Mario Kart 8's Total Course Number Will Be Ridiculous

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Nintendo announced at the latest Nintendo Direct that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be receiving several new courses in the future thanks to DLC. While not the Mario Kart 9 announcement that several had been expecting, it is still big news for fans of the series. This expansion will provide Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with plenty of new content to excite fans.

The Booster Course Pass DLC will release six waves of new tracks, with each wave introducing two new cups. With each cup introducing four tracks each, the game will have added 48 new tracks by the end of the pass.  With releases scheduled through 2023, the game will be seeing regular updates over the course of two years, periodically adding new tracks. Considering that Mario Kart 8 went two years without updates until recently, this new expansion coming so quickly afterward is a pleasant surprise.

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This is the most expansive long-term DLC plan that a Nintendo property has received since Super Smash Bros Ultimate's Fighter passes, and it shows that Nintendo considers Mario Kart to be one of its priority franchises. With Mario Kart 8 Deluxe already being the most expansive game in the series with the possible exception of the mobile-only Mario Kart Tour, the end result is going to be a truly massive racing game. The final product may be comparable to Super Smash Bros Ultimate in another sense, containing the best from across the series' history. Although some argue that Mario Kart should only feature new tracks, there is no denying that retro tracks are a big draw for players, and the Booster Course Pass is providing those in spades.

At the time of writing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has 48 tracks. 32 were in the base game, while 16