Kirby's Epic Yarn

Kirby's Epic Yarn
Also known as: Keito no Kirby (JP), Kirby: Au Fil de l'Aventure (FR) Developer: Good-Feel Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: October 14, 2010 Released in US: October 17, 2010 Released in EU: February 25, 2011 Released in AU: February 24, 2011 Released in KR: September 1, 2011 This game has unused animations. This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

Kirby's Epic Yarn sees Kirby turned into a yarn version of himself by the evil sorcerer Yin-Yarn, who seeks to conquer Dream Land. Notable for removing Kirby's ability to inhale and any way to get copy abilities, as well as being the start of Nintendo's IP-related arts and crafts video games developed by Good-Feel.

It later received a 3DS port in 2019 as Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn.

To do: Check if there are differences in the English US text between the Japanese and US releases. Unused levels for testing enemies, specifically stage998.gfa and stage999.gfa. March 2017 interview with Tomoya Tomita, the composer

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English Translation Differences Yep, this again.

Unused Graphics

E3 Leftovers

In env/Common/E3.gfa, there's a file called E3.arc that has the unused graphics seen above. These were used for the E3 demo's title screen and are rather different compared to the graphics seen on the actual title screen.

(Source: Larsenv)

Dummy Textures

A dummy texture.

Another dummy texture with an outline for a button.

(Source: Larsenv)

fb.gfa

Located in init/fb.gfa are various files containing unused graphics. The purpose of these files is unknown.

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  Found in "wool_test.brres".

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  Found in "corner.brtex".

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  Found in "alpha_map.brtex".

The file "wool_test" is the only one to return in the Nintendo 3DS port, though it has way more unused graphics.

(Source: Vyroz)

Debug Parameters

The following parameters are mentioned in param/fluff_param.txt, but removed from the executable.

NO_SAVE
PLAYER_UNDEAD
PAD_CHECK
SAFE_AREA_DISP
PLAYER_CAM_RECT
BG_DISP
KD_TREE_DISP
DOF_ENABLE
HUD_DISP
GAMMA_PARAM_DMY
SCISSOR_BG_SPEED
FLUSH_BEAD
xKEY_ITEM_UNLIMITED
KEY_ITEM_SETTING
AREA_SETTING
STAGE_ALL_OPEN
PATTERN_SETTING
INTERIOR_SETTING
CHARACTER_SETTING
SOUND_SETTING
DEMO_SETTING
MEDAL_SETTING
EVENT_PROGRESS_LEVEL
GAME_PROGRESS_ALL_OPEN
MISSION_ALL_OPEN
DISP_DEBUG
DEBUG_EN_NO
VoiceDebug
DesignDebug
DEBUG_ON
CAM_DEBUG_ZOOM_OUT
CAM_DEBUG_ZOOM_RATIO
CAM_DEBUG_CHK_DRAW_CULL
CAM_DEBUG_PLAYER_CENTER
DEBUG_BACK_BLACK
DEBUG_PAD_ENABLE

Unused Text

The Japanese version contains full text for English, French, and Spanish. To see these, open the dol using a hex editor and replace the "Japanese" string at offset 007E08F0 with "EnglishUS", "FrenchUS", or "SpanishUS". The audio will still be in Japanese, but the text will be in the new language.

(Source: masterchan777)

Leftovers from Fluff's Epic Yarn

Kirby's Epic Yarn didn't start its development as a Kirby game. According to an Iwata Asks interview, the game actually started as a new Good-Feel IP called "Fluff's Epic Yarn", with Prince Fluff being the main protagonist. As this is the case, various leftover files from Fluff's Epic Yarn managed to find their way into many paths of the game.

Unused Playable Characters

Three unused playable characters are known to exist inside the files. They contain all of their yarn textures, eye models, and other accesories, but their bodies cannot be rendered.

• The first unused character can be found in chara/player/PL00.gfa. Not much is known about them, but it is possible that this is the very first incarnation of Prince Fluff. They use red and white yarn, and have similar eyes to Kirby. Aditionally, a jewel model is found in this file.

Eyes Model	Yarn Textures	Eye Textures	Other Models

• The second character can be found in chara/new_player/PLAY00.gfa. Like the character found in "PL00.gfa", they used red yarn. However, they also use brown yarn, and the eyes are composed of a sclera and irises now.

Eyes Model	Yarn Textures	Eye Textures

• The third character is found in chara/new_player/PLAY01.gfa. This character has a femenine apparance. It also shares some characteristics with the character inside "PLAY00.gfa", as it has similar eye design, though this time, the character has eyelids. They appear to use green, blue, red and brown yarn. Curiously, many miscellaneous models are included in their file.

Eyes Model	Yarn Textures	Eye Textures	Other Models

It's important to note that these characters all have many animations, but only eye animations can be played.

(Source: Vyroz, Shay)

Other content

• There are ungodly amounts of leftovers inside chara/player/PLAY.gfa. Another pair of eyes for an unknown character, a lot of yarn strings, two icons that most likely depict the character inside "PL00.gfa", and many sprites of needles can be found on this file.

Eyes Model	Yarn Textures	Icons	Needles

• Found in chara/player/QUIL.gfa is the model of a needle with eyes.

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• An untranslated "Goal!" graphic can be found in chara/player/TRAIN.gfa.

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(Source: Vyroz)

Internal Project Name

Kirby's Epic Yarn sports two internal names, those being "PJ008" and "Fluff" according to the game's sound archive and some files in the "param" folder respectively.

(Source: Vyroz)