Densetsu no Starfy - Revision history

GuiMiTomo at 19:40, 7 September 2026

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	''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].		''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].

	This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by its first worldwide release in July ~~12th~~ 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:~~Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack~~\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].		This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by its first worldwide release in July 12 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].
	==History==		==History==
	{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}		{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}

GuiMiTomo at 18:53, 7 September 2026

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	\|characters = [[Masao Kusakabe]]		\|characters = [[Masao Kusakabe]]
	\|composer = [[Yōko Matsutani\|Youko Matsutani]]<br/>[[Morihiro Iwamoto]]		\|composer = [[Yōko Matsutani\|Youko Matsutani]]<br/>[[Morihiro Iwamoto]]
	\|released = {{releasedate\|Japan\|September 6, 2002}} ([[Game Boy Advance]] release)<br>{{releasedate\|Japan\|July 29, 2015}} ([[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] VC)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|Cancelled}} (Game Boy Advance)<br>{{releasedate\|~~USA~~\|July 12, 2024}} (Nintendo Switch Online)<br>{{releasedate\|China\|Cancelled}}		\|released = {{releasedate\|Japan\|September 6, 2002}} ([[Game Boy Advance]] release)<br>{{releasedate\|Japan\|July 29, 2015}} ([[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] VC)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|Cancelled}} (Game Boy Advance)<br>{{releasedate\|World\|July 12, 2024}} (Nintendo Switch Online)<br>{{releasedate\|China\|Cancelled}}
	\|genre = "Marine Action" game (platformer with elements of swimming in the water)		\|genre = "Marine Action" game (platformer with elements of swimming in the water)
	\|rating = CERO: [[File:CERO All Ages Old.jpg\|12px\|CERO: A (Ratings prior to March 2006)]] [[File:CERO_A.png\|12px\|CERO: All ages]] <br />		\|rating = CERO: [[File:CERO All Ages Old.jpg\|12px\|CERO: A (Ratings prior to March 2006)]] [[File:CERO_A.png\|12px\|CERO: All ages]] <br />

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	''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].		''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].

	This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[~~http~~://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by its first worldwide release in July 12th 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].		This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by its first worldwide release in July 12th 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].
	==History==		==History==
	{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}		{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}
	''See also: [[Nintendo World\|Nintendo Space World]], [[Next Generation World Hobby Fair]], [[:Template:PRUNavbox\|Prerelease information and unused content navigation box]]		''See also: [[Nintendo World\|Nintendo Space World]], [[Next Generation World Hobby Fair]], [[:Template:PRUNavbox\|Prerelease information and unused content navigation box]]

	This game began as a [[nwiki:Game Boy\|Game Boy]] game. In November 1995, [[Nintendo]] producer [[Hitoshi Yamagami]]'s boss instructed him to create some kind of "floaty platformer". Hitoshi Yamagami would later collaborate with TOSE producer [[Yasuhiro Minamimoto]].<ref>[~~http~~://ds.nintendolife.com/news/2009/05/interviews_nintendotose_the_legendary_starfy Interviews: Nintendo/TOSE - The Legendary Starfy - DS News @ Nintendo Life (with insight about the development of Densetsu no Starfy)]</ref> It originally went under development as a balloon-lifting game, until being reworked as a game where the player has to control a bubble with a Nintendo character in it<ref>[[Nintendo Power]] [~~http~~://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP244_Starfy.jpg Volume 244, page 73]</ref> and later a floating character. Both a jellyfish and a starfish were initial considerations, and a starfish was eventually chosen for the game.		This game began as a [[nwiki:Game Boy\|Game Boy]] game. In November 1995, [[Nintendo]] producer [[Hitoshi Yamagami]]'s boss instructed him to create some kind of "floaty platformer". Hitoshi Yamagami would later collaborate with TOSE producer [[Yasuhiro Minamimoto]].<ref>[https://ds.nintendolife.com/news/2009/05/interviews_nintendotose_the_legendary_starfy Interviews: Nintendo/TOSE - The Legendary Starfy - DS News @ Nintendo Life (with insight about the development of Densetsu no Starfy)]</ref> It originally went under development as a balloon-lifting game, until being reworked as a game where the player has to control a bubble with a Nintendo character in it<ref>[[Nintendo Power]] [https://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP244_Starfy.jpg Volume 244, page 73]</ref> and later a floating character. Both a jellyfish and a starfish were initial considerations, and a starfish was eventually chosen for the game.

	Development on this game continued through 1998 and as such, Nintendo encouraged TOSE to rework this game for the Game Boy Color. In 2000, the Game Boy Color version underwent a period of promotion, where details about the game began to surface on the official Japanese [[Nintendo]] website. The game was shown at [[Nintendo World\|Nintendo Space World]] as [[Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)\|''Densetsu no Starfy'' for the Game Boy Color]].		Development on this game continued through 1998 and as such, Nintendo encouraged TOSE to rework this game for the Game Boy Color. In 2000, the Game Boy Color version underwent a period of promotion, where details about the game began to surface on the official Japanese [[Nintendo]] website. The game was shown at [[Nintendo World\|Nintendo Space World]] as [[Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)\|''Densetsu no Starfy'' for the Game Boy Color]].
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	==Technical information==		==Technical information==
	''Densetsu no Starfy'' reportedly uses a battery save instead of flash memory. This may be the cause of a certain [[List of glitches in the Game Boy Advance games#Data corruption\|data corruption glitch]] where both save files on the [[File Select]] screen become corrupted and the game prompts the player to restore an invalid [[Suspend Save]]. <ref>[~~http~~://eu-nao-sou-eu.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/game-batteries-and-cables.html game trend blog: Game batteries and cables]</ref>		''Densetsu no Starfy'' reportedly uses a battery save instead of flash memory. This may be the cause of a certain [[List of glitches in the Game Boy Advance games#Data corruption\|data corruption glitch]] where both save files on the [[File Select]] screen become corrupted and the game prompts the player to restore an invalid [[Suspend Save]]. <ref>[https://eu-nao-sou-eu.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/game-batteries-and-cables.html game trend blog: Game batteries and cables]</ref>
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	This coincides with an official account by Nintendo Treehouse but regarding a different game; the fifth and only localised official ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' game for [[Nintendo DS]], though it is not known if Bihldorff misremembered the game for the original.<ref>[~~http~~://kotaku.com/inside-the-treehouse-the-people-who-help-make-nintendo-1301809672 Nintendo's Secret Weapon - Kotaku April 22nd 2014]</ref>		This coincides with an official account by Nintendo Treehouse but regarding a different game; the fifth and only localised official ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' game for [[Nintendo DS]], though it is not known if Bihldorff misremembered the game for the original.<ref>[https://kotaku.com/inside-the-treehouse-the-people-who-help-make-nintendo-1301809672 Nintendo's Secret Weapon - Kotaku April 22nd 2014]</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[~~http~~://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/astj/ Official Japanese Nintendo mini-site].		*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/astj/ Official Japanese Nintendo mini-site].
	*[~~http~~://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/sw2001/softlist/gba/stafy/ Nintendo Space World 2001 page (featuring information from when the Game Boy Advance game was about 60% complete)].		*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/sw2001/softlist/gba/stafy/ Nintendo Space World 2001 page (featuring information from when the Game Boy Advance game was about 60% complete)].

	==References==		==References==

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	\|game title = Densetsu no Starfy		\|game title = Densetsu no Starfy
	\|image = [[File:Dns1_boxart.~~PNG~~\|250px]]		\|image = [[File:Dns1_boxart.png\|250px]]
	\|developer = [[TOSE]]/[[Nintendo]]		\|developer = [[TOSE]]/[[Nintendo]]
	\|publisher = [[Nintendo]]		\|publisher = [[Nintendo]]

GuiMiTomo: Typo

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Typo

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	''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].		''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].

	This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by ~~it's~~ first worldwide release in July 12th 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].		This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by its first worldwide release in July 12th 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].
	==History==		==History==
	{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}		{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}

GuiMiTomo: Some updates

2025-10-11T19:45:28Z

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	\|characters = [[Masao Kusakabe]]		\|characters = [[Masao Kusakabe]]
	\|composer = [[Yōko Matsutani\|Youko Matsutani]]<br/>[[Morihiro Iwamoto]]		\|composer = [[Yōko Matsutani\|Youko Matsutani]]<br/>[[Morihiro Iwamoto]]
	\|released = {{releasedate\|Japan\|September 6, 2002}} ([[Game Boy Advance]] release) {{releasedate\|Japan\|July 29, 2015}} ([[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] VC)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|July 7, 2024}} (Nintendo Switch Online) {{releasedate\|China\|Cancelled}}		\|released = {{releasedate\|Japan\|September 6, 2002}} ([[Game Boy Advance]] release)<br>{{releasedate\|Japan\|July 29, 2015}} ([[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] VC)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|Cancelled}} (Game Boy Advance)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|July 12, 2024}} (Nintendo Switch Online)<br>{{releasedate\|China\|Cancelled}}
	\|genre = "Marine Action" game (platformer with elements of swimming in the water)		\|genre = "Marine Action" game (platformer with elements of swimming in the water)
	\|rating = CERO: [[File:CERO All Ages Old.jpg\|12px\|CERO: A (Ratings prior to March 2006)]] [[File:CERO_A.png\|12px\|CERO: All ages]] <br />		\|rating = CERO: [[File:CERO All Ages Old.jpg\|12px\|CERO: A (Ratings prior to March 2006)]] [[File:CERO_A.png\|12px\|CERO: All ages]] <br />

Bandee of the Stars: typo

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typo

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	''"Legend of Stafy" redirects here. For the movie poster in [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]], see [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga#Relevance to The Legendary Starfy series\|here]]. For other uses, see [[Densetsu no Starfy (disambiguation)]].''		''"Legend of Stafy" redirects here. For the movie poster in [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]], see [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga#Relevance to The Legendary Starfy series\|here]]. For other uses, see [[Densetsu no Starfy (disambiguation)]].''

	'''''Densetsu no Starfy''''', sometimes known as '''''Densetsu no ~~Starfy~~''''' or '''''The Legend of Starfy''''' (Japanese: 伝説のスタフィー, literally '''''Legendary Starfy''''' or '''''Legend of Starfy''''') is a Japan-only [[Game Boy Advance]] game released on September 6, 2002. "Stafy" is the official romanized name of Starfy in Japan; before the release of ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'', most places referred to the character as Stafy.		'''''Densetsu no Starfy''''', sometimes known as '''''Densetsu no Stafy''''' or '''''The Legend of Starfy''''' (Japanese: 伝説のスタフィー, literally '''''Legendary Starfy''''' or '''''Legend of Starfy''''') is a Japan-only [[Game Boy Advance]] game released on September 6, 2002. "Stafy" is the official romanized name of Starfy in Japan; before the release of ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'', most places referred to the character as Stafy.

	''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].		''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].

Bandee of the Stars: The NSO release is where most Western players will see and play the game, so we should probably use that as the primary name. “Legend of Starfy” is much more obscure.

2025-06-02T23:17:34Z

The NSO release is where most Western players will see and play the game, so we should probably use that as the primary name. “Legend of Starfy” is much more obscure.

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	''"Legend of Stafy" redirects here. For the movie poster in [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]], see [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga#Relevance to The Legendary Starfy series\|here]]. For other uses, see [[Densetsu no Starfy (disambiguation)]].''		''"Legend of Stafy" redirects here. For the movie poster in [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]], see [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga#Relevance to The Legendary Starfy series\|here]]. For other uses, see [[Densetsu no Starfy (disambiguation)]].''

	'''''~~The Legend of~~ Starfy''''', ~~romanised~~ as '''''Densetsu no ~~Stafy~~''''' (Japanese: 伝説のスタフィー, literally '''''Legendary Starfy''''' or '''''Legend of Starfy''''') is a Japan-only [[Game Boy Advance]] game released on September 6, 2002. "Stafy" is the official romanized name of Starfy in Japan; before the release of ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'', most places referred to the character as Stafy.		'''''Densetsu no Starfy''''', sometimes known as '''''Densetsu no Starfy''''' or '''''The Legend of Starfy''''' (Japanese: 伝説のスタフィー, literally '''''Legendary Starfy''''' or '''''Legend of Starfy''''') is a Japan-only [[Game Boy Advance]] game released on September 6, 2002. "Stafy" is the official romanized name of Starfy in Japan; before the release of ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'', most places referred to the character as Stafy.

	''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].		''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].

Logangsta: /Infobox/

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	\|characters = [[Masao Kusakabe]]		\|characters = [[Masao Kusakabe]]
	\|composer = [[Yōko Matsutani\|Youko Matsutani]]<br/>[[Morihiro Iwamoto]]		\|composer = [[Yōko Matsutani\|Youko Matsutani]]<br/>[[Morihiro Iwamoto]]
	\|released = {{releasedate\|Japan\|September 6, 2002}} ([[Game Boy Advance]] release) {{releasedate\|Japan\|July 29, 2015}} ([[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] VC)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|~~Cancelled~~}} {{releasedate\|China\|Cancelled}}		\|released = {{releasedate\|Japan\|September 6, 2002}} ([[Game Boy Advance]] release) {{releasedate\|Japan\|July 29, 2015}} ([[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] VC)<br>{{releasedate\|USA\|July 7, 2024}} (Nintendo Switch Online) {{releasedate\|China\|Cancelled}}
	\|genre = "Marine Action" game (platformer with elements of swimming in the water)		\|genre = "Marine Action" game (platformer with elements of swimming in the water)
	\|rating = CERO: [[File:CERO All Ages Old.jpg\|12px\|CERO: A (Ratings prior to March 2006)]] [[File:CERO_A.png\|12px\|CERO: All ages]] <br />		\|rating = CERO: [[File:CERO All Ages Old.jpg\|12px\|CERO: A (Ratings prior to March 2006)]] [[File:CERO_A.png\|12px\|CERO: All ages]] <br />

Logangsta: /NSO/

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NSO

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	''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].		''Densetsu no Starfy'' is the first game in [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|''The Legendary Starfy'' series]].

	This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by it's first worldwide release in July 12th 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage\|Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].		This game was later released in Japan for the [[Terminology#W\|Wii U]] Virtual Console on July 29, 2015 for 702 yen (including tax)<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/pcej/index.html 伝説のスタフィー｜Wii U｜Nintendo - Official Japanese Nintendo site (in Japanese)]</ref>, followed by it's first worldwide release in July 12th 2024<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/24197438/nintendo-switch-online-update-starfy-games-gba Nintendo Switch Online finally lets Nintendo’s adorable Starfy shine on the world’s stage Polygon],</ref> as part of the Game Boy Advance service on the [[nwiki:Nintendo_Switch_Online_Expansion_Pack\|Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack]].
	==History==		==History==
	{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}		{{main\|Densetsu no Starfy (GBC)}}