Proto:Mario Kart: Double Dash!!/Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc (US)/Early Graphics

This is a sub-page of Proto:Mario Kart: Double Dash!!/Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc (US).

Title Screen

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The backdrop seen on the game's title screen, with logo and copyright.

Proto	Final

The art itself is a bit brighter.
The logo is raised by a few pixels.
The trademark for Mario Kart used originally a registered symbol.
Peach and Daisy have several differences.
- Peach's head is slightly tilted.
- Daisy appears to have more shading.
- The car they're sitting in has a tint of purple and less blur.
Bowser and Bowser Jr. have several differences.
- Both the shell that Bowser is holding in his hand and the shell on is back are tilted in a different direction.
- Bowser is looking at a different direction himself.
- Bowser Jr.'s arm isn't fully extended.
- Some minor cosmetic changes are on the car itself.
A small part of Yoshi's car that is supposed to be dark green is colored the same as the rest of his car.
Mario and Luigi's car has a spring on the left side visible.
The spark emitting from Mario and Luigi's car tire is colored blue.

Course Previews

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Since you can only select Mario Circuit, there are some course previews that are different from the demo (plus some inaccessible ones too) depicting earlier designs for the courses from different camera angles. Peach Beach, Mushroom Bridge, Sherbet Land and Mushroom City are the same as seen in the final game. Additionally, a French press kit^[1] for the game features uncompressed variants of the early course previews for Luigi Circuit and Mario Circuit.

As for Battle Mode, two of the six courses have different previews. They're also a little bit wider as prerelease footage shows a different menu layout, though they're squished in-game.

Luigi Circuit

Press Kit^[1]	Proto	Final

Nothing of note that was changed, other than the different position that this course preview was taken in.

Baby Park

Proto	Final

The main course's road, bushes and Paratroopa have different textures.
The sun isn't present, though it might be just out of view.

Dry Dry Desert

Proto	Final

The statue's eyes are smaller compared to the ones seen in the course.
There's no arrows present. Instead, they're taken up by trees.
One of the trees seen in the far back was moved.
If you look carefully, green arrows can be seen on the side of the billboards. These were removed entirely.
The only visible billboard has a different ad, though it's hard to make out.

Mario Circuit

Press Kit^[1]	Proto	Final

The course preview seen here matches the model seen in the demo.

There're extra trees near the castle.
There's a grass hill on the right with darker grass.

Daisy Cruiser

Proto	Final

The pipe cannon where the player gets shot out is bigger and has a more saturated rim. Note that this was probably edited in, as the pipe cannon seen in the demo resembles the one seen on the course.
The machinery on the deck is smaller and lacks shadows.
The side of the boat has a different logo.
There's no seagulls.

Waluigi Stadium

Proto	Final

The fire bars have 12 fireballs instead of 9. These early fire bars can be seen in E3 B-Roll footage, and these still exist in the final version of the track, albeit disabled.

Yoshi Circuit

Proto	Final

The leaves have different formation, with many parts on top not having leaves at all.
A billboard barely visible on the bottom right is different.
There's no helicopter.

DK Mountain

Proto	Final

The Mario Kart banner at the beginning is smaller.
There's no shadows coming from the trees.
The volcano has a different formation on the right.
There's no gate on the top of the mountain to prevent players from falling.
The smoke emerging from the volcano is different.

Wario Colosseum

Proto	Final

The sky has a dark blue tint instead of being entirely black.
The bumpers seen on the road on the left have a bit of a different design, though it's hard to make out as it blends in with other course elements.

Dino Dino Jungle

Proto	Final

The sky is darker.
The Noshi is green instead of blue.
The rock walls are orange instead of yellow.
The trees have a more saturated color.
The Pterosaurs seen flying around is blue instead of red.
Some of the plants on the right side are placed different.

Bowser's Castle

Proto	Final

Quite a few, most noticeably the walls, have different lighting.
There's no spikes around the claw's wrists.
The background has a purple tint, and because of this is far brighter.

Rainbow Road

Proto	Final

The road is less detailed. Interestingly, the early course preview's road texture was reused in the Rainbow Road-like replacement model for test1_course in the prototypes of Mario Kart DS.
There's no city background below.
There's no variation of stars in the background. It's just white dots.
The neon Bowser Jr. face, clouds and other barely visible props were removed.
The pipe that shoots the player up has yellow rings that aren't multicolored.

Luigi's Mansion

Proto	Final

There's no bumpers present. Instead, the walls are much closer to each other, making it look like this area is a lot smaller.
There's no special lighting or shadows.
Because there's no lighting, there's no torches.
There's far more item boxes present.

Tilt-A-Kart

Proto	Final

The course picture is taken from a different angle.
The background surrounded by Mario's is brighter.
Mario has a black outline instead of a white outline.
The white squares occupying parts of the map that aren't part of Mario's jumping sprite are blue.
The locations for the item boxes are visible. They're different from the locations seen in-game as well.

Course Names

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These are the course names / banners that appear during a course's intro and on the Records screen.