Mario Kart DS (PROTOTYPE) LOST BITS | Altered & Unused Content [TetraBitGaming]

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Hey guys, welcome to LOST BITS! Where I will cover unused, unreleased and unseen things in various games! In this video, we’re diving into another Mario Kart game, this time with Mario Kart DS ! The final release has a bunch to cover, but quickly after starting to research I realized the prototypes for this game are PLENTIFUL with scrapped and altered content. This includes unused graphics, sounds and more! Hope you enjoy!
Main Sources:
→ tcrf.net/Proto:Mario_Kart_DS
→ (Audio) tcrf.net/Proto:Mario_Kart_DS/...
→ (Cut Audio from Mr. Sheep) • [TCRF] Mario Kart DS D...
Gonna test out time stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - European Kiosk Demo
2:56 - General Differences / Unused Graphics
6:00 - Unused Models
8:00 - Unused Audio
12:22 - Inaccessible Courses
14:07 - Course Changes
18:37 - Unused Character References
19:20 - Unused Leftovers
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#MarioKart #Nintendo #TetraBitGaming

[@TetraBitGaming]

Waluigi Pinball best track, dont @ me

[@how2animate735]

Hello!

[@Acider.]

@TetraBitGaming ooops

[@coolwatterson1874]

True

[@sxg0017]

Yeah it is

[@Needlessacorn90]

He speaks the truth

[@NathanielBandy]

The un used sfx might be better then the actual ones

[@Maki_Blend3D]

True

[@tutin9930]

True

[@covlf1999]

*unused

[@brayden6449]

Eh, I’m a purist. The final ones are better in my opinion.

[@amiibojeremiah809]

True

[@titanderp]

The arm on the demo Bullet-Bill looks like a big eye.

[@GabePuratekuta]

That's not an eye??

[@TristenSarelvun]

@@GabePuratekuta The video said it's the arm, but it looks more like an eye to me. Which would also make more sense; they've always had eyes, but not arms.

[@bolt2056]

I thought it was an illusion

[@Dezlite]

SAME! I THOUGHT THAT WAS ITS EYE

[@cyber895]

@titianderp Yeah I'm thinking it was supposed to be the eye... :/

[@PureUnoriginality]

Ah yes, my favourite Mario cart racer: *D O N K E Y*

[@user-bb2op9he1x]

COOL!

[@markymark443]

Ah yes, my favourite racing game: Mario *C A R T*

[@FireBlast07]

Ah yes, my favorite Mario cart racer: *K O N G*

[@LSMANDM]

@Jonah Tailor WHY ARE THEY IN SHOPPING CARTS!?

[@am022904]

R.I.P DK hello donkey

[@ChristopherMoom]

17:20 The Japanese sounds of L and R actually exist as variants of the same sound, so to the Japanese, this sounds completely normal, to us, this sounds like the plot to some horror film

[@paperysmm1759]

Nintendo JP: Flesh and Fresh are the same thing right? Nintendo US: F L E S H

[@tutin9930]

I see your comments on undertale and giofilms videos. What

[@brayden6449]

Yeah. If you do some research, there are quite a few other examples of this in games and their prototypes, which can lead to some pretty humorous results, like seen here.

[@pickledkool-aid]

Yeah, I was wondering if the “Flesh” truck was a result of that! Since the English L sound doesn’t really exist in Japanese it’s possible whoever made that graphic didn’t realize flesh and fresh are two very different words 😂

[@SpaceLobster21]

Which means the game could alternatively be called Mario Kalt (Pronounced Mario Cult?)

[@mrwolfyer]

6:16 At first I thought the "arms" in the demo version were actually the eyes of the Bullet Bill

[@digitalhare4516]

I'm not convinced that's not supposed to be the eyes. A bit far forward for arms and don't see why they'd be held up so far.

[@Luckwaive]

@@digitalhare4516 It's more than likely an early mockup model with a temporary arm texture hastily made and slightly misplaced just to get the point across of what it's supposed to be. I highly doubt it's an eye considering the general design for bullet bills in the main series has remained relatively consistent and it's unlikely they'd make such an odd design for its eyes like that

[@omegawario7479]

Yeah when he was talking about there being no eyes I had no idea what was going on

[@TheMFThatAsked]

Same 'ere

[@tomoeegawa]

Same that only got me thinking "What big eyes U have"

[@kylescamping1411]

It's all coming back to me, the nostalgia. Mario Kart DS always hits different.

[@CleetusGlobin]

Always used to play it in the car on long trips. So many good memories of being bad at 100 cc lol!

[@kylescamping1411]

@@CleetusGlobin I remember unlocking R.O.B on a road trip and being so confused, and only using him.

[@CleetusGlobin]

@@kylescamping1411 I ended up going and unlocking him on a car trip 7 years after getting the game. It was a nice bit of nostalgia.

[@carlrygwelski586]

15 years later it is even better on the New 3DS XL

[@midnight2029]

YES

[@belovedtomboyishgirl]

the Toadette horn in the unused audio section sounds like pitched up Toriel. 11:58

[@omegawario7479]

More like toriel sounds like toadette’s horn

[@SniperOnSunday]

@@omegawario7479 Yeah

[@TheMFThatAsked]

Yeah...

[@hackrskirby]

You’re exactly right! I hear it, and I can’t unhear it.

[@drops043]

The Friday Night Funkin' BF's Eeps

[@Davidevgen]

the animated pictures weren't removed. they actually do animate on the final version natively but you can only see them in grand prix mode when the camera flies though the course before the race starts. i believe the skating pictures not animating is actually a glitch, not disabled. i made a code to re enable the pictures animating in the final. also little known fact but in the demo you can drag the blue shell :P i was part of the finding a dumping process of the Europe version of the mkds demo kart. its was so hard to find that cart... i have both usa and europe demo carts :P

[@Katthemusicfox]

Underrated human

[@Davidevgen]

@@Katthemusicfox lol XD

[@Davidevgen]

@Radicola ! yep those were fun time for me :P i still fiddle with mkds every now and then actually. thank you :P

[@CampFunkoKoda]

​@@Davidevgen ... I now own the Europe cartridge as well and am absolutely starstruck to be one of the people to own this piece of Mario Kart DS history!!

[@astronautical9746]

23:56 I’m not sure why, but I have a feeling that magenta koopa shell was meant to function similarly to the black shell from the Mario Kart Arcade GP series.

[@clamdove3292]

how does the black shell work

[@astronautical9746]

@@clamdove3292 You throw it like a green shell, and when it makes contact with something, it explodes. If you hit someone with it, then it works like a blue shell.

[@Tanker-lv8zk]

same

[@curllum]

I think it would be like a blue shell mixed with a red shell, it wouldn’t explode and would only go to the person in front of you but fly through the sky like a blue she.l

[@SniperOnSunday]

Ok, but hear me out: Like a green shell, but it splits into 3 smaller shells

[@erasmotamayo1937]

6:46 Bruh i seriosuly thought that 44 logo on the yoshi egg was the McDonald's logo 😅

[@user-uo8wf3sm9m]

Bruh

[@junothelazywolf6346]

_Ba da ba ba ba_ *We're copyrighting this*

[@SKmaric]

It's interesting seeing the shift from the early 2000's to the late 2000's art styles right here within the one game and it's prototypes, particularly with the items.

[@weebsquit347]

In an alternate timeline, people remember Wario's Pinball.

[@SniperOnSunday]

And Waluigi is in smash

[@homeroriver]

Weeb Squit nice profile pho... Wait a minute...

[@alexandnachoyt3001]

@@homeroriver todos sabemos de donde viene esa imagen

[@homeroriver]

@@alexandnachoyt3001 jajajaja

[@aylinfernandez7845]

And Waluigi stadium

[@FederalPoop02]

21:30 you can tell me whatever you want about the translation, I will always call that last letter the "Naruto run"

[@nothingboie7329]

AAAAAAAAAAA

[@bingmaid]

it's the katakana for "zu"! which. i guess you could say he is "zu"ming

[@DittoGTI]

Nah that's Mario's P Run from SMW

[@zachatck64]

I remember seeing a strange thing on the back of the box art. It shows two players playing a Donkey Kong (which is impossible) and a player was in "0" place if you look close enough

[@YoshiFanJC]

I remember spending hours trying to get 0th in Mario Kart DS because if that

[@zachatck64]

@@YoshiFanJC Me too XD

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@YoshiFanJC You're not a true gamer until you get 0th place in Mario Kart.

[@nothingboie7329]

@SCG not only 2 dks.. 2 of every character on the race lmao, 2 marios, warios, dks, and yoshis, how weird nintendo is/was

[@spamaccount8979]

I'm pretty sure that says 6th though, right? I just had to check

[@2ndback]

Maybe the magenta shell would target the people behind you. So like a backwards red shell??

[@jeremypanjaitan4039]

Hmm that would be cool

[@willkraft]

yeah thats a good thought

[@BinglesP]

Wait, you can't do that with red shells?

[@Grane1234]

@@BinglesP red shells thrown behind you pretty much act like a green shell without the bouncing

[@BinglesP]

@@Grane1234 Thanks for the tip, Grane! I honestly didn’t know that.

[@Lemchi217]

22:50 Mario turns into a microwave

[@kernal8052]

Nobody: Absolutely Nobody: Donkey when finishing a race: *C O O L*

[@junothelazywolf6346]

Donkey when finishing a race: _I'm makin_ *W A F F L E S*

[@SniperOnSunday]

C O C O N U T G U N

[@weezlewax6839]

4:04 Wait, they were going to use the sunshine bloopers ? That’s nice ! (I actually like sunshine bloopers more than normal ones, they just have more character)

[@git_oofed2847]

22:55 you can see the hearts in the roulette.

[@PITA27]

10:31 that song slaps so freaking hard man

[@HenryDev394]

It hits 10X times harder than Mario’s and Luigi’s hammer combined.

[@AnAngelPlays]

12:46 Thank you Tetra for telling me I'm epic😆

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

16:39 Some aspects in the demo version of Waluigi Pinball actually made it to Mario Kart Tour for certain challenges.

[@JoshuaDacool]

You have no clue how long I've been waiting for this. Thanks TBG, this game is one of the best games on the DS.

[@EthanAlexander]

wAt

[@xinus2286]

6:16 pretty sure that supposed to be THE eye, not the arms. the shape is just too odd for an arm and it definitely more resembles a sorta cat-eye looking shape.

[@SlashJaye]

my idea for the magenta koopa shell is that since purple is red and blue mixed together and magenta is close to purple i think it would work like a red shell but it would only track the person in 1st place

[@joedude4982]

tbh that's the best idea I've heard

[@SlashJaye]

@Marc Carran i've only played mario kart 8 deluxe

[@EnharmonicYT]

12:04 Actually, DK’s voice clips in Double Dash actually ARE ripped straight from Donkey Kong 64, they’ve just been slowed and pitched down.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

18:52 Does this mean Professor E Gadd will be in Mario Kart Tour?

[@DittoGTI]

Hello. I am from the future! He's not in tour

[@Mr_comical0]

16:08 it would have been a cool idea to turn the pyramid into a star only short cut. So you have to destroy the pyramid in order to cross the bridge

[@jabble__]

The magenta shell likely was supposed to be an even faster and more accurate shell than the red, as seen in SMB: The Lost Worlds and later in Mario Kart: V² Circuit.

[@purplesam2609]

19:56 the text here says "Is this alright?" With an "ok" and "go back" option. Not sure about if it would be a delete save screen or not, but it's one of the few I was able to read

[@Classixish]

can you imagine if they had remade this for 3ds? seeing the tunnel & launch at 0:34 could have been mind-blowing

[@Fritz1105]

That stge is in Mario Kart 7, if that counts

[@DittoGTI]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@rissehx3]

I remember getting this game upon release, which meant that I had obtained the early copy where the game always locks up during Luigi's Mansion. Neat!

[@genericfriend2568]

These prototype builds are always more fascinating than the final game and I love it.

[@zay7474]

Why is Mario flipping us off lol 3:59

[@Dat1snivy]

5:02 Well they ARE called shine *sprites*

[@MarionetteKazuko]

21:50 I guess you can say that's a tetra.... bit............... Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

[@GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX]

4:19 "No, Mr.Mario, I was just simply having fun!" *"Not at Nintendo. GIVE ME YOUR LEVER!"*

[@KawaiiDawn]

The items at 4:03 are definitely based off double dash, and the blooper looks to be based off its design in Super Mario Sunshine, although idk where the lightning ball came from

[@GrimDrago]

E. Gadd really needs to appear in a non-arcade Mario Kart!

[@cortina-lex4333]

Isn't he the bad guy kinda?

[@Vincent-jb8us]

@@cortina-lex4333 yeah and so is Bowser, but he's one of the playable characters so...

[@cortina-lex4333]

@@Vincent-jb8us I think E. Gadd is more of a bad guy of bowser. Bowser has parental controls on his sons switch that means he cares about is son

[@matthewb840]

MK DS actually still looks good. It has that retro feel... this game will always be one of my favorites!

[@nothingboie7329]

When my ds eventually breaks and mkds goes out of stock for good im pirating the hell out of it ( not now dont worry nintendo, i am not le illegal... *yet* )

[@hyperdrive282]

I will get a ton of dislikes but I kinda hate the games graphics, I did even as a kid. I get it was one of the first DS games but I just don’t like it.

[@matthewb840]

@@hyperdrive282 it looks just like ever other DS game but I see your point when you compare it to newer games

[@bryanh0903]

@@hyperdrive282 same, I really hate how bad the models look

[@davidnotonstinnett]

3:10 They must have had Mario Kart DS planned for a while, as Nitro was an early code name and potential final name for the DS.

[@supersmashbrosmelee2105]

11:28 two warios what?

[@lucianothewindowsfan]

11:22 Reminds me of the Konami logo seen in several games from the '90s (e.g. Gradius III).

[@HarmonyOmega]

Maybe the magenta shells would've lasted more than one hit, auto seeking or not

[@SniperOnSunday]

Ok, but here me out: What if it's like a green shell that splits into 3, like the blue bird in Angry Birds

[@jabble__]

The magenta shell likely was supposed to be an even faster and more accurate shell than the red, as seen in SMB: The Lost Worlds and later in Mario Kart: V² Circuit.

[@stuff31]

Flesh van is just Japanese peeps mixing up ls and rs

[@nolongerusing7430]

@Alexis Eronmwon more like: "crassic engrish rmao"

[@nothingboie7329]

@@nolongerusing7430 bluh thats pletty funny am i light?

[@charliep7112]

I.....NEEEED.....FISH SKIN!

[@SniperOnSunday]

@@charliep7112 Wut

[@charliep7112]

@@SniperOnSunday y...ou...do..n't.......und....er.....st...aaand, I.....can't.....live.......wi....tho....ut.......the......fl...esh.....of......fish.

[@RyanMKDD]

12:18 COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@skuffy4930]

This was my childhood (before we lost the card)

[@covlf1999]

Fun Fact: I actually have the NTSC and PAL MKDS Demo carts! The PAL one is pretty mediocre though.

[@Wallo.o_o]

What!?

[@agentlesbian]

Wow.

[@BloopersINCjr]

How is this a fun fact?

[@PhantomMashupCreator]

Can you dump them online?

[@covlf1999]

@@PhantomMashupCreator Someone else that has those carts already dumped them.

[@louiegarcello5693]

Seeing these pixel characters just gives me huge nostalgia

[@guiteshima]

Man, Mario Kart DS was my childhood, i'm so happy you've decided to cover it in not only 1 but 2 videos! Thank you very much!

[@FrankllinU]

If you don’t do Mario Cart Lost bits next I’m gonna lose my mind

[@crunchyboi5235]

"WHY, are they in SHOPPING CARTS?!?"

[@Projectwolfie21]

@@crunchyboi5235 Supermarket Sweep: Mario Edition

[@t-bird6853]

I wanted Sonic Lost World next, but Mario Cart would be cool, too. Especially if the video also includes Mario Cart 2, the best one.

[@lannoene]

It's a shopping cart that looks like mario

[@LSMANDM]

@@crunchyboi5235 the ultimate question

[@markymark443]

6:52 I love those casual meme references

[@nicholasgawler-collins5754]

It's open to interpretation whether the early Bullet Bill has no eyes or no arms.

[@yoklete6913]

6:40 honestly they should’ve haded the Demo kart design as a car too

[@luxrayblast]

16:37 I see you had some "time" on your "hands" to make a pun before moving on from TTC to WP, Tetra. Good ones. Very fun. Who do you think are? Chuggaaconroy?

[@amiibojeremiah809]

I didn’t watch the full video and I like it

[@EthanAlexander]

nobody *cares*

[@amiibojeremiah809]

@@EthanAlexander right

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@amiibojeremiah809 congrats you are First but don't edit this comment

[@amiibojeremiah809]

@@Cliffordlonghead I didn’t want to say first but be first so I did this

[@lemochi]

How dare you

[@buttercupkat]

4:15 This was actually stolen from the anime "A Squid's Tale" when his friend dies and his eyes go dark. Because of this, the Squid item was too overpowered, so they had to change the sprite.

[@bewearstar9462]

No it just the mario sunshine blooper design

[@stevusbrevus4362]

My guy, how is that from an anime, thats literally just the mario sunshine blooper sprite, also, how is a sprite considered "Overpowered"? its just a cosmetic change. The only reason they even changed the sprite is because of the new blooper design.

[@buttercupkat]

@@stevusbrevus4362 It was a joke, referencing how anime characters' eyes go dark when they look down and become powerful.

[@stevusbrevus4362]

oh

[@truebino]

3:46 May I point out, the Yoshi icon is also slightly different in the eyes.

[@TheWizardMus]

Maybe the magenta shells were supposed to break upon hitting a wall, rather than bouncing off. That would explain why it seems to only come in 3

[@that_ball]

1:00 since I'm Spanish this says: it's for everyone

[@theredytper]

of course it’s for everyone

[@SueZQue83]

24 minutes of MKDS prototype content Say less

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

23:57 for the Magenta Shell (or Pink Shell based on Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Worlds) they come from Koopas that are twice as slow, but the actual shell when launched is twice as fast. It acts similar to the red shell but is much faster, meaning that it is less likely to miss it's target.

[@InsaneCinnaRoll]

Almost 700k, tbh you should have millions of subs, you are one of my favorite people to watch in general, and my favorite videos are the lost bits ones

[@sirflimflam]

I love the engrish "FLESH" cheep-cheep truck.

[@extenos]

the demo version of the minimaps at 14:15 look like they were made in ms paint lol

[@raphaeldagamer]

So the unused checkerboard placeholder was a placeholder for moving course geometry. That is cool.

[@Matt-md5yt]

I loved this game as a kid, glad you covered it

[@Testtesttesttesttest]

I probably sound like a giant ass, but shy guy is in the game he’s a multiplayer only character though

[@zachatck64]

This was the first video game I ever played ❤

[@SonikkuBoy]

same

[@JoshuaDacool]

this was the first game I played on the DS

[@PhantomBoi-ru9ci]

OH MY GOD SAMEEEEEEEE

[@markify8019]

Bruh that shell that hit Luigi at 2:25 was perfectly timed to the crash cymbal in the background music

[@gamzeemakara7708]

man this was the first video game I've ever played, thanks for the amazing nostalgia and knowledge about the game mate

[@TetraFan1000]

It's crazy to think that there were many differences before the final version. Can't wait to see the next part. ;)

[@Foulowe59]

It's just like every earlier version of a game ya know...

[@TetraFan1000]

@stupid rat Yeah, it's true. Before the discovery of the Super Mario Kart prototypes, it was rare to see this *many* differences (with early audio, graphics, unused stuff, etc.) in a Mario Kart prototype before the final version was out.

[@clonefighter1996]

"the arms look more basic..." I thought there were the eyes, what the heck Nintendo?

[@Gameplayer-el7of]

This is why I love tetrabit gaming, all of my fav games comes back, and also it's lost content in there files

[@beansama7752]

I always loved playing as waluigi and rob. I recently got my hands on a copy of Mario kart ds and omg the nostalgia is so much

[@_Tzer]

6:23 thats an eye not an arm

[@ujkloin]

9:01 also gcn luigi circuit

[@pizzyss]

This is just a mock up (aka custom idea) with the purple shell, The purple shell would slow the player in 1st and then stun him, after the shell is used, you can no longer slow the player in the 2nd or 3th shell, but you can slow the player again if you get another pack

[@leogreaves2931]

Here's a fact: The letters in the Pictochat Logo (which got carried over to the 3ds) have some secret replacement symbols. The P is an add friend icon, used for the Local Multiplayer screen. I, C, H, A, & T are used for the retro course tags.

[@thebotbuilder]

Damn, this really kicks me right in the nostalgia gut. I used to watch videos of the beta tracks all the time when I was younger, of course because I didn't know better, I just assumed they were hidden courses so I spent ages trying to find methods to unlock them, but non of them worked. Now I just see them for what they are, early and beta versions of tracks that made it to the final game, although NGL the beta song does kinda slap doe and I wish they kept it in the game. Much prefer it to the circuit song they eventually used.

[@elfiebranford9330]

Am I the only one who's genuinely bummed out that the Star doesn't have a smile in the final game? I like the happiness :3

[@meta9492]

This was my first video game I ever got so I had servers amounts of nostalgia watching this entire video. Damn this game hits different

[@AISansTheSarcastic]

Maybe the magenta shell bounced more, theres also the really cool idea that it slowed down enemies or some other sticky attribute

[@MegaU]

Great video, Tetra! The editing was really good and the extra funny parts were really good. Keep up the great videos, I love your content!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Appreciate it :)

[@SurgeiSamoos]

Subscribing is important

[@MegaU]

@@SurgeiSamoos Not sure what you mean lol, I've been subbed for years

[@SurgeiSamoos]

@@MegaU just making sure

[@hyperdrive282]

Pretty funny that I actually find a large amount of these beta features better than the final product. Makes me like the game even less than I did before.

[@athought1110]

24:00 my best it was like the red shell but if it hits a wall it would bounce and continue following the targeted player/CPU

[@captainmalware]

Toads unused horn was in Mario kart: Super circuit for the GBA where it is used in the final if you press the minus button.

[@brayden6449]

7:29. I think 2020 has been a bit rough on Tetra.

[@aedensdinoworldtoysreview565]

10:02 Speaking of New Super Mario Bros...WHY HAVEN’T YOU MADE A VIDEO ON THE PROTOTYPE ALREADY?!?

[@fr0j64]

this is absolutely my favourite video. i come back to it so much

[@TetraBitGaming]

Glad you like it!

[@thomasthedankmemengine4597]

Mario and Luigi's portrait pictures at 3:41 are from the title screen of MKDD's Lan Play mode, as well as the other characters, i think

[@undefined06855]

21:50 are you sure that doesn’t say Tetrabitgaming? No? Ok.

[@JanpanTheInkling]

My first Mario kart game, such a masterpiece

[@Chiaki_copa]

My idea on the magenta shell is that if you hit any player with it you change places with the player

[@mysingingmonstersfan1023]

the First unused blooper sprite (with the other items)looks like the sunshine one

[@Hieifireshadow]

"not as socially distanced" got me 🤣🤣

[@pac-manthehedgehog525]

Can you do rayman prototypes and final game lost bits please? Thanks

[@CosmicZ2222]

the "flesh instead of fresh" typo was also seen in other games from rough translation errored games, like the ultra obscure Magic Pengel: the quest for color

[@demetriuskafkoulas5005]

20:19 That hurt my eyes