Mario Kart 8 DLC is Bad for Mario Kart 9 Rumors
Mario Kart is one of Nintendo’s most beloved series, which is impressive considering it spun off from the franchise that is considered to be both the face of Nintendo and video games as a whole. Ever since Super Mario Kart came out in 1992, Mario Kart became a series fans expect to see a new installment released every time Nintendo puts out a new system. Aside from updated versions of previous systems like the Game Boy Advance SP and the DSi, the only Nintendo console to not get a Mario Kart game was the Virtual Boy. The Switch is the only technical exception, since the Mario Kart on Switch is a re-release of Mario Kart 8, originally released on Wii U.
That being said, as soon as rumors about Mario Kart 9 started spreading, the February 9 Nintendo Direct possibly crushed hopes of such a game actually being in development. For the first time since it ported Mario Kart 8 to the Switch, Nintendo will add content to the game. Indeed, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will get a set of downloadable waves of tracks. By the time the wave ends, there will be 48 new tracks in total. Considering how massive this new DLC is, this spells bad news for Mario Kart 9.
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Fans have been wanting a new Mario Kart game for a long time. When Deluxe came out, the original version of Mario Kart 8 was still fresh in people’s memory, but Deluxe’s addition of exclusive characters (Bowser Jr., King Boo, Dry Bones) and the entire DLC as part of the base game made the original Mario Kart 8 obsolete. Despite how bloated with content the game is, and the potential additional features that could be added, Nintendo never went back to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Indeed, the recently announced “Booster Course Pass” is the first
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