Kirby: Planet Robobot

Unused Debugging FeaturesHAL sure does love skipping these bosses. Unused Copy Ability MovesSome of these make you want to Return to Dr-- Wait... Didn't I already say this joke?

Unused Animations#

To do: This game, like Triple Deluxe, is littered with many unused animations of all kinds. These are not all of them.

Kirby#

Kirby has two unused poses for his Mirror ability's Illusion Ring attack. For clarity, these are also shown without Mirror Kirby's. Interestingly, the first animation is similar to various animations used for the ESP ability, while the second strongly resembles one of the alternate poses for the Circus ability's Ball Balance attack.

Full Attack	Pose

Enemies#

Test Animations#

Like with Kirby: Triple Deluxe, various test animations managed to stay in some enemies' motion archives. There are fewer this time around, however.

Mid-Bosses#

King Doo has an unused swimming animation titled "TopL_SwimHelper". "Helper" is the official name used for the characters Kirby could summon in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra, as well as the cancelled Kirby for Nintendo GameCube. This exact same animation appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe in Waddle Doo's motion archive, along with numerous other animations from the cancelled GameCube game. All of this could mean that this animation is from the cancelled game and was accidentally left in when copying Waddle Doo's assets during the development of King Doo.

Bosses#

Gigavolt has an early version of his regular idle animation. He sways back and forth more in this early version, and he moves his mouth slightly.

Galacta Knight has an animation erroneously ported over from Meta Knight's motion file. It's called "TopL_ItemGet".

Unused Enemy Attacks#

The Cappy enemy has an unused attack where he throws his cap between the foreground and background. The hat would disappear upon hitting Kirby or landing on the floor, and it would reappear in Cappy's head again soon after. The reason why it was disabled is unknown.

Unused Items#

To do: Videos would be nice.

The Timed Dynamite and 3D Helmet Cannon items are leftovers from Kirby: Triple Deluxe and are fully functional if hacked into the game. Their presence suggests they were initially planned to be used somewhere before being cut. Their models can be located at RomFS/gfx/Step/Item, called HelmetCannon.bch.cmp and TimerDynamite.bch.cmp.

Unused Music#

To do: Investigate the lower-quality "MONO1" versions of certain music tracks. The regular versions of these tracks are all used in Team Kirby Clash. They're all unused in regular Robobot, but the Download Play version of Team Kirby Clash does use them. Document them here. Specifically, fanf_bonus_perfect1MONO1.dspadpcm.bcstm might not be used both in regular Robobot and Download Play Team Kirby Clash, since it's regular version, fanf_bonus_perfect1.dspadpcm is only used as the fanfare for clearing the True Arena rather than for Team Kirby Clash.

All music files are found in RomFS/snd/stream.

BGM_NOLP_DANCEGB2.dspadpcm.bcstm

The short version of the stage clear theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2, which was reused as the stage clear theme for the Kirby Fighters subgame in Kirby Triple Deluxe. The longer version, BGM_NOLP_DANCEGB1.dspadpcm, is used in both Triple Deluxe and Planet Robobot as the fanfare for receiving 30 1-Ups in the goal game.

KbyMUTEKI.dspadpcm.bcstm

The invincibility theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, which was also repurposed for Kirby Fighters.

Unused Sound Effects#

Various voice clips for distinct characters went unused, such as Susie and Star Dream.

Unused Text#

To do: Document the other languages for this file. There's probably more unused text than this.

Movie.msbt#

The dialogues of Taranza and Queen Sectonia, and the narrator's speech in the ending of Kirby: Triple Deluxe can be found on this file. It can be found inside RomFS/msg/*language folder*. This may imply that the cutscenes were copied over from that game and edited to create the ones seen in Kirby: Planet Robobot.

This file is translated to every language Kirby: Planet Robobot supports.

Unused Scene Data#

Kirby 3D Rumble#

The FDG archive, located in RomFS/fdg/Archive.dat contains scene data related to Debug maps for the sub-game Kirby 3D Rumble that were removed before the game's release.

ConfettiStepDecorationDebugKawahara01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugKawahara02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugKazuyuki01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugKazuyuki02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugHaruka01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugHaruka02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugMaejima01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugMaejima02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugSakuma01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugSakuma02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugMukae01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugMukae02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugOhnishi01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugHanyu01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugHanyu02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugKikkawa01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugKikkawa02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugUchida01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationDebugUchida02.dn 

Only Mukae, Ohnishi, and Kikkawa's data have paths to these removed maps:

• Mukae01 contains the paths to "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Mukae01/BG.bch.cmp" and "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Mukae01/Land.bch.cmp".
• Ohnishi01 contains the paths to "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Ohnishi01/BG.bch.cmp" and "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Ohnishi01/Land.bch.cmp".
• Kikkawa01 contains the paths to "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Kikkawa01/BG.bch.cmp" and "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Kikkawa01/Land.bch.cmp".
• Kikkawa02 contains the paths to "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Kikkawa02/BG.bch.cmp" and "gfx/Confetti/Decoration/Debug/Kikkawa02/Land.bch.cmp".

Additionally, more scene data related to test levels can be found, but contain no paths.

ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep01.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep02.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep03.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep04.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep05.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep06.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep07.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep08.dn
ConfettiStepDecorationTestStep09.dn

Robobot Armor#

Scene data related to various unused Robobot Armor modes can also be found in the FDG archive. Judging by the incredible amounts of leftover data, one can assume that, at one point, every ability in the game was planned to have a Robobot Armor mode. Interestingly, abilities that aren't in Robobot have scene data, like Wing, Spear, and Needle. No data contains paths in any asset group.

StepArmorSniper.dn
StepArmorCircus.dn
StepArmorSpear.dn
StepArmorSleep.dn
StepArmorMirror.dn
StepArmorFighter.dn
StepArmorBell.dn
StepArmorBeetle.dn
StepArmorWhip.dn
StepArmorHammer.dn
StepArmorPoison.dn
StepArmorUfo.dn
StepArmorWing.dn
StepArmorNeedle.dn
StepArmorCrash.dn
StepArmorDoctor.dn
StepArmorLeaf.dn
StepArmorNinja.dn 

Regional Differences#

Tutorial Completion#

Japanese	International

In the Japanese version of the game, during the tutorial, a red circle will appear whenever an action is properly completed. In the international versions, a green checkmark will appear instead. This is likely because tests in Japanese schools have circles represent correct answers while check marks represent wrong answers, whereas it is the opposite in international schools.

This change is also present in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby Battle Royale and Kirby Star Allies.

Bonus Video#

Japanese	English

The video unlocked when reaching 100% completion highlights its lyrics in time with the music in Japanese. In other languages, the lyrics are always fully highlighted.

Area Names#

All the level names were changed from Japanese into other languages.

Copy Ability Names#

To do: Add names from the French, German, Italian, Spanish and Korean versions

Some of the new ability names differ from Japanese into other languages.

Boss Names#

Most bosses have different names from Japanese into other languages.

In addition, the harder bosses have the "2.0" suffix in the English, French, German, Italian and Spanish versions and the "Re:" prefix in the Japanese and Korean versions.

Minigame Names#

Both of the minigames also have different names in each language version.

Team Kirby Clash Boss Names#

The enemies fought in the Team Kirby Clash minigame also have different names from Japanese into other languages.

1UPs#

Like with Kirby: Canvas Curse, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby Star Allies, the 1UP models differ depending on what language the player's Nintendo 3DS is set to. For whatever reason, despite being seemingly identical, Kirby's English 1UP textures are slightly different to those of the Japanese 1UP model, though these differences are barely noticeable. The changes can be more obviously seen in his eyes.

Japanese	English and Italian	French	German	Latin American Spanish	European Spanish

Japanese, English, and Italian	French	German	Latin American Spanish	European Spanish

Miiverse Button#

To do: Add relevant images from the Korean and international versions

Since Miiverse was never made accessible in South Korea, the Korean version of the game simply does not have a Miiverse shortcut button on the Touch Screen during gameplay. This is not the case in international versions, as Miiverse was still active during the time the game originally released in Japan, America, Europe and Australia.

Oddities#

• The file name for the song playing when confirming to delete a file, Pause.dspadpcm.bcstm suggests it was originally the music for the pause menu. It was likely changed due to sounding rather ominous, as the used pause menu theme, Pause_Ver2_2015_0513.dspadpcm.bcstm, is more serene. Interestingly, Planet Robobot was the first Kirby game to even have music for the pause menu.
• The filename the map theme of Rhythm Route/World 5 is Lv2Town.dspadpcm.bcstm, suggesting it was once associated with Resolution Road/World 2 (whose map theme is TRT_LP_TTLV2CITY1.dspadpcm.bcstm). This is easy to believe since both worlds are city-themed.
• The themes for the final boss's phases were likely shuffled around at one point:
  • The first phase's theme is named Last2.dspadpcm.bcstm.
  • The second phase's theme is name TRT_LP_TTSPACE1.dspadpcm.bcstm.
  • The third phase's theme is named Last1.dspadpcm.bcstm
  • The differing filename conventions are due to how the two composers, Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando, name their music files differently.

• The filenames for Bomber's textures in this game, along with Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby Fighters Deluxe have the Ch prefix despite the fact that Bomber was completely absent in the original version of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, combined with the fact that the textures also aren't compatible with the Super Smash Bros. Brawl model, where the prefix is both mainly used.

Internal Project Name#

The game's internal project name is "TorteCity" or simply just "Torte", according to the game's sound archive and various other files. Torte is a dessert, specifically a cake. This follows the trend of Kirby games being named after foods.

References#