Kirby: Squeak Squad

Kirby: Squeak Squad
Also known as: Kirby: Mouse Attack (EU), Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjou! Dorocche-dan (JP) Developers: Flagship, Natsume Publishers: HAL Laboratory, Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: November 2, 2006 Released in US: December 4, 2006 Released in EU: June 22, 2007 Released in AU: March 1, 2007 Released in KR: September 13, 2007 This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused abilities. This game has regional differences.

Kirby: Squeak Squad is Kirby chasing oversized rodents not to get back the treasure they've been stealing (although that's nice too), but because they stole his strawberry shortcake. Only with Kirby, people.

This game is also notable for being Flagship's last project before them being fully dissolved into Capcom in mid 2007.

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Debug Rooms

USA Kiosk Demo

Block Ability

To do: Find a cheat code to stabilize Block.

There is one unused ability in the game, named Block. It seems to be an alternate/earlier version of Triple Star.

The only difference between Block and Triple Star is that Kirby wears a recolor of Beam's hat, with very similar colors to Mirror in Kirby Super Star. It appears to have been manually disabled, and Kirby will lose the ability as soon as he gets it. Why it was disabled is unknown, and its very existence alongside Triple Star evokes questions.

It does not seem to have the same entries in the game's main code files (arm9.bin and overlays) as all other abilities. The stats, parameters and sprite files for this ability are expected to be similar to those of Triple Star, but they are indeed very different and result in an entirely broken Triple Star if replaced. If the ability could be used at all, it was not with the final version of the code.

Placeholder Pause Screen

This pause screen is associated with the Block ability. The kanji 仮 translates to "temporary" or "tentative".

Unused Graphics

Food items that weren't used. Probably had the same effect as minor food items.

E3 2006 Demo Leftovers

The placeholder logo that was used in the title screen (see here at 0:03.)

The screen of the demo's ending, which is a rough drawing featuring Kirby sitting on grasses all alone just wondering... forever. Was later used also for the Japanese and USA kiosks versions (example) of this demo, but with different texts as those versions were meant to be only played when the game would be already out.

Debug/Other Rooms

There are about 300 unused rooms (many duplicates). Most of them are for testing enemies and have a similar tileset to that of Nightmare in Dreamland and Amazing Mirrors' debug tileset. Those for testing environments typically have a normal tileset.

A few of those rooms are alternate/scrapped versions of regular rooms, and some are entirely separate rooms that weren't used for whatever reason. These are usually found at the end of shorter stages (such as 2-4).

A debug room, with the previously used tileset.

An array of doors leading to various testing rooms.

Alternate version of a room in level 3-4. The area in the lower left is completely new, also most items and enemies are different, and the background is changing color.

Debug Text

Present in the ARM9 binary at 0x161C5C is this text:

Original

Translated

ﾘｻﾞﾙﾄ ﾀｲﾄﾙ 1 ﾀｲﾄﾙ 2 ﾀｲﾄﾙ 3 ﾌﾟﾛﾛｰｸﾞ ｻﾌﾞｹﾞｰﾑ ﾃﾞﾝｹﾞﾝON ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ｺｱ ｺﾞｰﾙｹﾞｰﾑ ﾒｲﾝｹﾞｰﾑｺｱ ｽﾃｰｼﾞ ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ｸﾘｱ ｹﾞｰﾑｵｰﾊﾞｰ ﾎﾞｽﾊﾞﾄﾙ ｺｱ ｽﾃｰｼﾞ ｾﾝﾀｸ ﾌﾟﾚｲﾃﾞﾓﾞ 1 ﾌﾟﾚｲﾃﾞﾓﾞ 2 ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ﾎﾞｽﾊﾞﾄﾙ ｸﾘｱ ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ﾘｻﾞﾙﾄ ｽﾃｰｼﾞ ｼｭｳﾘｮｳ ﾎﾞｽﾊﾞﾄﾙ ｼﾝｸﾞﾙﾓｰﾄﾞ ﾌﾟﾚｲﾃﾞﾓﾞ 1ｶｲｼ ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ｼｭｳﾘｮｳ ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ｺﾞｰﾙｹﾞｰﾑ ｴｸｽﾄﾗ GameOver ｼｬﾒｲ ﾛｺﾞ + ﾀｲﾄﾙ ﾒｲﾝｹﾞｰﾑ ｼｭｳﾘｮｳ ﾌﾟﾚｲﾃﾞﾓﾞ 2 ｶｲｼ ﾎﾞｽﾊﾞﾄﾙ GameOver ﾌﾟﾚｲﾃﾞﾓﾞ 1ｼｭｳﾘｮｳ ｴｸｽﾄﾗ ｽﾃｰｼﾞ ｾﾝﾀｸ ﾒｲﾝｹﾞｰﾑ ｸﾘｱｼｭｳﾘｮｳ ﾌﾟﾚｲﾃﾞﾓﾞ 2 ｼｭｳﾘｮｳ ﾎﾞｽﾊﾞﾄﾙ ｽﾃｰｼﾞ ｾﾝﾀｸ

Results Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Prologue Sub Game POWER ON Extra Core Goal Game Main Game Core Stage Extra Clear Game Over Boss Battle Core Stage Selection Play Demo 1 Play Demo 2 Extra Boss Battle Clear Extra Results Stage End Boss Battle Single Mode Play Demo 1 Start Extra End Extra Goal Game Extra GameOver Company Names Logo + Title Main Game End Play Demo 2 Start Boss Battle GameOver Play Demo 1 End Extra Stage Selection Main Game Clear End Play Demo 2 End Boss Battle Stage Selection

Debug Prim

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To do: What is a debug prim? What does it do?

A Debug Prim is in the files of the game.

Unused Enemy

Normally, there are 3 types of Squeakers, Yellow, Green, and Blue ones. However, a red one exists in the game completely unseen, complete with its own unique AI! The Squeaker's behaviour is similar to that of the green one, throwing small bombs, but moves over greater distances and can double jump. Via hacking, it can still be seen.

(Source: Kirby Wiki)

Unused Copy Palettes

Aside from the six copy palettes that can be obtained throughout the game, there exist four other copy palettes in the game's files featuring some of the game's bosses.

The palettes below can be accessed in the game by using the cheat code 22259D1E 0000000X in the European version. Replace the X by the palette ID, from 6 to 9 following the pictures order.

Unused Ghost Behavior

Although all of the mid-bosses, as well as Gordy, Shotzo, Spinni, and the Squeakers cannot normally be possessed by Ghost Kirby in-game, they are able to be possessed by Ghost Kirby when manually applying the possession effect.

(Source: Black Rigga)

Sounds Leftover from GC Kirby

To do: Put them here.

Some of the sounds used in this game and Kirby: Canvas Curse are actually leftovers from the cancelled Kirby for Nintendo GameCube.

Regional Differences

To do: Check for differences and compare to the Wii U re-release or any other re-releases if any (for example, anti-epilepsy measures). Check for differences and compare to the Korean version (Title screen, graphics, any bug fixes).

There are at least four different game versions.

• The Japanese version - 星のカービィ 参上! ドロッチェ団 (Hoshi no Kābyi Sanjō! Dorotche-Dan)
• The US version - Kirby Squeak Squad
• The European version - Kirby Mouse Attack
• The Korean version - 별의 커비 도팡 일당의 습격 (Byeorui keobi dopang ildangui seupgyeok)

Title Screen

Japan	America/Australia	Europe

While Australia usually received name changes to match the European title, it was still called "Squeak Squad" on its initial release. This later changed when the game was released there on Wii U as "Mouse Attack" to match Europe.

Level Names

Some of the Level names were changed from the Japanese language to the international languages. The reason for this is unknown.

Japanese	Prism Plains	Nature Navel	Creamy Cloud	Jam Jungle	Voice Volcano	Island Ice	Secret Island	Gamble Galaxy
English	Prism Plains	Nature Notch	Cushy Cloud	Jam Jungle	Vocal Volcano	Ice Island	Secret Island	Gamble Galaxy
French	Clairière Colorée	Nature Natale	Nuage Nonchalant	Jungle Jonglante	Volcan Vocal	Ile Iceberg	Mer Méconnue	Galaxie Go
German	Spiegelsteppe	Naturgarten	Wirbelwolken	Rätselwald	Stimmvulkan	Eisinseln	Geheimnis-See	Finalgalaxie
Italian	Vivaci Vallate	Cunicoli Curvosi	Nuvole Neve	Giungla Groviglio	Vulcano Vertigo	Algidi Atolli	Mare Mistero	Galassie Giocose
Spanish	Prados Prisma	Nido Natural	Nube Nubosa	Jungla Junglar	Volcán Vocal	Glaciar Glasé	Mar Mareado	Universo Universal
Korean	Prism Grassland	Nature Navel	Cream Cloud	Jam Jungle	Singing Volcano	Ice Island	Secret Island	Gamble Galaxy

Slope Bug

The slope where you could clip on the Japanese version.

On the Japanese version, it was possible that you could clip through a slope in the second room of Level 8-3, by walking up the slope while repeatedly crouching. This is possible because on the Japanese version, any out of bounds area (anything that you shouldn't be able to reach) can be interacted with as if it were part of the level.

The bug was fixed on the internatioal versions by making the out of bounds area in each level completely solid.

Animal Bug

On the Japanese version, if Animal Kirby touches water while performing a dash attack on an enemy, the attack gets canceled but the enemy will get stuck indefinitely and Kirby will not take any damage from other enemies in the same room. One possible way the bug could occur is if the player performs a dash attack on an underwater enemy from the side of a body of water, shown in the screenshots below. This was fixed on the international versions where Kirby continues the attack even underwater.

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  Level 8-2

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  The Blipper is stuck while Kirby can move freely.

(Source: 星のカービィ研究所)

Level 8-3 Bad Wall Collision

On the Japanese version, there is a wall in the third room of level 8-3 that has improper collision. This was fixed in the international versions.

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  The wall that Kirby can move into.

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  Fixed.

(Source: 星のカービィ研究所)

Cannon Bug

On the Japanese version, if you enter a spinning cannon while inhaling, if any object that can be inhaled comes near - such as an ability star or a bubble - then Kirby will inhale it but also fall out of the cannon and be invisible while the cannon keeps spinning. This was fixed in the international version where Kirby is prevented from inhaling anything while inside a cannon.

(Source: 星のカービィ研究所)

Miscellaneous

The debug room's tileset is present only in the Japanese version.