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'''Edson'''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72kj20YNA0 Rare Revealed: A Rare Look at Dream] on YouTube</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/610541779293708290?s=21&fbclid=IwAR35YLsO7ffKaZRdlx1fYC73v6Qf4sSjXm9A8x9x0TkgwzZB_I8r_rsdEQU Ed Bryan] on Twitter</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/winkysteve/status/702177176091803648?s=21&fbclid=IwAR3xvCmbfSH4mBX70xvUv1Zgd_c_XWSozAfWWYvApaXshf5r2KdKcs-cswM Steve Mayles] on Twitter</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/rareltd/status/643457190754406400?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1mucHCDT10mjbhftw-Xc4wH6is-MuA_1QgYW2WCWBetA6_W_aVihQ4RaM Rare] on Twitter</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ghoulyboy/status/828369691131445248?s=21&fbclid=IwAR2ORGDS5vHPQU3_xO9AoPL66FCauC98JL8pO8hMHMVAsbBGYUFYUnCmzWM Gregg Mayles] on Twitter</ref> is the main protagonist of the cancelled Rare RPG ''[[Dream: Land of Giants]]'', which would eventually become ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. He is a young adventurer, who goes on a seafaring journey to fight [[Captain Blackeye]] and his gang of pirates.
'''Edson'''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72kj20YNA0 Rare Revealed: A Rare Look at Dream] on YouTube</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/rareltd/status/578965642822447105?s=21 Rare Ltd. on Twitter: "Not sure if that's news, but the boy hero of Project Dream (pre-Banjo) was called Edson, not Edison. #bombshell #probablynotabombshell" / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20221106051418/https://twitter.com/rareltd/status/578965642822447105?s=21 archive.org])</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/610541779293708290 Ed Bryan on Twitter: "@Lego_Link @WinkySteve Edson" / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20221106071742/https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/610541779293708290 archive.org])</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/winkysteve/status/702177176091803648 Steve Mayles on Twitter: "From 20 years ago, some Project Dream Edson expression tests. Look at that hairstyle!" / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20221106083021/https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/702177176091803648 archive.org])</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/rareltd/status/643457190754406400 Rare Ltd. on Twitter: "Some early Banjo concept art we dug up - judging by the gear, just taking over from Dream's hero Edson!" / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20221106084748/https://twitter.com/rareltd/status/643457190754406400 archive.org])</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ghoulyboy/status/828369691131445248 Gregg Mayles on Twitter: "That's the village Edson lived in. Struggling to remember it's name. Do remember the mine was called Glitter Gulch Mine." / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20221106090323/https://twitter.com/ghoulyboy/status/828369691131445248 archive.org])</ref> was the main protagonist of the cancelled ''[[Dream: Land of Giants]]'', a game which would eventually become ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. He was a young adventurer who departed from his village to go on an adventure and fight against [[Captain Blackeye]].


==History==
==History==
Edson was originally the main character in ''Dream'', which started out on the Super NES as an RPG featuring pre-rendered graphics much like the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games. It was determined that the game was too big for the SNES, so development was moved to the Nintendo 64, to make ''Dream'' a 3D RPG with environments created by stretching out the polygons. However, the N64 didn't have the processing power needed to maintain such environments at a steady frame rate.
===''Dream: Land of Giants''===
 
Edson was originally the main character of ''Dream: Land of Giants'', a cancelled RPG at first planned to release on the {{wp|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} and later on the {{wp|Nintendo 64}}. In the game, he had a girlfriend named Madeleine and, along the adventure, encountered a dog called Dinger who helped him. During development, after Edson started "losing his edge," he was replaced by an unnamed rabbit and later by [[Banjo]], who would become the protagonist of the final product alongside [[Kazooie]].
Seeing ''Conker's Twelve Tales'' (which would become ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'') well underway in development, ''Dream'' was remade into a platformer with some of the RPG elements. Eventually, Edson was deemed "too generic" and was scrapped, as Rare then experimented with woodland characters that were originally secondary characters. One of these characters would eventually become [[Banjo]]. ''Dream'' was eventually scrapped after seeing the beta footage of Super Mario 64, and ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' was made from that point.
==Characteristics==
Because Edson and his game were discarded, we do not fully know about his personality. However, it can be said that since he stirred up trouble with Captain Blackeye and his pirates he is mischievous. It can also be interpreted that because he was in fact an inspiration for creating Banjo it can be said that he is a kind and polite person, but just seems to get into a lot of mishaps.
 
Edson is shown in only two pictures, but it is clearly visible what he's wearing. He is always seen with a light green jacket, Underneath we see that he wears a black short-sleeved shirt along with orange pants and a belt buckle, two belts to keep the ends of his pants tucked in his brown boots (in the screen shot it is clearly visible that his shorts look almost identical to Banjo's), and wooden gauntlets or bracelets. He is shown to have reddish-brown spiky hair, many believe that he has blue or blue-green eyes.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Edson has a younger sister named Ella, who is described as girly and princess-ish. Ella looks after a baby breegull that would eventually become [[Kazooie]].
*Edson's name was misspelled '''Edison''' in the subtitles around the start of the "Dreaming of Banjo" video on ''[[Rare Replay]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds22dv3KrPY Rare Replay - The Making of Banjo Kazooie] on YouTube</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 09:05, November 6, 2022

Edson
Edison artwork.png
Game(s) Dream: Land of Giants (cancelled)

Edson[1][2][3][4][5][6] was the main protagonist of the cancelled Dream: Land of Giants, a game which would eventually become Banjo-Kazooie. He was a young adventurer who departed from his village to go on an adventure and fight against Captain Blackeye.

History[edit]

Dream: Land of Giants[edit]

Edson was originally the main character of Dream: Land of Giants, a cancelled RPG at first planned to release on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and later on the Nintendo 64. In the game, he had a girlfriend named Madeleine and, along the adventure, encountered a dog called Dinger who helped him. During development, after Edson started "losing his edge," he was replaced by an unnamed rabbit and later by Banjo, who would become the protagonist of the final product alongside Kazooie.

Trivia[edit]

  • Edson's name was misspelled Edison in the subtitles around the start of the "Dreaming of Banjo" video on Rare Replay.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Rare Revealed: A Rare Look at Dream on YouTube
  2. ↑ Rare Ltd. on Twitter: "Not sure if that's news, but the boy hero of Project Dream (pre-Banjo) was called Edson, not Edison. #bombshell #probablynotabombshell" / Twitter (archive.org)
  3. ↑ Ed Bryan on Twitter: "@Lego_Link @WinkySteve Edson" / Twitter (archive.org)
  4. ↑ Steve Mayles on Twitter: "From 20 years ago, some Project Dream Edson expression tests. Look at that hairstyle!" / Twitter (archive.org)
  5. ↑ Rare Ltd. on Twitter: "Some early Banjo concept art we dug up - judging by the gear, just taking over from Dream's hero Edson!" / Twitter (archive.org)
  6. ↑ Gregg Mayles on Twitter: "That's the village Edson lived in. Struggling to remember it's name. Do remember the mine was called Glitter Gulch Mine." / Twitter (archive.org)
  7. ↑ Rare Replay - The Making of Banjo Kazooie on YouTube
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