“When are we finally going to get a new Mario Kart?” The refrain has been getting louder as 2014’s Mario Kart 8 gets longer in the tooth, but it seems an all-new game isn’t in the cards yet. Instead, during today’s Nintendo Direct the company announced the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass. This DLC adds a whopping 48 remastered tracks to the game, drawn from the Mario Kart franchise’s long history. The tracks will be added in 6 waves, each consisting of 8 tracks, with the first of these waves including memorable favorites such as Choco Mountain and Tokyo Blur. You can check out a trailer for the Booster Course Pass, below.
You can pre-order the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass now for $25. Alternatively, if you’re a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass subscriber, you can grab the new courses for “free.” Here’s a bit more official detail on the DLC…
I’ll admit, as one of the few who bought MK8 on the Wii U, I’ve been holding out on the Deluxe version, but I think they may have dragged me back in with this.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is available now on Nintendo Switch. The first wave of the Booster Course Pass kicks off on March 18.
