Unused Bones & Animations

This is a sub-page of Mario Kart Wii.

To do: Document the rest of the early animations found by Atlas. Zach#2169 on Discord has some GIFs if anyone is willing to upload them and format the page. In particular, document: Add Bowser's early animations on Karts, as well as Standard Bike L / Flame Runner / Spear. For Wario Bike / Shooting Star / Phantom, some animations seem to be switched in comparison to the final version. Daisy's early 1st (seems identical to Peach's used animation, likely a leftover) animation for Mach Bike / Sneakster / Dolphin Dasher. Daisy's unused biker outfit has two animations called pc_hair_drive and pc_hair_wait, which are only used by Peach for her hair movement (Daisy's final variant of these animations are called ds_hair_drive and ds_hair_wait), which explains why her hair does not move when restoring this model. This is likely a leftover from Peach.

This page is loooong... Consider grouping related content into additional subpages to ease readability.

Koopa Troopa's and Dry Bones' Wings#

Koopa Troopa and Dry Bones have two unused bones named wing_l1 and wing_r1 in their model files. While the bones aren't used in this game, they were used in the game's predecessor, 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 or Dry Bones' animations, so if someone were to hack a texture over the bones, they wouldn't move.

The fact that Dry Bones has the same unused bones as Koopa Troopa implies that its model was based on the latter's.

Unused Legal Bone Data#

In StaticR.rel file at 0x396FA7 in the PAL version, there exists legal bone data for the bones with the names unknown_1, unknown_2, and unknown_3, all the models do not have any of these bone names and they were likely leftovers from testing.

Luigi's Test Animations#

Located within /Race/Kart/mdf-kart-lg.szs (Luigi's Standard Kart M) are 4 unused animations for Luigi. Two of them show Luigi putting his foot on the gas and brake pedals (there are no animations for this in the final game) and the other two are him punching to the left and right. These seem to be leftovers from Double Dash!!

Lakitu's Battle Sign#

Lakitu has an unused battle mode item called jugem_battle.brres, inside /Race/Common.szs. The animation seems to be a copy of the backwards animation in VS race, but with an X on the sign instead of a U-Turn. The animation's name is "jg_st" which probably means "stop" (For reference, the name of the "going back" animation is "jg_no"), so maybe was supposed to appear at the end of battle when all the karts stop and wave the sign? (similar to how he waves a flag after you finish a VS race)

Funky Kong's Tie Bone Leftover#

Funky Kong has a bone named tie_1, which is a leftover from Donkey Kong's boneset, due to the developers using him as a base for Funky Kong. While the bone is animated (since both Donkey Kong and Funky Kong use the same animations), it is not rigged into any part of the model itself.

Baby Princesses Cap Bone Leftover#

Baby Daisy and Baby Peach have a bone named cap1, which is a leftover from Baby Mario and Baby Luigi's boneset, and goes unused for the former. Despite both baby princesses having crowns, they do not use this bone for them. If one were to correctly weight their crowns, they would see it be animated while losing. The animation in question is lifted from Baby Mario, and that's been shared between the babies.

Peach, Daisy and Rosalina's Skirt Bone Leftover#

Peach, Daisy and Rosalina have a bone named skirt_1, which is used for their dress model found when playing with karts. This bone, however, is also present on their biker outfit variant, which goes unused.

Peach and Daisy's Leftover Hair Bones#

Both Peach and Daisy have 4 bones in their boneset called d_hair_1, d_hair_2, p_hair_1 and p_hair_2. The first two are used only by Daisy, while the last two are used only by Peach.

Early Character Animations#

Some of the early "_2" vehicles found in /Race/Kart/ also contain unused animations for the characters.

Activate the code below and enter a VS Race / Time Trial / Battle to view these animations:

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Luigi#

Bike (Standard Bike M / Sugarscoot / Zip Zip)#

Early Version	Final Version

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Kart#

Early Version	Final Version

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Peach#

Bike (Mach Bike / Sneakster / Dolphin Dasher)#

Early Version	Final Version

Daisy#

Bike (Mach Bike / Sneakster / Dolphin Dasher)#

Early Version	Final Version

Bike (Standard Bike M / Sugarscoot / Zip Zip)#

Early Version	Final Version

Donkey Kong#

Bike (Wario Bike / Shooting Star / Phantom)#

Early Version	Final Version

Funky Kong#

Bike (Wario Bike / Shooting Star / Phantom)#

Early Version	Final Version

Waluigi#

Bike (Wario Bike / Shooting Star / Phantom)#

Early Version	Final Version

Dry Bowser#

Bike (Standard Bike L / Flame Runner / Spear)#

Early Version	Final Version

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Kart#

Early Version	Final Version

Early Version	Final Version

Rosalina#

Bike (Standard Bike L / Flame Runner / Spear)#

Early Version	Final Version

NOTE: The early version lacks the file gut.pat0, which explains why her face expressions are not animated in the early version.

Early Version	Final Version

Early Version	Final Version

Birdo#

Bike (Mach Bike / Sneakster / Dolphin Dasher)#

Early Version	Final Version

Early Version	Final Version

Early Version	Final Version

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Early Version	Final Version

Mario#

Kart#

Bike (Standard Bike M / Sugarscoot / Zip Zip)#

Bike (Mach Bike / Sneakster / Dolphin Dasher)#