The Canyons

To do:

• Cover prerelease information in the History section.
• List the scrapped Score/Survival challenges that were originally intended for The Wedding.
• Add short summaries of the plot of both Serpent's Shrine and Mine the Gap in History section.
• List The Wedding's Prototype Objects in the scrapped prizes section.
• Get screenshots of all of the theme's Prototype Objects for the gallery section.

This article is about the "Mexico Desert" theme from the original LittleBigPlanet. For "Mexico Graveyard", the sistering Mexico theme, see the Wedding.

The Canyons
Game:	LittleBigPlanet
Creator:	Uncle Jalapeño
Levels:	9
Prizes:	171
Theme Chronology The Wedding The Metropolis

“	An explosive adventure in the deserts of South America.	„
— Unseen Theme description

The Canyons is the fourth theme of the original LittleBigPlanet, and the creation of Uncle Jalapeño. The theme is based on rural Mexico and Aztec culture.

Overview

The Canyons introduces explosives and showcases their use and application in gameplay.

Plot overview

Sackboy joins newlyweds Frida and Don Lu for their honeymoon in the Canyons but learns soon after arriving that Don Lu's uncle Jalapeño has been captured by the corrupt sheriff Zapata. Sackboy frees Jalapeño from the town jail, and the two pursue Zapata deep into the Canyons' Aztec ruins, where Zapata is defeated in a last stand. Exhausted by the ordeal, Jalapeño offers a trip to the Metropolis.

Creator curator

Main article: Uncle Jalapeño.

Uncle Jalapeño is the Canyons' creator curator. Skilled with explosives, Jalapeño teaches the player in their use throughout the Canyons.

Levels

Main Path (3) Boom Town The Mines Serpent Shrine Boom Town The Mines Serpent Shrine Score Challenges (5) Roller Run - Easy Roller Run - Medium Roller Run - Hard Wrestler's Drag Puzzle Wheel Roller Run - Easy Roller Run - Medium Roller Run - Hard Wrestler's Drag Puzzle Wheel Survival Challenge Cowabunga Cowabunga

Costumes

History

Post-release

While the theme itself did not make a playable appearance in LittleBigPlanet PSP, some of it's items can be purchased as downloadable content in the Canyons Theme Pack.

In LittleBigPlanet Karting, The Canyons would make a major playable appearance in the LittleBigPlanet theme, appearing as the main location of Serpent's Shrine, Mine the Gap, and their respective VS counterparts. Alongside this, all of The Canyons' standalone items can be collected in the Story mode and freely used in user created levels.

Like all other LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2 themes, The Canyons would have been playable in LittleBigPlanet HUB either by purchasing the theme alone or by owning a copy of the original LittleBigPlanet.

The Canyons appears as the third and sixth areas in Run Sackboy! Run!, and is the debut area of the Glider powerup and the Missile enemy.

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Name translations

Language	Untranslated	Rough Translation	Notes
Internal	mexico_desert mexico	N/A	'mexico' is used for Gmat filenames and is shared with the Wedding theme.

Quotes

“	After saving their wedding day, Don Lu and Frida invite you to travel with them on their Honeymoon to Jalapeño’s Canyons, and meet Don Lu’s Uncle Jalapeño, master of explosives.	„
— Theme description from LittleBigPlanet.com

Related achievements

Main article: LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3)/Trophies.

The Canyons Complete all levels in The Canyons

Play Complete all Story levels without dying, with the exception of those levels that only end when you die

Just Beginning Complete all the main path story levels

Booty Master Collect all the prize bubbles on the story levels

Forager Collect 25% of the prize bubbles on the story levels

Sticky Fingers Collect 50% of the prize bubbles on the story levels

Treasure Hunter Collect 75% of the prize bubbles on the story levels

Trivia

• The Canyons has the greatest total number of levels at nine. This is largely taken up by its five score challenges, which is also the most given to a single theme.