Mario Kart 8 Booster Course Pass has split fans' opinions
Last night Nintendo announced that 48 new tracks would be coming to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe via the new Booster Course Pass, and reception has been pretty varied.
As part of the Nintendo Direct it was revealed that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe would be doubling its number of tracks. First released for the WiiU in 2014, Nintendo has been extending the life of its native cart racer through online, deluxe editions and DLC packs. Now it is promising 2 more years of additional content adding courses from every previous game in the series.
The first of six 'waves' of DLC arrives on March 18, bringing with it eight courses across two new cups. The tracks themselves run the gamut - Nintendo has confirmed that Wave 1 will include Paris Promenade, Tokyo Blur, and Ninja Hideaway from Mario Kart Tour, Toad Circuit from Mario Kart 7, Coconut Mall from Mario Kart Wii, Shroom Ridge from Mario Kart DS, Sky Garden from Super Circuit, and Mario Kart 64's Choco Mountain.
Despite doubling the size of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, one common early reaction to the news amounted to 'where is Mario Kart 9?' Eight years have passed since the last major Mario Kart release, and recent rumours have suggested that Mario Kart 9 was in "active development". Then reports came in that new Nintendo characters such as Pikmin and ARMS fighters would be in the new racer, and finally a rumour sprung that Mario Kart 9 would be announced in a surprise February Nintendo Direct.
Alongside the announcement that the new tracks will be drip fed until the end of 2023 it seems there will be no new Mario Kart games for at least two years. But maybe that's actually a good thing. Those who have invested a lot into Mario Kart 8's ongoing releases would feel as if they were starting again with
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