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Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

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This page details one or more prototype versions of Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

A localization prototype dated June 30, 1990 was released by Nintendo Player in 2010.

Password Screen#

Proto

Final

Uses a somewhat different character set, notably including vowels and (a few) lowercase letters while lacking the dash and numbers. The end result is that it's impossible to enter any of the passwords the final game generates.

Item Names#

Proto

Final

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Princess_Tomato_proto_store.png

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Princess_Tomato_final_store.png

The pot item in Level 2's Antique Shop and Level 6's Peanut Village store was renamed to "vase" in the final. This was likely due to Nintendo of America's content policies at the time, given that "pot" is a slang term for marijuana.