Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass DLC – Release Date, Price, Confirmed Tracks And All Mario Kart 8 Tracks
Nintendo has finally released DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which is officially the best-selling Switch game with 43.35 million copies sold at the last count. By the time it’s finished, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Pack will contain 48 tracks taken from previous games in the series, along with the odd new track.
The tracks will be released in six waves — the first one launched in March 2022 and the final one is coming at the end of 2023. We’ve also listed all existing Mario Kart 8 tracks below.
The first wave of circuits arrived on Friday, March 18th, 2022.
Wave 2 will be available from Thursday, August 4th, 2022.
Subsequent waves will take place all the way up until the end of 2023. Don’t expect Mario Kart 9 any time soon!
What Time Does The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Release?
Wave 1 is available now. Wave 2 will go live on August 4th, 2022.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Price
The DLC costs $24.99 USD / $32.99 CAN / £22.49 but comes at no additional cost if you own a paid Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.
If you’re buying the pass, this is a one-off cost; once you’ve paid the cash, you’ll get access to every wave of tracks as they’re released until the end of 2023.
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Do I Need The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass To Play The New Tracks?
Nope! Nintendo has confirmed that only one player needs the Booster Course Pass to play online in Friends and Rivals races:
Courses from wave 1 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass can be played from March 18th locally or online in Friends and Rivals races, even if only one player owns the Booster Course Pass or has access to it as part of a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. From March 22nd, courses from wave 1 will also appear in the Random selection when playing Global or Regional races with anyone online.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Confirmed Tracks
Here are the courses that are confirmed so far.
Wave One (Golden Dash Cup & Lucky Cat Cup) – March 18th, 2022
Golden Dash Cup
Lucky Cat Cup
Wave Two (Turnip Cup & Propeller Cup)
Turnip Cup
Propeller Cup
Wave Three (Rock Cup & Moon Cup)
Rock Cup
- Courses TBA
Moon Cup
- Courses TBA
Wave Four (Fruit Cup & Boomerang Cup)
Fruit Cup
- Courses TBA
Boomerang Cup
- Courses TBA
Wave Five (Feather Cup & Cherry Cup)
Feather Cup
- Courses TBA
Cherry Cup
- Courses TBA
Wave Six (Acorn Cup & Spiny Cup)
Acorn Cup
- Courses TBA
Spiny Cup
- Courses TBA
Datamined Mario Kart 8 Booster Pass Courses – Officially Unconfirmed
With access to the Booster Pass, certain enterprising fans have been able to find references to the following courses which may be scheduled to appear in future Waves (via ‘MrNantendo’ on Twitter):
– Sydney Sprint (Tour)
– LA Laps (Tour)
– New York Minute (Tour)
– Koopa Cape (Wii)
– Maple Treeway (Wii)
– Mario Circuit (SNES)
– Vanilla Lake (SNES)
– Rainbow Road (3DS)
Most of the above courses are officially unconfirmed at present, although it seems likely they’ll form part of the remaining DLC tracks.
Sydney Sprint, New York Minute, and Mario Circuit have all been confirmed as part of Wave 2, so this is either a trustworthy leak… or just a good guess.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Existing Tracks – Complete List
Below is a full list of every course available in the base Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game on Switch, listed by Cup:
Mushroom Cup
- Mario Kart Stadium
- Water Park
- Sweet Sweet Canyon
- Thwomp Ruins
Shell Cup
- Moo Moo Meadows (Mario Kart Wii)
- Mario Circuit (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
- Cheep Cheep Beach (Mario Kart DS)
- Toad’s Turnpike (Mario Kart 64)
Flower Cup
- Mario Circuit
- Toad Harbor
- Twisted Mansion
- Shy Guy Falls
Banana Cup
- Dry Dry Desert (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
- Donut Plains 3 (Super Mario Kart)
- Royal Raceway (Mario Kart 64)
- DK Jungle (Mario Kart 7)
Star Cup
- Sunshine Airport
- Dolphin Shoals
- Electrodrome
- Mount Wario
Leaf Cup
- Wario Stadium (Mario Kart DS)
- Sherbet Land (Mario Kart 64)
- Music Park (Mario Kart 7)
- Yoshi Valley (Mario Kart 64)
Special Cup
- Cloudtop Cruise
- Bone-Dry Dunes
- Bowser’s Castle
- Rainbow Road
Lightning Cup
- Tick-Tock Clock (Mario Kart DS)
- Piranha Plant Slide (Mario Kart 7)
- Grumble Volcano (Mario Kart Wii)
- Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64)
Egg Cup
- Yoshi Circuit (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
- Excitebike Arena
- Dragon Driftway
- Mute City
Triforce Cup
- Wario’s Goldmine (Mario Kart Wii)
- Rainbow Road (Super Mario Kart)
- Ice Ice Outpost
- Hyrule Circuit
Crossing Cup
- Baby Park (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
- Cheese Land (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
- Wild Woods
- Animal Crossing
Bell Cup
- Neo Bowser City (Mario Kart 7)
- Ribbon Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
- Super Bell Subway
- Big Blue
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