Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 Speeds Onto Switch Next Week

Great finisher. Some fan demanded tracks, piranha plan cove is apparently a really good tour track too.

Also new Mii Racing suits and a jukebox feature

Rainbow Road, DK Mountain, and Rosalina's Ice World all look fantastic! Interested to try out Piranha Plant Cove as well. This looks like a pretty strong wave to end things off on.

Sad we're not getting Piranha Plant Pipeline or GBA Luigi Circuit but oh well, glad we still having great tracks.

Yes, DK Mountain is an amazing track
But I'm still waiting for the day Wario Colosseum finally returns

no Airship Fortress...

A bit sad there's no toad factory, however WHAT A LINEUP!!! SO excited!

Pound for pound, this pass is a solid contender for best value dlc ever.

Too bad we're not getting any of the two Wuhu Island tracks from 7, but these look like decent picks all around.

DK Mountain! That's all I wanted and I'm so glad it's finally here 🥹

@Uncle_Franklin i was hoping for a New Donk City level.

Good selection of courses, but of course they give the miis more costumes and not the characters people actually care about.

That's the only real complaint I have though, as the Booster Course Pass otherwise is excellent value and most of what it brought is just great and I love it. Looking forward to completing the DLC next week! 👍

@Uncle_Franklin I was holding out hope! 😭 Maybe in Mario Kart 9.

Great tracks! I don't understand why I feel so sad though...🥲

They're also adding Daisy as a Mii costume but you'll need her amiibo to use it!

Even though I was a PPP/Dino Dino Jungle supporter, there's no denying that this is a fantastic selection to round off the BCP which I must say has been a fun and wild ride.
And we finally have another Bowser's Castle in 8 after nearly a decade wooo!!

All I ever wanted was GCN Dino Dino Jungle . But GCN DK Mountain was the next best option in my wishlist. Happy overall

Overall the Booster Course Pass is great and adds a ton of value and replayability to MK8 Deluxe. That said, I personally feel that MK Tour tracks were WAY overrepresented and most of them thematically didn't fit in with the "regular" ones. I realize that there were always going to be some favorites that didn't make the cut, but I hate that deserving tracks like Dino Dino Jungle got shelved in favor of those, honestly.

Another feature that would have been greatly appreciated would have been a custom Cup builder for local multi-player matches; with 96 tracks to choose from it would have made for some truly epic parties with family and friends.

And with that, the life of a 10 years old game ends (hopefully). This game is so, so enormous, and this is an excellent end to an excellent (albeit flawed) DLC.

Also, the other features are nice additions, especially the jukebox. I love it when any game has a jukebox feature. I will certainly be using it a lot.

It's a shame that we didn't get all of the Rainbow Road tracks in the end, would've loved them to release the Double Dash Rainbow Road.

Hopefully the Mario Kart team are working on tracks for the next game on the Switch 2, these copy and paste tracks are fine as a diversion, but are just not the quality of the original Wii U DLC.

Nothing wrong with them for a diversion and entertainment point of view, but still.....

They finally added a retro Bowser's Castle track!

@JimNorman You should write a feature ranking the best Mario Kart circuits NOT in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

The end of an era! Good to see the last courses drop

I remember that mountain from Double Dash!

that one was a classic

A very good wave though surprising to see Piranha Plant Pipeline missing. It gives me the impression that while the Booster Course Pass is over, it's not the end of MK8 (e.g. BCP2 and/or a Switch 2 port happens).

I hope that Nintendo does an amiibo restock this holiday season for those who want the Daisy Mii outfit. The Mario line amiibo released in 2016 and the Smash line amiibo released in 2019 which are both a long time ago.

I'm excited, but the overabundance of ice and snow tracks with this DLC seriously annoyed me. Especially knowing that Pihranna Plant Pipeline is now stuck on mobile, but Rosalina's Ice World got in.

Nice to see Rosalina's Ice World again, hopefully this final update fix that bug in Sunset Wilds. Also I like how Peachette (not Bowser Jr.) is part of the Koopalings group at the fighter selection screen while Bowser Jr. is part of the villains group.

Bowser Castle from Super Mario Kart is my favorite course in the history of all Super Mario Kart! I kept thinking it'd be great but never imagined they'd actually release it. I'm beyond excited!

Now, maybe they'd get on board with releasing all of the courses from previous games in a self-contained DLC pack. I'd buy the SNES Super Mario Kart track DLC in exactly 1/100th of a second!

@Broosh
Likewise mate.
One of my favourite tracks of all time.

I really wish they would port over all of the Tour content already. It stopped getting new content, which means it's going to die forever soon enough. Would be nice to have all of its new characters and at least some costumes immortalized.

@darkswabber After playing all these new courses, I'll believe there's such a thing as a good Tour course when I see it.

Hyped for Bowser Castle!!! Shame this is the last pack but how anybody could complain about MK8 having this many courses now I'll never know.

Am I the only one who expected one glorious all-new track, to finish it all off? I was certain they were going to do something crazy.

@RR529 I would’ve liked those and the rainbow road from DS which is IMO the best rainbow road and most unique

Was surprised to see that Pauline and Peachette get unique biker outfits, when Peach, Daisy and Rosalina's are basically just recolours

Just in time for my week off work 🙂 this is the last wave isn’t it?

Super excited! I love how they snuck-in the Mii Suits. The Mii is one of my favorite characters because of the suits.

Good but not great selection. DK Jungle feels redundant after DK Summit. No new tracks, no Wario Colusseum. Wii Rainbow Road is great, though, and SNES Bowser Castle 3 is exciting.

@Fizza Your birthday is on the 5th too? Nice

Not a great fan of 3DS Rosalina and GCN DK, but the rest of the courses are awesome! The new Mii costumes are a nice adition too. This is a great way to close the MK8D chapter 🥹.

That rainbow road remix sounds ICE COLD BABY

These look great and everything, but man, if Nintendo isn't planning on doing a second Booster Course Pass, I really hope the next Mario Kart game is the equivalent of "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" and compiles pretty much every track in the franchise's history.

Still so many great courses that were excluded from the Booster Course Pass: Airship Fortress, Luigi's Mansion, Banshee Boardwalk, Dino Dino Jungle, Bowser Castle N64, Shy Guy Bazaar, Wuhu Loop... I could go on, but those 8 in particular I would consider must-haves for me personally.

Still, what we're getting here looks great, and they're continuing the trend of making each wave look graphically better than the last. I think we've finally gotten to the point where the tracks are looking on par with the base game. The textures in Rome Avanti and Paranha Plant Cove are insane.

The fact they didn't bring back the last new track from Tour, Piranha Plant Pipeline, is so bizarre, though. I know it would have been strange to have two Piranha Plant tracks in the same wave, but excluding it entirely makes me hopeful that we aren't done with Mario Kart content.

Either way, I can't wait till next week! And in the meanwhile, I'll have WarioWare to keep me busy, and then Super Mario RPG shortly thereafter! This is gonna be a good month...

Edit: Something else strange about this is that in the first wave, Coconut Mall literally had signs advertising Dino Dino Jungle and Vanilla Lake! Plus, datamines have suggested that we were supposed to have gotten two GameCube tracks this wave, but one was cut in favor of Rosalina's Ice World. So, is it really over? Or does Nintendo have bigger plans...?

Can't wait to race against my kids when this finally lands on my sweet Switch

I like the racing suit designs for Pauline and Peachette when they’re on bikes/quads

@Dr_Corndog Uhm, how so? They're different tracks, just with similar DK jungle theming. Using that logic, wouldn't Rainbow Road be redundant now? There's now going to be 5 Rainbow Roads in the game.

Happy to see SNES Bowser castle 3! I liked how tour approached it; glad to finally able to play it for the first time!

Solid tracks too; can't believe it's over. I wonder when the next MK is going to come.

@Not_Soos Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The trees and bushes are still lacking, but everything else is pretty close to the base game. Also it is now a bit jarring going from wave 1(easily the ugliest of the bunch) to these later waves.

@HaileySheridon Mario Kart Ultimate.

Nice. Still gonna enjoy this game to its fullest until a mk9 is released. Nintendo has done a great job with mk8 😊

@HaileySheridon
A new diddy kong racing and a DK 3D game on release of the switch 2 would be great.

Wii Rainbow Road is one of my all time favorite MK tracks.

I'm very happy to see DK Mountain return. It's one of my all time favorites. And no one expected Rosalina's World to return. What a shocker.

Clearly what they'll do next is push the 8 on its side and call the next game: "Mario Kart Infinity", and it'll have ALL the tracks, characters, outfits, battle modes etc.

DK Mountain is one of my favourite tracks from my favourite Mario Kart. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is also my favourite Mario Kart.

This will be fun, because I missed most waves.

Pauline heavy? Didn’t expect that tbh 😬

@vio Both are mostly downhill tracks with a cannon just past the starting line. Both have similar hairpins around crevasses, too.

LETS GO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Looking forward to holiday 2026 when I can buy a Switch 2 bundled w/ MK8D Complete for the holidays. 👍

Uuuuugggghhh, Diddy is medium... Meh. Might be the only exception I make for a medium weight. If I look at the bright side, might be a good time to break back out my medium weight Mii-- It's been years.

@NintendoWife Are you a tour player? Because Bowsers track is so updated it might have well ben new! And the Piranha track is amazing and the non city track new one basically.

Oh I'm bummed out by Rosalinas track. Literally one of my least favourite tracks ever. I think in it's mainly the music? And it feels so long!! Like end already!

But I'm hoping some of you are crazy happy with it! That always makes me feel better when they added another dud! 😂😁🤎

while not my fav track, my highest tour score was playing rosalinas ice world so I was kinda hoping itd get in.

No Piranha Plant Pipeline leaves me deeply devastated

@Twilite9 Sydney Sprint is in Oceania lol

Wrong rainbow road. Should've been the DS one

This has been fantastic. Literally a whole new title's worth of tracks, and most of them are really good. The new characters are great too. Just wish they had brought DK Jr. back. Poor guy.

And I wish they had given us the option to keep steer assist off by default. It's so annoying to explain to friends how to make sure it's off. Also, new battle courses would have been nice.

But all in all, for a decadeish old game, it truly has been a gift that keeps giving.

Pretty good lineup overall. Are there any tracks from Tour missing from MK 8?

I just wish Wario Collosseum was included. My favorite track from MKDD and It could be a blast on anti-gravity. Too bad it's never been remastered.

@Twilite9 I was positive we would see Rio, Cairo and Dubai at the very least. And maybe Johannesburg and New Dehli.

I saw my first Santa hat on a bonce yesterday. The Christmas muzak started today at work. Double if not triple offside (Halloween, Bonfire Night & Thanksgiving).

This, however, I can get behind like it’s the Eagles on 4th & 1. #TushPush

@mariomaster96 such a great track, probably top 3 for me, I was hopeful that it would be included in the booster pack... maybe for MK9, that and N64 rainbow road with the three full laps

@HaileySheridon i believe in the big guy he'll get his chance to fight another day i know it

I wish that Booster Course pack was a physical copy, I’d buy it in a heartbeat if it was. The hated “NO GAME INCLUDED” makes it worthless. 😢

Is no one sad that there's no original new track featured? I for sure am.

I was hoping for N64 Wario Stadium

Very nice lineup. SNES Bowser's Castle, Wii Rainbow Road, DK Mountain and Rosalina's Ice world are all excellent additions.

@NintendoWife I don’t know if it would be a crazy new track, but I was hoping for a New Donk City track. 😊

…or a Mario Wonder crazy course!

@HaileySheridon Well we know there's the DK expansion to Super Nintendo World next year. Would be kind of meaningless having that expansion if they're not doing a DK game.

I am not sure how Pauline would feel being added to the "heavy class", if she was a real petson of course.

GCN DK Mountain is one of my favorites! I'm so excited to see it!

So that will be all? That will mark the end of this ambitious road.
I wonder who would be insane enough to do a 3-star All-Star challenge on all of these courses, Nintendo could've included an option to make that a special VS. mode.

I'm looking forward to the new tracks, also I can't wait to play as Diddy Kong. Just one more week to go, on the wife's birthday no less.

I was really hoping for Delfino Square from DS and Shy Guy Bazaar from 3DS. but all in all, I’m more than happy with all the added 48 courses! great job Nintendo!

Holy cow, they actually didn't remake a GBA title for this wave! But why are we getting SNES Bowser Castle 3 and not 3DS Bowser Castle? But I am so happy that Rosalina's Ice World was the last one they showed. Truly a perfect ending.

@Uncle_Franklin That’s my favorite track in all of Mario Kart. The only track I’ve been actively asking for. Love the dlc but can’t help being immensely disappointed as well

@Darthmoogle

we gave them one job.
well, that and making the entire game.

i’d be cool if they release a complete edition for Mario Kart 8 as I would definitely double dip on this game. Otherwise, not really wanting to pick up all boosters minus one physical pack

Oh boy, more Tour courses! They're all nasty in one way or another. Who would have thought that the most confusing tracks would be ones based on Europeans cities?
Answer: anyone who tried to drive through their real life city centres during rush hour, obviously

I guess i would buy a physical Release with all that Stuff in it.
Haven't seen a Reason to buy the Game yet again, since i have the Wii U Version.

so that settles it then,
Yoshi's Island is the best track in Mario Kart 8.

A good selection to finish off, but I'm still surprised they haven't added any way of creating custom track playlists like they did with the item selection, just so I could turn off all the mediocre tour tracks...

Finally, we can start to look forward to a brand new game after all this time. 8 is good and all, but having a decade of the same game when we would typically get a proper new mario kart every 3ish years has been tiring to say the least.

As for the last wave, wii rainbow road is awesome, rest is alright. Will enjoy for a week then forget they even exist, much like every other wave in this dlc.

One day I'll get to race on Double Dash's Wario Colosseum again, one day...

It looks a decent set of tracks. It's the previous wave that was a disaster and the reason I'm fuming we never got Banshee Boardwalk and Airship Fortress anywhere. Especially Banshee Boardwalk, it's a classic. Instead we got boring Daisy Cruiser and Koopa Cape again. They were in MK7 and we didn't need to see them a third time.

@Stew Because Bowser Castle 3 was already in Tour, 3DS Bowser Castle was not. They've been doing this since through the entire BCP to reduce the workload in bringing the tracks to MK 8.

@vio 3DS Bowser Castle is in Tour, they did an entire tour for it.

@Uncle_Franklin This is a tragedy. Easily one of the best courses from the DS. Along with Bowser's Castle

@Stew Oh really? I don't know then.. Maybe they did a coin flip and SNES won LOL.

Not going to moan about any of it. DLC has been super, and I personally enjoy the Tour tracks.

Nice, Rainbow road on the Wii is a good one.