Dream: Land of Giants



Project Dream was an unreleased video game that was to be released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was instead redeveloped into what is now, Banjo-Kazooie. It starred a young boy named "Edison" who wielded a wooden sword. He caused trouble with some pirates led by Captain Blackeye (who returned in Banjo-Tooie). The story follows his adventures in trying to end his troubles. Project Dream was also to include characters such as an idiotic dog, a strange rabbit, and a large bear (who would later become Banjo). The game took longer than expected to be developed, so Rareware decided to move the game to the Nintendo 64 platform. The main character in the game was then changed to be the rabbit. But again, this was revised and several changes were made, until eventually a bear named Banjo was created as the main character and the storyline was heavily revamped.

Characters

 * Banjo - He was originally designed to be a secondary character. However, he would later appear in his own game.
 * Edison - The main character for the SNES version. He stirred up trouble with pirates.
 * Captain Blackeye - The captain of a gang of pirates. He later appeared as a character in Banjo-Tooie at Jolly's Bar in Jolly Roger's Lagoon. He repeats the words "Once, I had a dream...", which may be a reference to his original role.
 * A strange, unintelligent rabbit. - This character was going to be a secondary character in the SNES version, but he was later changed to the main character when Edison became too "generic".
 * Tooty/Piccolo - Tooty was going to appear in the game as Banjo's girlfriend but her original name was Piccolo to match her musical instrument. This was later changed for a unknown reason.
 * Grunty/The Giant - Gruntilda was meant to be a giant in the N64 version. She was later changed to that of an evil witch.
 * An idiotic dog - Another secondary character.
 * Tiptup - He was also going to be a secondary character, much like Banjo was.

Kazooie was not scheduled to appear as a character in any game at all during development. However, Banjo still had his backpack to hold various items.