When Mario Kart 8's Second Wave Of DLC Tracks Might Release

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is in the midst of receiving DLC, with its second wave of new tracks on the way at some undisclosed time. The first wave of new content dropped shortly after the announcement, but the Booster Course Pass is designed to support the game through the end of 2023. Only Nintendo knows for sure when the next set of courses is set to come out, but some estimation can narrow down when it might be expected.

The DLC announcement was quite the surprise, bringing new content to the game nearly eight years after it originally launched on the Wii U. The Booster Course Pass gives MK8 exclusively retro tracks, remastered from previous entries in the Mario Kart series, including the semi-recent mobile game, Tour. By the end of next year, the DLC will have added 48 new courses to the game, arranged into 12 separate cups. The first wave released on March 18, adding the first two cups with four tracks each.

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This first content drop came just over a month after the DLC was announced, a schedule which isn't much help in trying to predict when wave two will come. Assuming Nintendo continues to release the tracks eight at a time, and evenly spaces them between the first wave and the end of 2023, the second batch of tracks might be slated for release in middle or late July 2022. This is just an estimate, though, and the Mario Kart DLC launches are likely planned around Nintendo's packed 2022 release schedule.

From March 2022 through December 2023 is roughly 21 months for Nintendo to release Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's new tracks. Evenly spacing the remaining five waves of eight tracks each places their releases just over four months apart. This would put the releases