Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass Should Include More Characters
The latest Mario Kart news wasn't quite what fans expected, but it was still remarkable. During the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, it announced Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will get a DLC expansion called the Booster Course Pass. That isn't quite the Mario Kart 9 announcement that fans were hoping for, but the Booster Course Pass still promises to add a huge amount of content to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Over the course of 2022 and 2023, Nintendo will release six waves of eight remastered courses; 48 tracks for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in all. If Mario Kart 9 isn't happening anytime soon, such a big DLC expansion is a good consolation prize.
Still, it's surprising that Nintendo hasn't announced plans to add more drivers to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe alongside its new tracks. While there's plenty of playable characters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, some notable characters usually found in Mario spin-offs didn't make the cut. What's more, Nintendo has released plenty of new drivers in recent Mario Kart DLCs, so adding more would make sense. The Booster Course Pass looks like a great addition to the game, but it'll be better if Nintendo also has some bonus drivers tucked into its waves.
Tracks That Should Be Added with Mario Kart 8's Booster Course Pass
The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe roster is big, but that's not necessarily because it has a wide range of characters. It has quite a few duplicates of characters; not only do Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina all have playable baby variants, but Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, and Dry Bowser continue the variant trend. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also features all seven Koopalings as distinct drivers, which takes up a lot of space. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe covers the Super Mario character basics, but it sacrifices some other
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