Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass
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The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass is a DLC expansion pack for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, announced during the February 2022 Nintendo Direct. The pack includes twelve additional cups, for a total of 48 additional courses (bringing the total number of courses in the game to 96), most of which are remastered versions of courses from other Mario Kart games, including Mario Kart Tour. The courses use their designs from Mario Kart Tour, but with visual improvements and new music arrangements. In addition to the courses, starting with Wave 4's release, the pass also features additional playable characters for the game, which also return from other Mario Kart games. The pass is being released through six waves, with each wave containing eight total courses (divided into two cups of four courses each). All waves are set to be released by the end of 2023. The pack marks the longest gap between the original release of a Super Mario game and the release of its DLC, with the first wave releasing nearly five years after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe did. The pack also makes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe the first Mario Kart game to feature classic courses from games following the original game's release, with Mario Kart Tour and its reappearing courses debuting after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was initially released.
The Booster Course Pass can be purchased on its own, but it is also included in a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription,[1] as well as in the digital-only Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass).[2] In Hong Kong, activation codes for the Booster Course Pass are additionally distributed in physical Nintendo Switch game cases, though buyers must own a copy of the base game to be able to use a code.[3] The first wave of the DLC was made available to pre-load on March 15, 2022, and was released on March 18, 2022. In mainland China for the Tencent release, waves release later than they do internationally, with the pack set to completely release by the end of 2024 rather than 2023.[4] If the player has purchased the Booster Course Pass or currently has a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, a small icon of a Super Star can be seen next to the version number on the game's title screen.
The courses shown in the key artwork use official screenshots and in-game course icons from Mario Kart Tour. Some screenshots of the courses show Paris Promenade and Paris Promenade 3 with barrier fences from that game, as well as an official screenshot of the ninja Shy Guys in Ninja Hideaway, which originated from the 2021 Ninja Tour's in-game preview. Prior to Wave 1's release, the infographic showing all of the known courses across all six waves also used Mario Kart Tour screenshots. However, in the launch trailer for Wave 1 posted following its release, the infographic was updated to use in-game screenshots from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for all courses, which the release trailers for future waves would follow as well.
Several minor adjustments to the courses in Wave 1 were made upon the release of Wave 2, such as their course icons being slightly brighter, and the sand and dirt on some courses now leaving tire marks. Additionally, the final car section in Wii Coconut Mall was adjusted, making the cars serve as hazards and move sporadically in random directions (except for in Time Trials, in which they remain stationary as they were originally).
Content
Courses
Each of the six waves features two cups, each with four courses, for eight courses per wave.[1] As of the fourth wave, there is one course each from Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, two courses from Mario Kart 64, three courses from Mario Kart 7, four courses each from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart Wii, eleven courses from Mario Kart Tour, and two new courses. Excluding the Tour courses, DS Shroom Ridge and GBA Snow Land are currently the only classic courses in the Booster Course Pass that had not previously appeared as classic courses in other games, while Sky-High Sundae and Yoshi's Island are currently the only courses to make their series debut in the pass.
Ninja Hideaway and Merry Mountain lack the "Tour" prefix, despite both debuting in Mario Kart Tour. Furthermore, despite making their debuts in the Booster Course Pass, Sky-High Sundae and Yoshi's Island are labeled and marketed as new courses in both the pass and Mario Kart Tour. In the Tencent release of the DLC in mainland China, all courses from Mario Kart Tour lack the "Tour" prefix, likely due to Mario Kart Tour's unavailability from app distribution platforms in mainland China.
In the British English version of the pass, 3DS Rock Rock Mountain and Wii DK Summit are known as 3DS Alpine Pass and Wii DK's Snowboard Cross respectively, as was the case in the British English versions of their original appearances. However, courses that had different names between European French and Canadian French in previous games instead use their European French names in the pass in both versions.
| Wave 1 Released on March 18, 2022  September 26, 2022
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Wave 2 Released on August 4, 2022 September 26, 2022
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Wave 3 Released on December 7, 2022 December 21, 2022
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 Golden Dash Cup |
 Lucky Cat Cup |
 Turnip Cup |
 Propeller Cup |
 Rock Cup |
 Moon Cup |
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 Fruit Cup |
 Boomerang Cup |
File:MK8D BCP Feather Emblem.jpg Feather Cup |
File:MK8D BCP Cherry Emblem.jpg Cherry Cup |
File:MK8D BCP Acorn Emblem.jpg Acorn Cup |
File:MK8D BCP Spiny Emblem.jpg Spiny Cup |
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Characters
Starting in Wave 4, additional playable characters were also added in the Booster Course Pass in addition to the courses, with more returning characters set to be included after Wave 4.[5][6]
Wave 4
Birdo - Birdo returns as the sole playable character included in Wave 4.[7] Similarly to Yoshi and Shy Guy, Birdo has nine different colors. She is a medium weight driver and has identical statistics to Peach, Daisy, and Yoshi. Birdo's alternate colors are named after the Mario Kart Tour variants, taking the form of "Birdo (color)" as opposed to "color Birdo", which Yoshi and Shy Guy's color variations use. Additionally, Birdo's model, icons, and some animations are taken from Mario Kart Tour. Birdo's horn sound resembles the sound she makes when spitting out an egg in Super Mario Bros. 2.
- Alternate colors:
- Alternate colors:
Waves 5 and 6
The character select screen features five additional slots for extra characters, indicating that the pass will add at least six characters. The characters that occupy these slots will be revealed at later dates.
Pricing
| Region | Cost |
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| Japan | ¥2,500 |
| United States | US$24.99 |
| Canada | Can$32.99 |
| Brazil | R$128.00[8] |
| Mexico | Mex$593.00[9] |
| United Kingdom | £22.49[10] |
| Eurozone | €24.99[10] |
| Switzerland | CHF 35[11] |
| Russia | ₽2075[12] |
| Israel | ₪89[13] |
| Australia | A$37.50[14] |
| New Zealand | NZ$41.25[14] |
| South Africa | R450.00[15] |
| South Korea | ₩25,000[16] |
| Hong Kong | HK$169[17] |
| China | ¥119 RMB[4] |
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Content
All currently revealed courses in the Booster Course Pass
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Wave 1
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Wave 2
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Wave 3
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Wave 4
Logo
English logo
European French logo
Canadian French logo
German logo
Spanish logo
Italian logo
Dutch logo
Portuguese logo
Russian logo
Japanese logo
Korean logo
Traditional Chinese logo
Simplified Chinese logo
Artwork
Artwork of Mario
Artwork of Luigi
Artwork of Peach
Key artwork
Key artwork
Promotional image for Wave 3, featuring Merry Mountain
Banner for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass)
Box art
Traditional Chinese box art (front)
Other
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Booster Course Pass cup selection screen
The Wave 1 course icons at initial release (left) and after version 2.1.0 (right)
Play Nintendo
Graduation card
Internal content
An alternate version of the key artwork exists in the game's files as of version 2.0.0, showing several currently unreleased courses. As with the official artwork, this banner uses official screenshots and in-game course icons from Mario Kart Tour, including icons for trick and reverse/trick variants. Several courses included in the pass appeared in this banner before their official announcements, including Sky-High Sundae, GCN Waluigi Stadium, Wii DK Summit, and several Tour city courses (notably including Tour Amsterdam Drift and Tour Bangkok Rush before their official reveals for Mario Kart Tour[18]), though the SNES Mario Circuit art used within it is that of SNES Mario Circuit 1, rather than SNES Mario Circuit 3, which appears in the pass. Wii Koopa Cape and GBA Sunset Wilds can also be identified in the banner, suggesting that they are or were planned to be featured in the pass at some point.[19]
In the game's internal data in version 2.0.0, many upcoming course slots were each designated a prefix. Across waves 2-6, "SNES" (denoting a Super Mario Kart course) was allocated to two courses, "N64" (Mario Kart 64) to one course, "GBA" (Mario Kart: Super Circuit) to four courses, "GCN" (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) to four, "DS" (Mario Kart DS) to three, "Wii" (Mario Kart Wii) to five, "3DS" (Mario Kart 7) to two, and "Tour" (Mario Kart Tour) to twelve, in addition to seven courses without a prefix.[20] The prefixes, which matched the courses in Wave 2, were removed in version 2.1.0 with that wave's release; however, the lineups of Waves 3 and 4 were slightly different, with several prefixes changing positions within the respective waves, and Wii Maple Treeway appearing in place of a planned GCN course in Wave 3.
In version 2.1.0, snippets of musical remakes for many unreleased courses were added to the game's files, including GBA Sunset Wilds, GCN Waluigi Stadium, all of Mario Kart Tour's new courses up to Tour Bangkok Rush, and every course that would go on to be featured in Wave 3.[21] These music snippets all corresponded to the course order dictated by the then-removed unused prefixes; the snippets were removed with Wave 3's release in version 2.2.0.[22] The filenames for several of these music snippets indicate that several courses were moved between waves before their release, such as GCN Waluigi Stadium and Wii Maple Treeway originally being planned for Waves 3 and 6 respectively, and Tour Los Angeles Laps and Tour Bangkok Rush originally being planned for Waves 4 and 5 respectively.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マリオカート8 デラックス コース追加パス Mario Kāto 8 Derakkusu Kōsu Tsuika Pasu |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Additional Course Pass |
| Chinese (simplified) | 马力欧卡丁车8 豪华版 新增赛道通行证 Mǎlìōu Kǎdīngchē 8 Háohuábǎn Xīnzēng Sàidào Tōngxíngzhèng |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Additional Course Pass |
| Chinese (traditional) | 瑪利歐賽車8 豪華版 新增賽道通行證 Mǎlìōu Sàichē 8 Háohuábǎn Xīnzēng Sàidào Tōngxíngzhèng |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Additional Course Pass |
| Dutch | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Circuit-uitbreidingspas |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Circuit Expansion Pass |
| German | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster-Streckenpass |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass |
| Italian | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Pass percorsi aggiuntivi |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Additional Courses Pass |
| Korean | 마리오 카트 8 디럭스 - 부스터 코스 패스 Mario Kateu 8 Dileogseu - Buseuteo Koseu Paeseu |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass |
| Portuguese | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Passe de pistas adicionais |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Additional Courses Pass |
| Russian | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Талон на дополнительные трассы Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Talon na dopolnitelnyye trassy |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Additional Tracks Ticket |
| Spanish | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Pase de pistas extras |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Extra Courses Pass |
Trivia
- The official North American webpage for the pass has had numerous errors over time:
- The pass was once briefly referred to as the "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pack" on the site.[23]
- DS Shroom Ridge was once briefly labeled as a 3DS course instead of DS.[24]
- Following the full reveal of Wave 3 and until its release, the website erroneously stated that Wave 3 would be available on December 7, 2023 rather than 2022.[25]
- Similarly, the British Nintendo eShop page for the Booster Course Pass erroneously states that Wave 3 released on December 8 rather than December 7.[26]
- Nintendo of America's official Twitter account once erroneously used the British English name for Wii DK Summit in a tweet before deleting it and replacing it with the American English name.[27]
- The countries of most of the 150cc staff ghosts for Mario Kart Tour's city courses match the cities' respective countries: Tour Paris Promenade, Tour Tokyo Blur, Tour New York Minute, Tour London Loop, Tour Berlin Byways, and Tour Amsterdam Drift's staff ghosts are French, Japanese, American, British, German, and Dutch respectively.
- Tour Sydney Sprint, Tour Bangkok Rush, and Tour Singapore Speedway are the current sole exceptions, with Japanese and American staff ghosts rather than Australian, Thai, or Singaporean ones respectively; no staff ghost in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Australian, Thai, or Singaporean.
- The reveal trailers for the first three waves of the Booster Course Pass feature a voiceover in the North American versions, which is absent from the versions for other regions. The reveal trailer for Wave 4 lacks a voiceover in all regions.
- The voiceovers featured in the aforementioned trailers were performed by voice actress Luci Christian.[28]
External links
- Japanese web page
- North American web page
- Canadian web page
- Latin American web page
- European web page
- Oceanian web page
- Korean web page
- Chinese (Hong Kong) web page
- Chinese (mainland) web page
References
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- ^ Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass). nintendo.com. Retrieved January 31, 2023. (Archived January 28, 2023, 06:38:50 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Nintendo.hk (July 15, 2022). 【香港資訊】 《瑪利歐賽車8 豪華版 新增賽道通行證》的盒裝版於本日發售！ 內附《瑪利歐賽車8 豪華版 新增賽道通行證》下載序號的卡片 ※要遊玩此新增內容，需要《瑪利歐賽車8 豪華版》本篇的遊戲軟體（另售）。 官方網頁 . Facebook. Retrieved February 22, 2023. (Archived February 23, 2023, 00:26:59 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b 马力欧卡丁车8 豪华版 | Nintendo Switch | 任天堂 | 腾讯 Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- ^ Business Wire (February 8, 2023). Metroid Prime Remastered Rolled out in Latest Nintendo Direct, Available Now for Nintendo Switch. Business Wire. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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- ^ NintendoAU (February 8, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, Wave 4 hits Nintendo Switch this spring!. YouTube. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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- ^ a b Nintendo UK (February 9, 2022). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC is on the way! (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Nintendo France (February 9, 2022). Du contenu téléchargeable arrive pour Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ! (Nintendo Switch). Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Nintendo Россия (February 9, 2022). Скоро выйдет DLC для Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass! – הרחבה דיגיטלית. Nintendo Israel. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ a b NintendoAU (February 10, 2022). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC is on the way! (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe § Paid DLC courses are coming to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! nintendo.co.za. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
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- ^ File:MK8D Booster Course Pass Banner Amsterdam and Bangkok.png
- ^ File:MK8D BCP Leak Sunset Wilds and Koopa Cape.png
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- ^ File:MK8D 3DS Shroom Ridge.png
- ^ File:MK8D BCP NA Wave 3 error.png
- ^ File:MK8D British eShop BCP error.jpg
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