This article pertains to the beta elements of Mario Kart Tour.
Unused Textures[]
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Character | Green Koopa Freerunner | After the release of the London Tour, an additional texture set for Greed varation of the (Freerunning) Koopa was left in the game's files, showing him with the same variations as the red one. According to the filenames, the driver's name might be Koopa (Freerunning). |
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Kart | Light-Blue Comet Tail | An unused set of textures for the Comet Tail, being light blue with a yellow stripe in the middle and no emblem location. |
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Tires | Cat Cruiser Tires (Red) | A red variation of the Cat Cruiser's tires (Gray), which was added on the New Year's 2022 Tour alongside the said kart. |
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Objects | Unused Team Token Emblems | A texture sheet of Team Tokens depicting emblems of characters for Team Rallies. Although the emblems for Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad, Wario, Donkey Kong, Toadette, Bowser, Waluigi, and Mii have been used, Yoshi, Shy Guy, Pauline, Rosalina, Koopa Troopa (Green), and Metal Mario still remain unused. |
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Objects | Water puddle | A texture of a water puddle ("PuddleLC" where the last two letters of that filename might be standing for "Luigi Circuit" as that track from Mario Kart: Super Circuit features water puddles). This texture is different from the water puddles in 3DS Neo Bowser City. |
Unplayable Gold Mario[]
Although Gold Mario is playable in Coin Rush, he is unplayable in the actual game itself. However, there is still data for if he was made playable in the final game
Graphics[]
Unused Voice Clip[]
This would've been used in menu selection for selecting Gold Mario.
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Special Item[]
Every character in the game has one special item that can only be obtainable on certain characters. As for Gold Mario, his is called Coin Vacuum, which is used nowhere else in the game except Coin Rush. When hacking the character to be playable in the normal game, the item can only be used on favorite courses and will act similar to when attracting coins in Coin Rush but with a smaller radius. Additionally, the only time Gold Mario has been seen using a special item was during the Coin Rush course set in N64 Frappe Snowland that was featured in the Valentine's Tour, where he could activate Frenzy mode with the Coin Box special item.
Unused Graphics[]
Karts and Tires[]
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A sprite for the Para-Wing. The tires seem to have been taken directly from the Pipe Frame. |
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The Pipe Frame, but without any tires on it. |
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A sprite of the Standard Tires. |
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A sprite of the Pipe Frame tires. This sprite (and the previously mentioned sprite of the tireless Pipe Frame) could indicate that it would've been customizable at one point in development. |
Course Icon Sprites[]
| Image | Description |
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An icon of SNES Mario Circuit 1R/T with the featured character being Red Koopa (Freerunning). |
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An icon of 3DS Rainbow Road R/T with the featured character being Pink Gold Peach. |
Badges[]
These badges represent the Team Rallies of their respective character if they lost or won the challenge. Some were even duplicated and used instead of these unused ones for some reason (even though a couple have won a Team Rally)
Icons[]
Power-Ups(?)[]
There are several unknown items can be found within the game's files. Judging by their filenames, these were most likely going to be power-ups and function in giving the player one free item of use per race.
Tickets[]
There are also unused tickets with these boost items, along with three other tickets with empty circles in the middle of them.
Miscellaneous[]
| Image | Name/Type | Description |
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Stamina | A sprite for and unused stamina mechanic, which was seen in the beta version of the game. Like many other mobile games, participating in a race would consume one's stamina. Once the player's stamina was depleted, he/she can not participate in any more races. Stamina could've originally be bought with Rubies (which were Emeralds at the time). Its filename (EventRuleCountAvoidDossun) suggests that it's now used as a test icon for an unknown "Avoid Thwomps"-like bonus challenge as Dossun is the Japanese name for Thwomp. |
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Unknown Bonus Challenge | An icon for an unknown bonus challenge, which was added to the files on v2.12.0. Additionally, on the in-game notification detailing the changes of that version, there's was a mention of preparations in adding a new bonus challenge, which might be related to this icon. |
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Event Token Obtaining Method | A sprite for an unused Event Token obtaining method that was added into the game's files after the release of v2.10.0. This sprite later would be used for tours that require the player to keep combo bonuses in order to obtain Event Tokens. |
Other Unused Graphics[]
Unused Animations[]
An unused video of an animated character artwork of Toadette was left in the game's files after the release of v2.4.0. It's unknown if it was used for testing purposes or the character artworks were supposed to be animated at some point in development.
Unused Audio Content[]
Voice Clips[]
Losing Races Reactions[]
All characters that were featured in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have their voice clips when losing a race present in the game's files. They go unused since no characters have any reactions to finishing a race in 5th place and under, unlike past modern Mario Kart entries.
| Clip | Character |
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| Peachette | |
| Pauline |
Sound Effects[]
There are a few leftover sound effects from the multiplayer/online menus of Mario Kart 7.
| Clip | Description |
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| Used when selecting the Multiplayer/Online Button. | |
| Used when backing out of the Multiplayer/Online Mode. | |
| Used for when searching for other players in the Multiplayer/Online Mode. |
Music[]
| Clip | Name | Description |
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| Unheard Portion of Driver Select Music | The music for the main menus and the selection screen (for choosing a course or bonus challenge) are always played simultaneously when going through the menus, but one is heard with the other being muted (or both are muted when needed) and the music track doesn't reset unless the player goes into a race and goes back. The intro for the latter music track cannot be heard as the game always stays loading and freezes for about a second when getting to the main menu, which obviously isn't enough time to select a course or bonus challenge and hear this clip of the intro. | |
| Battle Mode Music | The music for SNES Battle Course 1 from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. In the game's files however, the music track is labelled as Battle Course 1 from Mario Kart: Super Circuit instead. | |
| Unheard Wii Koopa Cape Underwater Intro | The intro of the underwater version of Wii Koopa Cape's. Since the track starts on land on all variants, this portion of the underwater version of the song is never heard in-game. | |
| Singapore Speedway Alternative Arrangement | An unused alternative arrangement of Singapore Speedway's music, possibly meant for a currently unused route in one of the Chinatown courses. | |
| Unknown Race Start Music | An unused race start music. | |
| Unknown Jingle | An unused short jingle. |
Mario Kart 7 Leftovers[]
Unreleased Courses[]
SNES Ghost Valley 2[]
Shown on one of the news section banners in the 2020 Halloween Tour, Ghost Valley 2 from Super Mario Kart was planned to appear. However, it has yet to make an appearance in this game.
SNES Ghost Valley 3[]
Lighting maps of Ghost Valley 3 from Super Mario Kart were found in the Wario vs. Waluigi Tour, which were then later removed in the following tour.
GBA Yoshi Desert[]
Objects used in a course (referred to as "Agbyd") can been found within the game's files ("PillarAgbyd" and "PillarAgbydBase"). "Agb" refers to the internal course prefix indicating that the track comes from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, while "yd" refers to the course's internal acronym, with the only course from that game with those initials being Yoshi Desert.
GBA Bowser's Castle 3 / GBA Bowser's Castle 4[]
An object used in a course (referred to as "Agbbc") can been found within the game's files (specifically "PotalPropellerAgbbc")."Agb" refers to the internal course prefix indicates that the track comes from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, while "bc" refers to the course's internal acronym, with the only courses from that game with those initials being the four Bowser Castle courses. Although two of of them are in the actual game, neither track use this object.
GCN DK Mountain[]
Objects used in a course (referred to as "Gcdm") can been found within the game's files (RoadMovingGcdm) with "Gc" referring to the internal course prefix that indicates that the track comes from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, while "dm" refers to the course's internal acronym, with the only course from that game with those initials being DK Mountain.
DS Shroom Ridge[]
Course icons for Shroom Ridge from Mario Kart DS can be found within the game's files and were even shown in Booster Course Pass reveal trailer for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Wii Dry Dry Ruins[]
Objects used in a course(referred as "Wiiddr") can been found within the game's files ("PillarWiiddr", "PillarWiiddrBase" and "SandHillWiiddr"), with "Wii" referring to the internal course prefix that indicates that the track comes from Mario Kart Wii, while "ddr" refers to the course's internal acronym, with the only course from that game with those initials being Dry Dry Ruins.
Unknown New Courses[]
Suffixes of objects used in unknown new courses can be found in the game's memory ("Mobyi", "Mobat", "Mobmd", "Mobmu", "Mobnu" and "Mobor"). "Mob" refers to the internal course prefix indicating that the track comes from this game, while the rest refer to the course's internal acronym. Additionally (in a leaked key art for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 's Booster Course Pass) there's an icon for a course with ice cream-like structures which most likely comes from this game.
Unused City Course Layouts[]
All city themed courses have four layouts made for them and are released periodically. Below is a list of the unreleased layouts for the following tracks.
- Paris Promenade is Paris Promenade 4
- London Loop is London Loop 4
- Vancouver Velocity is Vancouver Velocity 3 and Vancouver Velocity 4
- Los Angeles Laps is Los Angeles Laps 4
- Berlin Byways is Berlin Byways 3 and Berlin Byways 4
- Sydney Sprint is Sydney Sprint 3 and Sydney Sprint 4
- Singapore Speedway is Singapore Speedway 3 and Singapore Speedway 4
- Amsterdam Drift is Amsterdam Drift 3 and Amsterdam Drift 4
- Bangkok Rush is Bangkok Rush 2, Bangkok Rush 3 and Bangkok Rush 4
Unused Event Token Obtaining Methods[]
Upon the release of v2.10.0, Nintendo announced in the in-game news that new ways of obtaining Event Tokens were going to be added in upcoming tours by taking out other drivers, performing drifts, and keeping combo bonuses. As of this time, the "keeping combo" method is the only one that hasn't been used.
Unused Kart Setting[]
The karts have an unused setting that makes them stop and move around freely, which presumably would be used in a Battle Mode of sorts. Even though a Battle Mode is not present in the final game, there is no way for the player to stop as their character drives automatically.
Unused In-Game Items and Features[]
Feather[]
The Feather item from Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe can be found in the game's code. Although the slot contains a Banana model as it's placeholder, it's functionally still works in the game and will allow the player to perform a high jump upon use.
Mirror Mode[]
Mirror Mode is a tradition factor in the Mario Kart series. This feature is also found in the game's files, but was scrapped possibly in favor the Reverse tracks.
Boo Driver Effect[]
An unused functionality that makes drivers translucent, similar to how they become upon using the Boo item in past Mario Kart games, can be found in the game's data.
Oddities[]
Duplicate Character Emblems[]
The variants of drivers that use the emblem of the driver they're based on are actually using a duplicate of the base character's emblem.
Duplicate Badges[]
The badge for winning in Team Mario from the Mario vs. Luigi Tour was duplicated in the game's files for the Mario vs. Peach Tour and treated as two different badges in-game, with the second copy being unused since Team Mario only won the former of those two Rallies.
The same happens for the badge for winning in Team Peach on the Peach vs. Daisy Tour, the Mario vs. Peach Tour and the Peach vs. Bowser Tour, only that the former two badges are used since Team Peach won both of those Rallies, and the latter was unreleased since Team Peach lost that Rally.
The same happens for the badge for losing in Team Peach on the Mario vs. Peach Tour and the Peach vs. Bowser Tour, only that the former badge went unreleased since Team Peach won that Rally. Lastly, the same happens for the badge for losing in Team Bowser on the Bowser vs. DK Tour and the Peach vs. Bowser Tour, only that both badges are unused since Team Bowser won both of those Rallies.
External links[]
Mario Kart Tour on The Cutting Room Floor.