Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart Wii
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: April 10, 2008 Released in US: April 27, 2008 Released in EU: April 11, 2008 Released in AU: April 24, 2008 Released in KR: April 30, 2009 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has regional differences. This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page This game has a prerelease article

To do: There are more unused graphics, and check what's up with Rosalina's voice replacing an average male Mii's sound clip.

Mario Kart Wii, the 6th game in the series (not counting Arcade editions), which introduced bikes and... Mushroom Gorge.

Unused Character Icons

Petey Piranha

Petey Piranha was playable in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, but was scrapped here. Rarrrrrrrrrrgh!!!

Koopa Paratroopa

Paratroopa was also in Double Dash!! Interestingly, he uses a different pose here than in the final Double Dash!! icon.

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This same icon can be seen in early screenshots of Double Dash!!

Hammer Brother

This would have been the Hammer Brothers' debut in the Mario Kart series.

Unused Mii Outfit

Apparently, there was going to be a Mii Outfit C. Oddly, though, it has a different icon compared to Outfits A and B. While Outfits A and B are circles with "Mii" on them, C appears to be a grey jacket with the letter "C" on it.

Unused Courses

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Identical to GCN Mario Circuit. However, there is no Chain Chomp, and the Piranha Plants lack pipes (they are floating in mid-air). There is no minimap, and the minimap icon of the character scrolls off the screen. This may in fact be a direct port of the data from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, since shadows no longer give off a 'shading' effect to anything that passes under them, and the Piranha Plants attack any time a player nears them if the course is accessed in Time Trial mode, rather than periodically like in Time Trials for the final version of the course, which was how the course acted in Double Dash!!

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This course served as Nintendo's first tex0 test. It's identical to Mario Circuit, but with corrupted textures because the pointers that tell the course which textures to load miss slightly. No objects or items are present, and the lap counter does not work. It does have a minimap, though, which is also identical to Mario Circuit.

If you replace the BRRES files from Draw Demo into Mario Circuit, you'll get Mario Circuit with stars textured everywhere. However, if you point the Draw Demo MDL0 to Mario Circuit's textures, everything is exactly like the normal Mario Circuit.

Galaxy Coliseum

This track only was seen 3 times in tournaments, now it is unused. This track is an galaxy base themed, with 1 topmen. In the tournaments, you had to knock the topmen off the course, and the external rings fall off the arena every few seconds, without the tournament script, that function doesn't work. This track uses a music file called n_BossMi_32 only heared in this course. You can acces it in European version with the code: 008A8093 00000036

Unused Graphics

Additional Lakitu Flags

To do: Replace the video with graphic rips.

Through hacking, it is possible to add more than three laps to a track. Doing so shows that Lakitu actually has extra graphics on his flag for laps 3 through 8! While flags 3 and 4 were used in a tournament, one where you race the babies in Cookie Land with 5 laps, the flags indicating laps 5 through 8 go unused. The lap 5 flag goes unused because in the Cookie Land tournament, Lakitu uses the final lap flag on Lap 5, since Lap 5 IS the final lap.

Misc. Graphics

A coin graphic from Super Mario Bros.

A very old American flag graphic.

The icon of Mario in the Dragster might have been an early design for the banner icon on the Wii Menu

This Mii face, presumably of former head of Nintendo R&D 1 Hirofumi Matsuoka, could have been for testing licenses.

While the Wiimote graphic is used, it's only seen with the Nunchuck.

Some additional graphics that are not used. The circles appear to be simple test graphics.

Unused Bones

Koopa Troopa's Wings

To do: Find the unused wing texture and post it here. I've also been told that Dry Bones has these bones as well. Find out if it's true.

Koopa Troopa has two unused bones named wing_l1 and wing_r1 in its model file. While the bones aren't used in this game, they were used in the game's prequel, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, as Paratroopa's flapping wings, since both Koopa and Paratroopa shared the same model in that game. These were probably just leftovers from when Nintendo ported the Double Dash model to Mario Kart Wii.

The bones aren't referenced in any of Koopa Troopa's animations, so if someone were to hack a texture over the bones, they wouldn't move.

Unused Items

Chain Chomp

While Chain Chomps DO appear in Mario Kart Wii as obstacles in courses such as Mario Circuit or Chain Chomp Wheel/Roulette, there is an icon for the Chain Chomp item, as seen in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Next to the mouth, there is some kanji (仮), which translates to "Temporary" more or less.

Placeholder Items

Three placeholder items labeled "NEW1", "NEW2" and "NEW3" are stored in the game's graphics, and are obviously unused.

Regional Differences

Across different regions, certain tracks and vehicles have different names. These are the names that differ between the European and North American releases, along with a direct translation of the Japanese original (not counting retro courses).

Course Names

Japanese	European	American
Moh Moh Country	Moo Moo Meadows	Moo Moo Meadows
Kinoko Canyon	Mushroom Gorge	Mushroom Gorge
Kinopio Factory	Toad's Factory	Toad's Factory
Coconuts Mall	Coconut Mall	Coconut Mall
DK Snowboard Cross	DK's Snowboard Cross	DK Summit
Wario Kouzan	Wario's Gold Mine	Wario's Gold Mine
Maple Treehouse	Maple Treeway	Maple Treeway
Guragura Kazan	Grumble Volcano	Grumble Volcano
Karakara Iseki	Dry Dry Ruins	Dry Dry Ruins
Moon Ridge & Highway	Moonview Highway	Moonview Highway
Koopa Castle	Bowser's Castle	Bowser's Castle
Block Hiroba	Block Plaza	Block Plaza
Aqua Resort	Delfino Pier	Delfino Pier
Wanwan Roulette	Chain Chomp Roulette	Chain Chomp Wheel
Dosun Sabaku	Thwomp Desert	Thwomp Desert
Galaxy Colosseum	Galaxy Arena	Galaxy Colosseum

Vehicle Names

Japanese	European	American
Super Baby Car	Baby Booster	Booster Seat
Super Pukupuku	Cheep Charger	Cheep Charger
Mini Charger	Concerto	Mini Beast
Hot Rally	Rally Romper	Tiny Titan
Jet Ball	Bubble Bike	Jet Bubble
Rocket Killer	Bullet Bike	Bullet Bike
Raid on Kamek	Magikruiser	Magikruiser
Pokémotor	Nanobike	Bit Bike
Speed Swan	Quacker	Quacker
B Dash Mk. 2	B Dasher Mk. 2	Sprinter
Nostalgia	Nostalgia 1	Classic Dragster
Fantasia	Royal Racer	Daytripper
Super Gesso	Turbo Blooper	Super Blooper
Wild Star	Wild Wing	Wild Wing
Candy	Bon Bon	Sugarscoot
Dolphin Kick	Dolphin Dasher	Dolphin Dasher
Interceptor	Nitrocycle	Sneakster
Polonaise	Rapide	Zip Zip
Fast Glide	Aero Glider	Jetsetter
Tricky	Dragonetti	Honeycoupe
Fire Hot Rod	Flame Flyer	Flame Flyer
Survival Buggy	Offroader	Offroader
Pakkun Kart	Piranha Prowler	Piranha Prowler
Super Bowser	Bowser Bike	Flame Runner
Wild Spear	Torpedo	Spear
Twinkle Star	Twinkle Star	Shooting Star

Unobtainable Item Boxes

There are 3 item boxes in DK Summit located under the map. They are a bit after the S curve, but on the bottom of the level (on the respawn plane). In the image to the left, they are highlighted in red.

A video can be seen here (go to 1:38, and watch out for the volume).

Debug Folder

An empty folder named debug can be found in the game's filesystem. Its exact purpose is unknown.