--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 			-L$(LIBTONC)/lib \
             -L$(LIBGBA)/lib \
             -L$(CURDIR) \
-            -lmm -ltonc -lgba
+            -ltonc
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # SOURCE COLLECTION (recursive via find)
--- a/source/main.c
+++ b/source/main.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "landing_area.h"
 #include "game_score.h"
 #include "graphics/logo.h"
-#include "graphics/ScratchLogoSmall1.h"
 
 static OBJ_ATTR obj_buffer[MAX_SPRITES];
 
@@ -83,38 +82,6 @@
 
     irq_init(NULL);
     irq_add(II_VBLANK, NULL);
-    // Load title screen tiles in CBB2
-    memcpy32(tile8_mem[2], ScratchLogoSmall1Tiles, ScratchLogoSmall1TilesLen / 4);
-    // Load title screen tilemap in SBB 23
-    memcpy16(se_mem[29], ScratchLogoSmall1Map, ScratchLogoSmall1MapLen / 2);
-    // Load title screen palette
-    memcpy16(pal_bg_mem, ScratchLogoSmall1Pal, ScratchLogoSmall1PalLen / 2);
-    // Configure BG1 and priority 0
-    REG_BG1CNT = BG_CBB(2) | BG_SBB(29) | BG_8BPP | BG_REG_32x32 | BG_PRIO(1);
-    // Set regular background (Mode 1, BG0)
-    REG_DISPCNT = DCNT_MODE(1) | DCNT_BG1;
-    REG_BLDCNT = BLD_BG1 | BLD_BLACK;
-    for (int frame = 16; frame >= 0; frame--) {
-        REG_BLDY = BLDY_BUILD(frame); 
-        for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {    
-            VBlankIntrWait();  
-        }
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < 180; i++) {
-        VBlankIntrWait();
-    }
-    for (int frame = 0; frame <= 16; frame++) {
-        REG_BLDY = BLDY_BUILD(frame); 
-        for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {    
-            VBlankIntrWait();  
-        }
-    }
-    REG_BLDCNT = 0;
-    REG_BLDY = 0;
-    REG_BG1CNT &= ~(BG_CBB(2) | BG_SBB(29) | BG_8BPP | BG_REG_32x32 | BG_PRIO(1));
-    REG_DISPCNT &= ~(DCNT_MODE(1) | DCNT_BG1);    
-
-
     shell_init();
     GameState prev_state = shell_state();
     shell_render_engine_init();
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/syscalls_stub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* Added by FredyGames: the devkitPro libsysbase is not available in our toolchain, so the newlib system
+   calls the C library links against are stubbed (the game does no file or console I/O). */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+void *fake_heap_end = 0;
+
+static char heap_area[8192] __attribute__((aligned(4)));
+static size_t heap_used;
+
+void *_sbrk(ptrdiff_t incr) {
+    if (heap_used + (size_t)incr > sizeof heap_area) {
+        errno = ENOMEM;
+        return (void *)-1;
+    }
+    void *p = heap_area + heap_used;
+    heap_used += (size_t)incr;
+    return p;
+}
+
+int _close(int fd) { (void)fd; errno = EBADF; return -1; }
+int _fstat(int fd, struct stat *st) { (void)fd; st->st_mode = S_IFCHR; return 0; }
+int _isatty(int fd) { (void)fd; return 1; }
+int _lseek(int fd, int off, int whence) { (void)fd; (void)off; (void)whence; return 0; }
+int _read(int fd, char *buf, int len) { (void)fd; (void)buf; (void)len; return 0; }
+int _write(int fd, char *buf, int len) { (void)fd; (void)buf; return len; }
+int _getpid(void) { return 1; }
+int _kill(int pid, int sig) { (void)pid; (void)sig; errno = EINVAL; return -1; }
+void _exit(int code) { (void)code; for (;;) {} }