Proto:Mario Kart DS/USA Kiosk Demo/Unused Textures

This is a sub-page of Proto:Mario Kart DS/USA Kiosk Demo.

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Lakitu's Countdown Lights

Click on this picture, to see it animated.

In an earlier build of the game, Lakitu had hold a countdown light when starting a race. This was scrapped, but the model still remains. It can be seen in the GDC 2005 gameplay.

Test Graphic

Translates as "Temporary Pause". That's all. It's used when pressing X on the unused communication error screen.

Speedometer

The early speedometer.

The game was originally meant to have an on-screen speedometer, much like Double Dash!! A speedometer can be seen in early screenshots, though it used different graphics. This version of the speedometer can be seen in some rare gameplay from GDC 2005.

Mario Bros. Graphics

A collection of sprites from Mario Bros. Classic. While some of them are used in the unused communication error screen, a large majority of them are not used at all.

Japanese Goal and Start Graphics

In the directory /Scene/Race_ja.carc, the files goal.nsbmd and start.nsbmd have the race start (スタート) and end (ゴール!!) graphics in Japanese, however they're not used, even when the system firmware language is set to Japanese. The English "GO" and "GOAL" graphics are always used.

Early Return Graphic

Found in the menu graphics is an unused early return button with different shading.

Titlescreen Banner

Graphics along with a tilemap showing a blue banner can be found in the files from the titlescreen. This banner is used in this build with some scrolling text.

Double Dash!!-Based Menus and Early Placeholders

Located in the menu.carc section of the demo are early graphics of an early menu in the style of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. However, these are mostly static images, so they were most likely proof of concept graphics.

Chara_Main

Japanese	English
キャラクターをえらんでください	Please select a character

Meant for use in the top screen, for the character selection. chara_sub (see below) would be used for the bottom screen.

Kart_sub

Japanese	English
スピード	Speed
かそく	Acceleration
おもさ	Weight
もどる	Back

Cropped Red Fire kart ripped from Double Dash!! with a dark background and three different colors.

kart_sub_obj

Selection cursors for this screen.

Chara_sub

Japanese	English
もどる	Back

Includes a roster of characters with icons resembling those from Double Dash!!

chara_sub_obj

Selection cursors for this screen.

Displacement_sub

Japanese	English
グランプリ	Grand Prix
もどる	Back

Menu with the option to change the game speed (50cc, 100cc, etc.).

displacement_sub_obj

Selection cursors for this screen.

Entryselect_sub

Japanese	English
どのエントリーデータをつかいますか?	Which entry data will you use?
イチロー	Ichiro
にんてん	Ninten
あたらしいエントリーデータをつくる	Create new entry data
エントリーデータをへんしゅうする	Edit entry data
エントリーデータをけす	Erase entry data
もどる	Back

Judging from the internal filename, it could be a placeholder for the name entry screen, such as the name entry screen in the final version. Might also be meant for multiplayer.

entryselect_sub_obj

Selection cursor for this screen.

Menu_sub

Japanese	English
ひとりであそぶ	Play alone
みんなであそぶ	Play with everyone
レコード	Record
オプション	Options
もどる	Back

This menu is similar to the title screen of the final build. Suggests that this menu was meant to appear after the MKDS logo title screen ("Press the A button" in the prototype). The Japanese was changed to シングルプレイ (Singleplayer) and マルチプレイ (Multiplayer) in the final.

menu_sub_obj

Selection cursor for this screen.

Mode_sub

Japanese	English
グランプリ	Grand Prix
タイムアタック	Time Attack
VS	VS
ミニゲーム	Minigames
ミッションラン	Mission Run
もどる	Back

Mode select screen similar to that of final version's. Note that タイムアタック (Time Attack) and ミニゲーム (Minigames) are the Japanese names for Time Trials and Battle modes.

mode_sub_obj

Selection cursor for this screen.

Cup_sub

Japanese	English
ニトログランプリ	Nitro Grand Prix
オールディズグランプリ	Oldies Grand Prix

Unused cup selection menu. Note that Retro Grand Prix used to be called Oldies Grand Prix. The final Japanese version uses レトログランプリ (Retro Grand Prix).

cup_sub_obj

Selection cursors for this screen.

Cup_sub2

Japanese	English
これでいいですか?	Is this good?
OK	OK
もどる	Back

Confirmation to play screen.