Rockstar Island

A small island state of Crescent Island, Rockstar Island is currently a University student and archaeologist hotspot for its easy-to-study atmosphere and many archaeological discoveries. In Chapter 1, Rockstar Island plays a crucial role as it is the starting area once Mario is saved by the Goomba Siblings, and is the first area where Mario collects a Crystal Griffin piece.

Before Settlement
Million of years ago, many dragons and dinosaurs roamed Crescent Island. The two species were constantly neck and neck in competition, but eventually the dinosaurs were forced to go into hiding as they were no match for the dragon's versatility in offence. Over time, Rockstar Island broke off into its separate continent, taking the dinosaurs with them. On the island, dinosaurs continued to compete for one another for food, with the absolute Apex Predator of all dinosaurs being the Crexagon. It would hunt much larger prey by the masses, whilst the smaller dinosaurs were able to escape its hungry jaws. Over time, most dinosaurs began to shrink in size and develop certain abilities in order to escape the Crexagon. Some dinosaurs eventually took to the oceans or skies to escape as well, eventually developing into their own individual niches.

Gradually, various climate-related issues began to occur and unlike dragons (who could better adapt themselves for such a change), many dinosaurs were incapable of such a thing and were eventually wiped out, leaving only a small handful of dinosaurs left on the island. These dinosaurs continued their duties of competing for resources and territories.

Settlement by Primitive Civilisation
As sentient creatures grew on mainland Crescent Island, some of them traversed over to Rockstar Island and started primitive civilisation there, creating the Sacred Altar. As they lived amongst dinosaurs, the Primitive Civilisation had to hide out in the Altar Caverns, creating their homes there and going out every now and then to hunt for resources.

Eventually, due to both dinosaurs hunting each other and the Primitive Civilisation hunting for Dinosaurs, the dinosaur population eventually dwindled until it was no more. At first, the Primitive Civilisation went on happily without this, but eventually grew bored of the island's stagnant life and resources and eventually decided to move onto other territories, whether it'd be back at Crescent Island or a place beyond that. Once they gathered enough resources to leave, they left and the island was left to its own elements for many years. It would occasionally accumulate other species who took a liking to the area, such as many Super Mario World dinosaurs and wild Yoshis (who had been introduced by civilisations on mainland Crescent Island that eventually traversed the ocean and arrived at Rockstar Island).

Rockshore Cliff Forms
Whilst Rockstar Island had been known as an island state of Crescent Island, no one really wanted to go see and colonise the area as it didn't seem like a very interesting place at first glace. However, in extremely recent times, an intrigued archaeologist who explored the area discovered its archaeological potential. Soon, Rockstar Island had formed Rockshore Cliff, then nicknamed an Archaeologist's Paradise.

The town would begin to boom in popularity amongst amateur and professional archaeologists, and many from different parts of the world would travel to the island to either temporarily or permanently stay, including Dr. Kyorito. Whilst residing there, many University students at the time commented on how wonderful the atmosphere was to study and wished they could study there forever. This idea paved the way for Vanilla Dome University, a place that would initially just be for students interested in Archaeology, but eventually branched out into other academic courses as more students of different aspiring professions wished to study at the area as well.

Today, the town is very modern in style, as has recently become an addition to the growing tourist attractions and vacation spots of Crescent Island.

Relevance to the Story
See: Chapter 1 (TBA)

In Summary: The Crystal Griffin part causes many of the dinosaur fossils to be revived, including the Crexagon. The town is on its way to evacuation when Mario comes to his senses, but Mario saves the town in time by defeating the Crexagon and retreiving the first of many Crystal Griffin parts, with assistance from the Amber Orb.

Points of Interest
The following areas are points of Interests that you can sightsee and/or play a role in acquiring certain Medals and Trophies:


 * Rockshore Cliff: A small modern city situated in the southern area of Rockstar Island. For more information, see: Rockshore Cliff.
 * Paleo Plains: An area left as it were millions of years ago. Includes a vast and lush forested region, with streams and large rivers. It is the current home of many wild Rexes, Reznors, Dino-Rhinos and wild Yoshis. For more information, see: Paleo Plains.
 * Ancient Altar: A large rocky space with an altar-looking structure in the middle. It is said that the Primitive Civilisation would've used this space, but its purpose is still yet a mystery. For more information, see: Sacred Altar.
 * Altar Caverns: Caverns surrounding the Altar that the Primitive Civilisation would've called home. They have an eerie air to them.

Trivia

 * In around 2019, two Beta versions of Rockstar Island were drawn, each with different names for various landmarks and locations (except for Rockshore Cliff and Vanilla Dome University):
 * The first drawing has the following places: Tribial Forest, Ritual Grounds, Sacrifice Altar
 * The second drawing has the following places: Rex River, Port Rockstar, DragonSaw Forest, Ancient Altar, Goomstin's House.
 * Ancient Altar was switched to Sacred Altar in 2020 before reverted back in 2021.