What is the Sandbox Level in Lego Star Wars 2 DS

[@N0_1.]

This game was such a weird experience. I remember spending so much time in the sandbox just trying to figure out what to do

[@FirstPersonLife]

single player gaming was so eerie back then. i didn’t play this game but i can imagine how weird it probably felt discovering the sandbox

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Same

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

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[@robertanderson9447]

The only reason to pick story mode here is to see the text crawl. It goes on about how the Creator breathes life into the barren land, the Lego people rise from the primordial sands and all that.

[@robertanderson9447]

@@corbenvanloosbroek Found it in text form on Gamefaqs, would've gotten it myself but I no longer own the cartridge. Here's what it says: Episode ?? SANDBOX An even longer time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... It is a period of peace and tranquility. The galaxy sits in the throes of infancy as the CREATORS breathe life into the barren sand. What will rise from the primordial sand? What surprises await the intrepid explorers? The face of creation can be changed...

[@scopilio13]

so lego genesis?

[@lukej6636]

@@corbenvanloosbroekI’m playing the game now ‘Episode ?? a longer time ago in a galaxy far far away It is an era of peace and tranquility. The galaxy sits in the throes of infancy as the CREATORS breathe life into the barren sand. What will rise from the primordial sand? What surprises await the intrepid explorers? The face of creation can be changed…’

[@Munnwort]

@@lukej6636 thank you

[@joakimberg7897]

​@@lukej6636thanks

[@PeepIsAwesome]

I always found this "just make a game to get it out on shelves" era of video games to be hilarious. there was always some sort of charm to it... or could just be me who grew up on this port of lsw 2 while growing up poor lmao.

[@shardgunner4815]

Does this era ever end?? Asking for a friend (my sanity is the friend)

[@randomname8587]

@@shardgunner4815 hey friend! No.

[@eightcoins4401]

@@shardgunner4815 It already started with the first homeconsole videogames. Its not gonna leave any time.

[@curtisbrummitt5470]

"we should put something in for players who 100% the game." "eh, fuck it, just put in the debug level."

[@FlakDraakon]

I remember this level frustrating me as a kid, because I thought that there were minikits to find (it says 0/10 minikits when you go to play the level, even!) and I could never find any, making me think there was some obscure thing you had to do to find them.

[@BrisketOfBeef]

I'll never not be fascinated by how colossally broken the DS version of the game is, it's hilarious to think back how it was able to be released in the state it was in. In some strange way, it added a lot of charm to what would've been just another licensed video game port, in my opinion. I think the Sandbox level sorta encapsulates a lot of the weird aspects of the game into a single level. It's interesting, to say the least.

[@KoalaTContent]

As a kid I was able to overlook all the weirdness, but even back then I thought this level was just broken.

[@21shanks]

This game was like a weird fever dream as a child

[@crimsong8068]

I think this sandbox was a "debug" room that the developers added in to test various things. My guess would be they added it as a "bonus" because they ran out of time to make an actual bonus level. I don't really understand the default character choices either, why Salacious? He's useless. It adds to the games overall strangeness. P.S. 1:26 Can you really unlock Mace Windu? My copy has always kept certain characters locked no matter what I do, (ironically I can't unlock slave Leia either) I'd be fascinated to know.

[@Nostalgic9080]

That's what I think too, Yea they added some prequal characters in for some reason. Probably because the other versions had them

[@redaxe64]

How did you unlock mace windu? I never played the game but this video got me interested in it. Is unlocking him a cheat or an achievable accomplishment

[@wishbonefan]

@@redaxe64 you can unlock him by getting 10 mini kits in one of the levels but I forgor which one

[@crimsong8068]

@@wishbonefan Not on all copies. I have all the minikits in all levels and still can't unlock certain characters. No idea why.

[@1stCallipostle]

​@@crimsong8068It's probably as simple as the flag for unlock just Bugged out for you. Think about how many times you've seen broken achievements in your life, I'd imagine it's the same

[@davidsp88]

I remember getting to this level and my child mind was creeped out by it, I was trying to rationalize the story behind these random objects when I selected story mode and was kinda scared when the Ewok chased me haha

[@artemisarrow179]

Lego Star Wars 2 for the DS is one of those textbook; “Even broken games can be fun but you never want your game to be boring.”

[@hussarzwei6223]

You’ll believe an AT-ST can fly.

[@StaffSergeantSigmon]

The Ewok should have been the final boss battle of the game

[@mh2120]

When Han and Leia are corned at the shield generator base at the end of Return of The Jedi, George Lucas originally wanted a 20 foot tall Ewok to come sprinting out of the trees, smashing them out of the way like tall grass, to demolish the Stormtroopers like a toddler tearing apart action figures. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the budget. 😔 Maybe next special edition...

[@asthmaticnightmare215]

@@mh2120 I can confirm this as my uncle was originally casted to play the Giant Ewok

[@lukej6636]

you don’t need to 100% the game. you just need true jedi in every level.

[@unoriginalperson72]

I was a DS complete saga player for years, played it so much that I discovered that if you fly as bobba or jango and switch character back and forth quickly you can get infinite hight and fly over large areas of the map

[@unoriginalperson72]

In free play mode I should add

[@mrinferno1571]

I’m 90% sure I didn’t 100% the game and was still able to play sandbox. This game was such a weird mess but i still love it

[@guillaumek3342]

Yes, you actually need to get "true jedi" on every level to unlock it, 100% isn't necessary.

[@iamyew2525]

i remember going to this level after unlocking everything with an action replay. I can also remember the confusion i had wandering around. This was one of the first games i had as a kid where i actually realized games could even be "bad".

[@bug-eater7722]

cant believe i just spent 10 minutes listening to a guy walk around a secret level saying "there's really no point to this"

[@ilovemonkeyos]

This game might be bad, but man if it isn’t unique. It’s almost in the “so bad it’s good” category. It has its own super jank charm.

[@rydenhope3602]

This level is such a fever dream from childhood. Glad to see someone documented it and made sure that there was no real objective, as kid me was certain there must have been some purpose and was confused how to finish this level

[@bananas8779]

One thing that I found weird about the Lego Star Wars 2 DS port is that all the Lego sets featured are the early versions (ie 2000-2003 waves of Original trilogy sets) while the regular ports have the more conventional mid 2000s versions of the Lego sets (2004-2006 waves).

[@rosstigane]

This game was unironically the first piece of Star Wars media I ever experienced.

[@randomprotag9329]

this is likely a debug and testing room. given the strange choice of free play characters, which only make sense if it was not designed to be played as an actual level and the nothingness of it makes a prime test the basics of the game. given the how it ended up, it was likely put in as an easy bonus when time was ran out off.

[@ryancurtis5425]

This definitely seems like a test room they left in. Kind of reminds me of the "cheat" in M&M's Kart Racing that lets you skip tracks. What's funny is if you keep doing it after the last track, you're warped to progessively more screwed up versions of the character select screen.

[@OldBenKenobi2318]

Dude M&MS Kart Racing 😂. I remember finding that game on the floor of my school bus and being so excited to get home and play it. I also found another game with it but I forgot what it was.

[@7p7m7]

@@OldBenKenobi2318What a score

[@nevathemouse9437]

I actually think i unlocked this area as a glitch when i was a kid because i had an incompletable copy where i couldn’t get some of the collectables in the final missions yet i remember messing around in this area a lot.

[@GrammarGaming]

it’s a literal sandbox aswell, just a big plain of sand with walls forming a box shape

[@FredChuck64]

Whenever people ask what’s wrong with me, I tell them: “Lego Star Wars on DS.”

[@stickingaround_]

It makes sense to have a debug/test room but having it be so public is super weird, having it be a secret cheat code input would’ve made a lot more sense.

[@VezonWireless]

My copy of this game is bugged so that certain Free Play levels are impossible to complete, several Minikits are impossible to collect, and several characters are impossible to unlock without cheat codes. Despite all that, the Sandbox level unlocked for me upon beating the story mode without needing to 100% the game. I did hear that there was a later released version of the game with some bug fixes, so I wonder if yours is the "patched" version and mine is the "day one" version of the game. However, my version of the Sandbox is much more... barren than yours is. The tank controls, the desert skiffs, dancing skeleton, the space worm, the various switches, and the giant Ewok are all here. But there's no elevator to the skiffs (the only way up there is to use the giant switch); there's no switch to spawn Stormtroopers; the switch that spawns your custom characters does nothing; there are no tiny ships or a turret to shoot them down; and the giant Ewok and second player character's behaviors are bugged so that they just keep running into the far wall. Because there's even less to do in my game, I spent years wondering what the purpose of Sandbox was, since the only thing you can really do is become giant and kill the Ewok. This game is a terrible mess. A beautiful mess. A beautifully terrible mess. And I can't help loving it.

[@christianalvarado9946]

As I kid, I always remember being frustrated cause I could never compete the sandbox; now I know there was actually nothing to complete. I never realized how broken this game was.

[@DatMentalGamer]

this video has made me want to play this emulated. loved this back in the day, thank you

[@MilkenGamer42]

I grew up primarily playing the DS and I remember having The Complete Saga on it, and played the crap out of it. One day I some how got my hands on this game, and noticed it was quite the downgrade. I got to this stage and was very confused of what its purpose was. I appreciate this video for giving me clarity lol

[@narnianninja4964]

Wait how'd you get to this stage? Did you seriously 100% it or did it just glitch and let you in?

[@MilkenGamer42]

@narnianninja4964 yeah. I've always been a completionist, even on a game as wack as this lol

[@alexandrinawilson5766]

@@narnianninja4964 I never completed the game 100% (because my copy wouldn't let me do the last level in free play) but I remember playing through the throne room duel in Story Mode but walking around during the cutscenes to get into inaccessible areas; I got a few extra minikits and the Sandbox door unlocked

[@buffnipz]

Seeing this made me realize the version I played, on Gameboy Advance, was the biggest downgrade of all

[@nb-mf1tw]

one of those “ships” is like a swimming at-st😭😭

[@aidandubois9698]

I swear to all that is good and holy, that stupid ass Endor level with the logs was the death of me at age 7-10

[@warthogvanguard7292]

As someone who never even touched this version of the game (I only played the GameCube version) this was super interesting to me!! I mean, isn’t it cool that they added a test level that included just a couple interesting test features (like the worm, or being gigantic)? It’s very interesting!

[@exzardoz3532]

It would me amazing If we could contact the developers or testers to ask why this game is the total madness we know

[@mitchellbambam5926]

Ah yes, this and Mariokart DS were my favourite games as a kid. I loved this a lot and always wanted to try out the bounty hunter arena but never figured out how. I also fondly remember getting LSW3 and getting stuck on the second or third level! Good times.

[@WatchVidsMakeLists]

This is like when Patchy the Pirate finds the lost episode of spongebob and it's just a bunch of cheap walk cycles

[@revido735]

This level scared the shit out of me when I was a toddler. The freaking giant worm gave me nightmares

[@Toast4690]

Did you ever check out the hangar in the cantina? My memory is a bit fuzzy but I remember there being ships in an area and inspecting them would show the irl Lego box that the ship would be in. Was pretty cool.

[@Nostalgic9080]

Interesting going to have to look at that

[@painlesschunk]

Yeah there were lego set ads in the cantina hangar. I also remember they used the same millenium falcon object for the death star hangar so you can get the lego box in that level.

[@xtrwombat4876]

This secret level is amazing.

[@catboyslim202]

7:52 Giant Ewok jumpscare

[@StevenReviews]

I would love to see a video covering the multiplayer mode it has a more solid framerate and the manual camera change is cool with some new maps/areas to see

[@Nostalgic9080]

I really want to but not sure how yet

[@StevenReviews]

@@Nostalgic9080 2 copes of the game with 2 systems unfortunately, Maybe melon ds but I think that emulator only works for wiiumfi

[@ZaneFowler]

This whole game but especially this level was one of my first experiences with 'bugs'. Had no language for it as a child. I just remember my copy for whatever reason you literally could not finish the final level. I think I used cheats or started a new save file to access this weird Sandbox level.

[@aryaozeroch]

i vividly remember noticing a bug that would let me return to the hub as a land speeder. i had to do it to see what happened. it was really funny for like 2 seconds until i realized i softlocked my game and i cried so much

[@CocoaMilka]

I thought a video about sandbox mode would answer my questions but it just leaves me with even more lmao great video!

[@thankbot]

Is such a weird idea for a lego level but it's actually one of the few things that I actually liked about this game,for some reason...

[@bigbones90]

When I was a young kid I saw a single screenshot of Lego Star Wars 2 DS at a target on the back of a Nintendo DS cover. When I got Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga for the Nintendo DS, I started wondering where that scene from the cover was, not knowing that DS Complete Saga was not like LGSW 2 DS at all, despite the console version of Complete Sage being the same stuff as its 1st and 2nd counterparts on console, except modified to be more fun. So it gave me a sort of Mandela effect thing growing up in which there was a Lego Star Wars game on the DS that was unlike Complete Saga DS, and lemme tell ya, it was wild.

[@cosmicjenny4508]

As far as I’m aware, the sandbox is (supposed to be, at least) unlocked after getting True Jedi in all missions of the game. At least, that’s what I assume this game’s Superkit is.

[@mdpl-05]

on the PAL version you can't 100% the game because the final level of rotj's door in the hub doesn't unlock after you complete it and thus you can't play it in free play and get the minikits

[@mikemallon1065]

I’ve been wondering for a while what’s in there, but haven’t looked until this popped up in my recommended. I had assumed my experience was different because my game was broken. Many thanks for sharing. Young me destroyed Lego Star Wars 2 DS with one of those Action Replay cheat cartridges, which I used to open the sandbox room. I also loaded the game with every available cheat, and as a result quite a few of the maps had floors you’d fall through, textures wouldn’t load, and scripted events could get glitchy.

[@pinkraven4402]

This level is literally a fever dream

[@alejandrohaynes81]

thanks for taking a break from selling propane and propane accessories to make this video!

[@binkOfAstora]

I can sleep tonight knowing im not the only one who thought this

[@yungwoodawg]

Loved bounty hunter deathmatch on my DS with the boys on the bus! Man I forgot about that must've been 3rd grade 2007-08.

[@smokeybanjoboy]

Alot of people couldn't even 100% the game! Me laughing with my cheatcode explosion book: You underestimate the power of the dark side!

[@bloodhound1182]

This is such an obscure ass feature from an obscure game

[@Lil_Valor]

This sandbox mode felt like the developers mocking you for actually completely their game💀

[@Half-light]

There's alot of nostalgic dreamish atmospheric moments in The TT Lego star wars 2 but this straight up feels like a fever dream, beyond it probably used for asset testing i love the strange way they put it together

[@mediumsuspect]

I love videos like this that explore absolutely bizarre aspects of games, good stuff man :)

[@MaxineThe2th]

This game was such a trip. I remember playing it as a child on a hacked TTds card my Dad had cracked, and this was actually my first Lego level. I was completely and utterly lost because I had no idea what Sandbox meant. This video is great because I thought I might've dreamt this weird debug looking level up - I can't believe it's real 🤣

[@Nemmy72]

Whenever Im reminded of Lego Star Wars, I always had a long lasting memory of playing this game a level with seemingly endless sand and a giant worm on a relatives ds This not only confirms what level I had actually played on (I couldnt ever find it again, until now) But it also confirms said relative had 100% this game

[@audreychambers3155]

Imagine getting to the end of Kingdom Hearts, collecting all the chests, synthesizing all the recipes, completing all the optional boss fights, and after all that, you unlock this super secret room. When you go in there, you see Donald Duck on his smoke break. That's what this is like.

[@misterspiggins]

I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO BEAT THAT LEVEL!! Kid me is so mad that it’s literally just a sandbox with no goal. Seeing it again now, it genuinely feels like the setup for some horror mod or something. Like a weird shadow man will appear somewhere on the map & glitch your game. Ben Drowned kinda vibes.

[@johnmonteiro5825]

This game was like the sort of dreams I had while feverish as a child

[@richardqustmrk]

Jumpscare timestamp, 7:52

[@ravenwraith1017]

this was my very first non-leapfrog video game...

[@Nostalgic9080]

Same

[@WekBenHelix]

This is cursed. Like some little pixelated fever dream.

[@birdsheep4369]

the multiplayer mode is unironically super fun

[@jakobjohannessen583]

I never figured out how to actually 100% this game and when i came back to the game years later i just used a code to unlock everything. Never knew Mace Windu was in the game, no idea how he would've been unlocked

[@chaseray7321]

You should make more videos about weird features or additions in video games. This is a great video, good commentary.

[@Nostalgic9080]

Thanks

[@zatchbell5678]

There was a time in my life where I figured I had just imagined this level during some fever induced dream. Would make more sense than it actually existing, ngl

[@longgone8397]

Great video! I remember playing lego harry potter and finding some obscure sandbox levels there, luckily you don't have to 100% the game to see those

[@xander1O1O7]

Soooo...you 100% the game and are rewarded with an empty test level... that is a slap in the face

[@jackcutter2]

My game was so broken i couldn't even finish the actual story. Endor was broken beyond comprehension. Black areas, awful camera angles, objectives not starting. As a kid i thought i was missing something. Didn't realise it was because the game was broken for everyone

[@walterboyd1965]

Glad to have found your channel, pretty niche but good content about stuff nobody really talks about. Looking forward to more videos.

[@RobH1093]

In the copy I had, the giant Ewok didn’t do anything - it was just permanently running into the wall

[@noword7618]

This game was weird even for me when i was a child, but hey playing multiplayer with friends was fun as hell

[@toasterwaffleowen4709]

"You have to 100% the game before this door unlocks" *Laughs in R4 disk cheats*

[@pokejoseph]

1:41 I was one of those people who owned the worse version. I could only complete some levels in Free Play by Action Replay (Said levels are Rescue the Princess, Jabba’s Palace, The Speeder Chase, and Jedi Destiny)

[@ATthemusician]

This is the first game I ever recall giving up on. A level in episode 6 legitimately was just unbeatable, idk if it was a glitch or what, but I just was not able to progress further into the level.

[@terminallyhobo]

Thanks for making these vids regarding this game, glad I'm not the only one who thought this game was weird lmao

[@quadstar4382]

The worm here is definitely a dune reference

[@miabbqpitgrill]

first game i played on my ds lite. playing this in summer 2007 was an experience as they like to call it. lego indiana jones made up for it and so did the complete saga port. also in the PAL version of the game you couldnt mount turrets as shown at 7:15 for some reason. weird game

[@vers-over1886]

I can't never 100% because the lvl on 1:50 I can't find the last minikit. I have the mini kit finder but it always make me go to another place that it not there. So I never knew what ? Door was until today . So basically it was a test area lvl?

[@JamesTDG]

Finally, proper documentation on this! I accessed it via cheats once and was absolutely dumbfounded

[@williammcghie3443]

My dad found a copy of this game in a car he was detailing. I went immediately to the sandbox. The rest of what happened feels like a bad dream. I dont remember if it had music, but when i see the plane for the sandbox, i hear this weird etherial song i remembered from the game somehow. Knowing that you needed to 100% the game to get there now makes me very confused. Thank you for re-energizing a strange fever dream state i had when i was much younger

[@williammcghie3443]

IT WAS THE CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION THEME. IDK WHY IT SCARES ME SO MUCH BUT THAT SONG COMING OUT OF A DS SPEAKER MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE

[@rocketpg_9532]

My favorite lego star wars 2 ds moment is when I came out of the hoth battle level and ended up stuck as a snow speeder in the cantina completely unable to leave, thus softlocking the save

[@pop1pop10]

One time during a long car ride I booted up this level with a Lightsaber character. Since your camera is always behind you, it stays locked even if you block and try to turn your character, you just end up spinning in place. Despite knowing better, I almost gave myself motion sickness doing that.

[@JaycodaJr]

I remember just how broken this game was, yet I still beat it multiple times.

[@GibsterBoy5]

I remembered playing LEGO Star Wars 2 on pc back in the late 2000s. Eventually I realised that the DS version is just full on bizarre, I knew it was different, but I didn’t find out how unfinished this game was.

[@alastairingram5904]

This was my first ever DS game and the things I saw hiding behind broken walls will confuse me forever.

[@FreakDeagle]

this game was my childhood... finally a video about the ds version

[@THENikNak]

This was my childhood Lego Star Wars game. This combined with my childhood Spyro game being Enter the Fragonfly for the GameCube led me to believing that glitches wre just how the game was intended to be played. To this day when exploring a open world I find myself occasionally without thinking just trying to jump at clearly impassable areas thinking that the intention was to hit them at exactly the right angle. When in reality what I was doing at best would result in a sequence break.

[@christians8821]

This was my first game on ds, I remember playing this a lot as back in the day we didn't really have much due to the recession. But it meant a lot to me that my dad got me this.

[@legospy]

i respect anyone who has gotten all the minikits on the endor level

[@realestg7032]

My game was bugged and that last minikit on the speeder chase never spawned.

[@matthewmcsweeney5996]

This reminds me that had Shigeru Miyamoto been involved with this version, he would've delayed it until the game was completed which would've made it a lot better.

[@asthmaticnightmare215]

This is the best description of the Sandbox level I’ve ever watched 😂

[@MesouseUsagi]

Don't you dare disrespect the mighty, the omnipotent, the all-important Salacious B. Crumb.

[@ryanbartz7776]

The cloud city guards are something else

[@chloeryanvtuber]

When I'm reminded how unhinged this game is, it only makes me want to replay it LOL