Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Wave 6 Brings Back Four Returning Characters This Winter

New Funky Mode

MARIO KART 8 DELUXE BOOSTER COURSE PACK WAVE 6 NEW FUNKY MODE

Playable Pauline and a Daisy Circuit map. Great additions!

Out of all tracks, why Daisy Circuit?

But it's cool to see that they actually add more characters than previously planned (if I'm not mistaken)

I wish it did include the base game. An MK8DXDX if you will.

I held out on the switch version because I already have it on Wii U with the DLC but the new DLC had me contemplating my choice.

A physical Deluxe-ier edition would have sealed the deal for me!

Mario Kart Ultimate physical when?

Idk who tf Peachette is. She legit just looks like normal peach to me.

(Saw the package)
That means the DLC are Code in Box ?? 😟

Love Daisy Circuit. Wish we got Wario Colesseum as well

Pauline time! I guess I better buy the DLC eventually ( I have NSO but like to own software).

@Travisemo007 Peachette is Toadette wearing a super crown that makes her look like Peach.

FUNKY LET'S GOOOOO

It’s finally time I got back into Mario Kart 8.

At least we finally get Diddy. If he'd been left out of this game it would have felt very wrong.

I'm surprised but pretty happy about the physical release of the completed DLC. It bothers me to have a physical game, and then substantial DLC releases but have no physical version. The fact they made it separate to the main game and not a "complete" version hopefully means it will be a reasonable price. Although the fact it doesn't have Wave 6 on the kart is super annoying.

@Travisemo007 She's just Toadette's mushroom form from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. She is what Toadette would look like if Toadette grab the super crown (her equivalent to the super mushroom). Nintendo was lazy to give her a unique super mushroom sprite so they just recycle another Peach form for her.

Everyone is here! 😂

@Serpenterror I see. Lazy indeed.

Happy for Diddy and Funky, even Pauline, sad that Dixie was not added. However I prefer Tour, so I will rather enjoy that game while it still available. I have had so much fun over the last 4 years, while I thought 8 Deluxe for boring.

Always did miss Diddy Kong, glad they finally fixed that. And Funky Kong for the other Wii heads!

Odd there's only two slots left but Nintendo gave us four more characters, I'm guessing some characters would share slot.

Nice! With Tour winding down it’s nice to think back to a simpler time when Peachette was my favorite High End Driver!

I would have preferred Poochy since they did a Yoshi’s Island course but I’m still happy.

Have we seen her in biker gear yet!

Would trade Pauline or Peachette for Dixie in a heartbeat but getting more characters than previously indicated is either way pretty neat.

@Serpenterror I remember seeing something about Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach being quietly internally changed to Mario and Peach costumes, so they might remove their individual slots.

Instead of Peachette they could have brought in Dixie Kong, but then people might complain, that Wave 6 has too many DK characters.

Interesting that there are 4 characters here when there are only 2 open slots on the character select screen. I wonder if they’ll do anything else with this game?

Why on Earth are we getting "physical" editions that just aren't physical at all? I'd have loved to own all this on a cartridge

At least the 3 new characters are good choices with the return of Diddy Kong and Funky Kong being great additions and Pauline too

@RareFan I'd rather it be all Kong related then just having Peach again

Peachette over Dixie Kong, deary me.

This cast is now a chef's kiss. Can't ask for anyone else.

Interesting with Pauline and Peachette in the video, looks that they redesign them for this game, because, some "animation jumps" looks slightly different with MK tour, and, also, Pauline uses a Mary Jane's high heels style both artwork and MK tour, but here MK 8, she uses normal high heels

Edit:
XD with the thumbnail of video; Luigi, or he is no happy or he is challenging to the newcomers?!

This huge game will be finally complete with this. It's been a long journey, and it'll have a good place within Nintendo's biggest and most complete games
I wonder if an All-Cup Tour with all the 96 courses would be even possible. Think about the effort people will make sure in finishing in 1st place on everything...

This is great news, I love Pauline! Can't wait to play as her.

Time to scream like Funky Kong on 8 DX !

I’m curious what the character select screen is gonna look like now…

Wow they went all out on the characters this is incredible!!
I think, Daisy Circuit is an odd pick though I wonder what that means for the rest of the wave. It's never as plain sailing as we think it is😂
Hopefully it will pre-December

Edit: Just rewatched the trailer and Funky Kong retains his old voice lines! I have a huge grin on my face right now.

There's more characters than you can throw a fire ball at!

Physical edition of DLC? 🤣 How do you plug in two game cards at once. 😛

Pauline? That goddess is in this? Now I have to buy this pack.

Is it too late to swap out the peach clone for Dixie and rename it to wave kong instead?

Four characters? Sweet. Wonder what other courses we'll get.

Certainly they could've thought of someone better than Peachette? We've already got Peach, Baby Peach, Cat Peach, Pink Gold Peach, and now Peachette which is, let's be honest, just Peach again. How about some variety? What about a character we've never ever had before? Like Wart or Tingle or something?

This is just like The Simpsons episode with the "new" Malibu Stacy, it's yet another Peach "but she's got a new hat!"

@RareFan “DK is the Fire Emblem of Mario Kart 8”

Gutted that it's Peachette they decided to introduce from Tour. Should have been Poochy!

Now this one was neat, though I thought for sure that Dixie Kong would be there alongside Diddy and Funky Kong. Happy about Pauline and Peachette though.

@HalBailman there were Sega games for the system that had 2 games on 1 card

@KramersMrMarbles Peachette isn't Peach, but Toadette + super crown.

Last chance for Wario Colosseum.

I also would like Mushroom Bridge, my favorite course in the whole MK series.

@RareFan Diddy Kong was the first offender. He was never part of Super Mario Bros. series until Double Dash. I really dislike all these "non Mario" characters on Mario Kart.

I hope that in the next they go back to the roots, justi like Breath of the Wild did.

Diddy Kong will return to being my main. I have missed him from the Wii era. Thank heaven. Pauline and Funky are very good character additions too. Like someone else said, I would have preferred Poochy to Peachette but one can't have everything, lol.

Well, still rather disappointed that we didn't get any more guest characters or courses from other Nintendo IPs (Or Pacman from MK Arcade), but this'll do nicely I suppose.

Diddy, Funky and Pauline is great, I was just expecting Diddy and Pauline. Great way to end the booster course.

Why Peachette? Sure there must be another racer they could've added instead? Other than that, very excited! Mk8 DLC has been great imo.

@Tirza
To be honest, I prefer characters such as Link, Pauline, Diddy, and Funky over all of these alternative versions of Mario characters. I mean, look what most of the roster was, before the guest characters arrived. Baby, Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, Baby Rosalina, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach (literary, the worst character they have created) Toonki Mario, Cat Peach, Peachette now.

Personally, I would not mind, if the next Mario has mostly guest characters, such as King K. Rool, Zelda, Olimar, The Star Fox Crew, Captain Falcon, or even third party guest such as Banjo or Conker.

@samuelvictor This is just a digital edition with extra's. In Japan there will be a physical edition of MK8D + Booster Course Pass. But it will only have the first 5 waves on the cartridge.

Now this is an impressive character drop, some requested characters and unexpected characters. I called it for Diddy, that's all I've been asking for and they saved the best for last-- I just hope that he's a lightweight as Toad, Shy Guy, and Larry Koopa are the main characters
I use.

Very happy to see both Funky Kong and Pauline make the cut.

@Yosti Ah that sucks that it doesn't include a cartridge - it was worded in such a way that made me think it would, and only Wave 6 would need to be downloaded. Guess I'll import that Japanese version then!

@Agent_P Correct me if I'm wrong, here we're talking about 1 game on 2 cards.
"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's DLC is also getting a physical edition, which doesn't include the base game."
As far as I know, you can't swap cards during play.

@samuelvictor I was disappointed too And later watched the Japanese Direct. I don't know if I will import the Japanese version. In theory there could be a cartridge revision of the Japanese version when there is a reprint which could have all the updates on the cartridge. It would be much more interesting if all the 6 waves are on the cartridge.

another skybox ruined. also not a fan of the characters at all besides funky. no monty, rob or vampire waluigi so Im a bit sad over this trailer.

@Yosti Yes agreed, maybe I should wait. Good idea!

@Tirza What but Diddy and the DKC crew were part of the Mario universe. Of course they would fit in perfectly for any Mario Kart game. Just cause Rare created them doesn't mean they aren't part of the same universe. Diddy had appeared in more non-Rare games than the Rare developed ones.

This is what I'm wondering, we only had two new character slots left, but instead they gave us 4 new characters so that would mean they are adding another character row so that would mean we now have 4 more mystery characters. At least that's how it seems anyway, i could be wrong.

I have been thinking how convenient it would be for a bigger Switch sequel to have more than one card slot. But it would also enable a card for DLC which would increase the resale value of the base game after the eshop inevitably closes.

@Travisemo007 is a tranformation for New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, when Toadette get a certain item and turn into this

@Serpenterror Donkey Kong, yes.
Diddy Kong, no. He first appeared in DK Country.

@mariomaster96 Yeah, I wanted Mario Circuit Wii. The music is so memorable.

@Serpenterror Uh, it seems to me that remodeling Peach for Toadette's super form would be harder than just enlarging Toadette.

@SeantheDon29 I'll die the day they put in 3rd party characters in a mainline Mario Kart.

LET ZELDA DRIVE YOU COWARDS.

Still super stoked.

@HalBailman Sonic Forces & Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz released as a 2 games in 1 card bundle

@Agent_P Good to know. Except here we are talking about one game on two cards. I'll repeat the quote a second time:
"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's DLC is also getting a physical edition, which doesn't include the base game."

@samuelvictor it's still a download code. So it's not really a physical release.

@TheBlayman Yes someone else pointed that out, its a real shame. Apparently there will be a proper physical release in Japan.

@samuelvictor most likely there will be a physical release with everything once BCP2 is completed. 😉

@Tasuki Christmas 2025 😂

@TheBlayman lol if that happens, that will be amazing!