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) 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 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 the Wii revival of the cancelled Kirby game for GameCube. Various concepts like a full 3D platformer were developed, but eventually the original 2.5D side-scroller concept was retained. The challenge stages from the subsequent Kirby's Dream Collection uses 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 is scheduled to release on Nintendo Switch in February 2023.

To do: Provide details, add GCN texture graphics.

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Prerelease Info

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 the Infinite Power theme. 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

The File Select 2 music 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.

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

Unused Bomb Hat Texture

Inside Bomb Kirby's hat files, there stands a texture that depicts an alternate design for the hat. This texture appears to be the older hat that first appeared in Kirby Super Star! It's unknown if this is a leftover from the game's GameCube incarnation due to the party hat being shown in the game's trailer. The texture won't display correctly if applied to the standard Bomb hat model. The name of the texture is KbBombHat.

Unused Hot Head and Waddle Doo expressions

• 

  Hothead.01

• 

  ChDooEye.01

The enemies Hot Head and Waddle Doo both have a "hurt" texture in their files that don't show up anywhere in-game. These were supposed to appear whenever they got hit or grabbed, but they ended up unused for an unknown reason.

• 

  Hot Head

• 

  Waddle Doo

If applied to the models, the textures display correctly. It's worth noting that both of these textures are used in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, albeit slightly modified.

Alternate Enemy Design

Early	Final

The files for the turtle-like enemy Walf include textures for an alternate design. Compared to the final design, the early one is missing the blue cap on its head, has a lighter shell, and a simpler eye. There are no alternate facial expression textures to go with it. The early texture is named EmWalf00, while the final texture is named EmWalf.00.

Also included in the files is this eye texture. It appears to be an even earlier design for Walf's eye. The model is set up to use a single texture, so this eye cannot even be applied to it properly. The eye texture is named EmWalfEye.00

Unused Animations

Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee

Both Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee have a weird animation included in their model files. These animations make Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee rapidly cycle through their face expressions. Strangely, Bandana Waddle Dee's lasts significantly longer than Kirby's, even if he has less expressions overall.

• 

  Kirby

• 

  Bandana Waddle Dee

Meta Knight

Meta Knight's animation files contain an early version of one of his idle animations called Wait5OLD.

Meta Knight also has 5 animations called SodoryAttackAir, SodoryAttackAirEnd, SodoryAttackAirStart SodoryAttackEnd and SodoryAttackStart. These animations have him performing really strange motions, such as doing Galacta Knight's "freed" animation repeatedly, or not moving for absurdly long times until repeating Galacta Knight's animation once again. These animations have extremely long durations, with one even lasting a whopping 1283 frames. It's also worth noting that Sodory is a sword-like enemy in the game, but it's unknown why these animations all have Sodory in their names.

King Dedede

The king himself has 2 unused animations. The first animation is called WheelHammerSwing and it consists of him doing an Underwater Wheel attack that is otherwise impossible to perform in the final game due to him simply attacking by swinging his hammer in front of him. The second one is named TopL and it's a modified copy of his animation when riding Landia, but with extra frames of doing absolutely nothing!

• 

  Underwater Wheel

• 

  TopL

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 data was completely overwritten with files for the Ultra Sword. It is possible one of Magolor Soul's electrical attacks is related, as his attacks are variations of Kirby's Super Abilities.

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.

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  Hat Model Angled View

• 

  Hat Model Profile View

• 

  Hat Model Frontal View

• 

  Super Cutter Weapon

• 

  HUD Graphic

(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 "Ability get" and "First attack" animations.

• 

  Kirby throwing the cutter

• 

  Kirby catching the cutter

• 

  Kirby throws the cutter in midair

• 

  Kirby catches the cutter in midair

Unused Music & Audio

Cut Songs

• fanfare_GCK

An unused fanfare with an extremely noticeable Super Smash Bros. Melee and Kirby Air Ride feel to it. This gives credence to the idea that it came from early in the development of the GameCube project. In addition, GCK (GameCube Kirby, perhaps) is likely a reference to the game's project name when it was being developed for the GameCube before it was reworked for the Wii.

This theme was built upon and, as a result, other variations of the theme are used within the final. Notably, this version of the theme would be reused in all of the 3DS Kirby games, as well as in Kirby Star Allies.

• IUK_LP_DEDEDE3

This song is actually from the Japanese Super Famicom version of Kirby no Kirakira Kids, better known on the Game Boy as Kirby's Star Stacker. It was likely a candidate theme for the Robo Dedede battle in Scope Shot.

• KbyW_HEITI1

An extremely upbeat unused song with similarities to "Prism Plains" from Kirby Squeak Squad and "CACTUS1" from this game. "Heiti" is another spelling of 平地 heichi, meaning "plains" or "flatlands".

It's also a remix of Over the Hills and Green Greens.

• SuperCcopy_Break

A very ominous, foreboding fanfare. The filename implies it may have been an early fanfare for entering a hidden dimension portal, but it's much louder and has a far more foreboding composition than the theme used in-game... almost too dark for merely entering a portal, which may've been why it was scrapped.

• SuperCcopy_Break3

Grouped next to the above fanfare, this much more cheerful variant was likely intended for the same situation, and sounds very similar to the variant used in-game, only with similar instrumentation to "fanfare_GCK" above.

Early Song Versions

Several songs from the game have earlier, lower-quality versions hidden in the files, usually under the heading "KbyW".

Unused (KBYCLEAR1SH)	Used (Clear Dance)
	File:KRTD Clear Dance.ogg

Unused (KbyW_BOSS_TYU_M_2)	Used (Sphere Doomer)
	File:KRTD Sphere Doomer.ogg

Unused (KbyW_CACTUS1)	Used (Slide Area)
	File:KRTD Slide Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_CANYON1)	Used (Over the Hills)
	File:KRTD Over the Hills.ogg

Unused (KbyW_CAVE1)	Used (Underwater Area)
	File:KRTD Underwater Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_COLD1_forstrm)	Used (Nutty Noon)
	File:KRTD Nutty Noon.ogg

Unused (KbyW_COLD2)	Used (Snowball Scuffle)
	File:KRTD Snowball Scuffle.ogg

Unused (KbyW_CONGA1)	Used (Another Dimension)

Unused (KbyW_FISH1)	Used (Raisin Ruins)
	File:KRTD Raisin Ruins.ogg

Unused (KbyW_FUNK1)	Used (Funky Area)
	File:KRTD Funky Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_HEN1)	Used (Ice Cave Area)
	File:KRTD Ice Cave Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_MINE1)	Used (Mine Area)
	File:KRTD Mine Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_MIZU1)	Used (Reef Area)
	File:KRTD Reef Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_RAIN1)	Used (Undersea Walk)
	File:KRTD Undersea Walk.ogg

Unused (KbyW_REGG1)	Used (Exotic Pyramid)
	File:KRTD Exotic Pyramid.ogg

Unused (KbyW_ROCK1)	Used (Challenge Stage)
	File:KRTD Challenge Stage.ogg

Unused (KbyW_SAMBA1)	Used (Onion Ocean)
	File:KRTD Onion Ocean.ogg

Unused (KbyW_TECH1)	Used (Techno Factory)
	File:KRTD Techno Factory.ogg

Unused (KbyW_TOUT1)	Used (Aurora Area)
	File:KRTD Aurora Area.ogg

Unused (KbyW_TRAINING1)	Used (Challenge Guide)
	File:KRTD Challenge Guide.ogg

Unused (ST_KbyW_BOSSMAE2)	Used (Lor Starcutter on Halcandra)
	File:KRTD Lor Starcutter on Halcandra.ogg

Unused (DecisiveEx01_32k)	Used ("Final Battle EX" Cutscene)
	File:KRTD Final Battle EX Cutscene.ogg

Unused (DecisiveNormal01_32k)	Used ("Final Battle" Cutscene)
	File:KRTD Final Battle Cutscene.ogg

Unused (funegattai2wav)	Used (Lor Starcutter Part Restored Cutscene)
	File:KRTD Lor Starcutter Part Restored Cutscene.ogg

Unused (funegattai2wav)	Used ("The Lor Starcutter Reborn" Cutscene)
	File:KRTD The Lor Starcutter Reborn Cutscene.ogg

These two are more notably distinct from their final variations, as they use the same "retro" soundfont as the other songs, while in the final game they are composed with realistic instruments. This may suggest that more of the soundtrack was planned to be in the same "retro" style at some point in development.

Unused (st_castle2)	Used (Sky Tower)
	File:KRTD Sky Tower.ogg

Unused (st_wado02)	Used (Cave Expedition)
	File:KRTD Cave Expedition.ogg

Unused Magolor Death Screams

M2_Danmatu01

Two rather unsettling death screams. The filenames (and the harsh ethereal sound heard from the 13 second point for M2_Danmatu01) indicate they were intended to be used after defeating Magolor's first and second forms respectively, as the death screams used for Magolor in-game (M#Dm1_32k) use the exact same filename abbreviations (M1 for Magolor's first form, M2 for Magolor's second form, and M4 for Magolor Soul).

Alternate Super Ability Themes

SuperCopyBoss06

Three variations of "Ultra Super Boss Battle", the theme which plays when you use Ultra Sword in the Grand Doomer fight and the last stage of Dangerous Dinner. The former of the three uses an older, plunkier soundfont, while all three variations include more distinctive string instruments, which aren't included in the variation used in-game ("SuperCopyBoss07").

super_a06

Early version of the standard Super Ability theme. There are slight differences in instrumentation, such as a higher-pitched glockenspiel at 30 seconds.

Intro-Less Challenge Stages Themes

IUK_LP_ROCK1isogi1noi1

Both of the Challenge Stages themes have an unused variation that removes their intro.

Other Notables:

• Menu02 is simply a quieter version of the menu theme with a tad bit more reverb.
• Harukandora05 and harukandora07 are versions of the cutscene song used when Kirby and the gang leave for Halcandra. 05 is quieter while 07 is much louder and both lack the slight fade-in the final stream uses.
• The ending cutscene has an unused, quieter version, ending4.
• The Clear Dance theme has a quieter version, cdance03.
• The Mecha Kawasaki theme has an alternate version, sub_kawasaki1, with slightly different reverb.
• The unlock fanfare has a quieter version, unlock_fanf.
• Staffroll_0614 and Staffroll_0616 are both unused versions of "Returning to Dream Land", the credits theme. Much like harukandora, 0614 is quieter and 0616 is louder. The final version is called Staffroll_0622. Assuming these are timestamps, they would likely be dated to June 14th, June 16th, and June 22nd of 2011.
• The theme that plays in in the cutscene where Magolor reveals his true intentions has a quieter version, mahoroayabou3. The final version is mahoroayabou4.
• "CROWNED", the theme for Magolor's second phase, has a quieter variation with less reverb that loops 6 seconds earlier, titled LassBoss2_0419. The final version is called LastBoss2_0422. Assuming these are timestamps, they would likely be dated to April 19th and April 22nd of 2011.

To do: Investigate M1, M2, and M4 boss SFX.

Unused Graphics

Normal Copy Ability Textures

Both of these textures represent the normal Copy Ability stars. These default stars are never used in-game, as it would be completely worthless to have a power-up that would return Kirby to normal.

• 

  Default Super Ability

• 

  Default Copy Ability

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

Unused Copy Ability Icons

Several unused Copy Ability icons are found inside the Halcandle Armor Dee files. They appear to be earlier and lower-quality versions of the icons on the Challenge Stage doors inside the Lor Starcutter.

Early	Final

Interestingly enough, a Ninja icon for a Challenge Door also exists, meaning a Challenge Stage for Ninja was planned, but ended up being cut.

Unused Texture

A texture of King Dedede is included in HR-D3. Also, this texture is different from the texture of Dedede as a playable character. As HR-D3 originates from the GameCube Kirby, where it was piloted by Dedede, this may be a leftover from that model.

• 

  Body

• 

  Eye L

• 

  Eye R

GC Kirby Leftovers

To do: Put them here.

Several of the GameCube incarnation's textures have been repurposed for use in this game, but certain textures remain unused.

Unused Scripting

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 behaviour. 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
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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)

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)

Oddities

• ST_KBYW_CACTUS1.brstm is an upbeat Western-themed song that would fit right in with the desert-themed levels. Strangely, it is only ever used in the fourth stage of White Wafers, the ice world.
• st_halberd.brstm is the theme used during the level in which you chase Magolor to the final battle. The famous Halberd is nowhere in the final game. 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.
• b_dedede01.brstm is the normal boss theme. b_dedede02.brstm is the cover of Dedede's theme used for the miniboss tower in Nutty Noon Stage 5. It seems this might be another leftover from the GameCube Kirby game in which Dedede appeared to have a more antagonistic role.
• The theme that plays on The True Arena's title screen and lobby is called gunshooting01.brstm.
• The files for the Armor Halcandle Dee enemy include a bunch of random extra textures, such as a few ability stars, 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.

Anti-Piracy

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If the game is loaded on a pirated Wii console, it will freeze at a white/black screen while booting, if the white/black screen is passed, the game will freeze after attempting to advance past the title screen, if that passes, the game will freeze after pressing Main Mode. This detection is from MetaFortress and works by checking for a USB 1.1 port, which will fail on IOSes that lock off the USB 1.1 port in favor of a USB 2 port.

Minigames will also freeze the game if irregular IOSes are used.

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").