Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a visual novel for the Nintendo DS, released following the success of the Ace Attorney series. The game had a sequel called Last Window: The Secret of Cape West which, much like Trace Memory's sequel, didn't get a North American release. Last Window: The Secret of Cape West was the last game developed by CiNG before they went bankrupt.

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Notes

Debug Menu#

Use the following Action Replay code and hold Select during a screen transition to enter a debug menu where you can see any events and images you want. The version number doesn't differ between versions. The build date is shown on the European and Korean versions, wherein it exists twice in the ARM9 binary. The European version has a build date of February 12, 2007, while the Korean version has a build date of November 18, 2008.

Japan

USA

Europe

Korea

0200B3C0 EBFFE7B5
94000130 FFFB0000
0200B3C0 E3A05004
D2000000 00000000

0200B360 E3550091
94000130 FFFB0000
0200B360 E3A05004
D2000000 00000000

0200B470 E3550092
94000130 FFFB0000
0200B470 E3A05004
D2000000 00000000

0200B2A0 E59F0F88
94000130 FFFB0000
0200B2A0 E3A05004
D2000000 00000000

Page 1#

GAME MENU – Select "START" or "CONTINUE" (Same as the screen when the game is started normally).
MAP SELECT – Select a map to play, selecting entrance will let you play on the map where Kyle first arrives at the hotel, something that can't be achieved in normal gameplay.
WALK THROUGH – Appears to be the same as MAP SELECT.
OPENING – Watch the opening movie.
CHAPTER SELECT – Choose from "EP2" through "EP10", each correspond to one of the story chapters.

Page 2#

SOUND CONFIG – Turn music and sound effects on/off.
START MENU – Jump to title screen.
DOMINANT HAND SELECT – Select left or right handed.
ANIME TEST – Play animations for each character.
- Select – Switch screen character is displayed on.
- L/R – Scroll through backgrounds.
- X – Turn dialog box on/off (if on left side).
- B – Go back to main menu.
SOUND TEST – Play all the music and sound effects in the game.

Page 3#

BG TEST – View all the backgrounds in the game.
TRICK SELECT – Test the interactive/puzzle segments.
POCKET BOOK – Open the pocket book menu.
CAMERAANIME TEST – View the first person sequences where the camera pans around the room.
DUMMY STAFF ROLL – Show the credits sequence.

Page 4#

TIME TEST – View the short clock sequences.
EVENT TEST – View different dialogue and other events that occur around the hotel throughout the game.
DUMMY ENDING – View the ending sequence.
SELECT LANGUAGE – Change the game's language (French, German, Italian, Spanish, English). Not possible to change languages on the Japanese and Korean versions.
SYSTEM MESSAGE – View text that's displayed when changing/erasing save data in-game.

Page 5#

THE END – View the "The End" screen.
GAME OVER – View the "Game Over" screen.
LOGO – View the developer logos; only present on the Korean version.

Anti-Piracy#

The Korean version of this game utilizes the DS Protect anti-piracy library to ensure that it is not being run off a flashcart or emulator. If any of the DS Protect checks fail, the game sets a pirate flag. If this flag is set, the game intentionally crashes during the cutscene where the player first encounters Helen Parker near the beginning of Chapter 1. It is still possible to play subsequent chapters by using the debug menu.

(Source: TWiLightMenu AP-patched games list)

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	South Korea

America	Europe

Oddities#

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The US version erroneously uses the Japanese blue Nintendo logo while the game is booting up.