Update [Tue 22nd Mar, 2022 11:30 GMT]: So we've had time to dig into the new courses that came with wave 1 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass. With extra details added to the tracks - some of which have been entirely revamped visually - there are lots of little nods to Mario's history, as well as some fun little references.
The most notable of these easter eggs have been spotted in Coconut Mall, the fan-favourite course returning from Mario Kart Wii. In the mall, you can now see banners dotted around some of the courses more-sharp turns. But, as with any shopping complex, the walkways are adorned with a variety of shops, from Kamek's Book Store to Fire Flower Curry House. Two storefronts in particular, however, might be hinting at the future of the Booster Course Pass. (Thanks, GameXplain!)
As reported last week, Vanilla Lake from Super Mario Kart has already been datamined, but there's actually a shop and a few posters scattered across the mall for a Vanilla Lake Winter Sports Equipment Store. Seems like it's all but confirmed, then?
But the second store is the most intriguing - one that wasn't picked up by the datamine but, like Vanilla Lake, is in Mario Kart Tour. The shop, Dino Dino Outdoor & Camping Goods, is a cute little reference to Dino Dino Jungle from Mario Kart: Double Dash, complete with the course's signature dinosaur as the store's logo.
Of course, Mario Kart is no stranger to little nods to its past like this, but it would be weird to put these in here without them showing up later down the line. Only time will tell if we'll need to pick up some winter sports gear or grab a tent to go camping in a prehistoric jungle!
Original story [Tue 18th Mar, 2022 05:30 GMT]: The first wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass has arrived, and sure enough - there's already been a datamine. The latest finding within Version 2.0.0 is an updated banner - showing a bunch of previously unannounced courses.
Fans have been able to narrow down the list of tracks in the banner to the following courses (via 'MrNantendo' on Twitter):
– Sydney Sprint (Tour)
– LA Laps (Tour)
– New York Minute (Tour)
– Koopa Cape (Wii)
– Maple Treeway (Wii)
– Mario Circuit (SNES)
– Vanilla Lake (SNES)
– Rainbow Road (3DS)
That's not all, though. While we already knew about the Cup names, it seems one individual - known as 'fishguy6564' on Twitter (via 'OatmealDome') - has gone a step further, and made a patch that potentially reveals what Mario Kart game each of the DLC tracks come from. Here's a look:
Of course, all of this information has been datamined - so there's no guarantee anything mentioned above will necessarily appear in a future wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course DLC.
This new DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will run until the end of 2023 and includes a total of six waves, ten new cups and 48 courses. You can read more in our detailed guide:
What courses would you like to see added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the future? Tell us in the comments.
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[source resetera.com, via nintendoeverything.com]
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Maple Treeway and Rainbow Road would be greatly appreciated
I knew this was going to happen. Wonder how much of this will come true.
3DS Rainbow Road is a damn masterpiece.
I'm seeing three slots for DS tracks and do you know what THAT means?
Three chances for Waluigi Pinball to make the cut.
If this is true, I will be so happy to get Maple Treeway and 3DS Rainbow Road back; those were the retro courses other than Waluigi Pinball I wanted in Mario Kart 8 the most.
@ZebZed Waluigi Pinball is in Mario Kart Tour, so I think it’s very likely.
I remember when sites like Nlife could deliver something more interesting than a summary of a tweet which itself is speculative.
Heck yes!!! In the first wave of DLC, the tracks were a little hit-or-miss for me. Coconut Mall is my favorite track of all-time, and I'm absolutely ADORING Ninja Hideaway! (Or, whatever it's called.) Coco Mountain is one I thought was just okay before, but I really love what they've done for it! I don't think anyone was asking for Toad Circuit, though, which feels like a waste. It doesn't even look particularly good.
If these tracks are all added to the next wave though, not a SINGLE one of them is bad! I guess I can't really speak for the Tour ones, but Maple Treeway is my second-favorite track after Coconut Mall, with Koopa Cape and Rainbow Road 3DS still being in the top 10. I also have a lot of nostalgia for the SNES game as my first Mario Kart. Vanilla Lake was one of my favorites from that game, and in the definitive Mario Kart, we need the very first Mario Circuit in there. It was iconic enough to have its own level in 3D World, after all. (Maybe we'll see it in the Lucky Cat Cup?)
All I wanted for years now is for Nintendo to expand on Mario Kart 8--not make 9 or Smash Kart. Maybe I'm becoming narcissistic or the Switch is just that magical of a console, but I swear, it's like everything I ask for gets willed into existence. (Except maybe not Crash in Smash, but in the next game for sure! 😉)
Some other must-have tracks for me include: Mushroom Gorge, Bowser's Castle 64, Banshee Boardwalk, Luigi's Mansion, Airship Fortress, Shy Guy Bazaar, Dry Dry Ruins or Desert Hills, Ghost Valley, Wuhu Island, and either Mushroom City or Moonview Highway. The latter two are tied for my third-favorite track; I love the aesthetic way more than Toad's Turnpike, and the music is incredibly thrilling. They remind me of Fourside, which is actually one of my favorite Smash stages, haha. For some reason, neither of those two seemed very likely for me, though Mushroom City was apparently datamined for Tour, so we'll see.
Some other honorable mentions are Daisy Cruiser, Dino Dino Jungle, Delfino Square, Rock Rock Mountain...heck, there's hardly a single bad Mario Kart track. Just release a second Booster Course Pass from 2024-2025 and remaster them all, along with the new characters from Tour like Pauline, Kamek, Birdo, and Funky Kong; some of the canon costumes like Luigi's Mansion King Boo and Builder Mario, and some additional Battle Mode tracks like the fan-favorite Block Fort. Really make this into Mario Kart Ultimate. "Everywhere is here!"
I could die a happy man. Hoping we might get some new character reveals at E3 or something. That's enough wishful thinking for now, so I won't bother to mention bringing back Mission Mode or adding a Double-Dash mode... 👀
I absolutely love the music and atmosphere of maple treeway, it's one of my favourite tracks in all the Mario kart games
Always happy to see Koopa Cape - hopefully it's closer to the Wii version instead of MK7.
But I wouldn't say that a bunch of SNES courses would excite me, would love more from Double Dash and DS.
GBA Rainbow Road was the best one.
Maple Treeway was pretty good.
I want Queen Bee back.
Datamines also seem to find an Amsterdam-track.. as a born-amsterdammer that would be so amazing
(and some pianta's smoking some pot?)
I really hope we get a ton of wii and ds tracks due to my nostalgia bias for those games, specifically Delfino Square, Ds & Wii's rainbow roads are incredible and the DS track with anti gravity would be stellar, airship fortress is another certified banger too. Really hope we do get every rainbow road in this game tho, not like an entire rainbow road cup but just sprinkled in throughout, hope we get the Wuhu tracks too, pretty much my point here is just give us all the banger tracks please.
So much effort really went into ruining the surprise.
@CountDrakeulah i'd like to know if it's worth my cash in advance, generally
Koopa Cape and Maple Treeway are both boss tier tracks (much like nearly every track from MKWii) so no complaints here. Whoever's picking these tracks clearly has good taste.
Despite what other people are saying, I'm fine with SNES tracks being sprinkled in. Flatter, less intense tracks are good to balance things out, although not at the expense of stone cold classics from 64, Wii and 7.
@PBandSmelly massive SNES Mario Kart fan here and would love more in the next waves! They already made excellent remakes with Donut Plains 3 and Rainbow Road so not sure why you would consider those bland or boring.
SNES Ghost Valley 1 is what I really want to see! My all time favourite track to play.
GBA Rainbow Road would be epic too.
Disappointed there are so many TOUR versions, but they might be fun still.
I just want to be able to play every Rainbow Road in one game Just 5 more to go! (Excluding the arcade ones)
As someone who just finished playing all 8 of the new courses, I have to say these are the most boring and uninspired tracks I've ever played in a Mario Kart game, and I honestly feel cheated out of $25; The only track that really felt interesting was Choco Mountain, but the others are basic tracks with hardly any ramps, no anti-gravity sections and the visuals, as stated before looking worse in person.
Do yourselves a favor and please don't waste your money on this embarrassment of a season pass.
It is weird they're not adding any new characters.
Difficult to see how it would be that difficult.
One character added per cup would really cool.
These would be some awesome tracks but I am hoping to see the rest spoiler free for the remainder of the release.
@SeantheDon29
Well don’t forget there are still 40 more courses to release. A bit quick to bash the dlc so soon.
@Hero-of-WiiU Still not a good first impression, though.
So the Blue Shell cup (which is going to be the last cup) features a GCN track as the second track. I hope thats Wario Collosseum since I guess that track would really fit as the second track of the final cup.
The last track of that cup is from Wii so I strongly assume that this is the Rainbow Road from MKWii cause surly the last track from the last cup will be a Rainbow Road
But I'm curious about the tracks without label, wonder if they will be like Ninja Hideaay, therefore tracks from tour that aren't city tracks. But so far there are only 2 tracks like that: Ninja Hideaway and Merry Mountain
Kooper Cape and Maple Treeway are all I need.
I really want airship fortress, maple treeway, koopa cape and moonview highway
Gotta love how all the news sites keep printing the same list of speculated tracks that's not entirely accurate to begin with? I see no signs of Vanilla Lake or Koopa Cape, but I did notice DK Summit, Vancouver Velocity, and Waluigi Stadium.
I also highly doubt that the retro leak has any legitimacy because it implies we're going to get a whopping 19 additional Tour tracks (given how they labeled Ninja Hideaway). There are only 16 potential Tour tracks they could add that we know about (the 8 cities not in Wave 1, Merry Mountain, the datamined Bangkok and Amsterdam, the possibility of Cairo, and 5 additional datamined tracks, 2 of which seem to be new, 1 of which could go either way, and 2 of which seem to be more cities, namely Athens and Mumbai). Additionally, I just can't see them only adding 1 more N64 track, or 2 more 3DS tracks. Tour has every new track from 7 except for the ones in 8's basegame and the Wuhu tracks, and even then, all of those are set to come except for Music Park. They have so many options to choose from - so why would we only get 3, with one being Toad Circuit? Unfortunately, nothing about the image datamine indicates we can disregard this. Still excited to see what we get in the future, but I won't believe the info will reflect the DLC unless we get Wave 2 and it matches up perfectly with the slots.
@mariomaster96 Even with Tour getting datamined, we only know of 2, maybe 3 more tracks like Ninja Hideaway or Merry Mountain. One that's labeled as "mobmd" in the files, which could stand for Madrid (but the assets tied to it are tents, and a few courses have used random circus themed objects, so this could be the likely circus track they're tied to), one that's labeled as "mobyi," which might make it a Yoshi's Island themed course (especially with one of the assets tied to it being a Shy Guy), and one that's labeled as "mobnu," which appears to be underwater themed. There's also a track present in the leaked banner art that doesn't look like any track currently in Tour or any retro course, next to Luigi's right hand, but it's hard to say if it's a city or a new track. Does look like a giant ice cream cone, though
@Pachrisu I want this sooooo badly as well. It would be amazing to have a Rainbow Road playlist with some of the most insane tracks from the series.
@somebread My personal top 2 from MK7
Please Please please bring back Waluigi Pinball! 🙏
Ninja Hideaway doesn't even currently have a Tour prefix... so this data isn't exactly great.
@bluemage1989 It’s been datamined. That’s not at all the same thing as “speculative”.
I see no reason why they don’t do every version of rainbow road.
I want a cup made of 4 old rainbow road courses.
Love maple treeway, but where is my gods damned mushroom gorge?
@NintendoKnight
Amen brother!
Waiting for the Datamine to reveal new battle courses!!
The ship near the end of Coconut Mall may be Daisy Cruiser.
Data mine ruins another future surprise!!!
@dew12333
If you didn't want it ruined, you could just not click on the article that is clearly about datamining.
Is kind of obvious imo since so far Dino Dino Jungle is the only GCN track in MK Tour beside Yoshi Circuit which is already in MK8DX
@lighteningbolt79 But then he wouldn't be able to complain
@mariomaster96 Complaining or loving, no middle ground with me!
@lighteningbolt79 Or they could jut not report it.
@dew12333 Or YOU could just not click on the article if you don't want to get spoiled. I'd understand your complain if they would have put the datamindes track into the title or the thumbnail but that's not the case here
@dew12333
Why should NL not report something just because some random users don't want to be spoiled? As long as they have it clear it is from datamining, what is the harm?
This post is clearly about datamining yet you still chose to click on it and then subsequently complain it has spoilers. What did you expect?
It was your choice to click on an article about datamining.
@NintendoKnight oh yes it is! Very excited about this….
@SeantheDon29 I like the Ninja one….considering we get 41 more, I think the price is ok. But yeah, the first wave was not all that exciting overall.
@Patendo "SNES Ghost Valley 1 is what I really want to see! My all time favourite track to play." yessssss
@lighteningbolt79 @mariomaster96
personally I thought the comment section was for commenting on what you thought about the article.
Yeah Ghost Valley would be awesome and have that theme. One of my favorites is DK Mountain, I’d love to have that on my favorite Mario kart ever.
All I need is Wario Coliseum and Waluigi Pinball and I'll be a very happy man.
One of the images on the banner is Choco Mountain R/T. I wouldn't get excited for any course displayed in this banner, since it's very likely Nintendo just grabbed a bunch of images from Mario Kart Tour, and it may not represent what ultimately makes it into the Booster Course Pass.
Let’s goooooo
I wanted to see some of those courses I’m familiar with. I actually haven’t owned a MK game before 7, so seeing Rainbow Road and Dino Dino makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
Does anyone else think the Kamek shop looks like it has PlayStation buttons on it
Gi' meh Diddy Kong!
@AW1Long Kamek was using the square, triangle, circle icons long before even the PS1. If anything, Playstation has Kamek buttons on it.
If this is true then Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be the first Mario Kart game to ever have multiple Rainbow Roads and Mario Kart Live would be the first ever Mario Kart game to had none.
Some more from Double Dash please Bowser’s Castle, Wario Colosseum, Donkey Kong Mountain, …
@ZebZed Waluigi Pinball is absolutely coming. Because all of the MK Tour tracks are coming. That's all this DLC is.
These new tracks were obviously made with 200cc Cup in mind. People slating the toad track should play in 200 as its a blast. And 200cc is the reason why in Coconut Mall the cars are now stationary. All the new courses benefit playing in 200cc mode
Checking this vid after wave 2 was just announced and so far it's adding up.
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