Proto:Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube)/Night Mission
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The night mission takes place on Pirates Island and is the default mission, accessed by simply pressing start on the demo's title screen. This level is most similar to Mission 1 Save Chicken Elder Uri-Uri! in the final.
While the level takes place at night, it plays an early version of the music the final uses for some day missions in Pirates Island.
Level Differences
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Instead of defeating enemies to unlock Uri-Uri's cage like in the final, the prototype has you simply touch an egg pad.
Unseen Details
The demo doesn't let you explore most of the upper areas due to the second gate remaining closed and there being an invisible wall (as well as no way up) past it. However, using exploits and memory editing, you can reach normally inaccessible areas and explore more of the level.
Interestingly, there's an enemy and egg spawn above where the second gate is. It's also right by a bridge.
There's oddly an invisible rail in the ocean that loops around the level. Once you get on it, there's no way off, since you can't jump off rails and the rail never ends.
There's an enemy spawn in Skull Cave, but there are no eggs.
There's another enemy spawn on the island that leads to the Dark Gate in the final. No eggs are here either.
Perhaps the most interesting detail: a pink Egg Ring! It's found on the faraway skull island, and these don't exist at all in the final. It acts just like the static orange ones in that it doesn't move at all. When you jump with it, it doesn't even give you enough height to get on the platform above (there's nothing up there anyway). Also on this island are eggs that spawn without nests, which act identical to the ones in Mission 2 of Sand Ruin in the final.
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The exit to Skull Cave is slightly larger and has no wooden frame in the prototype. The lanterns are also further apart.
When you enter through here in the prototype and look back into the cave, there's a wall instead of an entrance on the other side. You can still walk through it, indicating that the exit to the cave wasn't complete yet.
Text Differences
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| Listen to me, young Billy Hatcher. |
You must listen to me Billy. |
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| Elder Chicken Uri-uri has been changed into a golden egg by the Crows and their strange powers. |
The Crows turned Chicken Elder Uri-Uri into a golden egg too, using some sort of strange power. |
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| Uri-uri is one of the elders who makes the sun rise here on Pirate Island. |
Uri-Uri is the Elder of Pirates Island. He is the one who calls the morning to this island! |
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| If somebody doesn't save Uri-uri, morning will never come to Pirate Island again! |
Find the golden egg, and free the Elder! You must bring morning back to Pirates Island! |
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| You must find the golden egg, save Uri-uri as quickly as possible, and bring the morning back to Pirate Island! |
Menie-Funie's text at the start of the level is a lot different in the prototype. The red font color is different, and there's an additional textbox in the prototype.
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| This is Pirate Island. It used to be a hideout for an infamous pirate. |
This is Pirates Island. Many famous pirates once lived here. |
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| Even though that pirate doesn' t live here anymore,the whole island has been taken over by evil Crows!! |
Well, the pirates aren't here anymore, but now there's a bunch of scary Crow Monsters haunting the island! |
Said by the chick in the red cap. There are several grammatical errors in the prototype, and the prototype mentions only a single pirate instead of multiple.
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| While jumping, press and hold the A Button to perform an Egg Driver! |
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| Press the A Button lightly, and you will perform a Bounce Jump! |
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| You can continue bouncing multiple times by using the Bounce Jump! |
Said by the chick with the white egg shell over its head, who exists in this level only in the prototype.
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| Do you know how to hatch an egg? |
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| First, you need to feed your egg any food that you find lying around! |
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| Doing that will make your egg grow bigger and bigger! |
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| Once the egg has reached its maximum size, press the R Button and use your Egg Echo on the egg! |
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| If you do everything right, a cute little Egg Animal will hatch out of the egg! |
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| And remember, you may get different types of egg animals from different types of eggs, |
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| types of egg animals from different types of eggs, so be sure to hatch as many as possible! |
The chick in the red shirt, who exists in this level only in the prototype, says how to hatch an egg. There's a slip-up in the last text box, as it repeats most of what was just said.
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| Well done, Billy. | Well done, Billy. |
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| This is the egg that the Elder was sealed within. But, it' s still too early to celebrate! |
You must hurry and undo the Elder's curse! Be careful not to let the egg break! |
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| To break the seal, you must hatch the egg! |
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| You must feed the egg until it reaches its maximum size. |
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| Then, give it an Egg Echo. If you do that, the Elder should be able to break free. |
Said by Menie-Funie when touching the Elder's egg. Since this is the second world in the final game, the text is much shorter. Uri-Uri is referenced in a blue font color, which doesn't happen in the final. Funnily enough, the prototype assumes you will read this text in time and will still trigger the cutscene for the first gate opening if you wait long enough, which allows you to move around while the text is still up.
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| Thank you for helping me!! | Thank you for helping me!! |
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| I am Uri-uri. I am one of the 6 Elders of Pirate Island whose voice makes the sun rise! |
I am Uri-Uri, one of the 6 Elders whose voice makes the sun rise! |
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| I was caught unawares by the Crows. Before I knew it, they were attacking me and they turned me into an egg! |
One of the Crow bosses named Captain Glur caught me off guard, and before I could fight back, he captured me... |
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| Billy, my boy... The Crows have extraordinary powers! Don't let your guard down! |
And then he turned me into a golden egg! |
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| Oh, before I forget... I should reward you for saving me. Here! Take this Emblem of Courage! |
Billy, my boy... The Crows have extraordinary powers! You must keep your wits about you! |
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| These Emblems of Courage are given to true heroes by us Chickens, as a sign of their courage! |
Oh, and before I forget... Here! Take this Emblem of Courage! It's my gift to you for helping me! |
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| I know that one day, it will prove to be very useful to you! Take good care of it! |
Said by Chicken Elder Uri-Uri when speaking to him after hatching his egg. The prototype mentions he's one of the six elders in Pirate Island, rather than Morning Land as a whole.
