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If the player allows the CPU to destroy these blocks, then drives over where the blocks were, then saves and race against their own ghost, a glitch will occur where the ghost will vanish when it touches the block that was supposed to have been destroyed and trigger a visual error where the player's tires will cycle between two frames of animation even while in an idle position. This glitch only occurs when the player and the ghost use the same driver.
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According to Nintendo, in a developer's interview, Donkey Kong Jr. was added because of both the 10th anniversary of his debut game, and that his shirt was easy to design.
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In the Japanese release, a Boo sound is played when you unlock the Special Cup by pressing L, R, L, R, L, L, R, R, A on the Time Trial menu. This unlock method works in the international release as well though the Boo sound does not play.
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Development of the game began with the idea of making a two-player racing game following F-Zero, which only had a single player mode. The game's prototype originally only had a generic "guy in overalls". The decision to include Mario characters was made roughly three to four months into development after the developers decided to add Mario driving one of the karts because they were curious about how the game would look. They ultimately decided the game looked better, and thus made the game a Mario series title.
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A news story from the November 1992 issue of Daily Yomiuri (a part of Japan's largest media conglomerate) claimed that Luigi was actually evil:
"The most recent game, 'Mariokart', features races between Mario and his evil brother, 'Luigi', on a total of 24 Formula 1-style racing circuits..."
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