@Mittens0407 If you look carefully, its down to the tire palette. It's not like old racing games where the tyres just use a basic cycling palette (black, dark grey, light grey), usually the tyres themselves being a few dots or line stripes. There are also some pixel differences too.

If there are any duplicates though, just let the ripper know.

All the racer sprite sheets are 4 times larger than they need to be, with every angle being represented 4 times for some reason.

bup

@thejohnston7 if it did use 3D models, the racers would look more like Sonic R or Diddy Kong Racing, where it's all low poly and could probably cut through metal

All right, guys. It has been almost a year since Doc commented and over three since kaunch has, and it is finally happening. I will be ripping Toad and Donkey Kong...eventually. I highly suggest you use Pitstop64, as it is a quick and easy way to rip textures and sprites. The characters, not so much. I'll try, though.

I also ripped the minimap icons, but they're still pending

@Taco Toad and D.K. haven't been ripped, simple as.

Where IS Toad...?

Until I saw this page, I thought this game used 3D models for the racers.

@CrazyMario64 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

hmmm
i wonder if the original SGI models will leak someday?
especially for the tracks, these are very cute!!

also toad's voices on the N64 is WAAAAAAAYYY different than now

toad with legs? what the b u p

Guys. Toad has actual legs in this game
Like his Mario Party manual render

i will rip dk and toad

Actually they recovered 80% of the stuff from the hard drive crash, they maybe had the beta rom pre-compiled but not the source.

@Void-the-Bat yeah

I guess the only way we'll truly get Kamek is if we do it ourselves.
My talent for doing things likes this is very, very low. Hopefully, some brave soldier will take the challenge to remake Kamek in Mario Kart 64's style.

@Ton I'm afraid that will not happen, during the development the hard drive that contains the beta version of the game was blocked and therefore the files of the beta version of the game cannot be accessed so the was lost and the only memories are small set of videos and images and that is why the characters in the final version look so different from those in the beta version. By pure chance the game's development team was in a dilemma at the time: changing the model of the characters or leaving them as they were? And apparently fate chose for them.

Sorry for my bad English, my mother tongue is Spanish.

hey if I submit a green thwomp in a kart in the Mario Customs section does it count as a character

One day the beta ROM will leak and we'll have Kamek. One day.