Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.5, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Thanks for the heads up on the update. I had forgotten to update since the last one.

Are we now racing with stability?

We're in the final stretch, neck and neck. Mario save some mushrooms for the horses! 🍄 🍄 🍄 🐴

The last update should be either a $30 Player's Choice version of this decade old game or a Complete version for $60 on the cart. Oh sure, every Switch owner owns a copy now, but when parents can't afford a Switch 2 this holiday they could buy their young kid a Switch Lite and MK8DC for the holidays.

Mario Kart and Switch are so stable together like never before.

Meh. Tell me when it upgrades to Mario kart world.

@rjejr That's not an update though, that's either a reissue or remaster. Also, in the current industry state, that wouldn't be feasible, which is why video games have become so expensive lately

MK8D is so stable we ridin' horses next

These last two updates are solely based on an exploit found in time trials for Melody Motorway. It was a truly bizarre thing to pull off and this late into the game it's kinda amazing Nintendo patched it out. It's nice that Nintendo want to protect the time trial leaderboards even at this late stage.

Can we go for a triple whammy of final updates for Mario Kart 8 before Mario Kart World?

@BlaizeV The worst thing about all these patches is that they keep getting the song from that stage stuck in my head... It's just too catchy.

@rjejr Technically there is a complete on cart version with the DLC, but it's 85 and only from MSE (though it still has the ESRB rating)

Still never played the game, is it worth buying ?

@USWITCH64 It's absolutely amazing for single player and multiplayer content, both local and online multiplayer. If you have an active Nintendo Switch Online account you'll also get a ton of bonus DLC tracks on top of all the content which came with the game originally on the WiiU as well as the original Deluxe content which was DLC for the WiiU but included in the base Switch title.

Only issue with buying this game now really is the fact that the price never really goes down too much on physical copies of this, you can see sales online from the eshop where it has dropped to €40 though but can be a while waiting for those.

@Stormcloudlive
"It's absolutely amazing for single player and multiplayer content, both local and online multiplayer. If you have an active Nintendo Switch Online account you'll also get a ton of bonus DLC tracks on top of all the content which came with the game originally on the WiiU as well as the original Deluxe content which was DLC for the WiiU but included in the base Switch title."

(note: "bonus DLC tracks" could be purchased separately from having an "active Nintendo Switch Online account")

@Mario500 oh yeah you can, but I think they cost about the same as a year of NSO, Nintendo are really smart about including stuff which costs a bit with that subscription.

Kinda like how breath of the wild and tears switch 2 patches are included with membership, or cost 20 euro. They just really want people to sub (mit)

@AxleMagnum Looked up MSE and couldn't find it but I suppose it doesn't matter b/c I'm not paying $85 for a 10 year old game I already own anyway. The 48 course pack might be worth $25 to me, and if Nintendo would make it work w/ my Wii U version I might even buy it. But I'm not buying the same game again for $60 to then pay another $25.🤑

@rjejr
MSE is the region btw, but this is where I got mine when it was in stock
It does suck it's the only way to get the full game on cart but that's Nintendo for ya.
They've done the same thing for the mainline Pokemon games too.
https://videogamesplus.ca/products/mario-kart-8-deluxe-with-booster-course-pass-uae-import-nintendo-switch

I would love it so much if this game got a free Switch 2 enhancement increasing the resolution and making 4 player splitscreen run at 60 FPS but it probably won't happen because of Mario Kart World even though I doubt it'll really hurt sales since World is THE system seller. I just know I'll still frequently come back to Mario Kart game even after Mario Kart World came out since their both so different and 8 deluxe has so many tracks too. When I was a kid I'd always go back and foward between Mario Kart Double Dash and Wii as well as 64 occasionally.

@AxleMagnum Yep, I've got this game & it's worth Having Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with Booster Course Pass Wave 1-6 included all on Cartridge.. I'm on the journey of obtaining all Complete on Cartridge "Revised" Switch Games at the moment. Lots of good stuffs out there to find