Mario Kart Wii/Beta elements/Bones and animations

Unused[]

Image/Animation	Character	Description
	Koopa Dry Bones	The Koopa and Dry Bones have two unused bones (wing_l1 and wing_r1) in their model files. Although the bones are not used in this game, they were used in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as Paratroopa's flapping wings as both Koopa and Paratroopa shared the same model in that game. These were probably just leftovers from when Nintendo ported the model from Mario Kari: Double Dash!! to Mario Kart Wii. The bones are not referenced to any of the animations for Koopa Troopa or Dry Bones, meaning hacking the texture over the bones would make it unable to move.
	Baby Daisy	Baby Daisy (and Baby Peach) share the same bone structures as both Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, which is sometimes normal as it saves time for the developers while creating the game. However, the cap bone for Baby Daisy (and Baby Peach) is due to it not being weighted to move their crowns around when doing tricks and such, as compared to the case with Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Instead, the crown is part of the face bone (despite the crown itself being modeled) in such a way that would make it possible to move. If one were to weight it correctly in a 3D model editor, it's revealed the crown has a unique animation for losing and will jiggle the crown as Baby Daisy (Baby Peach) cries.
	Lakitu	An unused battle mode item (jugem_battle.brres) meant for Lakitu, which can be found inside /Race/Common.szs files. The animation seems to be a copy of the backwards animation in VS race, but with an X on the sign instead of a U-Turn. The animation's name is jg_st which probably means stop (For example, the name of the going back animation is jg_no). It's possible that it was supposed to appear at the end of the battle when all the karts would stop and wave the sign, similar to how Lakitu waves a flag after the player finishes a VS race.

Leftovers and Test Bones/Animations[]

Image/Animation	Character	Description
	Luigi	Located within /Race/Kart/mdf-kart-lg.szs (which is Luigi's Standard Kart M) are four unused animations for Luigi. The top two show Luigi putting his foot on the gas and brake pedals (which no animations exist of this in the final game) and the bottom two are him punching to the left and right. These are possibly leftovers from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
N/A	Funky Kong	Funky Kong has a bone (tie_1) that was leftover from Donkey Kong's boneset, due to the developers using him as a base for Funky Kong. While the bone is animated (since both Donkey Kong and Funky Kong use the same animations), it is not rigged into any part of the model itself.
N/A	Peach Daisy Rosalina	Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina have a bone (skirt_1) that used for their dress model when playing with karts. This bone is also present on their biker outfit variant, which goes unused.
N/A	Peach Daisy	Both Peach and Daisy have four bones in their boneset (d_hair_1, d_hair_2, p_hair_1 and p_hair_2). As the filenames suggests, they relate to both the hair models along with first letter to their respective character name (d_hair is Daisy and p_hair is Peach)

Early Character Animations[]

Although most of them have very minor differences with their final counterparts, some of them are changed significantly.

Luigi[]

Vehicle	Filename	Action	Notes
Bike	bad.chr0	Losing a match	The early version has Luigi's head down in disappointment compared to it's final counterpart
Bike	gut.chr0	Hitting an opponent with an item	Though the leg animation seems to be the same, the arm was switched from left to right along with adding Luigi's head to turn in the final design compared to it's earlier counterpart.
Bike	jump.chr0	Going through a cannon	Luigi's eyes are not closed in his early animation.
Bike	throw_f.chr0	Throwing an item forward	The early animation has him almost grabbing with it's final counterpart being more like he's punching.
Kart	1st.chr0	Winning a match in 1st place	When Luigi's arms are down, the barely noticeable difference is his mouth.
Kart	good.chr0	Winning a match in 2nd to 5th place	Luigi's mouth in the early design had slight more detail compared to it's final counterpart.
Kart	throw.chr0	Throwing an item forward	Luigi's sitting position has an odd difference in height.

Peach and Daisy[]

Animation (Early/Unused)	Animation (Final)	Vehicle	Filename	Action	Notes
		Bike	sjump_sc.chr0	Down Trick	It's possible this trick animation was changed because of it being somewhat unpleasant to the kids.

Donkey Kong, Funky Kong, and Waluigi[]

Animation (Early/Unused)	Animation (Final)	Vehicle	Filename	Action	Notes
		Bike	wait.chr0	Idle	All the characters originally stood up in the earlier version of the game instead of sitting down in the final game.

Rosalina[]

Animation (Early/Unused)	Animation (Final)	Vehicle	Filename	Action	Notes
		Bike	bad.chr0	Losing a match	Rosalina originally had her hand covering her mouth, unlike the final design.

Dry Bowser[]

Vehicle	Filename	Action	Notes
Bike	1st.chr0	Winning a match in 1st place	The final design adds Dry Bowser's head moving around.

Bike	good.chr0	Winning a match in 2nd to 5th place	The final design has more movement (along with adding animations to his head and hands) compared to it's earlier counterpart.
Bike	sjump_mb.chr0	Right Trick	The earlier animation for Dry Bowser was built from Bowser's animations and was then later changed in the final game.
Bike	sjump_sa.chr0	Up Trick	The earlier animation for Dry Bowser was built from Bowser's animations and was then later changed in the final game.
Bike	sjump_sb.chr0	Left Trick	Dry Bowser seems to be pushing a bit more in his earlier design compared to it's final counterpart.
Bike	wait.chr0	Idle	Not only Dry Bowser is standing in the early version, his body (and right arm) have more animation in the final design when comparing the two.
Bike	wait2.chr0	Driving	There is more animation detail in the final design compared to it's earlier counterpart.

Birdo[]

Some of these animations have no differences aside of the mouth adding animations to the final game.

Vehicle	Filename	Action	Notes
Bike	1st.chr0	Winning a match in 1st place	It's possible this animation was changed as no character in the game ever jumps out of his/her vehicle.
Bike	good.chr0	Winning a match in 2nd to 5th place	The animation on the right hand was changed.
Bike	sjump_ma.chr0	Up Trick (Jump Boost Pad - Halfpipe)	The animation that goes unused for Peach and Daisy is used for Birdo (in some way).
Bike	sjump_mb.chr0	Right Trick	Birdo's right hand is always on the handlebars with this trick.
Bike	sjump_mc.chr0	Down trick (Jump Boost Pad - Halfpipe)	This early animation (as seen below) was possibly changed to the Up Trick as they are almost identical comparing the two
Bike	sjump_sa.chr0	Up Trick	This early animation is similar to the one used for the Up Trick (Jump Boost Pad - Halfpipe)
Bike	sjump_sc.chr0	Down Trick	The legs became more of an importance to the character compared to the earlier counterpart.