List of File Formats
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This article contains a list of file formats in Mario Kart 8. For a comparison with Mario Kart Wii see Comparison of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart Wii File Formats.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AAMP | Compressed files. |
| BARS | Sound files archive. |
| BAGLCUBE | Unknown. AAMP compressed file. |
| BFFNT | Font files used to display text. |
| BFLIM | Layout images. |
| BFRES | Object files, containing model, animation, and texture information on an object, such as an itembox, a character or a course. |
| BFSAR | Sound archive file for small sound effects. |
| BFSHA | Shader files. |
| BFSTM | Music files used by Mario Kart 8. |
| BGENV | Posteffect information. |
| BGLPBD | Probably Baked Textures related data. |
| BIN | Binary lookup tables, mostly consisting of integer arrays and / or strings. |
| BSIS | audio database |
| BYAML | A generic data container format, like a binary version of XML. |
| CPSD | Probably Mii related data. |
| FMDL | Model data and usually a sub file of BFRES archives. |
| FTEX | FTEX files are texture files and usually a sub file of BFRES archives. |
| GTX/GSH | Texture/Shader file. |
| KCL | Collision information files containing information about when and how objects collide with a course or object. |
| MSBT | Message files containing localized text for use in game screens and menus. |
| PTCL | Graphic particle file. |
| SARC | File archive with a hierarchical file system. Most used together with Yaz0 compression and stored as SZS file. Otherwise often seen with the BARS extension. |
| YAZ0 | Compressed files with any data. SZS files are mostly YAZ0 files. |