

In the final build he was replaced by Donkey Kong. Kamek, of course, is the magikoopa who debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and would continue to cause problems for the fruit-loving dinosaurs right up until the recent Yoshi's Crafted World. Looking at the image accompanying the tweet, this dates from when the game was still called Super Mario Kart R, and the character line up is a little different from the game that eventually released - if you look closely you'll see Kamek in the background. Take a listen below:Īs you can hear, it isn't the most inspired bit of songwriting and, as noted by Forest of Illusion, it was likely a placeholder track created for a demo. It comes from a prototype build of the game and it's not the most inspired track in the plumber's songbook. Recently, Forest of Illusion posted this original theme tune for Mario Kart 64 on Twitter.


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