Kirby: Canvas Curse

Kirby: Canvas Curse
Also known as: Touch! Kirby (JP), Kirby: Power Paintbrush (EU) Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: March 24, 2005 Released in US: June 13, 2005 Released in EU: November 25, 2005 This game has unused areas. This game has regional differences.

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Kirby: Canvas Curse is an innovative touch-based Kirby game where he becomes a rolling helpless ball you have to guide, taking inspiration from Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble.

Unused Maps

Three test maps for the Block Breaking boss minigame engine are present under the folder bank08bin and can be accessed via Action Replay code 220F29B0 00000003 (EU only) or by swapping files. They have an odd time limit of 60 minutes.

The first two maps are especially wide compared to most normal maps from this mode, with various enemies and special blocks in very high quantities hinting at the testing purpose of the map. The third map is a duplicate of a used map.

Regional Differences

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There are minor aesthetic differences, such as the title screen graphics.

• Several text, such as the level names, had just the first letter of the words capitalized in the Japanese version. The international versions changed these text to having the words in all caps.
• Distances are measured in centimeters in the Japanese and European versions and inches in the US version.
• The color of the stylus was changed from pink in the Japanese version to grey in the international versions.

Game's Opening

Due to the game being called Kirby: Power Paintbrush in Europe, a text was changed in the game's opening.

US	Europe
Looking down in shame, he sees the witch's Magical Paintbrush...	Looking down in shame, he sees the witch's Power Paintbrush...

Level/Stage Names

• The translation is fairly straightforward, but the names for almost every area were changed or rearranged in some way (an oddity, given that the names were listed in English in the first place and did not exhibit glaring errors):

Japan	International
Stage 1: Plain Plant	Stage 1: Plant Plain
Level 2: Aronge Valley	Level 2: Arange Gorge
Stage 1: Ghost Ground	Stage 1: Ghost Grounds
Stage 2: Growth Grass	Stage 2: Growth Grasses
Level 3: Ieras Adventure	Level 3: Iello Adventure
Level 4: Neo Geneo	Level 4: Neo Greo
Level 5: Blue Hills	Level 5: Bloo Hills
Level 6: Oltram Area	Level 6: Omarine Zone
Level 7: Wonder Vilet	Level 7: Wonder Lilane

Other Text

Japan	International
MAINGAME	MAIN GAME
HI-SCORE	HIGH SCORE
SUB GAME	SUBGAMES
RANKINGTOP	HIGH SCORES
RACE START	START RACING
NICE RUN	NICE RACE
RESULT	RESULTS