These Mario Kart Tracks Were Hidden in The Game Files and Never Meant to Be Played 

Really sucks that the SNES battle maps were scrapped for Super Circuit. Would've loved to hear SMK's battle theme in the game's soundfont.

1. an obvious example of a test track 2. Wii Bowser's Castle (incomplete) 3. GCN Mario Circuit reversed 4. Mario Circuit (incorrect graphics and Dry Dry Ruins music, and has no lap counter flag) 5. Test track 6. GCN Mario Circuit (basic design, just without the props) 7. GBA Shy Guy Beach (I think, and no props again) 8. A circular test track of the lap counter for baby park, I think 9. Waluigi Pinball beta design 10. Waluigi Pinball (without the props and the pinballs, and the layout is different) 11. DK Pass (sunny day, and track layout is slightly different) 12. Test track 13. Test battle course 14. Peach Circuit (beta version) 15. Battle course (beta) 16. Battle course (beta) 17. Battle course (beta) It was pretty fun to see they left these in the game for us players to dig out for fun

Half of them aren’t even „hidden tracks“ they’re just tracks which exist as a full version but the old data wasn’t deleted yet

It's interesting that they made such a good song to only use it as a placeholder for DS test tracks. It would have been a great addition for the final game. Also, was that an official remix of it for the 8 Deluxe test track? Because if so, that is even weirder that they remixed it only to use it for a beta map yet again.

Seeing beta versions of waluigi pinball is actually insane ngl

Fun fact: The layout for dokan course in DS (the pipe one) would later go on to be mirrored and flattened for use in 3DS Toad Circuit

I like how the Wii ones went from "Unfinished Bowser's Castle," to "GCN Mario Circuit but You're too Drunk to Race Properly," all the way to "Mario Circuit but You’re in Hell" 🤣

Timestamps. (Thanks to slow_mk8 for listing the track names below.) 0:00: Intro 0:05: Test Track (MKBDX) 0:35: Bowser’s Castle (Beta) (MK Wii) 1:48: GCN Mario Circuit (Reversed) (MK Wii) 2:35: Mario Circuit (Beta) (MK Wii) 3:16: Test Track (MKDS) 3:57: GCN Mario Circuit (Beta) (MKDS) 4:42: GBA Shy Guy Beach (Beta) (MKDS) 6:03: Baby Park (Lap Counter) (MKDS) 6:30: Waluigi Pinball (Beta) (MKDS) 7:48: Waluigi Pinball (Beta 2) (MKDS) 8:38: DK Pass (Beta) (Sunny Day) (MKDS) 9:29: Test Track 2 (MKDS) 10:10: Test Battle Course (MKDS) 10:50: Peach Circuit (Beta) (MK Super Circuit) 11:06: Battle Course (Beta 1) (MK Super Circuit) 11:28: Battle Course (Beta 2) (MK Super Circuit) 11:57: Battle Course (Beta 3) (MK Super Circuit) 12:22: Battle Course (Beta 4) (MK Super Circuit) 12:52: Outro

You can also load the Winning and Losing demos in MKWii (winning a GP and losing something respectively) as racetracks, although they’re just Mario Circuit, Loser_Demo has collision where there isn’t normally and Winningrun_demo has a ton of stuff near the beginning (like the Podium)

Sick how they remixed that unused beta MKDS music for MK8's test course

Great Video, the Beta tracks that they were going to release before the final version are quite impressive, especially the Mario Kart DS game, you could tell that it had a lot of track potential. 😱 2:36 And this track seemed like a horror movie, seriously I even thought Slenderman was going to come out 😳

You forgot the unused double dash track dekoboko which is a early version of sherbet land

Tour had alot of unused tracks but sadly we can't play them, most of them are more retro tracks.

The only weird thing is that MKDS was originally was going to double dash route with graphics and details and some of the early music but had to remake the game much with less detail it and even the track like tic-tock-Clock kiosk demo version has a lot of different elements put in the were removed to save space and ram to save money since they were limited to ram space but also have a deadline to get it done so they have a good one year since the started to develop MKDS in 2004 and was finished in 2005 but the demo for the US and EU this explains why they use MKDD item SFX for reference and much samples like the trumpets.

Its cool to see that in the beta version of mario kart ds the characters was going to have a animation when they go to a cannon like how it is in mario kart double dash and mario kart wii

3:17 At least there's a track in Tour that is similar to that dokan_course called Piranha Plant Pipeline, which never ended up in the BCP.

Wow never knew some of these tracks existed, especially the Mario kart 8 ones

6:30 Oh my gosh guys, it’s *Luigi’s Cookie Pinball*!

The first _DS_ test track would've made for a great layout for Figure-8 Circuit if it came back for the BCP. Imagine all those tunnels having anti-gravity! Also ngl both beta Waluigi Pinball versions are much more interesting than the one we got.

Every scrapped track and what they were used for: MK8DX: Wifi Test: This was just used to test online mode, both in MK8 and DX MKWii: I have no idea of what this unused track is but it's just an untextured and unfinished version of Wii Bowser's Castle Have no idea of this unused track's name as well but it's just a GCN Mario Circuit beta track, with the model coming straight from MKDD itself Once again I have no idea of the name but it's an untextured version of Wii Mario Circuit with Dry Dry Ruins music, probably to test music transitions in tracks, as for a split second, in the tunnel section, you can hear the inside ruins music from Dry Dry Ruins MKDS: Dokan Course, this was used to test driving physics. old_mario_GC, which would later be replaced by GCN Luigi Circuit. Used to test falling off in tracks with water or lava etc Nokonoko Beach, used to test a Koopa Beach themed track. Later replaced by Cheep Cheep Beach. If you touch the deep water in this track, your game will crash. Test Circle, used to test debugging. Luigi_course, not used to test anything, it's just an early version of Waluigi Pinball Donkey_course, another early version of Waluigi Pinball Donkey_course, an early version of DK Pass. Also shares the same name as the first Donkey_course mentioned above I don't know the name of this one but it seems to be an untextured test track, probably to test physics like loops or ramps mini_block_course, an early version of GCN Block City. Used to test Balloon Battle and Shine Runners. MKSC: Award Ceremony, used for award ceremonies after a Grand Prix. SNES Battle Course 1, unused MKSC battle course that could've been unlocked. Has 8 spawn points but since MKSC's battle mode is only 4 players, the other 4 go unused SNES Battle Course 2, same reason as SNES Battle Course 1 SNES Battle Course 3, same reason as SNES Battle Course 1 SNES Battle Course 4, same reason as SNES Battle Course 1

0:37 is just wii bowser's castle with a checker board design 1:49 is just gcn mario circuit backwards 2:36 is just wii mario circuit but it kinda looks like a old painting theme with dry dry dessert music 7:49 is just waluigi pinball with some new random stuff 8:40 is just dk pass without the snow I lost to many brain cells, if there are anymore, tell me.

Interesting to see that GCN Mario Circuit and GBA Shy Guy Beach were both planned for MKDS before appearing in MKWii. I also wish they would've kept some of the pinball elements on the track in Waluigi Pinball, since that's one thing I don't like about the final version.

Beta Mario Circuit from MarioKart Wii looks like something out of a creepypasta!

0:06 Meggy Spletzer, what a way to start!

Nintendo ought to put all the unused tracks in Mario Kart 9.

It would be so cool if a Mario kart game released only containing these courses + snes choco island 3 and n64 town. There would be 2 modes: Classic and Remastered.

The first one is probably to test out the item system since in MK8 is based on distance from 1st place

1:50 it's just a backwards version of gcn Mario circuit

The first MK8DX track is basically Martinsville Speedway scaled down to kart size

Everyone else had their Didj, I could be happy with this.

2:38 I didn't know there was a secret Silent Hill track.

I was looking for the weird mario circuit recently but couldn't find it, I had bad nightmares about it

Reversed GCN Mario Circuit might've been planned for the scrapped mission mode.

0:06 knowing how often online players pick baby park and excitebike, they'd pick this track like their life depended on it.

What about the city track from mk64 and Choco Island 3 from smk?

All of these tracks look like beta tracks for testing out mechanics and some look hard to look at with checkers just two tracks like that, but other then that all tracks looks like an unfinished version of some tracks we got already. Waluigi Pinball, or N64 Royal Raceway, even maybe a rainbow road in there somewhere… maybe chocolate mountain.

that beta version of mario circuit looks like a creepypasta lol

1:51 this course is GCN Mario circuit backward! Why didn’t they put it in the game? I love this course! And again at 4:02! When will it end?

Can you do unused maps in super Mario bros?

I remember seeing a video of the 5th one which is the test track

I'm surprised how the Beta design of Waluigi pinball is way better than the final version of waluigi pinball (don't at me)

1:52 This wouldve been perfect for a R variation if this would've been in any Mario vs Luigi Tour

RU-vid compression seems to really love that third MKWII track...

aww man i wish they kept reverse cups they are way better then mirror

that was quick

Course 0 (Wii Bowser castle) blinds me

Welcome to Mario kart

0:24 ooh ds track where the data is gone music and what happened to bcwii 1:01

What the heck Mario circuit with dry dry ruins music

Whoops!

fact that nobody asked for: the courses are beta versions of actually tracks on that games

No ooo these tracks r so cool

7:48 is that the damage animation ????? that looks so weeiirrd

A MK64 track is missing in this video.

average anti-piracy screen footage

Is there another mario kart ds game like this?

Cool

The 2nd one is just windows xp bowsers castle

6:21 Baby Park but worse

did anyone else here find out about the beach 1 from a swankybox video?

theres no way they actually made a remix of the ds beta theme for 8 lmfao

how would i get the bowsers castle beta

Why are people saying that DS Nokonoko Course is GBA Shy Guy Beach?

Most of these hidden tracks are just unfinished versions of tracks in the actual game

Are you sure those weren't made up by anyone and not Nintendo ?

GC mario circuit, BACKWARDS?

I don't believe that they remixed the ds beta music for mario kart 8.

No SNES Choco Island 3...

Probably not many people will know but.... 0:05 test course from gt anyone?

I am the Princess! ❤❤

Where choco island 3

To be fair MKW just used a replica of the double dash Mario circuit the only thing that’s missing is the bridge trick collision and the bump at the end

what happened 2:38

Why didn't they add 6:05 to the booster course pass 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 Nintendos no fun🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡😡

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Here are my thoughts on these forgotten raceways and why they were scrapped: *8 Deluxe:* 0:08 Makes sense. Doesn’t have many finished textures and the map has the finish line on the exact opposite side of the track *Wii:* 0:44 The skybox was the only finished texture (aside from the Thwomps). Shame, since this track actually looks really fun! 1:52 Genuinely should’ve been added. Literally all they needed to add was the map and it would be done! 2:38 what the fuck is this *DS:* 3:21 Only the layout of the track was finished. It looks like one of those Roblox games that are like “Kart ride into Brazil” or something lol 3:59 That’s… just the second Wii track but in reverse??? 4:44 Seems like you accidentally added Cheep Cheep Beach in here! …What do you mean, “No, this track was also scrapped?” Oh yeah, I see it. The ramp has no texture. 6:10 Why do you think this circle made of road was scrapped? Yeah idk either. 6:33 Obviously they scrapped Seizure Street over here. 7:51 Ok, no. You cannot convince me this is not just Waluigi Pinball. 8:41 It’s boring. The grass was never finished. I could go on, except there’s nothing else so I’d just be speaking Traditional Chinese. 9:34 You start on the flag of Bavaria, Germany. NOTHING IN THIS TRACK WAS FINISHED. 10:27 No clue. *Super Circuit:* 10:51 You can’t go forwards. YOU CAN’T. GO. FORWARDS!!! 11:09 YOU DON’T EVEN START. ON THE DAMN. ROAD!!!!!! IT’S A BATTLE COURSE DISGUISED AS A RACETRACK! 12:01 The same thing, but it’s blue dabadee dabadie dabadee dabadie double D double die 12:26 The same thing again, but you’re on textured grass. *CONCLUSION:* Most of these suck. Goodbye 🖕

Never watch videos of pirated tracks tho Worst mistake of my life

I get people use bots to increase their views and whatnot but please it’s really easy to tell who is legit getting views and who’s using bots. This video reeks of bots.

Man i want to hear the full placeholder song from Mario Kart 8