Changes: Fungus Forest

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Fungus Forest entry — The Click Clock Wood puzzle chamber is believed to originally have been associated with the cut Fungus Forest world.

Fungus Forest was a world that was planned to be included in Banjo-Kazooie, but was ultimately cut during development. The world eventually resurfaced as "Fungi Forest" in Donkey Kong 64, though how it differs from the original concept is unknown.

It is speculated, but unconfirmed, that Fungus Forest was an earlier incarnation of Clanker's Cavern. This is due to pre-release footage of the game from E3 1997, showing Banjo and Kazooie swimming around an organic version of Clanker in a temperate environment featuring rocks and grass. The music from Fungi Forest in Donkey Kong 64 plays in the background during this segment of the video. The nearby jigsaw puzzle chamber for Click Clock Wood may also have had some relation to Fungus Forest, as it features textures that are not found in Click Clock Wood, but are used in Fungi Forest in Donkey Kong 64.

Trivia

A picture hanging on the wall of Banjo's House in Banjo-Tooie is commonly believed to show Fungus Forest, but is actually taken from a prototype 2.5-D version of Project Dream featuring Banjo.
According to the fan hack, the entrance to Fungus Forest is a hut shaped like a giant mushroom.

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Worlds from Banjo-Kazooie

Worlds	Mumbo's Mountain · Treasure Trove Cove · Clanker's Cavern · Bubblegloop Swamp · Freezeezy Peak · Gobi's Valley · Mad Monster Mansion · Rusty Bucket Bay · Click Clock Wood
Overworld	Spiral Mountain · Gruntilda's Lair · Grunty's Furnace Fun · Top of the Tower
Cut Worlds	Fungus Forest · Mount Fire Eyes · Temple Test Level

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+[[File:Fungus Forest entry.png|thumb|right|250px|The [[Click Clock Wood]] puzzle chamber is believed to originally have been associated with the cut Fungus Forest world.]]
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+'''Fungus Forest''' was a world that was planned to be included in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', but was ultimately cut during development. The world eventually resurfaced as "[[w:c:donkeykong:Fungi Forest|Fungi Forest]]" in ''[[w:c:donkeykong:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]'', though how it differs from the original concept is unknown.
-|game = N/A ([[Banjo-Kazooie]])
-|theme = Moss Forest
-|jiggies needed = N/A
-|image = Fungus Forest1.png
-|transformation = N/A
-}}
+[[File:Dreambanjo3.png|thumb|left|160px]]
-'''Fungus Forest''' was an unfinished world that was planned to be released in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. Due to insufficient time to complete the game's development, [[Rare]]ware did not feature the level in the game along with [[Mount Fire Eyes]] and two other mysterious levels. They instead reused the level in ''[[w:c:donkeykong:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]'' renaming it "[[w:c:donkeykong:Fungi Forest|Fungi Forest]]". There is a photo of Fungus Forest in [[Banjo's House]], on the wall.
+It is speculated, but unconfirmed, that Fungus Forest was an earlier incarnation of [[Clanker's Cavern]]. This is due to pre-release footage of the game from E3 1997, showing  [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] swimming around an organic version of [[Clanker]] in a temperate environment featuring rocks and grass. The music from Fungi Forest in ''Donkey Kong 64'' plays in the background during this segment of the video. The nearby jigsaw puzzle chamber for [[Click Clock Wood]] may also have had some relation to Fungus Forest, as it features textures that are not found in Click Clock Wood, but are used in Fungi Forest in ''Donkey Kong 64''.
-It is speculated that Fungus Forest's level entrance is the [[Click Clock Wood]] jigsaw puzzle area. This is because the area's trees are covered with moss and fungus and the jigsaw is so far away from its entrance.
+==Trivia==
-The game has been hacked to search for the missing level but the only interesting resource found was a soundtrack named "[[Advent]]". It is thought to have supposed to have been the level's theme music. However, the track is, in fact, the theme for the [[Giant's Lair]]. The theme for Fungus Forest, as seen in an E3 video of early ''Banjo-Kazooie'' footage around 1997, shows [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] swimming alongside what is thought to be the early version of [[Clanker]] (pictured below) in Fungus Forest; the music that accompanies this few seconds of footage is exactly the same as part of the Fungi Forest theme in ''Donkey Kong 64'', thus proving that Advent was not intended for this world. In addition, when interviewed in Rare's Tepid Seat, Grant Kirkhope, the lead composer of the game, stated that Advent "was a tune that was supposed to be played on a map page in Dream but never got used in Banjo." It is unknown if Fungus Forest was even in [[Project Dream]], but the Giant's Lair certainly was, again showing reason why 'Advent' was intended for it.
+*A picture hanging on the wall of [[Banjo's House]] in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' is commonly believed to show Fungus Forest, but is actually taken from a prototype 2.5-D version of ''Project Dream'' featuring Banjo.
-[[Image:Fungus Forest entry.png|left|250px|thumb|The believed entrance to Fungus Forest. The moss is clearly visible on the trees.]]
+*According to the fan hack, the entrance to Fungus Forest is a hut shaped like a giant mushroom.
+{{Clear}}
-[[Image:bkbeta18.jpg | thumb | right |250px | A beta screenshot of a botanical creature many believe to be Clanker. In the very short footage released showing this creature, there is the Fungi Forest soundtrack playing in the in-game background and the grated entrance shown in the above screenshot resembles that of the same one by the finalized Clanker's mouth in Clanker's Cavern, which lead people to believe that Clanker's Cavern was once Fungus Forest.]]
-{{clear}}
 {{BKWorlds}}
-=='''Trivia'''==
-*The picture of Fungus Forest can be seen in the intro to [http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Banjo-Tooie Banjo-Tooie] in the intro scene, before [http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Gruntilda Grunty] blasts Banjo's house.
-*The floor textures in the Click Clock Wood puzzle room can be seen in Fungi Forest in ''Donkey Kong 64 ''but not in the actual Click Clock Wood level. This further packs up the fact that the puzzle room could have originally been the entrance to Fungus Forest.
 [[Category:Beta worlds]]
+[[Category:Unused levels]]