New tracks are finally back in Mario Kart 8, with Wave 2 from the Booster Track Pass. Finally, one of the best tracks of all time returns.
Update from 08/04/2022: Today the traffic light is green! The fresh asphalt is inaugurated, the new tracks for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are launched. Anyone looking at the Nintendo eShop now has to be put off, because wave 2 of the booster route pass has not yet been activated. The routes of the DLC pack will celebrate their release later today, you can read more about this in our article on the Release time of the new tracks of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Update from 07/28/2022: The leak may have been wrong for a release this week, but Nintendo has finally nailed it. The developer and publisher released a new Booster Course Pass video on YouTube today, revealing the new tracks for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Even the date for the release is already set: the new courses will be available on August 4th, 2022.
These routes are included: A total of eight tracks are freshly added to Mario Kart 8. One of them is completely new, the others are from previous installments in the series, such as Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart DS and the mobile game Mario Kart Tour. These eight tracks will become available in Kart Racer on August 4th:
- Sky-High Sundae (NEU)
- Kalimari Desert (N64)
- Mario Circuit 3 (SNES)
- Mushroom Gorge (WII)
- Sydney Sprint (MK TOUR)
- Waluigi Pinball (DS)
- Snow Land (GBA)
- New York Minute (MK TOUR)
Two real fan favorites come into play in the new DLC for Mario Kart 8. Mushroom Gorge is an absolutely iconic track from Mario Kart Wii and caused big eyes at the time with crazy shortcuts in speed running. In addition, the track with its many jumps over giant mushrooms is great fun. But the absolute highlight is the return of Waluigi Pinball. The track not only had a fantastic design in the original Nintendo DS, it is still one of the best tracks in the history of Mario Kart.
Mario Kart 8: New tracks this week? Leak announces DLC release
First report from 07/20/2022: Kyoto, Japan – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is on the Nintendo Switch an absolute hit. With over 50 million units sold, the title is still ahead Pokémon one of the best-selling games for Nintendo’s hybrid console. Although the title originally came out for the WiiU back in 2014, it wasn’t until the Switch that it really sold well. Eight years have passed since the release of the original game. Nevertheless, it took until March of this year before new routes were finally added with the “Booster route pass”. However, it was not known when the next update with the new eight courses would appear. At least until now.
| name of the game | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
| Release | 29. April 2017 |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| developer | Nintendo EAD |
| platform | Nintendo Switch |
| Genre | arcade racing game |
Mario Kart 8: The new routes could not be long in coming
When are the new DLC tracks coming? Since the first DLC courses were released in March, things have been rather quiet about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. However, Nintendo stated in advance that they want to publish all 48 new routes in individual updates by the end of 2023. The unveiling of the new courses can not be long in coming. Now new information has emerged that should narrow the release date closer.
Where does the information come from? The DLC was promoted in an official advertisement of the Japanese department store “7-11”, which was photographed. However, this was published in March, which is why it seemed suspicious for Nintendo to switch to expensive again for such a short time. In addition, the advertisement should apparently disappear again on July 17th. The fans are therefore speculating on an announcement.
The rumor circulated on Twitter that the new tracks for Mario Kart should be announced later this week. Specifically, Wednesday, July 20 at 3:00 p.m. was spoken of. However, no announcement has been made so far. Should anything change, this article will be updated regularly.
Mario Kart 8: The first wave of new tracks appeared in March
How have the previous routes been received? Even if the fans were happy about the new courses, the first routes were not only well received. In fact, some of the circuits are taken from Mario Kart Tour, the mobile game for smartphones, whose tracks are far less elaborate, detailed and creative.
A clear qualitative difference between the design of the original Mario Kart 8 tracks and the courses that were subsequently submitted via DLC was clearly visible. However, the new courses are a paid DLC. For around €25, the game will be expanded to include 48 new tracks. A user on TikTok recently took it a little too seriously. Without further ado, he prepared his MX-5 zoom Mario-Kart-Mazda and gave the sports car a Nintendo Wii steering wheel, as reported by 24auto.de.
Some fans were annoyed that the routes from the free game “Mario Kart Tour”, which were supposedly produced “cheaper”, were sold again for money. Still, the new tracks are a significant content update. In the end, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a proud 96 slopes on which you can make life difficult for your friends with bananas and blue tanks. What new Courses with the DLC in Mario Kart 8 have found their way so farwe tell you in our overview.