Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Prototype Info Prerelease Info Booster Course Pass Kiosk Demo Version DifferencesFrom additions and fixes to...balance changes?

Unused Graphics#

DLC icons from the Wii U release were leftover in the game, and go unused here since all of the past DLC was built into Deluxe. The grey versions are specular maps, and the bottom image is a normal map for all icons.

The country flags from the Wii U version are left inside common.szs/nationalflag. Instead of reusing them, Nintendo made a brand new set of flags for this game. (common.szs/nationalflag_nx)

The country of Netherlands Antilles left inside (UI/language/message.sarc/Region.mbst) goes unused in the files as the option to change an account's location to Netherlands Antilles was removed in early 2018. Netherlands Antilles only has a text string with no flag.

A placeholder of the promotional banner for the Booster Course Pass DLC. It was present as early as the release of the first wave, though people with keen eyes were able to make out several courses that hadn't been announced for the DLC at the time, like Waluigi Pinball and even the completely unknown Sky-High Sundae. The banner also includes Amsterdam Drift and Bangkok Rush before their official reveals for Mario Kart Tour. The only two courses visible in this image that never made it into the DLC are Mario Circuit 1 from Super Mario Kart, and RMX Mario Circuit 1 from Mario Kart Tour.

Failsafe Dummy Vehicle Textures#

Dummy vehicle textures that are loaded if the game can't find/load the correct texture for character specific emblems, karts and gliders.

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Disabled Prototype Shine Time Score UI#

In the prototype build of the game there is a shine time score UI that shows your shine time. This UI exists in the final game but intentionally disabled, therefore it is never seen. By patching the game's code, it is possible to enable this UI and it works as intended, exactly like in the Prototype. After you collect the shine and lose it, a shine time score UI will be shown on the bottom left, showing your shine time. Once collecting the shine again, the UI will be hidden until the shine is lost again.

Leftover Wii U Battle Courses#

All courses that were used as battle arenas in the Wii U version still have the battle_muunt.byaml in their files, meaning that with some hacks they can be accessed and battled on as normal.

Unused Battle Courses Mapping for VS#

All Battle courses contains mapping file for race even though battle stages aren't playable in VS. By default it crashes when loaded but it can be bypassed with cheat codes. There are no item boxes or coins, not even present in the BYAML (courses with no stationary boxes or coins have these present but hidden), laps count randomly depending on the checkpoints you pass because the same checkpoints from Battle, lakitu picks you up a lot too, CPUs follow specific paths frequently differently from battle, spawn points are interesting and respawn points are weird and out of place, as Lakitu paths are a flat line path. Surprisingly, there are 3 laps instead of zero (section tracks and Battle have zero laps). It is unsure if these mapping files contains early or different content from regular Battle mode but it is unlikely.

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Removed Test Course#

There are leftovers for a test course called test_DanceFloor in \Course\EAD. All that remains is some lighting data. The "EAD" folder has been removed after one of the Booster Course Pass DLC updates.

In the image below, we can see how Mario Circuit looks like with this course's lightning environment file.

Removed Reverse Mode#

There seems to have once been plans for a racing mode where the racers go around the courses backwards. In ObjFlow.byaml there are six references to "Gyakusou", which means "Reverse Run" in Japanese. This concept later resurfaced in Mario Kart Tour as the R and R/T variants of tracks with similarly named objects for the various that are placed around courses. Several tracks of the Booster Course Pass DLC would have laps that feature drivers going backwards however these objects would remain unused.

• TEST_Gyakusou_Barrier
• TEST_Gyakusou_Dash
• TEST_Gyakusou_Glide
• TEST_Gyakusou_Guide
• TEST_Gyakusou_Step
• TEST_Gyakusou_StepJA

Hidden Coins & Item Boxes#

Mario Kart 8 requires at least one coin and one stationary item box to be placed in each course, or the game will crash. Because of this, courses that seem to have no coins (Mute City, Big Blue) or stationary item boxes (GCN Baby Park, DS Shroom Ridge) have them hidden inside geometry, where players will never see them.

Mute City Hidden Coin#

Mute City's coin is hidden inside of a building, next to the last turn of the course.

Big Blue Hidden Coin#

Big Blue's coin is hidden inside of an island, a bit ahead of the start of the course.

GCN Baby Park Hidden Item Box#

GCN Baby Park's item box is hidden inside of a pipe, which is a structure of the Ferris wheel. The item box is tiny, having the scale of 0.1 for all X, Y and Z.

Tour Leftovers#

slink2.bslnk (Audio/Bin) contains references for all the bgms, sound effects, and object names in the game. Since the 2.0.0 update however, lots of references from Tour were left in. Some of these most likely were never planned to be included in the Booster Course Pass however. Some started getting removed starting in 2.1.0, until 3.0.0 where only a few got removed. A lot of Tour ones still got left in.

@Blank (added in 2.2.0)
Anchor3dsws
Appear2 (removed in 3.0.0)
Attack2 (removed in 2.2.0)
Attack3 (removed in 2.2.0)
Attack4 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack5 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack6 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack7 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack8 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack9 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack10 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack11 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack12 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack13 (removed in 2.1.0)
Attack14 (removed in 2.1.0)
AttackHit (removed in 2.2.0)
AttackSign2 (removed in 2.2.0)
AttackSign3 (removed in 2.2.0)
AnmAttack (removed in 2.2.0)
AnmAttackSign (removed in 2.2.0)
AnmRiseSign (removed in 2.2.0)
BarrelBomb
BarrelBombPropeller
BigReact1
BlockIce
Bound2 (removed in 2.2.0)
Break_01 (removed in 2.2.0)
Break_02 (removed in 2.2.0)
Break_03 (removed in 2.2.0)
Bubble
CannonLaunch
CarBusRed
CarBusWhite
CarCarrier
CarHatchbackGreen
CarHatchbackRed
CarMobbkA
CarMobbkB
CarNormalBlue
CarNormalWhite
CarSmallTruck
CarSurfMobb
CarTruckRed
CarTruckTRYellow
CarTruckWhite
CarTruckYellow
Chandelier (Deluxe's is called HhChandelier)
Close2 (removed in 2.4.0)
Close3 (removed in 2.4.0)
Close4 (removed in 2.4.0)
Course_Test
DashMove (removed in 2.2.0)
Down2 (removed in 2.2.0)
Down3 (removed in 2.2.0)
DossunStar (Deluxe's is called DL_StarDossun)
DrawBridgeDash
DrawBridgeGlide
Dummy1
Dummy2
DurationKadomatsu
DurationPumpkin
DurationPumpkinBig
DurationPumpkinFixed
DurationTreeX
FenceSilverNight
FenceSilverNightArrow
FenceStripeRed
FenceStripeRedArrow
FireBar
FireBar3
FireBar4
FireBar5
FireBar6
FireCircle
FireCircle6
FireCircle8
FireSphere
FolderA
FolderB
FountainIllumination
FrameL
FrameR
FrameTeresa
FrameTeresa2
FrameTeresa3
FrameTeresa4
FrameTeresa5
FrameTeresa6
GlideMove (removed in 2.2.0)
Gliding
Goat
HanachanHead_Walk (removed in 2.2.0)
HeyhoBreak
HeyhoBreak2
HeyhoCarpet
HeyhoExplorerLightBlue (2.4.0 uses this as a single object called HeyhoExplorer)
HeyhoExplorerRed (2.4.0 uses this as a single object called HeyhoExplorer)
HeyhoExplorerYellow (2.4.0 uses this as a single object called HeyhoExplorer)
HeyhoSkateBlue (Deluxe's is SkateHeyho)
HeyhoSkateRed (Deluxe's is SkateHeyho)
HeyhoSnowBoard
HitItem (removed in 2.4.0)
HitItem_ (removed in 2.2.0)
HitKartInvincible_ (removed in 2.2.0)
HotSpring
KakiwariBush
KakiwariKuribo
KakiwariTeresa
Killer
KillerCannon
Kinoko
Land2 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land3 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land4 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land5 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land6 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land7 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land8 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land9 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land10 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land11 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land12 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land13 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land14 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land15 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land16 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land17 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land18 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land19 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land20 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land21 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land22 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land23 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land24 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land25 (removed in 2.1.0)
Land26 (removed in 2.1.0)
LeafRed
MapObjKart_Anchor3dsws
MapObjKart_BarrelBomb
MapObjKart_BarrelBombPropeller
MapObjKart_Bubble
MapObjKart_Burner
MapObjKart_CarBusRed
MapObjKart_CarBusWhite
MapObjKart_CarCarrier
MapObjKart_CarHatchbackGreen
MapObjKart_CarHatchbackRed
MapObjKart_CarMobbkA
MapObjKart_CarMobbkB
MapObjKart_CarNormalBlue
MapObjKart_CarNormalWhite
MapObjKart_CarSmallTruck
MapObjKart_CarSurfMobb
MapObjKart_CarTruckRed
MapObjKart_CarTruckTRYellow
MapObjKart_CarTruckWhite
MapObjKart_CarTruckYellow
MapObjKart_Chandelier
MapObjKart_DokanDisplay
MapObjKart_DossunStar
MapObjKart_DrawBridgeDash
MapObjKart_DrawBridgeGlide
MapObjKart_DurationKadomatsu
MapObjKart_DurationPumpkin
MapObjKart_DurationPumpkinBig
MapObjKart_DurationPumpkinFixed
MapObjKart_DurationTreeX
MapObjKart_EventGate
MapObjKart_EventRing
MapObjKart_FireBar
MapObjKart_FireBar3
MapObjKart_FireBar4
MapObjKart_FireBar5
MapObjKart_FireBar6
MapObjKart_FireCircle
MapObjKart_FireCircle6
MapObjKart_FireCircle8
MapObjKart_FireSphere
MapObjKart_Float
MapObjKart_FountainIllumination
MapObjKart_Goat
MapObjKart_HeyhoCarpet
MapObjKart_HeyhoExplorerLightBlue (2.4.0 uses this as a single object called HeyhoExplorer)
MapObjKart_HeyhoExplorerRed (2.4.0 uses this as a single object called HeyhoExplorer)
MapObjKart_HeyhoExplorerYellow (2.4.0 uses this as a single object called HeyhoExplorer)
MapObjKart_HeyhoSkateBlue
MapObjKart_HeyhoSkateRed
MapObjKart_HeyhoSnowBoard
MapObjKart_KakiwariBush
MapObjKart_KakiwariKuribo
MapObjKart_KakiwariTeresa
MapObjKart_Killer
MapObjKart_KillerCannon
MapObjKart_Kinoko
MapObjKart_LeafRed
MapObjKart_PackunFlowerInk
MapObjKart_PackunSmall
MapObjKart_PictureTeresa
MapObjKart_PillarFire
MapObjKart_PillarIce
MapObjKart_PotGreen
MapObjKart_PotSnake
MapObjKart_PropellerRing
MapObjKart_Puddle
MapObjKart_PuddleInk
MapObjKart_PukupukuBeach
MapObjKart_Pumpjack
MapObjKart_ReactObjBurnSpin
MapObjKart_RiseArea
MapObjKart_Rock
MapObjKart_RockVolcano
MapObjKart_ShellFish
MapObjKart_SnowBall
MapObjKart_StarRing
MapObjKart_Start
MapObjKart_StartGate3dsnbc
MapObjKart_StartGateAerial
MapObjKart_StartGateCmn
MapObjKart_Steam3dsac
MapObjKart_Train3dsrr
MapObjKart_TrainMoba
MapObjKart_TramMoba
MapObjKart_TreeSpookyMoving
MapObjKart_Wanwan
MapObjKart_WanwanRolling
MapObjKart_WindMill3dsgl
MapObjKart_WindMillMoba
MobnmAmbient (removed in 2.3.0)
MobnmAmbient2 (removed in 2.3.0)
MobnmAmbient3 (removed in 2.3.0)
NrTrain
PackunFlowerInk
PackunSmall
Piano
PictureTeresa
PillarFire
PillarIce
PotGreen
PotSnake
PrePress
PropellerRing
Puddle
PuddleInk
PukupukuBeach
Pumpjack
React1
ReactObjBurnSpin
Reborn
Rise2 (removed in 2.2.0)
Rise3 (removed in 2.2.0)
Rock
RockVolcano
Roll
RollLoop
Se2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjAccelRingMobsiBreak
SeMapObjAccelRingMobsiHitKart
SeMapObjAirShipMobsiBound
SeMapObjAnchor3dswsBreak
SeMapObjBalloonBlueBound
SeMapObjBalloonBlueHitGondola
SeMapObjBalloonRedBound
SeMapObjBalloonRedHitGondola
SeMapObjBalloonYellowBound
SeMapObjBalloonYellowHitGondola
SeMapObjBarrelBombBurst
SeMapObjBarrelBombPropellerAmbient
SeMapObjBarrelBombPropellerAmbient2
SeMapObjBarrelBombPropellerAmbient3
SeMapObjBarrelBombPropellerBurst
SeMapObjBlockIceBreak
SeMapObjBubbleAppear
SeMapObjBubbleDisappear
SeMapObjBubbleFly
SeMapObjBubbleFly2
SeMapObjBurnerAmbient
SeMapObjCarBusRedAmbient
SeMapObjCarBusRedBreak
SeMapObjCarBusWhiteAmbient
SeMapObjCarBusWhiteBreak
SeMapObjCarCarrierAmbient
SeMapObjCarCarrierBreak
SeMapObjCarHatchbackGreenAmbient
SeMapObjCarHatchbackGreenBreak
SeMapObjCarHatchbackRedAmbient
SeMapObjCarHatchbackRedBreak
SeMapObjCarMobbkABreak
SeMapObjCarMobbkBBreak
SeMapObjCarNormalBlueAmbient
SeMapObjCarNormalBlueBreak
SeMapObjCarNormalWhiteAmbient
SeMapObjCarNormalWhiteBreak
SeMapObjCarSmallTruckAmbient
SeMapObjCarSmallTruckBreak
SeMapObjCarSurfMobbAmbient
SeMapObjCarSurfMobbBreak
SeMapObjCarTruckRedAmbient
SeMapObjCarTruckRedBreak
SeMapObjCarTruckTRYellowAmbient
SeMapObjCarTruckTRYellowBreak
SeMapObjCarTruckWhiteAmbient
SeMapObjCarTruckWhiteBreak
SeMapObjCarTruckYellowAmbient
SeMapObjCarTruckYellowBreak
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoBreak
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoBreak2
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoFly
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoFly2
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoFly3
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoHit
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoHit2
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoSpin
SeMapObjCarpetHeyhoSpin2
SeMapObjChandelierFall
SeMapObjChandelierSwingL
SeMapObjChandelierSwingR
SeMapObjClownFutureAmbient
SeMapObjDokanDisplayGround
SeMapObjDokanDisplayHitKart
SeMapObjDokanGround
SeMapObjDokanHitKart
SeMapObjDossunStarAmbient
SeMapObjDossunStarGround
SeMapObjDossunStarHitKart
SeMapObjDossunStarPrePress
SeMapObjDrawBridgeDashMove
SeMapObjDrawBridgeGlideMove (changed to SeMapObjDrawBridgeMove2 in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjDrawBridgeMove (changed to SeMapObjDrawBridgeStop in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjDurationKadomatsuBreak
SeMapObjDurationKadomatsuGroud
SeMapObjDurationKadomatsuGroud2
SeMapObjDurationKadomatsuHit
SeMapObjDurationPumpkinBigReact1
SeMapObjDurationPumpkinFixedReact1
SeMapObjDurationPumpkinReact1
SeMapObjDurationTreeXAmbient
SeMapObjDurationTreeXBreak
SeMapObjDurationTreeXReact1
SeMapObjEventGateAppear
SeMapObjEventRingBreak
SeMapObjFireBar3Ambient
SeMapObjFireBar4Ambient
SeMapObjFireBar5Ambient
SeMapObjFireBar6Ambient
SeMapObjFireBarAmbient
SeMapObjFireCircle6Ambient
SeMapObjFireCircle8Ambient
SeMapObjFireCircleAmbient
SeMapObjFireSphereAmbient
SeMapObjFloatBreak (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjFountainIlluminationHitKart
SeMapObjFountainIlluminationSpouting (changed to SeMapObjFountainIlluminationSpoutLoop in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjFountainIlluminationSpouting2 (changed to SeMapObjFountainIlluminationSpoutStart_01 in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjFountainIlluminationStandBy (changed to SeMapObjFountainIlluminationSpout_01 in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjGateBarWiidsBreak
SeMapObjGateBarWiidsClose
SeMapObjGateBarWiidsOpen
SeMapObjGoatAmbient
SeMapObjGoatAmbient2
SeMapObjGoatAmbient3
SeMapObjGoatAmbient4
SeMapObjGoatBreak
SeMapObjGoatGround
SeMapObjGoatHit
SeMapObjGoatHitKart
SeMapObjGoatWalkA
SeMapObjGoatWalkB
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetBreak
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetBreak2
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetFly
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetFly2
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetFly3
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetHit
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetHit2
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetSpin
SeMapObjHeyhoCarpetSpin2
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueAmbient (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueBreak (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueBreak2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueHit (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueHit2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueSpin (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerLightBlueSpin2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedAmbient (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedBreak (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedBreak2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedHit (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedHit2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedSpin (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerRedSpin2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowAmbient (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowBreak (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowBreak2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowHit (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowHit2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowSpin (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoExplorerYellowSpin2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialBreak
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialBreak2
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialBreak3
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialHit
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialHit2
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialHit3
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialSmoke
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialSmoke2
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialSpin
SeMapObjHeyhoMobnmAerialSpin2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueAmbient
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueAmbient2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueBreak
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueBreak2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueHit
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueHit2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueSpin
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateBlueSpin2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedAmbient
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedAmbient2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedBreak
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedBreak2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedHit
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedHit2
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedSpin
SeMapObjHeyhoSkateRedSpin2
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardAmbient
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardAmbient2
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardBreak
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardBreak2
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardGliding
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardHit
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardHit2
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardSpin
SeMapObjHeyhoSnowBoardSpin2
SeMapObjHotSpringHitKart
SeMapObjHotSpringSpouting
SeMapObjHotSpringSpouting2 (changed to SeMapObjHotSpringSpoutingStart in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjHotSpringStandBy (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjInkSphereBreak (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjInkSphereMoving (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjJumpBoardDown
SeMapObjJumpBoardDown2
SeMapObjJumpBoardDownFast
SeMapObjJumpBoardRise
SeMapObjJumpBoardRise2
SeMapObjJumpBoardRiseFast
SeMapObjJumpPenguin
SeMapObjJumpPukupuku
SeMapObjJumpPukupukuBeach
SeMapObjKakiwariBushBreak
SeMapObjKakiwariKuriboBreak
SeMapObjKakiwariTeresaBreak
SeMapObjKillerCannonLaunch
SeMapObjKinokoTrampolineBlueBound
SeMapObjKinokoTrampolineGreenBound
SeMapObjKinokoTrampolineRainbowBound
SeMapObjKinokoTrampolineRedBound
SeMapObjLeafRedBreak
SeMapObjNmGear2
SeMapObjNmTorchFire
SeMapObjNoshiHitKart
SeMapObjNoshiVoiceCry
SeMapObjNoshiVoiceCry2
SeMapObjNoshiVoiceCry3
SeMapObjNoshiVoiceCry4
SeMapObjNoshiVoiceCry5
SeMapObjNoshiVoiceDamage
SeMapObjNoshiWalk
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttack (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttack2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttack3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttackHit (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttackSign (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttackSign2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkAttackSign3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkBreak (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkDamage (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkDown (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkDown2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkDown3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkHitItem_ (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkHitKart (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkHitKartInvincible_ (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkRise (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkRise2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkRise3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkSign (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkSign2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkSign3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkWaitMouth00 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunFlowerInkWaitMouth01 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjPackunSmallBreak
SeMapObjPackunSmallGround
SeMapObjPackunSmallHit
SeMapObjPackunSmallWaitMouth
SeMapObjPackunSmallWaitMouth2
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameL
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameR
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameTeresa
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameTeresa2
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameTeresa3
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameTeresa4
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameTeresa5
SeMapObjPictureTeresaFrameTeresa6
SeMapObjPillarFireStream
SeMapObjPillarIceBreak
SeMapObjPirateShipCry_01
SeMapObjPirateShipCry_02
SeMapObjPirateShipCry_03
SeMapObjPirateShipCry_04
SeMapObjPirateShipCry_05
SeMapObjPirateShipCry_Back_01
SeMapObjPooAppear
SeMapObjPooAppear2 (might of been changed to SeMapObjPooDisappear in 3.0.0)
SeMapObjPooDisappear
SeMapObjPotGreenBreak
SeMapObjPotGreenBreak2
SeMapObjPotGreenClose
SeMapObjPotGreenGround
SeMapObjPotGreenHit
SeMapObjPotGreenOpen
SeMapObjPotGreenWalkA
SeMapObjPotGreenWalkB
SeMapObjPotSnakeBreak
SeMapObjPotSnakeClose
SeMapObjPotSnakeGround
SeMapObjPotSnakeHit
SeMapObjPotSnakeOpen
SeMapObjPotSnakeWalkA
SeMapObjPotSnakeWalkB
SeMapObjPropellerRingMobnmAmbient (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjPropellerRingMobnmAmbient2 (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjPropellerRingMobnmAmbient3 (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjPuddleInkAppear
SeMapObjPukupukuBeachBreak
SeMapObjPukupukuBeachJump
SeMapObjPumpjackAmbient (changed to SeMapObjPumpjackMove in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjReactObjBurnSpinAmbient
SeMapObjRiseAreaActive
SeMapObjRockAmbient
SeMapObjRockAmbient2
SeMapObjRockAmbient3
SeMapObjRockBreak
SeMapObjRockBreak2
SeMapObjRockBreak3
SeMapObjRockGround
SeMapObjRockGround2
SeMapObjRockGround4
SeMapObjRockHitKart
SeMapObjRockHitKart2
SeMapObjRockHitKart3
SeMapObjRockHitNet
SeMapObjRockHitNet2
SeMapObjRockVolcanoAmbient
SeMapObjRockVolcanoBreak
SeMapObjRockVolcanoBreak2
SeMapObjRockVolcanoBreak3
SeMapObjRockVolcanoFall
SeMapObjRockVolcanoGround
SeMapObjRockVolcanoGround2
SeMapObjRockVolcanoGround3
SeMapObjRockVolcanoGround4
SeMapObjRockVolcanoHitKart
SeMapObjRockVolcanoHitKart2
SeMapObjRockVolcanoHitKart3
SeMapObjRockVolcanoHitNet
SeMapObjRockVolcanoHitNet2
SeMapObjShellFishClose2 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjShellFishClose3 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjShellFishClose4 (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjShellFishHitItem (changed to SeMapObjShellFishHit in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjShellFishHitKart (removed in 2.4.0)
SeMapObjSnowBallAmbient
SeMapObjSnowBallBreak
SeMapObjSnowBallGround
SeMapObjSnowBallHitKart
SeMapObjSnowmanFall
SeMapObjSnowmanHit
SeMapObjSnowmanReborn
SeMapObjStarRingBreak
SeMapObjStarRingHitKart
SeMapObjStartGate3dsnbcBreak
SeMapObjStartGate3dsnbcHit
SeMapObjStartGate3dsrrmBreak (removed in 2.2.0, but the sound effect still exists with the object. Its the same sound as HitKart's)
SeMapObjStartGate3dsrrmHitKart
SeMapObjStartGateAerialBreak
SeMapObjStartGateAerialHit
SeMapObjStartGateCmnBreak
SeMapObjStartGateCmnHit
SeMapObjSteam3dsacActive
SeMapObjTrain3dsrrLoop2
SeMapObjTrain3dsrrLoop3
SeMapObjTrain3dsrrWhistle
SeMapObjTrainMobaBreak (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobaGround (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcAmbient
SeMapObjTrainMobhcAmbient2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcAmbient3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcBreak (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcGround (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcHitKart (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcLoop2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTrainMobhcSe2 (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjTramMobaBreak (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjTramMobaGround (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjTramMobaHitKart (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjTramMobaLoop2 (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjTreeSpookyMovingHitKart
SeMapObjTreeSpookyMovingWalk
SeMapObjWanwanRollingLand (removed in 2.2.0)
SeMapObjWindMill3dsglHit
SeMapObjWindMillMobaAmbient (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjWindMillMobaAmbient2 (removed in 2.3.0)
SeMapObjWindMillMobaHit
ShellFish
Sign (removed in 2.2.0)
Sign2 (removed in 2.2.0)
Sign3 (removed in 2.2.0)
SnowBall
SnowBoardHeyhoWiids
SnowSmall
Spouting2 (changed to SpoutingStart in 2.3.0)
StarRing
StartGate3dsnbc
StartGateAerial
StartGateCmn
Steam3dsac
StopDown (removed in 2.2.0)
StopUp (removed in 2.2.0)
Throw
Train3dsrr
TrainMoba
TramMoba
TrampolineKinokoRainbowBound
TreeSpookyMoving
WaitMouth00 (removed in 2.2.0)
WaitMouth01 (removed in 2.2.0)
WallDokan
WallPackun
Wanwan
WanwanRolling
Whistle
WindMill3dsgl
WindMillMoba

Removed Difficulty#

In most of the AI tables (RaceCommon/AI), there's some AI settings for an Expert difficulty. There are no other references for this difficulty, so it may have been cut early in development. It was removed for unknown reasons, though the best guess is it may have simply been too hard.

Unused Models#

To do: Mapobjs need corresponding object IDs in the objflow.byaml order to work, find a way to check if there actually existed functionality for the BombCar by checking through object IDs

BombCar#

MapObj/BombCar has an unused Bob-omb Car model from Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, along with Moonview Highway from Mario Kart Wii. This model was actually ported directly from the latter game, but with a few slight differences. The eyes are now 3D, the wheel animation doesn't exist, and it doesn't have the lights coming out of its eyes. It only has a single animation for the key on the back of it. This model isn't in the Wii U version, but was added to the Switch version for some odd reason without a listing in the objflow. Removed in the 2.0.0 update, a new version of the Bob-omb Car object is used in Wii Moonview Highway in v2.4.0 as a part of Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass, internally named CarBomb instead and ported from Mario Kart Tour.

PrisonTest#

Test	Final

MapObj\PrisonTest contains a test version of the prison used in Renegade Roundup. The final model is in MapObj\TS_Prison. The test version has a smaller and less detailed collision file, containing only two collision types, doesn't have a separate collision file for the switch, doesn't have any sound files in its folder and has no team color variant. Also, the final one has an effects model in MapObj\TS_Prison_FX to go along with the main model. Note that the button used to be an anti-gravity booster but instead of being blue it is red. Players also get a speed boost after pressing the button, though its effects are much more similar to using a Mushroom. There is animation for opening and closing the jail bars and the floor and ceilling is asphalt. If items land inside the jail they don't instantly despawn, unlike in the final one.

Outside (In Game)	Inside (In Game)

Oddities#

Orange Inkling Girl's Pipe Frame#

Orange Inkling girl has an incorrect color on her Pipe Frame being orange on the Vehicle Selection Screen, but in game, a yellow Pipe Frame is used instead.

Internal Project Name#

The project's internal name is "TurboS", according to multiple strings. The filenames of some promotional artwork released to the press by Nintendo also provide evidence of this being the game's internal name. "Turbo" is Mario Kart 8's internal project name.

The internal project name for the Booster Course Pass is "Charger". This is evident by the filenames for various Booster Course Pass assets such as Cup Icons, which contain the string "Charger".

Regional Differences#

All text changes between the American English and British English localizations of the base game were carried over from the Wii U version to Deluxe.

Course Names#