Kirby's Pinball Land

Kirby plays Pinball. More accurately, Kirby is the pinball.

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Prerelease Info

Unused Graphics#

There exist compressed graphics and tilemaps in the ROM that don't get loaded in-game.

At 0x1392D. Three frames for a li'l 'gator in the style of Revenge of the 'Gator, HAL's previous pinball game for Game Boy.

While the graphics at 0x1622E are used in the middle of Poppy's level, four tiles that look like screws don't get used, highlighted here for your viewing pleasure.

At 0x29C13 is a graphic bank taken directly from Yūyūki, a 1989 Famicom Disk System adventure game. What this is doing here is a complete mystery, though Yūyūki would later go on to be referenced in both the Japanese version of Kirby's Dream Land 2 and all versions of its followup, so something similar might have been planned here.

At 0x2B388. This looks similar to one of the graphics pieces used for the ranking screen, except quite corrupted.

At 0x31E68. A set of player graphics that go unreferenced.

Tables#

Two unused tilesets for pinball tables exist, two graphics pieces per tileset. Corresponding unused tilemap pieces at 0x2012B and 0x2019A exist, usable for both tilesets.

Raw Graphics (0x24063 & 0x24221)	Table

Unlike all the other graphics, the ones here are 1-bit color rather than the system's native 2-bit. A couple 'gators are hiding out in the tileset, too.

Raw Graphics (0x3216A & 0x32432)	Table

This other unused table tileset looks more Kirby-like, with the Maxim Tomato, Gordo, and even some Cappies. Some of these graphics are seen in prerelease screenshots from 1993's Summer CES.

Partially-Unused Music#

The credits music is 32 seconds long, but only the first 18 are heard in-game.

Regional Differences#

Japan	International
	And now he's not there.

Aside from the logo change, the options were translated and the arrow was enlarged. The Japanese version jumps right into gameplay upon starting a new game, whereas the International version waits a few seconds.

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