Xya and the Lost Star

Xya and the Lost Star is a 3D action-adventure video game developed by All Star Interactive Media and published by Cradle Network. The game stars Xya, a playable character from Playbox, a game which was released a few months earlier. It was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in February 2003.

The game sold approximately 800,000 copies across all three consoles by January 2004. It later went on to be rereleased as a Player's Choice title on the GameCube and a Greatest Hits title on the PlayStation 2.

Development
All Star Interactive Media received a copy of the "Peach's Castle" tech demo from Nintendo in 2001, which they used as inspiration when developing the game. Due to the studio developing both it and Playbox at the same time, Xya and the Lost Star had a very length development which lasted approximately sixteen months. In order to increase the game's appeal, Playbox characters were added into the game, replacing the generic-looking human characters present in the earliest prototypes.

Xya and the Lost Star was originally developed as a GameCube-exclusive. However, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were also made. A version for the original PlayStation was considered, but was scrapped due to the consoles lack of high-quality graphics. A Dreamcast version was finished, but was also cancelled due to the system having reached the end of its lifespan.