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There was a demo of the SNES version with a full introduction sequence and one level, and according to composer Grant Kirkhope, if it still exists, it may be locked away somewhere at Rare's headquarters. Mr. Kirkhope had also commented this on the demo, "I was blown away. It looked beautiful and a step up above the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games." | There was a demo of the SNES version with a full introduction sequence and one level, and according to composer Grant Kirkhope, if it still exists, it may be locked away somewhere at Rare's headquarters. Mr. Kirkhope had also commented this on the demo, "I was blown away. It looked beautiful and a step up above the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games." | ||
At one point during development, it was determined that ''Dream'' was too big a game for the SNES to handle, so it was moved to the Nintendo 64DD, to be redeveloped as a 3D RPG in the style of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time%7CThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] ''(which was first shown at Nintendo Space World in December 1995), featuring 3D environments created by stretching out the polygons. | At one point during development, it was determined that ''Dream'' was too big a game for the SNES to handle, so it was moved to the Nintendo 64DD, to be redeveloped as a 3D RPG in the style of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time%7CThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] ''(which was first shown at Nintendo Space World in December 1995), featuring a unique 3D terrain system with environments created by stretching out the polygons. | ||
However, the Nintendo 64 lacked the processing power needed to maintain these environments at a steady frame rate. Taking inspiration from ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' (which was being developed by the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Instinct_(1994_video_game)%7C Killer Instinct]'' team, and would eventually become the adult-oriented ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker%27s_Bad_Fur_Day Conker's Bad Fur Day]''), along with Rareware's previous experience with platforming games, ''Dream'' was remade by the development team (whose members had also worked on ''Donkey Kong Country'') into a 3D platformer in the vein of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_64%7C Super Mario 64]'', but kept some of the elements of the RPG. | However, the Nintendo 64 lacked the processing power needed to maintain these types of environments at a steady frame rate. Taking inspiration from ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' (which was being developed by the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Instinct_(1994_video_game)%7C Killer Instinct]'' team, and would eventually become the adult-oriented ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker%27s_Bad_Fur_Day Conker's Bad Fur Day]''), along with Rareware's previous experience with platforming games, ''Dream'' was remade by the development team (whose members had also worked on ''Donkey Kong Country'') into a 3D platformer in the vein of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_64%7C Super Mario 64]'', but kept some of the elements of the RPG. | ||
After deeming the game's main protagonist, Edison, to be too "generic", Rare began to experiment with several woodland characters that had previously been secondary characters, including "a dopey dog, a rabbit that looked like a man, and a bear." That bear character would eventually become [[Banjo]]. | After deeming the game's main protagonist, Edison, to be too "generic", Rare began to experiment with several woodland characters that had previously been secondary characters, including "a dopey dog, a rabbit that looked like a man, and a bear." That bear character would eventually become [[Banjo]]. | ||
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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Edison]] - The main character for the SNES version. He got himself in trouble with a crew of pirates lead by Captain Blackeye. | *'''[[Edison]]''' - The main character for the SNES version. He got himself in trouble with a crew of pirates lead by Captain Blackeye. | ||
*[[Madeleine]] - Edison's girlfriend | *'''[[Madeleine]]''' - Edison's girlfriend | ||
*[[Banjo]] - He was originally designed to be a secondary character. However, he would later appear in his own [[Banjo-Kazooie|game]]. | *'''[[Banjo]]''' - He was originally designed to be a secondary character. However, he would later appear in his own [[Banjo-Kazooie|game]]. | ||
*[[Captain Blackeye]] - The infamous captain of a pirate crew and main antagonist of the game. He later appeared as a character in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' at [[Jolly's|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. | *'''[[Captain Blackeye]]''' - The infamous captain of a pirate crew and main antagonist of the game. He later appeared as a character in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' at [[Jolly's|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. | ||
*Grim Jim - One of Blackeye's crew members | *'''Grim Jim''' - One of Blackeye's crew members | ||
*Flintlock Jock - A member of Captain Blackeye's band of pirates | *'''Flintlock Jock''' - A member of Captain Blackeye's band of pirates | ||
*Cockeye - A "good pirate and a bit of a mad professor", as Grant Kirkhope would put it | *'''Cockeye''' - A "good pirate and a bit of a mad professor", as Grant Kirkhope would put it | ||
*Big Belly - An obese pirate who was part of Captain Blackeye's crew on the ''Mudplugger. ''He likes to eat and drink a lot. | *'''Big Belly''' - An obese pirate who was part of Captain Blackeye's crew on the ''Mudplugger. ''He likes to eat and drink a lot. | ||
*A strange, unintelligent rabbit - This character was going to be a secondary character in the SNES version, but he was later put under consideration for the main protagonist, when Edison was considered "too generic". | *'''A strange, unintelligent rabbit''' - This character was going to be a secondary character in the SNES version, but he was later put under consideration for the main protagonist, when Edison was considered "too generic". | ||
*[[Tooty]]/Piccolo - Tooty was going to appear in the game as Banjo's girlfriend, and her original name was Piccolo, to match her musical instrument. This was later changed to Tooty. | *'''[[Tooty]]/Piccolo''' - Tooty was going to appear in the game as Banjo's girlfriend, and her original name was Piccolo, to match her musical instrument. This was later changed to Tooty. | ||
*[[Grunty]]/The Giant - Gruntilda was originally meant to be a giant in the N64 version, but was later changed to that of | *'''[[Grunty]]/The Giant''' - Gruntilda was originally meant to be a giant in the N64 version, but was later changed to that of a wicked witch for ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. | ||
* | *'''Dinger''' - Another secondary character that was under consideration for being the main character when Edison was scrapped. | ||
*[[Tiptup]] - He was also going to be a secondary character, much like Banjo was. | *'''[[Tiptup]]''' - He was also going to be a secondary character, much like Banjo was. | ||
*[[Kazooie]] - Not originally scheduled to appear as a character in this one, but she appeared as a baby bird in a nest looked after by Ella, who first found the nest with an egg and a mother and father bird. The mother hatched Kazooie and the chick said her first word, "Bweee!!!" because she first appeared as a baby breegull | *'''Ella''' - Edison's girly and princess-ish younger sister, who was originally going to have a high pitched voice. Her original name may have been Leela Burns. | ||
*'''[[Kazooie]]''' - Not originally scheduled to appear as a character in this one, but she appeared as a baby bird in a nest found and looked after by Ella, who first found the nest with an egg and a mother and father bird. The mother hatched Kazooie and the chick said her first word, "Bweee!!!" because she first appeared as a baby breegull. | |||
Other minor characters were also recently revealed by Grant Kirkhope on his website. | Other minor characters, such as Bully, were also recently revealed by Grant Kirkhope on his website. | ||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
