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Marble Saga Kororinpa

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This needs some investigation.
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Specifically:

  • Investigate the demo version for differences.
  • Check to see if \sound\SD_Koro2.brsar.tmp and \sound\SD_Koro2.brsar.2.tmp have any unused sound effects or music.
  • See if any content from Kororinpa: Marble Mania is still present.

The sequel to Wii launch title Kororinpa: Marble Mania, Marble Saga Kororinpa tasks the player with guiding an ant towards the mythical Golden Sunflower by rolling marbles across various themed stages. Also includes a level editor and a whole extra suite of stages for the Wii Balance Board!

Wii SDK Leftovers#

The theme from Mario Kart: Double Dash, as well as a Yoshi sound are present in \snddemo\sound_data.brsar. These are simply leftovers from the Wii SDK.

Unused Text#

Present starting at 0x130 in \mess\messdata.bin are a number of Mario character names, specifically their Japanese names. This particular assortment of characters is the playable roster from Mario Party 8, which was released by Hudson Soft two years prior.

MARIO
LUIGI
PEACH
YOSHI 
WARIO 
DAISY 
WALUIGI 
KINOPIO 
TERESA 
KINOPIKO 
KYASARIN 
KARON 
GESSO 
HUMMERBROS

Unused Graphics#

Copy Button#

A button with the text "Copy".

This texture is loaded along side the file select menu, and matches the "Erase" and "Change Icon" buttons present on said menu. This is likely a leftover from Kororinpa: Marble Mania as that game allowed the player to copy saves.

Unused Level Preview#

An unused level preview. It is a copy of the preview for The Empty Lot 01 (Normal) with the text "ボ一ドダミ一" overlaid in white.

This texture can be seen by using the Action Replay code 0079BFB3 00000003 and opening the Wii Balance Board menu on the American version of the game.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

North America

Europe

Japan

The title screen was changed to accommodate the name difference between regions. Of note are three things:

  • The publisher information: the American version reads "Published by Hudson Entertainment, Inc", the PAL version reads "Published by Hudson Soft Co., Ltd", and the Japanese version omits the text entirely.
  • The European version adds a wave pattern behind the logo.
  • The American version omits some of the visual elements on the sides of the screen.

Wii Balance Board Stages#

The American version has only 30 balance board stages whereas the European version has 100 balance board stages. All of the American Stages appear in the European Version.

References#

  1. GDRI↩︎