Topic: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

@StarPoint @Grumblevolcano
On the switch online icon on the home screen It shows a countdown to the release drop. I live in the US btw.

@vio Update will drop tonight. I'm expecting the softlock in Ninja Hideaway to be fixed and maybe some better indicators of where to go in the roundabout section of Paris Promenade since that part is extremely poorly indicated. The tracks will be listed, but locked just like when the update dropped a day before the Wave 1 DLC. 😉

I also wouldn't be surprised if we see a Midnight EDT / 9:00 PM PDT release tomorrow.

@GoombaKing64 What's the timer at now? 🤔

@GoombaKing64 Thanks for pointing that out!

The countdown adds up to 9:00 AM CST on August 4th for me. That 3:00 PM for the UKers out there.

@GoombaKing64 Good find. It looks like I won't be playing the DLC until 7am Thursday. ☹ Pretty disappointing, I was hoping it would drop midnight at the latest, but at least the long, long wait is almost over. From what I gather this a simultaneous worldwide release, right? That's definitely an improvement over Wave 1 and hopefully the courses will be available in the online rotation immediately this time!

@TowaHerschel7 Disregard that reply I made earlier. I am deleting it. I misread your comment as "WHERE'S the timer at now?" Derp.. Not enough sleep LOL.

@vio 7:00 AM PDT Thursday is an odd release time. 😑

@TowaHerschel7 I'll probably be asleep when it drops so I've got no qualms with it myself 😅

For wave 3 I'm going to predict (in series order, not the way it'll appear in the cups):

• GBA Bowser Castle 3
• GCN Mushroom City
• DS Mario Circuit
• Wii DK's Snowboard Cross
• 3DS Alpine Pass
• Tour London Loop
• Tour Los Angeles Laps
• Tour Merry Mountain

Each wave so far has had 3 Tour tracks (2 city + 1 non-city), a circuit track, a deep cut track which hasn't appeared as a retro track before and 3 fan favourites.

Wave 1 was:

• Tour tracks (Paris Promenade, Tokyo Blur, Ninja Hideaway)
• Circuit track (3DS Toad Circuit)
• Deep cut track which hasn't appeared as a retro track before (DS Shroom Ridge)
• Fan favourites (N64 Choco Mountain, GBA Sky Garden, Wii Coconut Mall)

Wave 2 was:

• Tour tracks (New York Minute, Sydney Sprint, Sky-High Sundae)
• Circuit track (SNES Mario Circuit 3)
• Deep cut track that hasn't appeared as a retro track before (GBA Snow Land)
• Fan favourites (N64 Kalimari Desert, DS Waluigi Pinball, Wii Mushroom Gorge)

I remember MKWii online so well, people picked GBA Bowser Castle 3 and DK's Snowboard Cross so often. While I didn't play MK7 online anywhere near as much, I remember Alpine Pass being picked a lot.

@Grumblevolcano
DK's Snowboard Cross was so much fun. Selfishly, I just want remakes of all the Wii tracks. They were easily my favorites across all games.

Here are my predictions for the remaining 4 Waves

Wave 3:
Tour Vancouver Velocity
DS Airship Fortress
GBA Lakeside Park
3DS Wario Shipyard
Tour Singapore Speedway
GCN Daisy Cruiser
Merry Mountain
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar

Wave 4:
Tour London Loop
Wii Maple Treeway
DS Peach Gardens
Brand New Course
Tour Bangkok Rush
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
GBA Sunset Wilds
Tour Los Angeles Laps

Wave 5:
Tour Berlin Byways
Wii DK Summit
GBA Yoshi Desert
Tour Amsterdam Drift
New Tour Course
GCN Mushroom Bridge
SNES Vanilla Lake 1
Brand New Course

Wave 6:
New Tour Course
Wii Koopa Cape
Brand New Course
Brand New Course
New Tour Course
GCN Rainbow Road
Brand New Course
Wii Rainbow Road

The final countdown. 10 hours to go!

6 hours and 30 minutes to go W00t! 🕺

Good thing I'm heading off to town for the start of the day then.

My predictions:
Tour: All 8 exclusives, plus 2 more that haven’t released yet.
SNES- Vanilla Lake 1
GBA- Cheep Cheep Island, Sunset Wilds, Bowser’s Castle 2
GCN- Dino Dino Jungle, Daisy Cruiser, Wario Colosseum, Peach Beach
DS- Airship Fortress, Delfino Plaza
Wii- Maple Treeway, DK Summit, Koopa Cape, Rainbow Road
3DS- Alpine Pass (Rock Rock Mountain), Rosalina’s Ice World

@vio Got that Spot On

The official announcement of release timing.

So it's 17:00 (5 PM) my time (EEST).

2 hours to go!! Hyped like crazy right now

10 minutes away holy guacamole. I'll be waiting a while to play it myself since I'd rather experience it for the first time with my sister (who's currently away at work) but I wish everyone else here the best of luck! Hope you enjoy some potentially banging tracks!