Monday, May 13, 2024

Compilation of Beta/Cut Level Names

 

THIS ISN'T ABOUT MISSING CONTENT JUST THE NAMES. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE THEM FOR THAT FAN GAME IDEA?

 

Nintendo Power Issue 099 first reported on 16 worlds for Banjo-Kazooie. Many of those 16 worlds made it in. But there are a few names that came up in the article for worlds that never made it:

  • Mount Fire Eyes
  • Mount Fire Eye (according to Nintendo Magazine Issue 59)
  • Fungus Forest
  • Hammerhead Beach

Though Hammerhead Beach might just be the beta name for Treasure Trove Cove. I could never find the source or  the origin of the name for Giant's Lair.

 Project Dream / Banjo-Kazoo had the entire game scrapped. Only one level is ever named and that was by Grant Kirkhope. Here is a list of the levels, most are my interpretation of reading Gregg Mayles' handwriting. Asterisk means that I am guesstimating.

  • Prickly Pear Island
  • Balloon Crossing
  • Banjo's House
  • Beach 1-3
  • Bear Cave
  • Bear's Beach
  • Big City
  • Blackeye's Base
  • Bridge
  • Cherry Grove*
  • Cherry House
  • Cockeye's Lookout
  • Desert 1-3
  • Dolphin Race*
  • Eskimo Camp
  • Factory
  • Fantasy 1-3
  • Fantasy Race
  • Flies*
  • Forest 1-3
  • Frog Land
  • Grape Grove*
  • Grape House
  • Ice 1-3
  • Ice Race
  • Jungle 1-3
  • Jungle Race
  • Lava 1-3
  • Lava Race
  • Lemon House
  • Lighthouse
  • Mall*
  • Mine 1-3
  • Mine Camp
  • Molehill (x4)*
  • Mr. Lazabout*
  • Oasis Caravan
  • Orange Grove
  • Orange House
  • Spooky 1-3
  • Strawberry Grove*
  • Strawberry House
  • Swamp 1-3 
  • Temple 1-3
  • Tiptup*
  • Vase Tribe*
  • Water 1-3
  • Water Race


 Not much is known for Banjo-Tooie, the only beta name I've come across was from notes about the music uploaded by Grant Kirkhope: Hagland. In the original Glitter Gulch Mine concept art it referred to Isle O Hags as Witch Island.

 I've datamined Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and found what information I could. It appears that Jiggosseum had its name changed, the first two are the beta names, the last is a scrapped world:

  • LOGOlympics
  • World of Sports
  • Weird West

Outside of beta names, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts has several worlds that are joke names for worlds that are implied to exist in the Banjo-Kazooie universe:

  • Tooty Land
  • Sewers of Severity
  • Hoedown Town
  • L.O.G. City
  • Trashton
  • Boringshire
  • Yawnshire
  • Vomit Volcano
  • Gottenham
  • Dulby County
  • Dingpot Town

 


In Liam Robertson's video on Grunty's Curse / Grunty's Revenge we can see several beta names and cut worlds, I believe Breegull Beach stayed consistent throughout development.

  • Cottage Farm
  • Soggy Bog Swamp
  • Freezing Fjord
  • Dire Dockyard
  • MohendraBanjo
  • Jungle Ruins
  • Jungle Temple
  • Fiery Furnace
  • Lava Labyrinth
  • Grunty's Stronghold


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