List of Mario Kart Wii pre-release and unused content

These are beta elements from Mario Kart Wii.

Beta Elements
The game's original name was going to be Mario Kart X when it was still in development. Also, the designs for Standard Kart S, Standard Kart M, and Standard Kart L were different, as well as the HUD. Also, Boo was supposed to be in the game, but King Boo replaced him. Coconut Mall was once called Delfino's Mall.

When all of the files are extracted from this game, a course called "old_mario_gc_b" is found. It is just like GCN Mario Circuit, the fourth course in the Leaf Cup, but the difference is that there is no Chain Chomp, The Pirahna Plants are not in Warp Pipes, and the player's icon goes off of the screen as there is no map. This could be a course used for future tournaments, or it could be a simple debugging stage. There is also another course called "draw_demo". It is supposed to look like Mario Circuit, but the pointers which are supposed to signify where to look in the file for the textures miss slightly, resulting in a graphical mess-up. There is no lap data or route data, so Lakitu will not appear to turn you around or tell you when you have completed a lap.

Hackers have ripped misc from Mario Kart Wii. These Misc contain icons of beta elements, such as characters and items.

Beta Characters: Hammer Bro., Petey Piranha, and Koopa Para Troops (who's icon was not yet finished)

Beta Items: Wiggler, Fireball, and Chain Chomp. The Fireball item HAS been used but only during Tournaments (March 2009 and June 2010). The Chain Chomp item was most likley to behave in the same way it did in Mario Kart: Double Dash. The is no information to what the Wiggler item could do, but concept could of went to the Wigglers as seen in Maple Treeway.