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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — Booster Course Pass is the paid downloadable content for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the Nintendo Switch version of the original Wii U game. It consisted of 48 newly remade courses divided in 6 waves from the entire Mario Kart series, including Tour, and was released periodically until November 9, 2023. Since Wave 4, returning characters not present in neither the base game nor the original was added.

The first wave was released on March 18, 2022, and is also accessible through the Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack.

Wave 1[]

Release Date: March 18, 2022


Golden Dash Cup

Lucky Cat Cup

Tour Paris Promenade

Tour Tokyo Blur

3DS Toad Circuit

DS Shroom Ridge

N64 Choco Mountain

GBA Sky Garden

Wii Coconut Mall

Tour Ninja Hideaway

Wave 1 Trailer

Wave 2[]

Release Date: August 4, 2022


Turnip Cup

Propeller Cup

Tour New York Minute

Tour Sydney Sprint

SNES Mario Circuit 3

GBA Snow Land

N64 Kalimari Desert

Wii Mushroom Gorge

DS Waluigi Pinball

Sky-High Sundae

Wave 2 Trailer

Wave 3[]

Release Date: December 7, 2022


Rock Cup

Moon Cup

Tour London Loop

Tour Berlin Byways

GBA Boo Lake

DS Peach Gardens

3DS Rock Rock Mountain

Tour Merry Mountain

Wii Maple Treeway

3DS Rainbow Road

Wave 3 Trailer

Wave 4[]

Release Date: March 9, 2023

New Character First MK Appearance Class

Birdo
Medium

Fruit Cup

Boomerang Cup

Tour Amsterdam Drift

Tour Bangkok Rush

GBA Riverside Park

DS Mario Circuit

Wii DK Summit

GCN Waluigi Stadium

Yoshi's Island

Tour Singapore Speedway

Wave 4 Trailer

Wave 5[]

Release Date: July 12, 2023

New Characters First MK Appearance Class

Petey Piranha, Kamek, & Wiggler

(Petey Piranha)
Heavy

(Wiggler)
Heavy

(Kamek)
Medium

Feather Cup

Cherry Cup

Tour Athens Dash

Tour Los Angeles Laps

GCN Daisy Cruiser

GBA Sunset Wilds

Wii Moonview Highway

Wii Koopa Cape

Squeaky Clean Sprint

Tour Vancouver Velocity

Wave 5 Trailer

Wave 6[]

Release Date: November 9, 2023

New Characters First MK Appearance Class

Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline, & Peachette

(Diddy Kong)
Medium

(Funky Kong)
Heavy

(Pauline)
(Peachette)
Heavy

Medium


Acorn Cup

Spiny Cup

Tour Rome Avanti

Tour Madrid Drive

GCN DK Mountain

3DS Rosalina's Ice World

Wii Daisy Circuit

SNES Bowser Castle 3

Tour Piranha Plant Cove

Wii Rainbow Road

Wave 6 Trailer

Music[]

The expansion's music is higher-scaled compared to the base game, incorporating strings and orchestra for many tracks. Almost all of the Tour tracks here have been remastered with live performances.

In addition to some returning, a large amount of new composers - some of which started with this DLC - have worked on it's new music tracks.

Pricing[]

Country Price
US $24.99
Canada $32.99
Japan ¥2,500
Europe 24,99€
UK £22.49

Reception[]

Upon reveal, the add-on has recieved mostly favorable feedback, with praise toward the course choices; although the implemented graphics were more "mixed" as many compared it to that of Tour rather than the "realistic" design of the base game.[1]

When Wave 5 released, GBA Sunset Wilds was received poorly by fans due to the sun not setting like the original.

Trivia[]

  • Every track was ported from Mario Kart Tour's files, even if it hadn't released in Tour yet at that current time. (Ex. All "New" tracks in the trailers, GBA Snow Land, GCN Waluigi Stadium) All have been released in Tour, since then.

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