Densetsu No Starfy (lost original Game Boy and Game Boy Color builds of Game Boy Advance platformer; 1998-2000)

Early logo used for the game

Status: Lost

Densetsu no Stafy is the first game in The Legendary Starfy franchise, released only in Japan in September 6th, 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. The game follows Prince Starfy of Pufftop, who was moving objects around the palace until he drops a jar in the ocean, causing the being inside the jar, known as Ogura, to cause a storm inside the palace that resulted in Starfy getting knocked out into the ocean. After being found by Old Man Lobber, Starfy began his journey to go back home, while also meeting new friends along the way, such as Moe.

Not well known to the public is that the game was originally developed for the Game Boy, before it was moved to the Game Boy Color. However, despite heavy promotion, this version of the game ended up being cancelled, and was later reworked for the Game Boy Advance.

Development

The game was first planned in 1995 as a floaty platformer game involving some sort of bubble or balloon as the main protagonist

Cancellation

The only materials left of this version of the game are various promotional artwork and screenshots of the game, combined with footage from both Nintendo SpaceWorld 2000 and Nintendo's Japanese website. However, t