Flipnote Studio

This page details one or more prototype versions of Flipnote Studio.

'This page or section details content from theSeptember 2020 Nintendo Leak.'''

To do: Has been ported over from this (seemingly abandoned) user page. Will need a clean-up and general expansion.

On September 9th, 2020, a large amount of Nintendo DSi source code and lotchecks for both a chunk of DSiWare and Game Boy were leaked online. Within these leaks is a repository for MasterEditorTWLChecker, which mistakenly seems to have left in a late prototype of Flipnote Studio, predating its Japanese release.

This build can be found in platinum.7z\twl.7z\TWLToolsRED\build\tools\MasterEditor\MasterEditorTWLChecker\ORG.SRL. An installable .tad version (ORG.TAD) is also present in this folder.

Menu Differences#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: What is the string below the FINALROM text? Possibly Hatena related?

• The title screen displays a build date over the Nintendo copyright of December 4th, 2008 at 23:30:37. This puts this prototype roughly 3 weeks before its Japanese release.

Proto	Final

• The Send menu has its text aligned to a different offset.

Proto	Final

• The amount of free space left is displayed in Flipnotes rather than blocks.

Proto	Final

• The screen before connecting to Flipnote Hatena only has an OK button.

Proto	Final

To do: Take screenshot of this.

• Error messages use the default thick font rather than the slim font.

Audio Differences#

To do: The sample is so short that the built-in web player can't play it. Reupload it.

• A sound of toggling between the notepad and pencil menu plays after opening a Flipnote.
• No sound effect plays after opening the Send menu.
• One of the sound samples in WAVEARC_STATIC/SWAV_21.swav was changed. The sample's length was extended in the final release.

Miscellaneous Differences#

• Transparency effects are by default turned off on new Flipnotes.
• Error codes aren't displayed in the usual 34XXXX format. Instead, it's just a single or double digit.
• All of the graphics are stored in the rom itself rather than being stored in one of the arm binaries. These graphics can be found in a folder titled LayoutData.

Text Differences#

Message.bmg#

'...But what does it mean?' This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

To do: Maybe start over?

In MessageData is also an English translation - or rather lack there of in EuEnglish. Its filesize is very small and only has a few placeholder indicators.

CONFIRM_GIF
DELETE_MEMO
DETECT_SERVER
END_WITHOUT_SAVE
SAVE0000
SAVE0001
SAVE0002
STORAGE0000
STORAGE0001
STORAGE0002

Layout.bmg#