Nintendo Says The Next Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Wave Is Coming "Soon"

I'm really blown away by just how good the DLC has been. I've had a blast playing it with my kids.
The thing that would make me happiest is if they would include Block Fort from Mario Kart 64 as a new battle level.

Yes bring them on, make my Father's Day awesome Nintendo.

Nintendo Of Canada for the win! 🇨🇦

Toad’s factory and wario coliseum please.

The gave me just what I wanted! I got MK 8 rainbow road! How can I not be happy!

I just want Airship Fortress from MK DS. We have gotten some great tracks, but this is my single favorite of all of Mario Kart.

@Darthmoogle Same, I've been waiting for it too.

Here I thought we were done meticulously reading into benign Nintendo tweets after the last one.

Funky Kong plz

fingers crossed for ppc and bc3 along w petey

@Nua @Darthmoogle I hate to be the bearer of bad news, guys. I've been following the prefix datamines for months now, which have had a 100% accuracy rating so far, and unfortunately, there will be no more DS tracks coming to the Booster Course Pass. No Airship Fortress, Luigi's Mansion, Delfino Plaza... nada. No more N64 tracks remaining, either. That is, unless Nintendo decides to do a second Booster Course Pass with 48 MORE tracks, which I'm hoping and praying they do. They already have almost every track remastered in Tour already, which they're basing the MK8 tracks on, so why not? We should keep our expectations in check, though.

As much as I appreciate these new tracks, I'd like to hear at least some news on whether or not Nintendo is working on another entry in the series that really shows what the Switch hardware is capable of.

MK8 much like the latest smash bros has become so grandiose, that it will be very hard to make an all new sequel. Some say it’s time for Nintendo kart instead, that would shake things up but I’d really do like having more of the Mario theme in these games, I think having characters like link and Samus at large would take away from the heart of these games.

@SeantheDon29 Mario Kart Home Circuit may have flown under your radar, it really does take advantage of the capabilities of the Switch!

Is that SOON or SOON(TM). Big difference!

I wouldn't believe I was saying this a few years ago, but I can't wait for there to be some more big Nintendo news so I can stop hearing about Zelda every day.

I hate that they wasn't alittle more specific then just saying "Coming soon" kinda figured that much.

Hmmm… depends on if Nintendo have a direct or not this season… last year, wave 2 released around august, so assuming this years release mirrors last year, if there isn’t an e3 season (rip) direct, I imagine we’ll hear about wave 5 in august.

I’d be happy to be proven wrong if it’s earlier

Me thinks it’s time for a direct.

Probably June 22nd cause that would be the worst possible date for me lol (FF16 release)

@Darthmoogle If Airship Fortress does make it in at some point, it will be perfect.

all I need is Petey Piranha back as driver. And Petey clothing for Mii since they did that for Tour.

@SeantheDon29 im gonna guess it will be for this switch and the next nintendo hardware, kinda like how sony releases games for ps4 and ps5

@Darthmoogle I seriously doubt you have to worry about that not being included.

@SeantheDon29 I mean we’re 7 years into the switches life, I’m pretty sure we’ve seen all that the switch hardware is capable of by now…

The fact that new characters are also being added now makes the wait for new tracks infinitely more exciting!

This tease combined with the potential Waluigi Mii outfit for the next tour in MK Tour gives me the impression wave 5 will be revealed by itself next week rather than a general Direct happen.

The Tour tracks are a bit crap with little originality and lame music. Hope there's not another 4 of these.

Kamek, Funky Kong and Poochy would be good additions.

Bring it on, i want sardine sandpipe, its my favourite mario kart track

It's three waves per year, there's always another update coming "soon"

They have been getting better though, can't wait too see how bad the first wave looks by the end.

Wave 5 releasing around Father's Day would be awesome. Spending the day, playing Mario Kart with my boys (and eating pizza) would be a great way to spend it.

@Not_Soos,

There will still be some great tracks coming, which will keep the game fresh, I can't believe how much fun I am having with this add on content.

When the next entry comes along in the series, I am hoping for a boost in quality in line with the massive increase in new consoles power.

Imagine Mario Kart with PS4/PRO power, Nintendo are amazing at squeezing every bit of performance out of their hardware, this is going to look insane.

@SeantheDon29 If the Switch was getting a new entry the Booster DLC wouldn't have happened at all. And the next system might not even get a new Mario Kart, with the amount of content they've packed into 8 DX they might just port it again.

I need more courses I wonder who the other characters they going to add

Nintendo has really dug itself into a corner with MK8.
Unless they radically alter the gameplay, how can they justify charging for a full priced sequel instead of just releasing more tracks/characters as DLC?

Previous games always had a significant power boost between systems. However, from what the rumours seem to be saying is that the "Switch 2" won't be that much more powerful.
If the new system also includes backwards compatibility why would we even need a MK9, which would also significantly split the user base between 8 with all of the added tracks and 9 which just comes with the base tracks.

Imagine if the final roster spots are the actors from the Mario movie. 😂 That would be one way to announce so many with only two waves to go while not having many new characters in previous waves.

@TYRANACLES I'd love to see Samus saved for an F-Zero crossover.

Expand the DLC plans even more.

And even better, give us free DLC, this game sold 50 million copies, they can give us free DLC, it's not being entitled, giving us free DLC would make even more copies sell.

@locky-mavo yeah that would be cool, considering that one of the only new nintendo switch games due to release in the next few months is pikmin 4, dunno if there’s anything else at all.
(metroid prime 4 is in development purgatory so that ain’t releasing until the Switch 2 at least)

I hope it's not too soon, I'm still trying to get good at the latest two cups they've added. 😅

@Paddle1 Yeah. I doubt we will get a new Mario Kart game on Switch now with all the DLC they have released but they might release it again as some type of ultimate edition with all the DLC included like the Arkham series did with their 'Game of the Year' editions that had all the DLC included with them. I am honestly surprised they have released this much DLC though when this could have easily been Mario Kart 9.

I am still hoping for a new 2D Super Mario Bros game on Switch though and going on some of the rumours I have heard and the success of the new movie I could see it happening.

Mario Kart 8 will be a decade old next year.

You'd have thought Mario Kart 9 would be a thought by this point. But I guess not.

Of the new tracks released in Tour not available yet in MK8DX we have
Tour Vancouver Velocity
Tour Los Angeles Laps
Tour Athens Dash
Piranha Plant Cove

I wonder if they'll ever make a track based on Mexico City.

My kids will definitely be happy about this. We will probably play through all of the new courses together.

So I hate to be tinfoil hat person here and I know they’re referring to family game night but the fact they bring up Mom and Dad makes me think ah yes they’ll release it before Father’s Day. Again just silly crackpot theory. I’m really excited for more courses whenever they really just kept getting better and better as they went on. Wave 4 was my absolute favorite with Yoshis Island being my favorite Mario Kart Track ever.

@Lony85 that sounds like an amazing time. I'd add Root Beer or Dr Pepper, but otherwise perfect day.

How much tracks does one need?

@KingMike apparently not. If Mario Kart was produced by EA we would already have seen Mario Kart 23....it shows just how good this wii u title was

@LikelySatan yes to the Dr. Pepper, or at least the zero sugar stuff.

@Pete_Stooge all of them.

Lol.

HOW soon? I am waiting for more things, like the release date for the physical edition of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. I have a feeling that they're saving that bit of news for a Nintendo Direct.

@sketchturner oh this would also make the battle mode the definitive "everyone is here" for me! 😍❤️

They dropped the last one in August, after dropping the first one in may. I'm not holding my breath anything will be here anytime soon! 😂

Wait a minute, if there are still two cups of courses left what are the ? mark on the character select screen for? Do these pertain to completing courses via Grand Prix?

If so, I just answered my own question.

@KingBowser That just means 5 more characters will be added, just like Birdo was added in Wave 4

Wave 5 announcement in a direct? (Please?)

Weren't they all supposed to be out by now?

@SeantheDon29 Uhm, a new entry is not coming to the Switch, guaranteed. MK 8 Deluxe IS the Switch's Mario Kart. We won't see a new game until the Switch's successor is here, which is probably 1 to 2 years away.

@ga3tr0n Uhm, no.. They said all waves will be released by the END of 2023.

@USWITCH64 LMAO THATS NOT EVEN A REAL TRACK

Family game night, my eye.

@Finntendo ready to go