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LEGO Ninjago: Spinjitzu Smash

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LEGO Ninjago: Spinjitzu Smash is pretty much a complete ripoff of the Mega Man Battle Network series.

Battle Network 6 Leftovers#

In the first release of Spinjitzu Smash (v0.0.1), it was discovered that gameplay wasn't the only thing ripped off: several assets from Mega Man Battle Network 6 were included as well! After the findings were released on Protodude's Rockman Corner blog, LEGO quickly revised the game and removed the files - though not quickly enough that v0.0.1 wasn't saved for posterity:

Download LEGO Ninjago: Spinjitzu Smash (v0.0.1)

File: Lego_Ninjago_Spinjitzu_Smash_v.0.0.1.rar (7.84 MB) (info)

Found within the v0.0.1 SWF were these sprites:

Aqua Cross MegaMan.EXE#

The iteration of Mega Man from the Battle Network series (specifically his dialogue portrait as well as his Aqua Cross powerup from Cybeast Falzer) was used in-game as a placeholder before being replaced by blocky ninja dudes.

Mettaur#

Everyone's favorite Mettaur made it into the game as well as a placeholder enemy.

Unused Text#

There are several cases of placeholder text in the Spinjitzu Smash SWF, mostly the generic Lorem ipsum placeholders found in many developer programs.

 Some popup text.
 It's poppin' fresh!

 o/v?

 This is a sample tip, complete with second line
 to show that two lines fit.

 ERR: UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENT

 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim 
 veniam,  quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate 
 velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim 
 id est laborum.

 Text Goes Here

 PLACEHOLDER FOR 
 ENVIRONMENT 2 IMAGE

 Curabitur sollicitudin erat at sapien
 condimentum hendrerit.
 Sed volutpat elit
 nec dui tempus suscipit.

 Curabitur sollicitudin
 Lorem Ipsum

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