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the island, and decides to play with it. Once they reach the top of the Empire Porky
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discussed the localization changes, particularly changing Porky's parents to be less harsh towards him. He believed that this had the effect of a reduced examination of Porky's abusive household in the
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Nowhere Islands were established when people from the rest of the world fled to it, losing their memories in the process. Porky, having traveled through time, eventually discovers
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