Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 2.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Yes will definitely try these first thing when I get home.

I was wondering what the "extra update" would be (like the custom items or the shock change) and this seems pretty insignificant, but useful.

Though I always feel like, and especially on 200cc, the Red Shell warning is extremely early, I've outrun them for half a minute and I have to check behind me constantly on when to use a super horn.

Squeaky Clean Bathrooms rejoice!

"Lowered the appearance rate of Mirror and 200cc races in Worldwide and Regional settings."

Yes! I always find it annoying whenever a Mirror or 200cc race appears. I would prefer if those modes were kept separate from 150cc races online.

This is easily the best wave of DLC yet. There's not a single "meh" track here--all 8 of them are bangers, even the city ones. And they look fantastic! No cut corners here. I had a constant smile on my face I just couldn't wipe off. Great stuff!

Just tried Wiggler. He’s so ridiculous looking in the game and I love it.

Also… did they shorten the front of the Mach 8????

Edit: Played a bit more before bed. Wiggler’s animations are crazy expressive and well done. They also made him a heavy weight (same weight as DK I believe) but put him in a medium sized cart like Metal Mario. Interesting. I raced as Petey and Kamek too and they both a lot of fun too. Great DLC wave!

Awesome, I can't wait to try out the new tracks and play as Kamek.

Racing on Daisy Cruiser in HD and as Kamek is a great feeling.

Finally playing as Kamek after all these years since the near thing of Mario Kart 64 is great.

Squaky Clean Sprint is more delightful than I anticipated.

Sunset Wilds remains disappointing aesthetically.

If Sunset Wilds had the night transition for lap 3, I would have no issue with Wave 5. It's a fantastic selection. Squeaky Clean Sprint may be my favorite of the new tracks. I'm really impressed with it, and I kind of want to see BCP end on a brand new Rainbow Road that oozes that kind of creativity. I want night time updated to Sunset Wilds before then though.

Moonview Highway's city theme is quite possibly the best song in the entire game now

The base game dropped 9 years ago. Starting to think the 8 is an infinity sign

@sleepinglion

Well they're adding more characters and tracks.

What do you think they would change for 9?

Why y'all ruin Sunset Wilds Nintendo? Where's the night transition in lap 3? Both Super Circuit and Tour had this transition so why took it out of the pay DLC? We did not pay you to take this away, I demand you fix this asap.

@Uncle_Franklin An improved game engine. Tech has come a long way since its release

@Serpenterror I wonder if it has something to do with Mario Kart 8's lighting engine and/or skybox not being programmed with dynamic changes like that in mind back when it was first developed for Wii U. I feel like Nintendo would have put it in there if it could be done.

This update also seemed to drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to gain enough speed to perform a drift and/or jump boost after getting hit. This was particularly annoying when being struck by lightning. You basically had to wait till you could grow big again before you could pull off any kind of tricks whatsoever, which was really annoying. This is a big fix for me that I'm glad to finally see after 9 years.

Also, if you quickly honk Kamek's horn twice, it's the same sound he makes in Yoshi's Island, which is a really neat touch.

@Not_Soos If that's the case then why did they even bother to include it if they wouldn't be able to include that unique feature with it? I believe laziness is one of the factor, either that or they rush this wave out too quick and forgot all about it.

@Not_Soos Nintendo picked Sunset Wilds. If the game's program cannot handle a transition, the track should not have been picked.

I'll be playing tomorrow 😃

@Not_Soos Personally I don't think it has anything to do with the game not being programmed to handle transitions like that. There's been other mechanics in DLC tracks that introduced things that the base game did not have initially, and I feel like a skybox transition would be a relatively easy inclusion, honestly.

I'm not a game developer or programmer though so I could be wrong, but it seems to be a relatively simple thing to me by comparison to some of the other stuff they've done.

Still puzzled why Koopa Cape and Daisy Cruiser were included. Neither are that good, it will now be their third appearance in a Mario Kart game, and their most recent appearance was the previous Mario Kart game - Mario Kart 7 on 3DS. When you think of some older classics like Banshee Boardwalk and Airship Fortress as other options, it's all the more mystifying.

@Yosher The missing night transition is not because of the skybox. It's because of the lighting of the environment. All the soft shadows and indirect lighting effects, on everything that's not moving, are probably in premade textures.

@sleepinglion It clearly is. The way it is styled is clearly meant to signify infinity.

And I don't mind. If they start updating the other modes, add tracks to the battle modes and such, it would pretty much become a brand new game.

Maybe add options for new items, maybe even a double dash type league... they could go on forever with this game.

@Daniel36

it is meant to signify a figure 8 race track.

the infintiy symbol is on its side.

Only one more to go!

Hopefully they will fix Sunset Wilds with a update.

I played both new cups on 50cc, and got hit with at least one blue shell on every track, sometimes 2 blue shells hit me. Seemed a bit much for 50cc.

We've had Super Smash Bros so why can't the next Mario Kart be Super Mario Kart with all the Nintendo characters and bring specials back. Better yet, let's have Super Mario Kart Double Dash.

@LinktotheFuture MK has always had it in for the player. I remember double dash and the enemy throwing red shells behind, despite people in front of them. Even in this one, if you hang back, people upfront get quite an easy drive but the moment you get far in front, blue shells galore.

Opinion so far:
-The only disappointing track for me is Athens, but that's on me for missing its tour in Mario Kart Tour. I'm sure I'll get to like it once I play it in MKT.

-I love how the moving tables in GCN Daisy Cruiser now have people on them and how oblivious they are of the fact. Also that it's the Mario Kart 7 version and not the original (2 passages at the beginning insteand of the one on the right, the lower part of the ship turned into an aquarium).

-Wii Moonview Highway is still as great as ever. In fact, Mario Kart Tour might have spoiled it for me a bit with the Mushroom cars, which weren't present in the original and were added to MKT. They originate from Double Dash!!'s Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City. One thing I don't like is the name change in Spanish, as I mentioned in a previou comment.

-I already like Squeaky Clean Sprint, I'm guessing it's the same house of GBA Ribbon Road. I also love the Spanish name, Bañodromo (Bathdrome, which sounds like a pun on the word bathroom).

-Los Angeles will take some time to get used to its route, but I like the idea of flying over the baseball stadium, which I'm guessing represents the Dodgers Stadium.

-I'm disappointed that GBA Sunset Wilds doesn't transition to night like in the original.

-Wii Koopa Cape? No comments, I still love it.

-I was expecting the suspension bridge part of Vancouver to be antigravity, I was not disappointed.

@NinjaNicky

Super Mario Kart already exists.

It has 8 characters.

@HammerGalladeBro

I found Athens even worse in Tour, quite difficult to keep a combo going.

@Gennwolf That makes more sense yeah. Still nothing they can't implement properly though if they wanted to.

Personally I don't even really mind overly much though. It's a shame and I'd love if they still added in later like they did with the cars on Coconut Mall moving in a later patch, but it's not really a deal breaker.

This game has an outstanding amount of content!! It is amazing to think it is still going after all the years.

The next Mario Kart will need to be quite the package as we have been spoilt with this and no doubt expectations will be sky high.

@HammerGalladeBro "-I'm disappointed that GBA Sunset Wilds doesn't transition to night like in the original, but the lack of transition was also a thing in MKT."

That is incorrect. It does transition to night in Tour.

Vancouver velocity.. (spupid translation in dutch) is really an amazong traps… daisy cruiser still has that festive feeling, but the tables seem to be mostly harmless… but maybe online that changes… .. rest is comsistent with tour output..although LA seems to be a much nicer city in mario kart than in real life.
. It even has a cycle path..

@Uncle_Franklin it could be a reboot. All tracks plus new ones, all the characters plus other Nintendo characters (and other characters they can get licences for), bring back specials, make it double dash, do karts, boats, planes and bikes (all customisable with paint jobs etc.) and I've always wanted a little open world hub (nothing huge) where you can drive around with people online and just mess about.

@vio Thank you for the correction. It's been a while since I played thebtrack in Tour that I had forgotten if it transitions. I do remember the change of the native Americans to miners was already there though.

@Uncle_Franklin That difficulty in keeping combos shows in MK8D.

"Made it so that a warning is not displayed when a Red Shell is targeting opponents."

IT ONLY TOOK YOU 9 YEARS

My biggest pipe dream (pun intended) is for a 'Favorites' feature where you can save 1-3 loadouts of kart parts for ease

When will they add 'Reversed start order' so it can be fun for the whole family? My kid loves playing Mario kart by herself, but when the whole family plays together, she never gets to start in front of her dad (who always seems to take pole) which for her is no fun, hence she don't want to play with the rest of us.

Man I hate the Tour tracks. For the most part, they are so uninspired and feel like the creators are just going through the motions.
"Hmm.. how can we make a bunch of new tracks quickly... let's just base them all on cities! Ok done, chuck in some landmarks, some red arrows to make it a damn maze, throw some bats in undercover areas, and pump these tracks out, baby."
The generic unmemorable music is the icing on the cake.

@Figeluren "she never gets to start in front of her dad"
For a family-friendly company, they really fail with certain things when it comes to kids. Basic stuff, like how so many of their games rely on the child knowing how to read.
God forbid they add a voiceover. Not only that, but the difficulty level of the language used.
Now your child can only play the game when mum or dad are around to read the (often overly-wordy) text. This is why my daughter just went back to iPad games at that age.