Pre-Alpha Mario Kart DS

This page shows footage and screenshots of the very beta version of Mario Kart DS known as the Pre-Alpha build.

Gallery

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  Mario drifting on the 'nose turn' on an earlier GCN Yoshi Circuit.
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  Mario Approaching the shell turn on an earlier GCN Yoshi Circuit.
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  Peach near the Yoshi sign on an earlier GCN Yoshi Circuit.
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  A zoomed out view of the final turn on an early GCN Yoshi Circuit. Notice DK's emblem.
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  Luigi, Yoshi, Toad and Peach drifting on an early GCN Yoshi Circuit. Notice the emblems.
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  Mario Approaching an item box on early GCN Yoshi Circuit. Notice the size of the itembox and that the are no fences on the grass sections.
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  Peach Approaching some itemboxes on an early GCN Yoshi Circuit. Notice the size of these compared to the picture before.
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  The Alpha GCN Yoshi Circuit tree texture, found in the Kiosk Demo in GCN Yoshi Circuit's carc file as "yoshi_tree.nsbmd".
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  Mario in the early standard kart. Notice that this was also use for the E3 Kiosk Demo's Icon.

Trivia

• In this beta version you can drive through the CPU's.
• The earlier design of Standard Karts can be seen here, it should be noted that they strongly resemble the Toad Kart from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
• The video shows an earlier HUD and Speedometter.
• No sound is played here.
• Oddly enough, GCN Yoshi Circuit is the only course here, this may explain why nearly all courses in the Beta has the GCN Yoshi Circuit map.
  • It may also explain why Yoshi Circuit's course value is "01", which suggests that GCN Yoshi Circuit was the first course to be completed.
    • It could also explain why GCN Yoshi Circuit is one of the most completed unused tracks in the Kiosk Demo, and why the first mission of the Kiosk Demo uses this track.