Editing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass

The '''''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass''''', sometimes formatted as '''''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass''''' on [[Nintendo]]'s Oceanian website,<ref>As written on the second slide of the slideshow at the bottom of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613163634/https://www.nintendo.com.au/tournaments Nintendo AU/NZ Tournaments] page. nintendo.com.au. Archived June 13, 2023, 16:36:34 UTC from the [https://www.nintendo.com.au/tournaments original] via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 13, 2023. ({{file link|Nintendo com au screenshot Nintendo AUNZ Tournaments.png|Screenshot}}.)<br>"''Wave 4 is out now!''"<br>'''''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass'''''<br>"''Courses from other titles in the series are coming to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!''"</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230829144153/https://www.nintendo.com.au/tournaments|publisher=nintendo.com.au|title=Nintendo AU/NZ Tournaments|accessdate=September 20, 2024 ({{file link|Nintendo com au screenshot Nintendo AUNZ Tournaments 2023-08-29.png|Screenshot}})}}</ref> is a DLC expansion pack for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. First announced during the Nintendo Direct on February 9, 2022, the pack includes twelve additional [[cup]]s, for a total of 48 additional courses (bringing the total number of courses in the game to 96), most of which are [[Classic course|remastered versions]] of courses from other ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' games, including ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. The courses are based on their designs from ''Mario Kart Tour'', but with significant visual improvements and new music arrangements. The pass was released in six waves, with each wave containing eight total courses (divided into two cups of four courses each). In addition to the courses, starting with Wave 4's release, the pass also features eight additional playable characters for the game, which also return from other games of the ''Mario Kart'' series. The pack marks the longest gap between the original release of a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game and the release of its DLC, with the first wave releasing nearly five years after ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' did. The pack also makes ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' the first ''Mario Kart'' game to feature classic courses from games following the original game's release, with ''Mario Kart Tour'' and its reappearing courses debuting after ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' was initially released.

Several minor adjustments to the courses in Wave 1 were made upon the release of Wave 2, such as their course icons being slightly brighter, and the sand and dirt on some courses now leaving tire marks. Additionally, the final car section in {{classic link|Wii|Coconut Mall}} was adjusted, making the [[Car (obstacle)|car]]s serve as hazards and move sporadically in random directions (except for Time Trials, in which they remain stationary as they were originally). With Wave 6, an additional end credits sequence was added, listing the staff members who worked on the pass.

In Time Trials, the countries of several of the 150cc staff ghosts for ''Mario Kart Tour''{{'}}s city courses match the cities' respective countries: {{classic link|Tour|Paris Promenade}}, {{classic link|Tour|Tokyo Blur}}, {{classic link|Tour|New York Minute}} and {{classic link|Tour|Los Angeles Laps}}, {{classic link|Tour|London Loop}}, {{classic link|Tour|Berlin Byways}}, {{classic link|Tour|Amsterdam Drift}}, {{classic link|Tour|Rome Avanti}}, and {{classic link|Tour|Madrid Drive}}'s staff ghosts are French, Japanese, American, British, German, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish respectively. The other city courses have Japanese, American, or Spanish staff ghosts, as there are no staff ghosts in the game corresponding to the countries of those cities.

In the British English version of the game, {{classic link|3DS|Rock Rock Mountain}} and {{classic link|Wii|DK Summit}} are known as {{classic|3DS|Alpine Pass}} and {{classic|Wii|DK's Snowboard Cross}} respectively, as was the case in the British English versions of their original appearances. However, most courses that had different names between European French and Canadian French in previous games instead use their European French names in both versions, with the exceptions of {{classic link|DS|Waluigi Pinball}}, {{classic|Tour|Amsterdam Drift}}, and {{classic link|3DS|Rosalina's Ice World}}.

!colspan="2"|Wave 1<br><small>[[File:Flag of World.png|25px]] Released on March 18, 2022<br>[[File:Flag of China.png|25px]] September 26, 2022</small>

!colspan="2"|Wave 2<br><small>[[File:Flag of World.png|25px]] Released on August 4, 2022<br>[[File:Flag of China.png|25px]] September 26, 2022</small>

!colspan="2"|Wave 3<br><small>[[File:Flag of World.png|25px]] Released on December 7, 2022<br>[[File:Flag of China.png|25px]] December 21, 2022</small>

!colspan="2"|Wave 4<br><small>[[File:Flag of World.png|25px]] Released on March 9, 2023<br>[[File:Flag of China.png|25px]] April 12, 2023</small>

!colspan="2"|Wave 5<br><small>[[File:Flag of World.png|25px]] Released on July 12, 2023<br>[[File:Flag of China.png|25px]] February 5, 2024</small>

!colspan="2"|Wave 6<br><small>[[File:Flag of World.png|25px]] Released on November 9, 2023<br>[[File:Flag of China.png|25px]] February 5, 2024</small>

*[[File:MK8DX Funky Kong Icon.png|link=Funky Kong|32x32px]] '''[[Funky Kong]]''' - Funky Kong returns from ''Mario Kart Wii'' and ''Mario Kart Tour'' as one of four new drivers in Wave 6. He is a heavyweight driver and has identical statistics to [[Wario]], [[Dry Bowser]], and heavyweight [[Mii]]s.<ref name=Site/> He is the only ''Booster Course Pass'' character who does not reuse his icon from ''Mario Kart Tour''.

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|? Block|? Block Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Castle|Castle Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Toadette|Toadette Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Dry Bowser|Dry Bowser Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Chain Chomp|Chain Chomp Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Cheep Cheep|Cheep Cheep Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Dolphin|Dolphin Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Pokey|Pokey Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Blooper|Blooper Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Koopa Clown Car|Koopa Clown Car Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Para-Biddybud|Para-Biddybud Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Sky-High Sundae|Ice Cream Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Birdo|Birdo Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Petey Piranha|Petey Piranha Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Wiggler|Wiggler Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Goomba|Goomba Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color link|black|Moo Moo|Moo Moo Suit}}

MK8D GCN DK Mountain Scene 7.jpg|[[Mii]]s in different Mii Racing Suits on {{classic link|GCN|DK Mountain}}

MK8DBoosterPassMiiRacingSuits.jpg|Miis in different Mii Racing Suits on {{classic link|Wii|Rainbow Road}}

An alternate version of the key artwork exists in the game's files as of version 2.0.0, showing several courses that were unreleased at the time of the update's release. As with the official artwork, this banner uses official screenshots and in-game course icons from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', including icons for trick and reverse/trick variants. Several courses included in the pass appeared in this banner before their official announcements, including [[Sky-High Sundae]], {{classic link|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}}, {{classic link|Wii|DK Summit}}, {{classic link|GBA|Sunset Wilds}}, {{classic link|Wii|Koopa Cape}}, and several ''Tour'' city courses (notably including {{classic link|Tour|Amsterdam Drift}} and {{classic link|Tour|Bangkok Rush}} before their official reveals for ''Mario Kart Tour''<ref>{{file link|MK8D Booster Course Pass Banner Amsterdam and Bangkok.png}}</ref>), though the {{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit}} art used within it is that of {{classic link|SNES|Mario Circuit 1}} and [[RMX Mario Circuit 1]], rather than {{classic link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}, which appears in the pass.

In the game's internal data in version 2.0.0, many upcoming course slots were each designated a prefix. Across waves 2-6, "SNES" (denoting a ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' course) was allocated to two courses, "N64" (''[[Mario Kart 64]]'') to one course, "GBA" (''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'') to four courses, "GCN" (''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'') to four, "DS" (''[[Mario Kart DS]]'') to three, "Wii" (''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'') to five, "3DS" (''[[Mario Kart 7]]'') to two, and "Tour" (''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''{{'}}s city courses) to twelve, in addition to seven courses without a prefix (which either denote new courses or ''Mario Kart Tour''{{'}}s  non-city courses).<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/fishguy6564/status/1504594255020535816|date=March 17, 2022|publisher=X|language=en|title=Here is a showcase of all the cups with potential prefixes. We have not confirmed if it is grabbing this information from garbage data.|author=Fishguy6564|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}</ref> The prefixes, which matched the courses in Wave 2, were removed in version 2.1.0 with that wave's release; however, the lineups of later were slightly different, with several prefixes changing positions within the respective waves, {{classic link|Wii|Maple Treeway}} appearing in place of {{classic link|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}} in Wave 3, and {{classic link|Wii|Moonview Highway}} appearing in place of {{classic link|SNES|Bowser Castle 3}} in Wave 5. Additionally, while the third slot of the [[Acorn Cup]] did not have a prefix in the data, {{classic|Wii|Moonview Highway}}'s codename (Cnsw_63) assigns it to that placement, indicating that this slot may have been intended for either [[Piranha Plant Pipeline]], which was the only ''Tour'' course to not be added as part of the ''Booster Course Pass'', or a non-city ''Tour'' course that was never finished (as its own internal data indicates two non-city courses were in development, but later scrapped). Wave 6 also originally featured a second blank course slot and a fourth GCN slot; however, the final wave instead included {{classic link|Wii|Daisy Circuit}} and {{classic link|3DS|Rosalina's Ice World}}, neither of which would have been possible inclusions with the original prefix leak (as {{classic link|Wii|Rainbow Road}}'s spot lines up with the exact spot from said datamine and matches Wave 3 ending with {{classic link|3DS|Rainbow Road}}).

In version 2.1.0, brief snippets of the first seconds of the music for many then-unreleased courses were added to the game's files, including {{classic|GBA|Sunset Wilds}}, {{classic|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}}, all of ''Mario Kart Tour''{{'}}s [[new course]]s up to {{classic|Tour|Bangkok Rush}}, and every course that would go on to be featured in Wave 3.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=JthHtyww3r0|author=BL|title=<nowiki>[SPOILERS]</nowiki> MK8D BOOSTER COURSE PASS MUSIC LEAK |publisher=YouTube|language=en|date=August 4, 2022|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}</ref> The filenames of these music snippets all corresponded to the course order dictated by the then-removed unused prefixes; the snippets were removed with Wave 3's release in version 2.2.0.<ref>{{cite|language=en|publisher=X|url=x.com/fishguy6564/status/1600536694528385024|title=On another note, all previous music prefetches that were leaked in the previous wave were removed. Unfortunately, no new prefetches were left in the game.|accessdarte=September 20, 2024|date=December 7, 2022}}</ref> These filenames indicate that several courses were moved between waves before their release, such as {{classic|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}} and {{classic|Wii|Maple Treeway}} originally being planned for Waves 3 and 6 respectively, {{classic link|Tour|Los Angeles Laps}} and {{classic|Tour|Bangkok Rush}} originally being planned for Waves 4 and 5 respectively, and {{Classic link|Tour|Madrid Drive}}'s and {{Classic link|Tour|Athens Dash}}'s spots being swapped.

A credits sequence for the ''Booster Course Pass'' was added upon Wave 6's release. If the player has the ''Booster Course Pass'', this credits sequence first plays upon completing all of its [[cup]]s in at least third place in Grand Prix mode, then subsequently plays whenever the player completes the [[Moon Cup]] or [[Spiny Cup]] in at least third place. If the player does not have the ''Booster Course Pass'', this credits sequence first plays upon completing any cup in Grand Prix mode in at least third place after racing in the ''Booster Course Pass''{{'}}s courses in online or wireless multiplayer at least 100 times, then subsequently plays whenever the player completes the [[Bell Cup]] in at least third place.<ref>{{cite|url=en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26098/~/how-to-update-mario-kart-8-deluxe|title=How to Update ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}</ref> The credits feature a downward scrolling sequence with many labels and stickers of various [[Lists of sponsors|sponsors]] along with photos showing footage from the trailers that advertised the pass, as well as silhouettes of objects corresponding to the courses being shown, ending with a {{file link|MK8DXThankYouEndScreen.jpg|photo}} of the [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]] referee and most of the playable characters (excluding [[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], [[Baby Peach]], [[Baby Daisy]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Tanooki Mario]], [[Cat Mario|Cat]] [[Princess Peach|Peach]], the playable [[Lakitu]], [[Metal Mario]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], the [[Inkling]]s, the [[Villager]]s, [[Isabelle]], [[Link]], and [[Mii]]s, as well as all character variants) posing together on {{classic link|N64|Rainbow Road}} with the text "THANK YOU!" at the bottom. The music begins with an arrangement of the credits theme from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', followed by a medley of several course themes (in order of appearance: {{classic link|Tour|Tokyo Blur}}, [[Ninja Hideaway]], {{classic link|Tour|Berlin Byways}}, {{classic link|Tour|Singapore Speedway}}, {{classic link|Tour|Vancouver Velocity}}, {{classic link|Tour|Los Angeles Laps}}, {{classic link|Tour|Madrid Drive}}, and [[Sky-High Sundae]]), then returns to the ''Super Mario Kart'' credits theme before ending.

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==Notes==

**{{classic link|DS|Shroom Ridge}} was once briefly labeled as a 3DS course instead of DS.<ref>{{file link|MK8D 3DS Shroom Ridge.png}}</ref>

**Nintendo of America's official Twitter account once erroneously used the British English name for {{classic link|Wii|DK Summit}} in a tweet before deleting it and replacing it with the American English name.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230309042502/https://twitter.com/awesomelink234/status/1632886068788842496|author=awesomelink234|publisher=X|title=Wait, DK's Snowboard Cross? Are they using the PAL name in the US version too? <nowiki>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1632878921216655362</nowiki>|date=March 6, 2023|accessdate=September 20, 2024|language=en}}</ref>

**{{classic link|Wii|Rainbow Road}} used an image of {{classic link|3DS|Rainbow Road}} instead, and {{classic link|SNES|Bowser Castle 3}} was incorrectly listed as "Bowser's Castle 3".<ref>{{file link|Bcpwiirrerror.png}}</ref> Both errors have since been fixed on all versions of the webpage.<ref>{{file link|Bcpwiifixed.png}}</ref>

*The minimaps for all Wave 6 courses are darker in color compared to the rest of the courses in the ''Booster Course Pass''. {{classic link|Wii|Rainbow Road}}'s minimap sprite also lacks the drop shadow that all other minimaps in the game have.

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