Apart from Splatoon 3, Nintendo has rolled out a brand new update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe today. Yes, after several months of silence, Version 3.0.3 is now available to download.
On face value, this update doesn't mention much. According to Nintendo's official patch notes, "issues" have been resolved to improve the gameplay. This update has also seen the game jump from Version 3.0.1 to 3.0.3!
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Ver. 3.0.3 (Released September 11, 2024)
General
- Several issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.
Dataminer 'OatmealDome' has shed some light on what exactly is going on behind the scenes in this latest update. It seems it's tied to "a security flaw in the game's netcode":
"The version 3.0.3 update fixes a security flaw in the game's netcode. Only a few lines of the code were modified (appears to be a fix for a buffer overflow). There were no changes to the graphics, sounds, game balance, etc."
Nintendo previously rolled out its final wave of DLC for the game in November last year, boosting the total amount of tracks to 96. More characters were also added to the roster in these updates.
Have you downloaded Version 3.0.3 yet? Notice anything else? Let us know in the comments.
[source en-americas-support.nintendo.com]
Comments 40
That's an even more generic update than "stability" 😆
wow I JUST bought the physical edition with version 3.0.1 on cartridge.
I had the complete Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for all of four days.
I hate this for me!
They're never fixing the Wave 6 minimaps, are they
cuddles Mario Kart Wii disc
Never change. 🥰
smooch
If no multiple “seasons” for GBA Sunset Wilds, like the “Animal Crossing” course, then this update is pointless.
They already have appropriate skyboxes in the game already, that would be comparable to the original GBA release.
“Animal Crossing’s” autumn, magenta skybox for lap 2, and GCN Waluigi Stadium’s purple skybox for lap 3.
It’s insane that some random nobody on the internet can think up a solution that makes sense, and would work, yet the actual company who made this game, can’t seem to do so for whatever reason…
No more blue shells then. Gotcha.
@LadyCharlie As someone who's played 3.0.1 pretty much daily since it came out... you can't be missing much, the game is bug free.
As much as we like to joke about Nintendo and stability concerning their software and hardware updates, it is in all honesty a little irritating how vague their patch notes can be.
Can't they be at least a little more specific about what is actually being fixed/changed? 🤔
@SuperBro64 What's changed is that CTGP-DX no longer functions.
That's it. That's the modus operandi for today's patch. They saw CTGP as a threat to the BCP's sales so they hit the "create ancillary mod incompatibilities" button.
@FrowardCoast440 If that's true then that's unfortunate. I guess they wouldn't want to acknowledge that in the patch notes. The fact that the notes label it as improving the gameplay experience is also rather frustrating...
Stupid me. I was hoping they maybe did something to roll back the absolutely asinine, super overly aggressive item rebalancing they did somewhere around Wave 4 for single player that’s made it absolutely miserable to play anything but online. Nope. If anything, just from a few races, it seems to be somehow worse and more aggressive. Do other people somehow enjoy it just being an endless onslaught of lightning bolts, blue shells, unlimited red shell and green shells that just fall from the sky when there’s no one else around?
Unfortunate if it ends up confirmed to be just to block CTGP-DX as some mentioned, as if that would actually lower the Booster Course Pass sales (not to mention that there are all those like me who have it because of NSO + Expansion Pack and it's just one part of that) considering the setup required to play the former unlike the latter!
@LadyCharlie I'm sure you'll get over the fact that the game you bought just got a little better.
Sunset Wilds fix right? Right? …RIGHT?
I really wish it was possible to create and save your own custom cups.
@BIG3 Why not just play vs mode?
NINTENDO FINALLY OPENING UP MARIOKART9 TO MORE CHARACTERS FOLLOWING SMASH BROS
@SuperBro64 for Nintendo having a highly polished experience they can stand by and control is the "better gameplay experience". They see fan mods as a risk to their brand
I came here just to post: “Hey, I played Mario Kart 8 last night and it felt just a little more stable than yesterday? I’m freaking out — anyone know what’s going on??!”
I love the new Dino Dino Jungle course. Thanks Nintendo
This is why I will never buy a complete all dlc on cart physical because the patches never stop coming.
There's only one update they need to make this game pretty much perfect.
HAVE THE AUTO STEER OFF BY DEFAULT IN MULTI-PLAYER
@scoot So I'm not only me who feels like the game absolutely hates the player? They make a game with perfect gameplay, and they do everything they can to keep you from enjoying it; it's insane!
@scoot Sounds like you just aren't too good at dodging things.
@GoldenBot I'd really appreciate it if you let me in on how to dodge 3 lightnings, 2 blue shells and a ton of green shells launched by a geometry scholar during the same race.
Hi! Please check "New York Minute" track! I can't get the double boxes on top of the double decker bus! AI's have no problem but the system forces me off of the bus before the boxes. This is one of my favorite tracks so Please fix it or tell me what I am doing wrong!
Thanks!
@GoldenBot Get back to me once you've worked on your reading comprehension, my friend. Paradoxically, online play seems pretty balanced. Single player, however, is just an unending barrage of items.
@scoot
"Stupid me."
(suggestion: never refer to thy self as "stupid")
@FrowardCoast440
"What's changed is that CTGP-DX no longer functions.
That's it. That's the modus operandi for today's patch. They saw CTGP as a threat to the BCP's sales so they hit the 'create ancillary mod incompatibilities' button."
(question: "CTGP-DX" and "BCP")
What on earth is “CTGP-DX" and "BCP"?
Oh, just realised Booster Course Pass. Still don’t know the first acronym though.
@LadyCharlie LOL I just did the same, did you import it from Singapore with every DLC etc ?
@Coffee-Waffle Haha, yes I did 🥲
@Picola-Wicola I think it stands for "Custom Track Grand Prix - Deluxe" but anyway, CTGP is the name of several mods for various Mario Karts and the DX one is for 8 Deluxe.
Hey NintendoLife, a great way to go above and beyond would be to explain what a buffer flow does right there in the article!
@Ulysses A buffer, in computer terminology, is memory that holds data being moved from one point of hardware/software to another point. Think of a point where vehicles need to get to. Vehicles legally can not block traffic on a bridge, except under certain circumstances. However, the bridge is wide enough to temporarily hold all the vehicles, while they slowly exit, moving through to the other side, and this process may continue until all the traffic is through. That is essentially a buffer. The part about an overflow error correction refers to how the game programming handles that particular space of memory, the buffer, being full. When a piece of fixed-sized memory is in overflow, it means the program is attempting to store more data in that location. This results in data being lost, or corrupted, unless proper coding is put in a program to compensate for these situations.
@stuntz0rZ : They're still better than base game cartridges as you can use them across multiple consoles without an online check, but sadly, yes, it does seem futile to buy a supposed "complete" cartridge with all of the updates, as even the tiniest of future updates will essentially force you to download the bulk of all updates to date.
I was also this close to finally picking up Switch Sports, and then Nintendo springs basketball upon us, and I'm back to waiting for yet another physical revision. 🤦🏻♂️
@Captain-N Thank you for the explanation! I wonder what could happen when too much data becomes corrupted.
@PikaPhantom Was looking for this comment. I don't know what's more frustrating: the fact that they STILL haven't fixed those ugly mini-maps, or that very few people seem to even notice 😭
An update that kills a mod, wonderful. Now the fans hate Nintendo for it until the modders get it working again. Did the patch skip version 3.0.2 just to go straight to version 3.0.3?
@Ulysses You're welcome. Also, when any amount of data becomes corrupted, it depends on the programming. Usually, if the program can not properly handle the corruption, the game, or computer program will crash. Most of the time, programmers are not able to account for literally every situation that would cause errors. Simultaneously, they would want to make their program, in this case, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as resilient as possible to crashing from errors. Handling of overflow, and/or corruption errors vary between games.
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