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[[File:Edison.png|thumb|A picture of Edison as seen in Edge Magazine.]]
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In the cancelled game ''[[Project Dream]]'', it followed a boy adventurer by the name of Edison, who along with his girlfriend Madeleine, gets tangled up with a bunch of no-good Pirates named Flintlock Jock, Grim Jim and their leader, the infamous [[Captain Blackeye]]. The game was a seafaring adventure, featuring a large traversable ocean dotted with locales such as Prickly Pear Isle, boss fights with large Trolls and Squids, and an RPG stat element akin to ''The Legend of Zelda'' series. Project Dream was going to be Ocarina of Time's main competetion. As development continued on the pirate themed quest the game proved to be a little ''too'' epic, as it was decided that the adventure was too big to fit on the SNES and so the rest of the production was shifted to the N64. Development picked up where it had left off and Rare continued to create the epic quest utilizing a bizarre and elaborate flooring system which would stretch polygons to create interesting three dimensional environments, however even the Nintendo 64 lacked the processing power to display the game at a steady rate. Once Mario 64 had launched and began turning heads it was clear that Dream was going to need a serious reworking to follow the path of the portly plumber. The final nail in the coffin for "Dream" came from another one of Rare's teams, The "Killer Instinct" team. They had started "Conker" and it looked and played fantastically. In "Dream" they had this elaborate floor system that meant they could stretch the polygons into any shape to create some really great looking landscapes that really hadn't been tried before. Unfortunately the N64 just didn't have the power to run it at a decent frame rate and the creators were struggling to make it work. The "Conker" team had gone more the tried and trusted route as used in "Mario 64". As "Dream" started to run great, Then Tim Stamper (in chaarge of the group) was unhappy with the whole boy/hero thing and suggested change the protagonist into an animal. A bear was their first creature and "Banjo" the bear was born.
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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/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==
===''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]].
 
==Trivia==
*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==
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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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