Stop N Swap seems like kind of a cop-out
 

I really don't believe that the SnS we got in the XBLA versions of Kazooie and Tooie is the 'original plan' for Stop 'n' Swap.

I at least expected you to have to do something in Tooie to unlock the items in Kazooie. The boring prizes would almost be worth it if that were the case. But no, they were just kind of thrown in there randomly (and really out of place in some instances, might I add.)

It WAS a cop-out. Some people liked it, some didn't, but it was a cop-out.

The items themselves weren't the original plan, but the idea of collecting something in Kazooie that unlocks you something in Tooie WAS the original plan.

Rare did state that they were putting the sns items into the original tooie anyway!
The only things that are not real, are the theme and gamerpic...

I swear it was supposed to unlock new stages in Kazooie where you get stuff for Tooie.

My theory is that you were supposed to retrieve the sandcastle codes in Tooie. Use them in Kazooie to unlock the secret areas (new stages) and retrieve your prizes. Then you'd swap those over to Tooie, and carry em on over to Heggy's.

Based on the fact that kazooie doesn't check for flag data, but it sets flag data at the end of RAM. Therefore, the only way to unlock the secret areas is by using the sandcastle cheat codes.

.. No it wasn't. Also, you just joined in February. Now I don't know if you've been lurking here a lot or not, but for now I'm going to say; do your homework.