Topic: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

I've noticed I never actually got the download that everyone else here says they got. Considering the fact that I have the Expansion Pack for NSO, do I have to go to the page on the eShop and download it manually?
(my version is 1.7.2 btw)

@Fizza Yes, NSO download is manually via the eshop page.

@Grumblevolcano Thanks, I'll go do that once I'm done with 100%ing the grand prixs.

@WoomyNNYes Hey did you join the online races I was in? Good games there, you're pretty good.

I'm at the point of grinding out 200cc cups (I have 7 between it and Mirror to go) and.... I'm starting to understand your pain.

Must have been someone else!!😁 _{with my Mii, username SpaceDandy, and my exact online points count.}🤔🛸🛸 Yeah, I've been watching for Swtich friends playing MK8, so I can join them. And you were racing "Regional". I like that the Switch UI says what mode the Switch friend is racing. If you click on the friend's profile when they are online, it will say which mode they are racing, Worldwide, Regional, and probably would say which battle mode, too, if they're in battle mode.

Given the Blue Shell Cup will be the last cup of the Booster Course Pass, it came to mind that it would be cool if the game added in a blue shell mode where every item is a blue shell.

Basically like Bob-omb Blast? Hell yeah.

Also, I find it somewhat ironic that the last course of the Booster Course Pass is a Blue Shell, an item first place players loathe. Then again, the person who gets it is usually last so maybe it works better than originally thought.

@WoomyNNYes Ah yeah I did see that it keeps track of what others are playing at this moment. I started playing in regional since I was talking to a friend of mine from Twitter. Turns out there were a ton of Japanese players in worldwide mode and they are crazy aggressive. Regional races were quite a bit more tame. Anyway, it's been fun - feel free to join me again next time you catch me playing Mario Kart.

SNL, guy gets raging, manic euphoria listening to Don't Stop Be Believing instrumental by Ohio State Marching Band. I pasted the clip to start where the mario kart references start.

@Fizza Yeah though that mode would also be interesting outside of battle mode.

On a different note I've noticed that Mario Kart Tour gets a new track announced approximately every 2 weeks, looking from New Year's 2022 tour onwards:

• December 24th - 3DS Bowser's Castle
• January 10th - Singapore Speedway
• January 24th - 3DS Wario's Galleon
• February 4th - Los Angeles Laps 2
• February 18th - GBA Sky Garden
• March 3rd - Wii Mushroom Gorge

So another track will be announced within the next few days. I like how now we can look at Mario Kart Tour track reveals as teases for what may appear in the Booster Course Pass.

Congrats!
Myself I've got all the cups, but am missing many 200cc stars.

Damn, this site has an ad for the Booster Course Pass and at the end it said "wave 1 now available". I was thinking "did Nintendo decide to release wave 1 4 days early?" but turns out the ad lied.

I wonder if something similar to the Animal Crossing DLC/Update will happen where it releases 2 days early. If so, It could be a systematic problem with the Expansion Pack, but who knows.

@LiNeR That would be super cool, but I probably wouldn't count on it

@DarthNocturnal Well, if you find 150 too easy, there's always 200. Quite a big jump between the two, though.

@DarthNocturnal In my experience, if you do a run for all 12 cups in 150cc, at some point AI difficulty will ratchet up to unfair, abuse you with weapons, denying you wins for a few cups. Which forces you to re-race those cups. I think it's an odds game.

Mirror is now done (after many attempts being foiled at Big Blue thanks to bs AI). The only thing left between me and 100% is the Special and Lightning Cups in 200cc. May God be on my side.

Also, 1000th POST IN THIS THREAD!!!

So what you're saying is that this Mario Kart game works like a Mario Kart game. :V

Interesting, the Coconut Mall image look different from how it appeared in the Direct.