In the demos of an inaccessible part of Dragon Village seems to be directly modelled after some of Matt Dixon's concept art.

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Mammoths were originally planned for but were cut partly due to them "being too cute to kill". They can be spotted in a few early screenshots and in the August 3rd prototype build (where they are clearly unfinished).

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During development of there were plans for visible changes on the home realms before and after they are corrupted by Dark Gems. While this idea was scrapped, before-and-after images of the realms are featured in the game's art gallery.
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While did make her full debut in she first made a cameo in the Gameboy Advance games, Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy and Purple: Ripto’s Rampage, as an ingame trading card.
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