Mario Kart 8 news - DLC Getting 8 New Courses

Eight new courses are releasing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe today, part of the paid DLC called the Booster Course Pass that was announced during last month’s Nintendo Direct.

The Booster Course Pass costs $24.99 as a standalone purchase, but Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers will get it as part of their premium membership. The 48 courses aren’t all coming out at once, though. Instead, Nintendo is dropping them in six waves.

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The first eight courses comprising Wave 1 have been revealed on Nintendo’s official website. They include the following

Paris Promenade (Mario Kart Tour)
Toad Circuit (Mario Kart 3DS)
Choco Mountain (Mario Kart 64)
Coconut Hall (Mario Kart Wii)
Tokyo Blur (Mario Kart Tour)
Shroom Ridge (Mario Kart DS)
Sky Garden (Mario Kart Advance)
Ninja Hideaway (Mario Kart Tour)

Eight courses are planned to be released in each wave, all of which will be delivered to Booster Course Pass owners by the end of 2023. The first wave, available today at around 7pm ET in North America, includes courses like Wii’s Coconut Mall, N64’s Choco Mountain, and Tour’s Tokyo Blur.

Mario Kart 8 was named the best-selling racing game in US history in April 2021. The combined sales of the original Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Nintendo Switch’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe pushed the game past the previous record holder, Mario Kart Wii. Recent reports suggest Mario Kart 9 is in “active development,” though for now it seems Nintendo is still focused on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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