The tire noises made by drifting is higher-pitched.

The starting fanfare for Mission and Time Trials were the same as the one on Grand Prix.

When charging a Mini-Turbo, the blue sparks didn't appear when the player alternates the turn for the first time.

The Red Shell has a similar sound effect to the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! version.

The sound effects of Item Box and the item roulette sounds slightly different in pitch.

Several songs has a slightly different sounds compared to the final version.

Also, there is an early version of Figure-8 Circuit's music which is heard by default when playing the demo version on the aforementioned track.

There is a file in the demo game called SEQ_CIRCUIT2.sseq, which is unused in the game.

The Portrait ghosts were originally going to pop out and go back in, similar to the Boo paintings in its retro appearances in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour. It can only be accessed with ROM-hacking. Д®xactly the same but the sky is orange instead of being blue like in the GameCube version. It can only be accessed with ROM-hacking because this stage is in the demo version.

Also, the top screen showed the Nintendo DS logo instead of the Mario Kart DS title screen, and the touch screen showed a green sky with some clouds. The real Wario Stadium is called stadium_course.ДЄlmost the same but it takes place in a sunset sky instead of space. The course has slightly darker textures and missing fireballs. There also includes an early version with the large Dash Panel at the beginning replaced with a steep ramp with several Dash Panels scattered (and clearly unfinished textures). The slot reel at the end may have been cut out due to the changes to PEGI's rating system. It is assumed the changes in this course are largely due to programming errors. There are no pinballs on the course, unlike the final version. Дifferent textures and the slot machine near the end of the level was part of the course for players to drive over. The clock handle at the end was blue instead of red. Finally, in the kiosk demo, Donkey Kong uses his voice clips from Donkey Kong 64 unlike in the final game. Also, Wario is depicted wearing his original long-sleeved shirt before being finalized with his current short-sleeved one. Дue to the aforementioned Egg 1 with pink dots, Birdo may have been intended as a playable character as well. outside Japan) as Mario were also seen in early versions of the game. The models of Daisy as Peach, Waluigi as Luigi, and HVC-012 (later called R.O.B. In the final he was replaced with Dry Bones. However, his model is that of Toad and he is unplayable. Also, as mentioned previously, his emblem was going to appear on the Poltergust 4000. Gadd was originally going to be a playable character, since his name appears in a file, and there is a folder called 'oyama' which is the Japanese name for him. Gadd's emblem on it (the same way the Poltergust 3000 and Super Poltergust 3001 do), but this was cut from the game along with E. The Poltergust 4000 was originally going to have Professor E.

Toad has an unused kart which resembles the 4-Wheel Cradle, except the tires are not connected by silver bars.

The other one is a completely different Wario kart, blue with a mouth and a yellow mark shaped like Wario's mustache. Various unused karts have been found in the game data, such as an Egg 1 kart with pink dots instead of green dots.

As well was the aforementioned Mario Kart: Double Dash!!-styled speedometer, a different status bar of the rank rows was shown on the touch screen, the lap counter was originally placed on the touch screen, the item panel was in the middle of the top screen instead of the top-left corner, and the 2nd place logo was gold. The HUD was going to be very different from the final game. This may be proof that Mario Kart DS was going to be based on Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. In some screenshots of a very early Mario Kart DS, a speedometer resembling that of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! appears. The extracted car images (not models) from a different file in the demo game appear to resemble those of said game, too. It was going to be a menu similar to the one of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with the blue star background. The kiosk demo version contains some files of a very early menu. When the item images are extracted from the demo game, what appears to be a Bowser Shell from the aforementioned game also appears there along with the Chain Chomp, though it does not appear in the item roulette.

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