As a big gift for Christmas, Nintendo gives to you 8 more tracks for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
That's right, everybody. As of November 21st of 2022, we get our full look of Wave 3 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, and a release date of December 7th of 2022.
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaCRaF8ET8
We already know about Peach Gardens & Merry Mountain, but now we have an idea of what the rest of the tracks are AND how they'll be arranged in their cups.
For the first Wave 3 Cup, we have the Rock Cup, which consists of the following tracks in order.
- Tour London Loop
- GBA Boo Lake (Most likely to coincide with Halloween, even though it'll be a month, a week, & a few days past)
- 3DS Rock Rock Mountain (Hence, the name of the "Rock Cup"
- Wii Maple Treeway (Most likely to coincide with the season of Autumn / Fall in General; and maybe even Thanksgiving? Half-Pipe jumps may be included)
And for the final of the 2 Cups for Wave 3, we have what likely serves as the "Cousin" of the Star Cup - the Moon Cup. In the Moon Cup, the tracks in order are...
- Tour Berlin Byways (Introducing Whomps as Mario Kart obstacles into a console Mario Kart game for the first time ever)
- DS Peach Gardens (Re-Introduces free roaming Chain Chomps)
- Tour Merry Mountain (As mentioned last time, the first known track to introduce Half-Pipe jumps, the first DLC track mixing normal & anti-gravity driving together, & celebrates the Winter Holidays, particularly Christmas; also most likely unlabled in MK8DX like Ninja Hideaway & Sky-High Sundae)
-3DS Rainbow Road (A well-praised track to serve as the end of the first half of the Booster Course Pass AND to end the year of 2022)
While this next wave for the Booster Course Pass is likely going to entertain a lot of Mario Kart fans over the holiday season this year, it still lacks the content that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe desperately needs. I am talking, of course, about...
- More characters like Pauline, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Funky Kong, Petey Pirahna, Hammer Bro, Birdo, Kamek, Nabbit, etc.; as detailed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY4_hBG
- More vehicles like the Wild Wing, B-Dasher Mk. II, Carrot Kart, Comet Tail, Flame Flyer, Super Pipe Frame (design from Mario Karts 64, Super Circuit, 7, & prototype for Mario Kart 8) etc.
- More wheels & gliders
- More items like the Ice Flower, Tanooki Leaf, Mega Mushroom, etc.
- And more (possibly Character Alts., Battle Courses, etc.)
And with this being the Halfway Point now, spreading the word on such issues is now more important than ever.
Because we all know that Mario Kart Tour won't last forever & may eventually discontinue, on account that Tour is a game that requires the internet to play, and once it discontinues, everything in said game become unplayable & unusable.
So the best thing Nintendo needs to do is to add the majority (if not all) of Mario Kart Tour's characters, vehicles, wheels, gliders, power-ups, & other content into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as a means to preserve said content.
P.S. Between you & me, for Tour's next City tracks & for the Booster Course Pass, I hope to see tracks set in...
- South America, specifically Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Africa, maybe in a Savanna Safari
- Mexico
- Antarctica (Not likely, being there are no cities there)
That way, we have tracks in Mario Kart Tour & Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that represent all (or at least the majority of) the continents of our beloved planet Earth.
But in any case, if you want Nintendo to give Mario Kart 8 Deluxe the huge boost in terms of the rosters for characters, vehicles, wheels, gliders, power-ups & more that the game rightfully deserves (especially when there's a chance Mario Kart Tour may eventually discontinue & needs to have its contents preserved in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), let's keep spreading the word in any way we can, no matter if the Booster Course Pass is still in progress or even after the DLC finishes by the end of 2023.
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