odd as Fox is called a Royal Knight. It's likely that the developers haphazardly used a word replacer, replacing Sabre with Fox and "from the planet Animus" with "of the Lylat System". This indeed does seem to be the case, as some N64 footage does show the cutscene in its entirety.

"Now, now ... Don't be scared." "Krystal's friend, Sabre, is on the other side of the planet." "To complete the adventure you will have to guide both characters." "To do this you must visit me, or my twin brother Rocky." "Do you understand?" "Good, now let's swap to Sabre."

A removed element of the game was to swap between characters.

"Look out boy!" "Hey, Its the young Prince." "And who is this with you?" "This is my friend sabre," "My mother sent us to find you." "Your mother sent you did she lad." "Nice lady your mother." "She said you'd know something about a spellstone?" "A Spellstone! HMmmmmm." "My name is Garunda Te." "I am a SpellStone guardian." "Many moons in our past," "The great Kameria Dragon formed," "a group of Dinosaurs known as," "The SpellStone Guardians." "Five Dinosaurs from different tribes," "Were each given a SpellStone." "Each Guardian was to keep this Knowledge secret." "And pass down this duty," "through following generations." "General Scales learnt that I was a Guardian," "and gave me a choice." "Either reveal where I had hidden the SpellStone or," "My whole tribe would be destroyed." "I had no choice!" "The safety of the many must come before the few." "It is my duty." "But my daughter did not think this way" "My daughter told scales that she knew" "where to find the SpellStone." "Scales kept his word and did not destroy the tribe," "He enslaved them instead." "My daughter has dishonoured me." "What can we do?" "It is up to you to find the SpellStone" "before General Scales." "I will open the mine." Early dialogue with the introduction to Garunda Te, who is referred as a Guardian instead of a GateKeeper. The general tone of the story is similar to the final version, but it is worded differently and the backstory itself reveals that five tribes were responsible for guarding a SpellStone each. Rather than opening the gateway, he only opens a mine.

"I cannot thank you enough for releasing me. Take this as a reward." "I found it whilst working yesterday. It looked important so I hid it from the SharpClaws." "Thanks. This belonged to my Father." "If you're heading for the Mine then please look out for the Guardian's daughter." "Her bravery alone saved us from certain death at the hands of General Scales."

A slight reference to Randorn was removed and the dialogue was rewritten to mention Belina Te earlier.

"HORN OF TRUTH| Summon The SnowHorn" The Horn of Truth is most likely an early name for the Dinosaur Horn. The dialogue itself isn't used in the game in any form.

"So the wolf thinks he's fast." "Wanna race SharpClaw?" "??" "Rules are simply... first to bottom... wins." "??" "Wolf too scared to race?" "??" "?" "You were lucky that time." "Wanna harder challenge?" "?" "?" "You're too slow wolf boy." "Wanna try again?" "??" "??" "We race again." "This time wolf must smash all of the crates." "??" "??" "Wolf too fast." "Take this and leave SharpClaw alone." There's no explanation to the race and the cutscenes that play when winning or losing don't have any dialogue from the SharpClaws. Interestingly, the SharpClaw refers to Fox as "Wolf", though this is likely a coincidence if the text dates back to Dinosaur Planet.

"Dad, Look what we've got." "Well done, you have both made me very proud." "Now let's see if we can get it activated." "Time to go, your mother will be waiting." "There are many more secrets hidden within the temple," "including the way to get back to your planet." "When all of this is over I will be able to assist you." "Thank you Albada, my father needs to get home as soon as he can." "I understand, this is a difficult time for us all." "Be strong Sabre, be strong." "Albada, don't you have something for our son?" "Aaah yes. Now Tricky," "I have been very impressed with your good work with Sabre," "so it is time for you to have the Guard Command." "I'm sure you'll soon find a use for it." "Now let's waist no more time, you have a SpellStone to take to the Volcano!" A cutscene for when Sabre got a SpellStone.

"??CLOUDRUNNER DUNGEONS" "????????WIND LIFT" "For our non-flying guests. " "Please use lever to change" "wind direction" "??????POWER ROOM" "Provides power to all Wind Lifts." "Access by key only." "??CLOUDRUNNER DOCKING PLATFORM" "??????THE ROYAL CHAMBER" "Notice to all Cloudrunners" "Regal Perches for Royal family use only!" "??????TREASURE ROOMS" "For security, the door will only open" "when Regal Perches are in use." "??????THE JEWEL MINES" "We thank the Great Kameria Dragon for" "providing us with this great source of wealth." "??????GUNPOWER STORAGE" "Only Tunnel Construction Engineers are" "allowed entrance." The wind lifts, the power room, and the royal chamber are all in the final version. However, there was apparently a gunpower storage room, jewel mines, and treasure rooms. Whether or not any references outside of GAMETEXT.bin is currently unknown.

"It's good to see you again Sabre." "You have taken good care of my son." "Where's father?" "The SharpClaw drove our tribe away and have taken the sacred stones from this room.." "And they took your father into the Walled City." "With the RedEye's and Hookclaws! We've got to help him!" "I forbid you to enter that evil place." "But mother!" "It's alright Tricky, I can look for your father." "There are many dangers within the Walled City. Follow me, I will open the Jungle Door for you" "6�?�E?�Stay with Sabre as far as the wall." "He may need your help." "Thanks Mom I'll be careful." An early version of Sabre/Fox and Tricky being informed of King EarthWalker getting kidnapped.

"I think the Prince EarthWalker is ready for a new skill." "This is the Distract Command." "Use it to get by those who block your way." Tricky's cut Distract command. Note that it was originally going to be Kyte's signature command in Dinosaur Planet.

"Dad, dad you're Ok!" "Tricky my son, you don't have to worry about me, I am the king." "You must be Fox, Randorn spoke very highly of you." "You know my Father?" "Of course." "It is because of me that you are on Dinosaur Planet." "My soldiers uncovered a chamber beneath this very temple," "it was from there that I was able to contact, General Pepper." "There are other planets out there? With other civilizations?" "Of course, we are not the only ones you know." "Dad how do we get you out of here?" "You must go into the chamber beneath this temple and collect a SpellStone." "It has been taken by the leader of the RedEye tribe." "Bring it back to me, as only I can activate it." "You're a Guardian?" "And it is a role that you will have to continue one day." "I'm gonna be a Guardian, I'm gonna be a Guardian." Early dialogue for meeting with King EarthWalker. Note the odd replacement of Sabre with Fox. This is odd, since Randorn is still mentioned, making this a Dinosaur Planet leftover.

"?BOSS" "KLANADACK"

"You would not believe what we had to do to get this!" "Aahhh Yes" "I forgot to tell you about the CLANNAD-ack." "I had a run in with him a few years back." "But I managed to freeze him in a waterfall." "I hope you gave him my greetings." "Father, Father!!" "Belina" "I'm sorry father, I made a big mistake." "No, I'm sorry, You did the right thing," "Scales would have destroyed us anyway." "It is time for the work of the SpellStone Guardians" "to be secret no more!" "(Ahem) Excuse me but...." "The SpellStone" "Aaah yes sorry Boy, now lets see." "You must take this to the volcano Force Point Temple." Klanadack and CLANNAD-ack are likely early names for Galdon, judging by the fact that it was found frozen. Also, Belina and Garunda are apologizing to each other, which isn't shown in the final game.

"I can taste your fear animal" "It is very sweet" "Do not believe everything the Krazoa have told you." "We Kamerians did not start the Great War." "But now it is time to end it." "But by defeating the Krazoa" "You will destroy Dinosaur Planet." "Why should I, Drakor be concerned" "With the fate of a pitiful race of dinosaurs?" "I will not stop even" "If I must obliterate this planet" "and all that live here." "Nothing is more important!" "Even though the Dinosaurs believe" "in the Kamerian Dragon?" "They worshipped this heart as a god" "AAahh ..Yes," "The great Kamerian Heart" "Though haven't you just destroyed their God?" "Even If I believed that the Krazoa were an evil race," "Why would the Quan Ata Lachu be asking us" "to complete the alignment?" "They talk only of peace in the universe." "You are more foolish than I thought" "The Quan Ata Lachu are a rare life form of pure evil" "Each individual spirit holds no powers" "But when combined they become" "The most deadly weapon in the Universe" "It will be focused through Warlock Mountain," "creating the ultimate weapon of destruction" "You talk of destruction and evil without once mentioning yourself" "My Father lies dying of wounds inflicted by you" "You do not understand!" "I understand the Krazoa have done nothing to harm us" "They built everything on this world" "Which the Dinosaurs use for peace" "The Quan Ata Lachu are not what you say " "The alignment will finally bring peace to this Universe" "Your only wish is to continue the Great War" "The Krazoa only started the war to stop YOU from destroying us all" "As you wish" "If you will not see the truth then you must DIE!" Drakor has practically no dialogue or character development in the final version, but it's implied that he would have been the Great Kamerian Dragon and he would prefer to rid of the Krazoa Spirits.

"FIND| Uncover the things| only Sidekicks can" A find function is in the final game, but this implies there was more than one sidekick.

"DISTRACT| GuardClaws cannot| resist this" "GUARD| Stops baddies| nicking stuff" Some commands that were removed from the final version.

"FIRE SPELL" Fire Spell is probably an early name for Fire Blast.

"MINDREAD SPELL| Reads Only Small Minds" Something that isn't in the final version, likely because the developers had no purpose to use it in a plausible way.

"Used Distract command| to fool Guardclaw" "Return to Snowhorn Wastes, maybe| there" "s a dinosaur stupid enough| to use the Distract command on" Another explanation for the Distract command.

"BIG HEAD" "GIANT HEAD" "BLANK 1" "BLANK 2" "BLANK 3" "BLANK 4" "BLANK 5" "CINEMA 1" "CINEMA 2" "CINEMA 3" "CINEMA 4" "CINEMA 5" It seems that a cinema viewer, as well as big head and giant head modes, were to be in the game, likely as cheats. Needless to say, these are absent in the final game.

Krystal & Kyte
In the final game, Krystal largely remains encased in a huge crystal. While she does talk during the main game, she is unplayable aside from the prologue. However, in Dinosaur Planet, she was supposed to be playable along with Sabre, who later became Fox.

Kyte would have been Krystal's sidekick, who would have first been found on the Galleon. While there is a CloudRunner on the ship in the final game, it's just left on the ship and has only a brief appearance.

"_I'm home, Krystal" "This is CloudRunner Fortress" Said when Kyte and Krystal went to CloudRunner Fortress.

"Did you find the Guardian yet?" "Guardian? You mean a SpellStone Guardian?" "Yes, he was locked up in the dungeon." "So that's who he was... Yes, he's waiting for us in the courtyard." "Good, that means Scales hasn't found the SpellStone yet, but we've got to hurry." "When the SharpClaws attacked, my mother hid my five brothers around the fortress." "We've got to find them." This particular dialogue indicates that five CloudRunner children needed to be found. In the final game, only four need to be collected.

"She's dead... she's... dead!" This line of dialog seems to belong to the original scene where General Scales killed the Queen CloudRunner.

"Krystal, you've found me!" "Its good to see you again Kyte, now lets get you back to Cloudrunner Fortress." "???" "I" "Listen Krystal, I've learnt some new skills since we were last together." "Lets try out my find command." In the final game, finding secrets is a skill Tricky has from the beginning.

"I'm scared of heights," "Sorry I won't fly to the top of this pillar." "???�???" "If you can go this high, then so can I." "Thanks krystal, because of you" "I no longer suffer from vertigo." Kyte would have been afraid of heights. This is odd, since Kyte would have been a CloudRunner.

"Guard!" "Guard!" "Is all the CloudRunners' gold on-board?" "No sir, we're still removing it from the Treasure Room." "Well hurry up!" "If the princess will not tell me" "where she has hidden the SpellStone," "then I will just take everything else," "including her life!" An event that doesn't happen in the final game. The SharpClaws are not shown stealing the eggs in the final game.

"Nobody enter Cape Claw" "Unless maybe girl has something to give?" Unsure who would have said this, but it's likely dialogue from the golden scarab statue near the entrance of Cape Claw or a similar NPC.

"He was going to kill me!" "Let's get out of here," "we haven't found all your brothers yet and" "we'd better stop the SharpClaws ransacking gold." This dialogue implies that finding the siblings would have taken a little longer than it does in the final game. It likely occurred after the above conversation.

"When all this is over" "I must return to rule as queen." "  " "I think you'll make a wonderful queen Kyte," "your mother would've been so proud."

"i�?Baby Lightfoot whimpers." "Are you lost little one?" "I don't like this Krystal," "It doesn't seem safe." "Krystal! Look Out!!" ... "That's the one." "That's the STEENKING girl that" "took the spell page." "ooohhwh, what happened?" "I am Chief LightFoot," "And we don't like thieves!" "Thief!" "What are you talking about?" "You take our treasure and give it," "to that steenking Sharpclaws" "Yeah and you take my spellpage" "I didn't take your spellpage." "You gave it to me." "Let me show you what we do to thieves." "Kyte, Help me out!" It appears that Krystal would have been captured at LightFoot Village, instead of Fox. Also, the spellpage in question is instead a Fire Gem in the final game (although the dialogue doesn't specify). A CloudRunner does help Fox, but it isn't Kyte specifically.

"So, we meet again General Scales." "Why if it isn't the animal girl." "I thought you were dead," "how did you survive the fall from the galleon?" "I have been given powers that you can only dream of."

"I wouldn't do that." "Give me the SpellStone" "Wait!" "Did the king earthwalker not tell you?" "If you shut down this temple how do think" "you are going to get back to your planet." "The moment that it is placed, the power" "in the Communication Chamber will stop." "You'll be trapped here forever." "Don't listen to him he's lying." "You may speak the truth Scales," "But I'd rather remain here and" "save this wonderful planet" "than watch you destroy it!" "NOOOOOOOooooooo!" "Close your eyes Kyte." Presumably, the climax of the game, where Kyte and Krystal were trapped on a planet.

Early Item Descriptions
"BLUE MUSHROOM| Earthwalker Food" "DINO EGG| Restores your energy" "WHITE MUSHROOM| Earthwalker Medicine" In the final game, mushrooms are referred as GrubTub Fungi and Dino Eggs are called PukPuk Eggs.

"You have picked up a ..." "MAGIC GEM!!" " " "They come in many" "different colours and are" "used to power Weapons." "Walk over the gems to" "pick them up." These are Staff Energy Gems in the final version. Also, note that the text implies that there are other weapons aside from staffs.

"These are ..." "ENERGY EGGS" " " "The SharpClaws keep" "them hidden in crates" "and baskets." " " "Walk over them to collect" "and they'll recharge" "your energy!" Presumably, Energy Eggs are another name for Dumbledang Pods, as the description most closely matches the final description for the latter.

"This is a ..." "SCARAB!!" "They are the currency of" "Dinosaur Planet!" "You find them inside" "baskets and they come" "in many different" "values." " " "Watch out for the most" "valuable Scarabs, as they" "do not like to be caught!" This is largely the same as the final game, but the last part is quite different. In the final game, it says "The more valuable the Scarab, the harder it is to catch!"

"You have earned your first ..." "ENERGY HOLDER!" " " "This increases the maximum amount of energy" "you can hold to four units!" The final game does have units of energy, but it is limited to the number of magic gems collected.

"You have collected a ..." "SHARPCLAW SCARAB BAG!" "Scarabs are Dinosaur Planet's currency." "This bag will hold ..." "20 SCARABS." In the final game, the player can hold up to 10, 50, 100, and 200 scarabs, depending on the bag the player has. At no point in the game is the player restricted to 20 scarabs. Also, the description appears to be a temporary one.

"This is a ..." "BLUE MUSHROOM!!" "They are dinosaurs" "favourite food!" "Being their favourite" "food means that they" "do not like to be" "collected and can only" "be picked up if stunned!" "You'll need to feed them" "to Tricky if you want him" "to do anything for you!" In the final version, it mentions that the Blue GrubTub (mushroom) is the EarthWalkers' favorite food, not just the dinosaurs as whole. The description is also far longer than what is in the final game, as Tricky mostly describes the fungi himself.

"This is a ..." "DUSTER!" " " "These magical creatures hold strange powers" "that can restore life!" " " "If you run out of energy and have collected" "at least one duster, it can be used to restore" "you back to good health!" "As well as collecting Dusters for your own good," "they hold another secret for you to discover!" Dusters were likely early versions of Bafomdads.

"This is a" "MAGIC CRYSTAL PLANT" " " "Chop it down with your" "staff and gather the" "magic that it drops to" "the ground!" Magic Crystal Plants would be known as Staff Energy Flowers.

"GREEN APPLE" "RED APPLE" "BROWN APPLE" "FISH" "SMOKED FISH" "MOLDY MEAT" "GREEN BEAN" "RED BEAN" "BROWN BEAN" "BLUE BEAN" "TAKE ALL FOOD" "EAT FIRST" "Small Sidekick Foodbag" "Medium Sidekick Foodbag" "Medium Magic Chest" "Large Magic Chest" "Small Player Foodbag" "Medium Player Foodbag" "Large Player Foodbag" One of the more interesting aspects that got cut out of the final version. Apparently, food needed to be given out rather frequently for the various tribes more than the final version.

"BLUE GRUB|Cloudrunner Food" "RED GRUB|Cloudrunner Food" "OLD GRUB|Cloudrunner Food" "SMALL GRUB BAG" "MEDIUM GRUB BAG" "LARGE GRUB BAG" Grubs would have been given to Kyte, who was the Princess CloudRunner and would have been a sidekick.

"RED MUSHROOM| Flame Fuel" "OLD MUSHROOM| Earthwalker Food" It seems like separate GrubTub fungi/mushrooms would have been used for different actions. In the final game, there is only one type of GrubTub used for Tricky.

"SMALL MUSHROOM BAG" "MEDIUM MUSHROOM BAG" "LARGE MUSHROOM BAG" Presumably would have increased the number of mushrooms carried. In the final game, the player can only carry up to 15 mushrooms and there is no increase in the amount of mushrooms one can carry. It's unknown as to why these were scrapped.

"POWER CRYSTAL| CloudRunner Fortress" Power Crystals would be referred as Light Gems in the final game. Oddly, the final game still stays "Place Crystal" when highlighting it in the inventory.

"CLOUDRUNNER CALL| A cloudrunner | baby's toy" This would likely refer to the flute used to attract the CloudRunner children. "SILVER TREX TOOTH| Walled City" "GOLD TREX TOOTH| Walled City" RedEyes were originally simply known as T-Rexes.

"KRAZOA TABLET|Cape Claw" An item completely absent in the final game.

Nintendo 64 references
"To cast a Spell," "press the LEFT C BUTTON" "to activate the menu." "Press the LEFT C BUTTON" "again to highlight the" "spell you want to use." "Then press the A BUTTON" "to cast it!"

"To use an Object," "press the RIGHT C BUTTON" "to activate the menu." "Press the RIGHT C BUTTON" "again to highlight the Object." "Then press the A BUTTON to use it!" "Sometimes you might try to use the" "wrong object at the wrong time." "But don't worry ..." "It will stay in your Object Menu" "until you find the right" "place to use it!" Leftover explanations from Dinosaur Planet, containing references to the Nintendo 64 controller (the GameCube uses a C-stick).

"EXPANSION PAK - DETECTED" "PRESENTED IN DOLBY SURROUND. DOLBY AND THE      SYMBOL ARE TRADEMARKS OF DOLBY LABORATORIES." "USES MILES SOUND SYSTEM. COPYRIGHT 1991-1999 RAD GAME TOOLS INC." "PUBLISHED BY RAREWARE.n COPYRIGHT RARE 2000." ? "N64 EXPANSION PAK NOT INSTALLED." "THE N64 EXPANSION PAK ACCESSORY MUST BE" "INSTALLED IN THE N64 FOR THIS GAME." "SEE THE N64 EXPANSION PAK" "INSTRUCTION BOOKLET." More references to the Nintendo 64, this time referring to the Expansion Pak that the game would have required. There are also early copyright strings.