In Mario Kart: Double Dash, the place where the drivers emerge from after going inside the Warp Pipe on the Peach Beach track is supposed to be an open window above the pipe (the only open window on the track, making it clear this was the design intent), but this is nearly impossible to see in-game.
Top: the closest this can be seen is in two-player mode if one player turns around to look at the building, but the game's camera does not move up high enough to show the window unless the second player is very far away. As such, this is basically not visible (note Mario and Luigi being barely larger than a pixel on Wario and Waluigi's screen). Also note that this game does not have a rear view button so Mario and Luigi cannot look behind them as they would be able to in later games.
Bottom: only with external tools can the camera be shifted in such a way as to actually show what is happening. Note that the window is aligned with the Item Boxes but not with the exit point of the drivers; this is possibly a remnant from earlier in development where the arc was different so that the drivers could emerge directly from the window and grab the Item Boxes.
Source: Peardian
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