As it turned out, however, almost everyone who demoed Mario Kart 64 chose not to play that mode, and we ultimately dropped it. (laughs) It allowed for serious races, where you’re trying to edge someone out for fractions of a second, with all the racers clumped close together in the final lap. It was our attempt to appeal to F-Zero fans, who feel that items are a distraction to the racing. “In fact, originally we had a ‘no item’ racing mode too. That’s not all from Konno, as we also get to hear about a scrapped racing mode in which there weren’t any items at all:
(laughs) But, you know, we still wanted to give players some kind of reward for racing well, so we made the smoke change to red to impart a sense of speed, and we made sure that feature would be explained in the game manual.”
With their addition, the developers had satisfied themselves, and they now had fun playing the game. At first, the mini-turbos were a hidden feature, and the color of the smoke didn’t change either. “However, leaving it at that would have been boring, and we didn’t want the gameplay to feel shallow, so we added a bunch of mechanics like the mini-turbos. Furthermore, the color of the smoke initially remained the same. We first get to hear from director Hideki Konno about how mini-turbos were originally intended to be a hidden feature. For us, some of the most interesting comments came about when discussing original plans for the game. Several developers participated in an interview, which has finally been translated by shumpalations. When Mario Kart 64 debuted many years ago, it was accompanied by a strategy guide in Japan.
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