Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 5 Arrives Next Week

Oh wow, Daisy Cruiser? Nice!

Would love to know how "A Bathroom!" got to the top of the list for new courses.

@canaryfarmer It was probably quite far down the list below things such as "Actual Sewer", "Top of a Gamecube", "Pinball Machine", "A Rainbow", "Childs Bedroom" and "Cheese. Just Cheese".

Did they ever add new Battle courses in any of these waves? Might be strange but I play that mode most of all

@CammyUnofficial

No, just tracks and racers, which you could use. Just be thankful they fixed the mode for Switch.

As I've said before, I'm personally the most excited for brand new tracks, and new characters. Squeaky Clean Sprint looks brilliant.

I personally hope we get more "you've been shrunk" styled courses. Or a Switch port of MicroMachines V3 would be nice too, please.

Daisy Cruiser! Let's gooo!
Now hoping the last pack has DK mountain from GCN/Wii

Happy to see Daisy Cruiser, and while I'm not a huge fan of the Tour tracks....they have been getting better (somewhat).

Not long to wait either way, that's the good news

OH MY GOODNESS Moonview Highway and Koopa Cape!!!!

@Haruki_NLI
I can't place the "top of a gamecube" track, can you help me out? This sounds wild. Or maybe not so, given that the top of the gamecube is just flat.

Wow. A bunch of fan favorite courses plus some good looking tour courses. Pretty ace.

Oh great, Daisy Cruiser, Moonview Highway, Vancouver, great tracks!!! ^^

Meanwhile, in Mario Kart Tour, a totally new track in Mario kart series will arrive soon!
(Tomorrow will be revealed)
https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1676848459096408070?t=mW8nIBxhD2TAZnmPPfyCKQ&s=19

Nice selection of tracks (most excited for GCN Daisy Cruiser and Wii Moonview Highway) though it's disappointing that as a whole Double Dash is getting shafted again (there's only 6 GCN tracks in MK8 Deluxe now). Maybe they do something very special for the 20th anniversary of Double Dash in November to make up for that.

In any case this wave's picks gives me further hope that there's a 2nd Booster Course Pass.

Very glad for Daisy Cruiser.

Petey Piranha and Daisy Cruiser here we go!!
Only nit-picking complain is that there are again too many Tour courses, which are never the best but well; If Wave 6 includes Double-Dash's Dino Dino Jungle it will be perfect enough for me

AGGGGHH, it looks so good!!!!!!!

This might be the best wave yet! Moonview Highway looks beautiful! It's finally time we get a new Double-Dash track as Daisy Cruiser is a classic! Sunset Wilds is gonna be so much fun! I love Koopa Cape but was worried the rock textures would be ad bad as Rock Rock Mountain and Mushroom Gorge, but there's been a notable improvement! The Rome track looks visually really nice as well! I can't wait for these to drop!!!

No SNES tracks again, gah!!

Awesome news.

I can't wait to play through these cups with my wife and kids. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe regularly gets played in our house.

I'm still waiting for my favorite Mario Kart track delfino square 😭

Yes! Can’t wait to have Petey and the others

@Res462 ahhh cool, thanks. I'll probably pick up all these new courses closer to the holidays when I'm in the MK mode, gonna feel like a whole new game

@Not_Soos
sorry for correcting you, but the Athens circuit is not Rome, since Athens is in Greece, and Rome is in Italy, even though there is already a Rome circuit, which is currently running on Mario kart tour

Interesting that they would add Moonview Highway since it is a city track even though we have already many (based on real cities) city tracks from tour

Too. Many. Tour. Tracks!!! 😡😡😡😡

Koopa Cape is one of my favorite tracks so I'm happy to see it return.

@Grumblevolcano Why would there be a 2nd Booster Course Pass? I would like more Mario Kart: Double Dash!! tracks. But overall 96 tracks more than enough.

Nice, these tracks seem good. I always like a good reason to play Mario Kart 8D. It's always a lot of fun.

Did they just not have the trailer ready in time for the direct? An already amazing Mario-themed direct would have been even more awesome if I got to find out that way that Daisy Cruiser is coming.

All I need is Funky Kong and a Mario Movie DK track and I die a happy man

@SakuraHaruka Yeah, I realized that after rewatching the trailer. My mistake! I knew Rome just came to Tour, so I just took one look at the architecture and thought that's what it was. I like to think it's an understandable mixup... or maybe I'm just a dummy. 😅

Releases on my pay day and I was already planning on one of summer months to buy new 1 year expansion family NSO pack due previous one already ended on March 14th evening, so. xD

Nice courses overall, though I wish we got Daisy Circuit instead of Daisy Cruiser.

And I still can't believe one of finest tracks from Double Dash has never been rereleased: Wario Colosseum

Do you think they will ever release Mario Kart 8 with all DLC on cartridge?

@Fizza I'm excited to play the Vancouver track, since it's where I live. I'm so curious to see what landmarks they've put in.

Happy to see Athens course

Perfect selection for the summer. So... I hope the rumoured DK track is true. I desperately need something from DK or Rare. The last thing we got were King K. Rool and Banjo-Kazooie being playable in SSBU.

I wonder what they'll call Moonview Highway in Latin American Spanish. The original in Mario Kart Wii was called Autopista de la Luna (a translation of the English name, or also Moon Highway), but in its recent appearance in Mario Kart Tour it's called Circuito Luz de Luna (Moonlight Circuit).

With the addition of the Athens, Los Angeles and Vancouver tracks, we're only missing Piranha Plant Cove and the recent Rome track. That's 2 tracks that have to appear in Wave 6.

EDIT: Also the recently announced Piranha Plant Pipeline.

BOYCOT THIS GAME NOW! Not only do they charge you FULL PRICE for the game, a game that was already available for an older system. But they CHARGE you a subscription for extra tracks!

And my poor five year old boy will have a temper tantrum when he sees these extra tracks and characters that he can’t use.

Oh no, sorry. My apologies. It’s ok when Nintendo do it. It’s just not OK for Speedstorm / Lego 2K / Chocobo GP etc etc

I hope Dino Dino Jungle makes the cut on the final wave; the Tour tracks are WAY over represented and have cut deeply into the actual number of tracks that genuinely feel like they fit the series and theme. It's also been both surprising and disappointing how absent the Bowser tracks from across the series have been; some of those are among the most memorable in all of Mario Kart.

Ok read that date as December 7th

FINALLY THIS LONG JOURNEY IS OVER, MONTHS EARLIER THAN I EXPECTED IM STILL SHAKING RN 😭

@geiseldiesel ITS NOT WAVE 3 LOL 😂

@Fulgor_Astral NO.

@canaryfarmer Track designer was trying to think of a new track while in the tub, found their child's toy car in the bathroom and inspiration struck.
At least that's my theory.

@a_brave_new_geek I don't think so. But Maybe only in Japan like the BOTW + Expansion Pass physical release.

But I would be interested in a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe cartridge that has all the content. Same with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

I turn 50 next week, so that’s a nice little birthday gift from Nintendo. I’ve literally not played anything other than Tears of the Kingdom since it launched back in May, so it’ll be great to check out the new MK8D tracks with the kids when they come round for a slice of birthday cake!

@Chapapa it’s from Double Dash, there was a battle map (so not one where you raced) that was the top of a GameCube.

The Tour tracks are always disappointing to see (for me), everything else looks alright.

it's Kamek time.

I really like most Double Dash courses, so I am glady that Daisy Cruiser is back. (In this very course, I won against my cousin just using my left knee to control the kart).

To bad that Mushroom Bridge (my favorite MK track ever) and Wario Colosseum are still missing.

@norwichred Most people didn't even own a wii u, and they did make some changes to the game as well as included all the dlc. A lot of people found that to be worth buying again and that's their business.

Also the dlc is a one time purchase for $25, if you already have the Nintendo online subscription+ expansion then you can play these tracks as a bonus. You aren't being forced to pay a subscription to play them.

@Paulo I am also waiting for this masterpiece. If not in the next wave, I hope at launch in Mario Kart 11.

Also, waiting for Pão de Queijo nos Morros from Mario Kart Tour.

I hope they can squeeze Shy Guy Bazzar and Wario Ship on the final wave…,

@Yosti A natural progression from 96 tracks is going for "everywhere is here" like how Smash Ultimate did "everyone is here". As for why I think the track picks may suggest a 2nd pass, well there's only 8 tracks left in the pass and there's these 2 things:

• There's some tracks that are in Tour which look too good visually to just be for Tour (e.g. GBA Luigi Circuit, Wii Daisy Circuit, SNES Bowser Castle 3)
• Tour is generally getting 2 tracks (retro or brand new) added to the game every fortnight (sometimes even 3 tracks) which gives the impression that if wave 6 was the last wave of the pass, the pass wouldn't be able to preserve all the brand new tracks which appears to be a purpose of the pass (Tour is a mobile game so it'll be shutdown and completely unplayable at some point in the future)

@Fizza Renegade Roundup on Cheese Land. Crikey.

@Chapapa It's a Battle Course in Double Dash I believe. Other games have also had systems as battle courses.

@CammyUnofficial Nope

The bloody bathroom one is the course I'm the least hyped for, tbh

Just need Daisy hills

@Agent_P I won’t summarily dismiss it, but I kinda agree that this is an odd and rather unsavory setting for a track….it might still be fun to race in spite of the strange environment….

@AtlanteanMan agreed…some of them are ok, but I think it’s so lazy….they are mostly pretty bland.

KOOPA CAPE ON SWITCH WHOOOOOOO!!!!

Very happy with these choices of tracks and like most waves of this booster pass I’m very much looking forward to it releasing.

You know, I don't know how much it's been like that, but in the current tour of Mario Kart Tour there's a version of the New York track modeled as a battle arena, I wanna see that and the return of the original Mario Kart 8 tracks used for Battle Mode in MK8D.

Nice can't wait for next week.

A really strong DLC-wave. Great choice of tracks.

@Agent_P Not sure why you hate bathroom level so much, almost every good game had at least one or two bathroom level/area in them.

Street Fighter II had E. Honda stage
Street Fighter Alpha 2 had Birdie stage
Street Fighter Alpha 3 had Cody stage (his cell had a toilet)
Clock Tower had the Barrow Mansion shower and bathroom
There's multiple toilets in Breath of Fire II
No More Heroes 1 & 2 had the toilet as a save point.
The entire Super Mario Bros. series used warp pipes as a sort of fast travel. Pipes are connected to bathrooms and sinks.
In Marvel vs. Capcom, two of the fighting area are the men and women's bath house.
In WWE wrestling games, one of the backstage area you could brawl in was the men's bathroom.

There's probably more than this too that I wasn't aware of.

@Serpenterror You got a point. The more I think about it all these games that utilize a bathroom makes me wonder if there's some poetic meaning behind it. Us humans spend a lot of life in the bathroom. Whatever we're doing in life one way or another we depend on a bathroom. Anytime I do anything like going to a concert, professional sporting event, etc. one of the first things I do is scope out the location and ease of getting to the bathroom

Please Nintendo the one track I want is N64 Bowser's Castle. I can only imagine what a refresh of it would look like! That track was one of the top tracks played in my household during that N64 era.

A nice lineup of tracks indeed. Glad to see Daisy Cruiser back, for me one of the more iconic DD tracks. Also the new bathroom track looks fun.

dude. moonview highway. DUDE. MOONVIEW HIGHWAY. DUUUUUDE! MOONVIEW HIGHWAY LETS GOOOOOOO!

The Rome track is pretty good, I was hoping to see it here... fingers crossed for the last wave.

ppc and bc3 were my most wanted tracks for wave 5 but good to see vancouver

@norwichred I think we're well past the point where a boycott would do anything to this game's bottom line.

I am beyond happy to see Moonview Highway in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. A welcome surprise.

Moon view getting in is absolutely left field, but it was my favorite MKWii track so I'm over the moon!!

I hate Koopa cape with a burning passion. But that's the same thing as Waluigi stadium: I'm the only one not loving it so great choice and have fun y'all!! ❤️

Absolutely amazing tracks, and so cool we're getting it this month already!!

I find the visuals of the Tour tracks in MK8D a bit lacking and many times the music is also just keyboards (and not even the goofy MIDI sound).
Otherwise I do enjoy the gimmick of each lap is different because different roads are closed off.
Overall seeing the price of the DLC and the variety of tracks, it's a good fit, quite some good fun and gives a reason to keep coming back to play online.

Seems the visuals have taken a hit again on certain tracks. Hate the inconsistency. At least it seems like now they are building these based on both systems these days which is good - so newly revealed tracks end up appearing more polished and closer to the base game.

Downside is anything that was developed before the DLC was announced (for mobile) mostly sucks even when ported across.

Sunset wilds is one of my favourite tracks on GBA, but there’s so little effort put into the environmental changes here compared to Riverside Park, Snow Land, Ribbon Road… etc…

But hey - it’s still 48 tracks and access to the Tour tracks so they aren’t locked to Mobile, so there are good things. That, and 3 new characters and the Toilet track seems like a decent enough Wave.

Shame about the inclusion of Daisy Cruiser. But anything double dash related I generally dislike as it’s the Worst Mario Kart in the series IMO with the least interesting track selection (despite having the loudest cult following to be the most revered).

Two MK Tour tracks for Cherry Cup? Hmm, that’s disappointing. I think the tour tracks are boring and lack the creativity of the others. Otherwise the lineup looks good and I look forward to playing this with my family.

@Ganner I loved that track on Mario Kart Wii! Would love to see it come back, along with the GCN DK Mountain (or whatever it was called) course.

Greece and Canada get represented! Neat!

Also love seeing more revamped GBA courses. I know they might not be the most exciting for people, but I really did like Super Circuit back in the day. It's dated but it was such a pleasant surprise on the GBA back in the day.

@norwichred Sorry if your reading comprehension is bad, but you didn't get one thing right.

Is it too much to ask for that one stage where there's a golden Daisy and Luigi statue?
(I forgot the name)

@Dijita Teh Cheat

I want Mario Kart 9!

It looks like a weak selection. Koopa Cape and Daisy Cruiser would be low priority for me. Both were on the 3DS Mario Kart too, so their inclusion makes even less sense, especially with classics like Banshee Boardwalk and Airship Fortress on the side.

@MirrorFate2 what didn’t I get right?

@Narrator1 I apologise if my irony was not spotted. So much abuse was being hurled around at Gameloft a few days ago for what they’re doing with Disney Speedstorm, and people were allowed to do so whilst those who defended it were censored (I expect this will be deleted before you read it too).

I bought Mario Kart 8 on wii u and again on switch, I subscribe to the top tier subscription. I have absolutely no problem with it personally but I do have an issue with people criticising one company and giving another a free pass.

I love speedstorm and I love this and I have no issue with either company or the way they do things (apart from I’d kinda like an MK9 now please) 😂

WOO HOOO PETEY!

...also pretty traumatic tracks in our family. Koopa Cape, my fave from Wii (loved the music). Once played full 32 track tournament with husband, he ragequit after 31 tracks by turning off the mote which shut down Wii and last track would have been Koopa Cape. I didn't speak to him for few days.

(he did apologise and said he didn't realise it was synced and will turn off the console as well)

Daisy Cruiser. When we started dating, we played Double Dash a lot. Let's juts say there was superstar and the swimming pool in that one corner and idk what he was cussing about....

@Sonicka

DDs tracks may not have been amazing, but the co-op was wonderful feature.

Also had Petey. Now we have Petey as well.

@The_Pixel_King happy 50th birthday for next week, sounds like it’ll be a great one!

Saw some wile predictions, but in the end this nice and clean..

daisy cruiser was my fave track on DD (after baby park) so maybe not DD quantinty, but at least quality..

loved koopa cave on the wii (on ml7 less so, but it looks like they fixed the pipes)

and never played vancouver velocity (it doesn't seem to show up that often in tour) so happy to race in the ice rink..

should be a nice one, with the new characters as well...

@Harmonie not that i didn't like mksc back in the day, but how can maerio kart game on a nintendo console be a 'surprise'

btw you did see you can order a super circuit poster now at the my nintendo store?

@CammyUnofficial I'd love Block Fort and the option to turn off the time limit in battle mode... But it'll never happen

@Boston_J a beefed-out Battle Mode wouldn't have gone to waste, even 1 track per dlc wave or like you mentioned, other options. A pity

Only one more chance for my favorite MK course, Airship Fortress DS, to come to the game… please don’t disappoint me Nintendo

@Gamergirl4 You mean Wii Daisy Circuit? It better be on the last wave.

@norwichred Mario Kart 8 DX does not get a free pass, they just do it better. It's easy to understand and straight to the point. Buy the game to get the game, buy or subscribe for the DLC, get the DLC and that's it. Mario Kart 8 DX does not have a laundry list of currencies that each do different things, and Mario Kart 8 DX does not contain gacha lootbox mechanics or FOMO limited time events

Dude, norwichred, you know you can buy the DLC outside of the subscription, right?

You can keep the DLC permanently, that way.

@romanista Well, it's actually simple why it was a bit of a pleasant surprise:
1. Mario Kart had never been on a handheld system.
2. Mario Kart was not exactly a fully established franchise back then. You had the original on the SNES and then Mario Kart 64. Surely that was enough to think that there would hopefully be future titles in the series, but you still only had two titles.

So that's 3 movies, a new wave AND Splatfest. Next week is gonna be busy for me.

@Not_Soos Okay so this is kinda weird but I saw your comments on the Women At Nintendo article but couldn’t respond because they’ve locked that off, but I just wanted to say that your comments were very measured and thoughtful, and I was saddened not only to read your own story but by the awful, awful take that someone else responded to you with, purporting to have been through something similar. I just wanted to say I sympathise with your situation, dude, and thank you for keeping it a civil discussion - something that really couldn’t be said for some of those who were responding to you.

@HamKnight

Hey, thanks so much. I really appreciate that a lot. I know the comment you're referring to, and it definitely was a bit triggering--I wished I had the opportunity to respond before the closure, but perhaps it was for the best as I don't know if my reply would have been quite as level-headed as they had been up to that point, lol. I don't want to stoop to that level, though, so I'm glad I didn't have a chance to say something I would have regretted because that isn't the person I want to be. I think not being so reactionary and making genuine efforts to listen with an open mind is exactly what we need, and I want to embody that as best I can.

Don't feel too sorry for me, as my family has managed to get by. It's funny, I didn't think to mention this in the article on female employment even though it would have been really relevant--but there were times when my father was laid off because of mine closures, or could not work because of back injuries sustained in the mines, so my mom had to step up and be the breadwinner. This included working in a managerial position for several years. She has a strong work ethic, and I'm incredibly proud of her--and thankful for the sacrifices she made (and still makes) for my brother and I. I have a job of my own now and make pretty decent money working from home. I work for my local food stamp office which, sadly, is a booming business in this community. I consider myself to have had a very fortunate upbringing and never had to go without, but the same can't be said for many of the impoverished here in Appalachia.

So I want to speak up on their behalf, and because I used to struggle a lot with depression and suicidal thoughts because of crippling amounts of guilt associated with being a white male. I didn't ask to be born what I am any more than anybody else did. Some may dismiss my feelings as "white male fragility," but mine are as valid as anybody's. I suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder, and as a result, I used to constantly play back conversations in my head with minority friends because I was so paranoid I may have accidentally said a "microaggression" and offended them. I always wanted to be a YouTuber but was so scared of cancel culture and being doxxed/harassed/threatened that I never bothered.

But I spent about a year in therapy and taking meds, and I cope much better now. I started being more vocal about my views on the internet instead of closeting my beliefs from the world. I had to learn to desensitized myself to criticism and internalize that my ideas were, indeed, worth sharing. I've been told far more offensive things than any of the replies I received today, and it can hurt. But I've also found myself shocked and overwhelmed with people like you who have expressed their love and support. It's very encouraging, comforting, and helps me remember my ultimate goal: to bridge the political gap that keeps us so divided. We just need to be willing to earnestly listen with an open heart and put ourselves in another person's shoes--no judgment, no accusing the other party of evil, just listening. If we don't listen to them, why should the other side listen to us?

Society talks about how we should celebrate our differences, but oftentimes, I think we fail to acknowledge just how much of a shared experience we all have as human beings.

Thank you for such a thorough response, I really appreciate that and I think it speaks volumes on your strength of character that you can be so open and honest. And I apologise if my original reply came off as feeling sorry for you, it wasn’t meant that way. I wanted to express a feeling of solidarity. I wish more people, especially online, could take your view of things, regarding having open conversations, listening to each other. I’m also a big believer in not shutting each other down (extremism excepted, of course). Thanks again for taking the time to engage.

@HamKnight Thank you so much. No need to apologize--I wasn't offended in the least! I think it's good to be open and honest about our experiences so we can empathize with one-another and find common ground, which is why I put myself in a vulnerable position by expressing my personal struggles. But I don't want to fall into the victim mentality or do what I do for the sake of attention. That's the only reason I wanted to clarify--it's nothing to do with you, but more of a "me" thing for my own peace of mind, lol. It's taken me a long time to realize that my personal feelings and experiences--even though I'm a straight, white, Christian male--are valid. But that's not to say anyone else's feelings are any less valid, because that's not true. So, I don't want to hog the spotlight or act like I've had it worse than everyone else when I've been tremendously blessed in a myriad of ways. Thank you as well for reaching out and for offering such kind words of support.