What original title was Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa changed from?

Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa was originally titled Lego Bionicle: Tales of the Tohunga.

The 2001 Game Boy Advance game was developed by Saffire and published by Lego Software. It follows Takua as he travels across Mata Nui, rescuing Turaga elders and recovering the Toa Stones needed to summon the Toa.

The title changed during development after Māori groups objected to the use of “tohunga.” In Māori, the word refers to an expert or specialist, while Bionicle used it for ordinary villagers. Lego agreed to remove several Māori-derived terms from the game and related material, prompting the rename to Quest for the Toa.

The game was also planned as a prequel to the canceled PC and GameCube project Lego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui. A common mix-up is confusing Quest for the Toa with Bionicle: Maze of Shadows, another Game Boy Advance title released several years later.