Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
	; For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Nintendo EPD; BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
Publisher	Nintendo; Tencent Games (China)
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release date	Template:Release[?]
Language(s)	English (United Kingdom); English (United States); French (France); French (Canada); German; Spanish (Spain); Spanish (Latin America); Italian; Dutch; Portuguese (Portugal); Russian; Japanese; Simplified Chinese1; Traditional Chinese; Korean; ; 1 - The global and domestic versions have slightly different localizations.;
Genre	Racing
ESRB:	- Everyone
PEGI:	- Three years and older
CERO:	- All ages
ACB:	- General
USK:	- All ages
RARS:	- All ages
GRAC:	- All ages
CADPA:	- Eight years and older
GSRR:	- Six years and older
FPB:	- Parental guidance
Gmedia:	- Three years and older
NMC:	- Seven years and older
Mode(s)	Single Player, Multiplayer, Online Play, Wireless Play
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Nintendo GameCube Controller

This article is about the Nintendo Switch port of the Mario Kart 8 game. For the game's original version, see Mario Kart 8.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a racing game in the Mario Kart series for the Nintendo Switch which was first released on April 28, 2017. The game is the first Mario game overall to be released for the Nintendo Switch. It is an enhanced port of Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. The base game has additional features such as several new characters and an overhauled Battle Mode with new courses and modes. First teased in the Switch's announcement video on October 20, 2016, the game was formally announced as part of the Nintendo Switch presentation on January 13, 2017.

From 2022 to the end of 2023, new race courses and returning characters^[1] are being added via the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass paid DLC. An edition of the game that has the Booster Course Pass activated from the start, titled the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass), is available for purchase digitally.^[2]

Controls

Dual Joy-Con / Pro Controller

or / or tilt: Steer
or up or or auto-accelerate: Accelerate / Rocket Start (press and hold when the countdown hits 2)
or down: Brake/reverse
/: Use horn/item
/: Hop/drift/trick
or / or tilt + or up or or auto-accelerate + /: Drift
: Rear view

GameCube Controller

or : Steer
or up or or auto-accelerate: Accelerate / Rocket Start (press and hold when the countdown hits 2)
or down: Brake/Reverse
: Use horn/item
or : Hop/drift/trick
or + or up or or auto-accelerate + /: Drift
: Rear view

Joy-Con (sideways)

or tilt: Steer
or or auto-accelerate: Accelerate / Rocket Start (press and hold when the countdown hits 2)
: Brake/reverse
: Use horn/item
: Hop/drift/trick
or tilt + or or auto-accelerate + : Drift
: Rear view

Toy-Con Motorbike

Tilt: Steer
forward tilt or auto-accelerate: Accelerate / Rocket Start (press and hold when the countdown hits 2)
: Brake / reverse
: Use horn/item
: Hop / trick
Tilt + forward tilt or auto-accelerate + : Drift
: Switch view

Toy-Con Car

Tilt: Steer
Pedal half press or auto-accelerate: Accelerate / Rocket Start (press and hold when the countdown hits 2)
: Use horn/item
Pedal full press: Hop / trick
Tilt + pedal full press: Drift
: Switch view

Differences from the original

Mario driving with Smart Steering activated, indicated by the antenna at the back of the kart

The game features most of the base and DLC content of Mario Kart 8. Content excluded includes Miiverse compatibility, stamps, and the ability to upload Highlight Reels on YouTube - all of which were discontinued on the Wii U version when Miiverse was terminated on November 7, 2017. Battle Mode has been significantly altered.

Characters that were originally unlockable or exclusive to downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 are available from the start in this game, marking the largest starting roster of any Mario Kart game.

Characters can now carry up to two items at once, even if they do not equip the first item, and the game features the return of the Double Item Box from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. The game also introduces Smart Steering and Auto-Accelerate for beginners; the former makes staying on the track easier by automatically steering the vehicle away from edges on the track, while the latter makes the vehicle automatically accelerate (though this is not available in Battle Mode). If the Smart Steering mode is on, the player's vehicle will have a black antenna sticking out of its rear end; this antenna blinks yellow and bends when Smart Steering is in effect. Smart Steering and Auto-Accelerate can be toggled on and off individually for each player in the vehicle part selection menu and in the pause menu. There is also an additional level of Mini-Turbo, called Ultra Mini-Turbo, denoted by purple (pink in the British English version) sparks that appear after the orange sparks. This new level of Mini-Turbo can only be used if Smart Steering is off.

200cc engine class for Time Trials has been added (separately recorded from the 150cc Time Trials). There are new staff ghosts for 200cc, while some of the 150cc staff ghosts have slightly different times compared to the original.

The game also features an in-game guide, directly accessible from the game's menu; this guide explains various techniques, Battle Mode, and the functions of each item.

The vehicle parts that are exclusive to downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 (i.e. parts included within the Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8, The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8, and Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 add-on packs) are now accessible in the base game and are randomly unlocked by collecting coins during gameplay.

There are more individual character weight classes when compared to the Wii U game, with several returning characters having different statistics, thus resulting in fewer characters having the same stats as each other. Similarly, the statistics of some vehicle parts have been altered, and certain physics elements, such as the speed increase per stat and the acceleration tiers, have been adjusted.

Red Shells and Spiny Shells are now slower when they lock onto their target, meaning players are able to outrun them in 200cc when they have any kind of speed boost.

The overall game difficulty has been reduced, as CPUs slow down closer to the player when compared to the original version, and do not charge Mini Turbos or Super Mini Turbos as quickly. The default speed of the CPUs in the Normal and Easy difficulties has also been reduced. CPU players now have a chance to obtain Triple Red Shells from Item Boxes, but this primarily only happens in the Shells Only item setting.

Online lobbies have been changed in that players playing Worldwide or Regional VS Races between 1000 VR and 3000 VR will be randomized either a 100cc or 150cc race, and starting at over 3000 VR, players will now be randomized a 150cc, Mirror, or 200cc race. The engine class for the upcoming race in a race lobby is now shown in the lobby as the course is selected, via a "50", "100", "150", mirrored "150" (for Mirror), or "200" icon in the bottom right of the selected course icon. This extends to online battle lobbies, which will display a symbol of a yellow balloon (for Balloon Battle), a potted Piranha Plant (for Renegade Roundup), a coin (for Coin Runners), a Shine Sprite (for Shine Thief), or a Bob-omb (for Bob-omb Blast) to denote which battle mode is about to be played. There is also an option to change character and vehicle combinations in an online lobby without having to leave; this is done by pressing ( when playing with a single Joy-Con) during the course selection of an online lobby. The Mii characters that represent the players in online lobbies wear racing suits, unlike in the original version in which they wore their regular outfits. The Mii of the previous race or battle's winner will also wear a crown identical to the one worn by the first-place player in Battle Mode. The newly added wireless and LAN modes use a very similar lobby to the online lobby, albeit visually set in a garage rather than on a globe.

Players can now see the lap count or timer when spectating an online race or battle respectively. However, it is no longer possible to see the lap count when crossing the finish line nor the full results in multiplayer (including online lobbies) at the end of the race while watching Highlight Reels via Mario Kart TV.

The game now mostly renders in native 1920x1080 resolution in TV mode (sometimes switching to native 1728x972), and always renders at native 1280x720 resolution in Tabletop and Handheld Mode, instead of the dynamic 1280x720/1152x648 rendering resolution used in the original Wii U version. Motion blur when boosting is present in LAN and online mode, and in earlier builds, it was also present in splitscreen multiplayer.^[3] The shadows present in the game are of higher quality in multiplayer.

If a Blooper is about to ink the player as they cross the finish line, the player will now still get inked.^[4] This is unlike the Wii U version, where the Blooper or the ink disappeared instead. Characters also no longer verbally react when they are inked by a Blooper.

The course map color for the race courses is now white instead of blue, including the maps of all three Rainbow Roads and GCN Baby Park, which originally had multiple colors. However, the battle courses have color-shaded areas and lines on their maps to make it easier for players to determine where they are. The character icons on the course map are now slightly larger, more detailed, and of a higher resolution. In a race, the first place player no longer has a crown on their mini-map icon, though they still do in battles. When a Bob-omb or Spiny Shell explodes, its explosion is now shown on the course map. When playing with the map enabled in local splitscreen multiplayer, there will only be one map in the center of the screen, rather than each player having their own copy of the map like in the Wii U version.

All courses that feature confetti flying around the start/finish line, such as Mario Circuit, now also have confetti on the ground of the course near it.^[5]

When using the rearview mirror, the character will now move their eyes slightly to the left to look back, like how they do in Mario Kart Wii; however, their eyes will stay looking to the left as long as the rearview is active, rather than switching back after a second like in Mario Kart Wii.

Inkling Girl, Isabelle, and Link now appear on the loading screen, and the game also has reduced loading times when compared to the Wii U game; as a result, the second set of characters that originally appeared on the loading screen are almost never seen before the game finishes loading.

When playing with teams, flags colored to correspond to the teams are added behind the vehicles. If Smart Steering is on, then the Smart Steering antenna serves as the pole of the flag. These flags do not appear in Balloon Battle nor Bob-omb Blast, as the color of the balloons show the teams in these modes.

Battle Mode

Inkling Girl, Link, Mario, and Isabelle in Battle Stadium.

The biggest change made between Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the original release of Mario Kart 8 is the Battle Mode. Battle Mode now returns to the arena-based battle and unlike previous games, each player starts with five balloons, as opposed to three. Another addition to Battle Mode is that the character in the lead now wears a crown, unlike in Mario Kart 8 where the crown is displayed only on the HUD map. Additionally, players now start out with zero points instead of Mario Kart 8's default three points, and their balloons do not serve as the remaining three points. Returning from Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7 is the ability to respawn after all balloons are popped; this causes the player's total score to halve and the player respawns with three balloons instead of five. A new addition to this mode is the feature to tell exactly which character hit whom, which appears on the bottom of the screen. Furthermore, after getting hit, players now have about 1.5 seconds of invincibility frames, unlike in Mario Kart 8. The item options also appear to have been updated; alongside the "Frantic Items" option, which chooses rare items more frequently, a "Skilled Items" option is also available for selection, which chooses only offensive items; in this mode, powerful items appear less frequently, similar to Mario Kart Wii's "Strategic" ("Basic" in the PAL version) item option.

There are five different Battle Mode types:

Balloon Battle: The classic mode where players use items to pop opponents' balloons or steal them in order to score points. This mode now uses the point-based set-up seen in Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7, rather than the survival set-up of Mario Kart 8 and earlier installments prior to Mario Kart Wii.
Renegade Roundup: A new mode in the vein of "cops and robbers", with the racers being divided into two teams. One team, known as "The Authorities", has to use Piranha Plant items (which are permanently attached to the front of their vehicle and only serve to capture the opposing team; they do not operate like the regular item) in order to capture players from the other team, known as "The Renegades". Captured Renegades are placed into one of several jail cells floating above various points on the stage. Remaining Renegades can free their teammates by driving over a key switch placed below the jail cells. The Renegades win if at least one member is still running free when time runs out, and the Authorities win if all of the Renegades get captured. All Authority team members also temporarily lose their ability to capture after being hit by an item and Renegades receive a speed boost and temporary immunity when they are freed from the cells.
Bob-omb Blast: A returning mode from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, in which players attack one another using Bob-ombs to score points and can carry up to 10 Bob-ombs. This version follows nearly all of the same rules as Balloon Battle, the differences being these: the only items are Bob-ombs, players cannot be hurt by their own Bob-ombs exploding, and Bob-ombs thrown forward explode instantly.
Coin Runners: Originating in Mario Kart Wii, this mode was last seen in Mario Kart 7. Players must collect Coins scattered across the course in order to have the most by the end of the match. Plays more akin to the Mario Kart Wii version of the mode, with players having no limit to the amount of coins they can collect, as opposed to the 10-coin limit in the Mario Kart 7 version.
Shine Thief: Another returning mode from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, one player must retrieve a Shine Sprite and keep hold of it for about 20 seconds, while the opponents use items against whoever has the Shine to force that player to drop it. The driver holding the shine sprite has a slightly reduced top speed. In Team play, one team must collectively manage to hold on to the Shine for about 30 seconds.

There is also the option to randomly select one of the five available modes by choosing "Random Battle".

Characters

This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

After unlocking Gold Mario and all DLC downloaded.

Character select screen at launch (top) and with Gold Mario unlocked and all current DLC characters downloaded (bottom)

All base and DLC characters from Mario Kart 8 are present in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Additionally, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe features characters not present in Mario Kart 8. Of these, returning characters include Bowser Jr., King Boo, and Dry Bones, who were last playable in Mario Kart Wii, Gold Mario (as a variant of Metal Mario), who was previously playable in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, and Birdo, who was added with the fourth wave of the Booster Course Pass. Five additional returning characters will be available in future waves of the Booster Course Pass after the fourth wave.^[1] In addition, two new non-Mario characters are included, being the Inklings from Splatoon. Players can choose either the Inkling Girl or Inkling Boy, and they include three selectable colors each; additionally, the two Villagers have also been separated, after being present in the same character slot (with the female Villager being considered a variant of the male one) in Mario Kart 8.^[6] Excluding character variants, there are currently a total of 43 playable characters in this game.

There is only one unlockable character in this game, that being Gold Mario. He is unlocked by clearing all cups of the 200cc Grand Prix. Additionally, the version 1.6.0 update added a new variant for Link based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. When Gold Mario is unlocked and Breath of the Wild Link is downloaded, they become the default variations of their character, while Metal Mario and Skyward Sword Link are relegated to alternate costumes. Despite the Breath of the Wild Link being treated as an alternate costume for Link in menus and in promotional material, he is actually treated as a separate character in-game, as both Links can appear in races or battles as CPU simultaneously even if neither has been selected.

Characters and variants playable in this game that were not playable in the original Mario Kart 8 are listed in italics.

white	white	Peach	Daisy	white	black	Cat Peach	black black^[7]

white	white	black	white	white	white	white	???

white	white	black	white	white	white	black	???

white	white	black	white	white	black	white	???

Lemmy	Larry	Wendy	Ludwig	Iggy	Roy	Morton	???

Inkling Girl black	Inkling Boy white	white	Villager (Male)	Villager (Female)	white	black	???

Alternate costumes

With the exceptions of Link, Inkling Girl, and Inkling Boy, the displayed name of the character changes based on the costume that is selected.

Yoshi	Light-Blue Yoshi	Black Yoshi	Red Yoshi	Yellow Yoshi		White Yoshi		Blue Yoshi		Pink Yoshi	Orange Yoshi
Yoshi
Shy Guy	Light-Blue Shy Guy	Black Shy Guy	Green Shy Guy	Yellow Shy Guy		White Shy Guy		Blue Shy Guy		Pink Shy Guy	Orange Shy Guy
Shy Guy
Metal Mario	white				Link		Link (Breath of the Wild) white
Metal Mario					Link
Inkling Girl	Inkling Girl (lime green)	Inkling Girl (magenta)			Inkling Boy		Inkling Boy (purple)		Inkling Boy (teal)
Inkling Girl					Inkling Boy
Birdo	Birdo (Light Blue)^[7]^[8]	Birdo (Black)^[7]^[8]	Birdo (Red)^[7]^[8]	Birdo (Yellow)^[7]^[8]		Birdo (White)^[7]^[8]		Birdo (Blue)^[7]^[8]		Birdo (Green)^[7]^[8]	Birdo (Orange)^[7]^[8]
Birdo

Rival order

Like in Mario Kart 8, characters have set rivals that consistently appear when racing in Grand Prix races. They are once again restricted to Grand Prix only, not appearing in single player versus or battle mode. Unlike the previous game, more characters have rivals: the twelve characters from the previous game who had rivals retain their rivals in this game, while other characters range from having one to two rivals each, or even none at all.

Rival Order
Player	Opponent(s)	Player	Opponent(s)	Player	Opponent(s)










					None

	None

	None				None

Vehicle parts

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe features six additional vehicle body parts. One is the Koopa Clown, returning from Mario Kart 7. Two new vehicles are Splatoon-based ATVs; the Splat Buggy and Inkstriker. These three change their colors for certain characters: the former for the Koopalings, and the latter two for all Inkling variations. Version 1.6.0 adds the Master Cycle Zero, Ancient Tires, and Paraglider. In total, there are 41 vehicle bodies, 22 tires, and 15 gliders, resulting in up to 13,530 different combinations.

Computer-controlled characters now choose from a wider variety of kart parts than in the original version, such as the Flame Rider and the Sports Coupe. However, they are still restricted to a set amount of body parts per character. A CPU Baby Daisy has the tendency to use the Wild Wiggler with Wood tires, for example.

Available parts

The parts available are listed here in the order shown in the vehicle customization screen, with the following notation:

Bold = Part is available at the start.
* = Changes color, depending on the character.
** = Changes color for the Koopalings.
*** = Changes color for Daisy, Baby Daisy, Rosalina, and Baby Rosalina.
**** = Changes color for the Inklings.
(DX) = Part is not available in the original Mario Kart 8.
(NEW) = Part is introduced in this game.

The "8" logos on the parts are replaced with the driver's emblem, except on the Gold Standard and Gold Glider.

Karts

Standard bikes

Sport bikes

ATVs

Standard ATV*
Standard Quad
Wild Wiggler
Teddy Buggy
Bone Rattler
Splat Buggy**** (NEW)
Inkstriker**** (NEW)

Tires

Standard
Normal
Monster
Roller
Slim
Slick
Metal
Button
Off-Road
Sponge
Wood
Wooden
Cushion
Blue Standard
Normal Blue
Hot Monster
Funky Monster
Azure Roller
Crimson Slim
Cyber Slick
Retro Off-Road
Gold Tires
Gold Wheels
GLA Tires
GLA Wheels
Triforce Tires
Triforce Tyres
Ancient Tires (NEW)
Ancient Tyres
Leaf Tires
Leaf Tyres

Gliders

CPU combinations

All characters in the game except for variants (besides Champion's Tunic Link) and Miis can be used by CPUs. Each of these characters have four different combinations of vehicle parts that they can use as CPUs. These combinations are listed below.

AI Combinations
Player	Combination 1	Combination 2	Combination 3	Combination 4

Drivers' and vehicle parts' statistics

For the in-game tables from which these values were derived and for the tables to translate those values into the actual statistics used by the game, see Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in-game statistics.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe features different statistics with respect to Mario Kart 8.

Statistics shown in the vehicle customization screen

Just like Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8, the game uses "points" ("PT") which are conferred by characters and vehicle parts to determine the final values of the game's statistics. In each statistics, the points given by the character, body, tires, and glider are summed to obtain a final value called "Level" ("Lv") which is then used by a table to convert the level into appropriate physical parameters used by the game. There are a total of 8,064 different stat combinations. The Level of five statistics is displayed in the vehicle customization screen:

Speed: The top speed of the vehicle on land with normal gravity.
Acceleration: How fast the speed increases when holding the acceleration button until top speed has been reached.
Weight: The weight of the vehicle. Vehicles with higher weight knock away vehicles with lower weight.
Handling: The turning ability of the vehicle on land with normal gravity. A higher stat means vehicles turn sharper, and will continue turning normally for longer before automatically initiating a drift.
Traction (Grip in the British English version): The grasp of the vehicle to the ground while off-road. Vehicles with higher traction slip less on certain terrain and can stay stable on the road better. Not to be confused with handling.

Said Level is represented through bars by adding three points to the sum of points, then dividing the result by four, resulting in values ranging from 0.75 to 5.75. As an example, the process through which the statistics of a certain combination of character and vehicle parts are calculated and displayed is shown below:

A combination consisting of Dry Bones, Flame Rider, Standard Tires, and Super Glider.

Element	Points conferred
Element	Speed	Acceleration	Weight	Handling	Traction
Dry Bones	2	5	1	8	4
Flame Rider	2	5	1	4	5
Standard Tires	2	4	2	3	5
Super Glider	1	1	1	1	1
Final values	Speed	Acceleration	Weight	Handling	Traction
Level	2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 7	5 + 5 + 4 + 1 = 15	1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5	8 + 4 + 3 + 1 = 16	4 + 5 + 5 + 1 = 15
Value shown in the vehicle customization screen	(7 + 3) / 4 = 10 / 4 = 2.5	(15 + 3) / 4 = 18 / 4 = 4.5	(5 + 3) / 4 = 8 / 4 = 2	(16 + 3) / 4 = 19 / 4 = 4.75	(15 + 3) / 4 = 18 / 4 = 4.5

The values actually shown in the vehicle customization screen, matching the values calculated.

Drivers' statistics

Drivers are still grouped into small groups of characters sharing the same statistics, the number of groups has been increased with respect to Mario Kart 8.

In addition to the statistics shown in the vehicle customization screen, there are the following statistics:

Water Speed: The top speed of the vehicle while driving underwater.
Air Speed: The top speed of the vehicle while gliding.
Anti-Gravity Speed: The top speed of the vehicle in anti-gravity mode.
Water Handling: The turning ability of the vehicle while driving underwater.
Air Handling: The turning ability of the vehicle while gliding.
Anti-Gravity Handling: The turning ability of the vehicle in anti-gravity mode.
Mini-Turbo: The length of the vehicle's mini-turbo speed boosts and how fast mini-turbos can be charged. Also affects the length of jump boosts from tricks.
Invincibility: The length of time the vehicle is invincible after spinning out. Added in v2.2.0.^[9]

Just like in Mario Kart 8, Miis can be Light, Medium, or Heavy, depending on their height and weight.

The statistics are shown in points.

Drivers' Statistics
Vehicle size	Character	Speed				Acceleration	Weight	Handling				Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
Vehicle size	Character	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Acceleration	Weight	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
Small		1	1	1	1	4	0	10	10	10	10	5	5	6
		1	1	1	1	5	0	9	9	9	9	3	5	6
		2	2	2	2	5	1	8	8	8	8	4	5	6
		3	3	3	3	5	2	7	7	7	7	2	4	5
		3	3	3	3	4	2	8	8	8	8	5	4	5
		4	4	4	4	4	3	7	7	7	7	4	4	4
Medium		5	5	5	5	4	3	6	6	6	6	3	3	4
		6	6	6	6	3	4	5	5	5	5	3	4	3
		6	6	6	6	3	5	5	5	5	5	1	3	3
		7	7	7	7	2	6	4	4	4	4	2	3	3
		7	7	7	7	2	6	5	5	5	5	1	3	3
		8	8	8	8	1	10	3	3	3	3	1	1	1
Large		8	8	8	8	1	7	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
		9	9	9	9	1	8	2	2	2	2	0	1	1
		10	10	10	10	0	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
		10	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Parts' statistics

The number of groups of vehicle parts sharing the same statistics has increased as well when compared with Mario Kart 8.

The statistics are reported in points. There is an unused stat for on-road traction, which can be viewed here.

Bodies' Statistics
Body	Speed				Acceleration	Weight	Handling				Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
Body	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Acceleration	Weight	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	5	3
	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	5	4
	1	3	1	1	6	1	5	4	2	4	4	6	2
	1	3	1	1	6	1	5	4	2	4	4	6	1
	3	3	4	5	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	5	4
	3	3	4	5	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	5	3
	4	5	0	2	1	4	1	5	1	1	3	3	6
	4	5	0	2	1	4	1	5	1	1	3	3	5
	2	2	4	3	5	2	4	2	4	3	3	6	3
**	2	2	4	3	5	2	4	2	4	3	3	6	2
	5	1	2	4	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	6
	5	2	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	5	1	7
	5	2	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	5	1	6
	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	4	5
**	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	4	3
	0	1	1	2	7	0	5	4	4	5	4	7	0
	1	5	2	0	6	0	4	5	3	2	6	6	1
	1	5	2	0	6	0	4	5	3	2	6	6	2
	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	0	4	5
	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	0	4	4
*	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	0	4	3
	2	2	3	4	5	1	4	3	3	4	5	5	2
	2	2	3	4	5	1	4	3	3	4	5	5	1
	2	2	3	4	5	1	4	3	3	4	5	5	3
	4	2	3	4	3	0	2	3	1	5	3	4	4
	4	2	3	4	3	0	2	3	1	5	3	4	3
	2	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	7	4	4
	2	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	7	4	3
Tires' Statistics
Tire	Speed				Acceleration	Weight	Handling				Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
Tire	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Acceleration	Weight	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	5	4	3
	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	5	4	4
	2	2	1	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	7	3	5
	2	2	1	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	7	3	4
	0	3	3	0	6	0	4	4	4	4	4	6	0
	3	2	2	4	2	2	4	4	4	3	1	3	4
	4	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	1	4
	4	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	0	1	2	1	5
	4	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	0	1	2	1	4
	1	2	2	2	5	0	3	3	2	4	3	5	2
	3	4	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	6	2	6
	3	4	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	6	2	5
	1	1	4	1	4	1	2	1	3	2	6	5	3
	1	1	4	1	4	1	2	1	3	2	6	5	5
Gliders' Statistics
Glider	Speed				Acceleration	Weight	Handling				Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
Glider	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Acceleration	Weight	Ground	Water	Air	Anti-Gravity	Traction	Mini-Turbo	Invincibility
	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	0
	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0

*sport bike

Unlocking criteria

Gold Mario

The only unlockable playable character in this game is Gold Mario, who is unlocked by winning all twelve base-game gold cups at 200cc. Once unlocked, he replaces Metal Mario on the character select screen. Metal Mario is from then on treated as a color variant of Gold Mario. The two differ only in their color scheme and the voice clip used when selecting them. Their other voice clips, horn sounds, animations, and statistics are identical.

Vehicle parts

A vehicle part is randomly unlocked every 30 coins. Once reaching 450 coins this changes to every 50, and once reaching 1500 coins this changes to every 100. Eventually, the last non-gold vehicle part is unlocked on reaching 3100 coins.

Special parts

Special gold parts are unlocked with the following criteria:

Gold Standard: Unlocked by achieving at least 1 star ranking on all base-game Mirror Cups.
Gold Tires: Unlocked by defeating all 48 base-game staff ghosts in 150cc Time Trials.
Gold Glider: Unlocked by collecting 5000 coins.

Alternate title screens

Additional title screens can appear when hovering over the single player and multiplayer options on the main menu. These are unlocked by obtaining a gold trophy in every base-game cup in Mirror and 200cc, after which the title screens used are randomly selected. These alternate title screens can appear on start-up, which causes a different voice clip to play corresponding to the character shown on the screen, replacing the usual clip of Mario yelling "Mario Kart 8!"

Courses

There are 48 race courses in the base game (including all four cups that were DLC in the original Mario Kart 8), these being the 25 courses introduced in the original game and 23 classic courses, which includes two courses from Super Mario Kart, three courses each from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart Wii, and four courses each from Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Mario Kart 7. It is also the first Mario Kart game since Mario Kart 64 to have all courses available from the start.

In the British English version of the game, Toad Harbor is spelled "Toad Harbour", Bone-Dry Dunes is formatted "Bone Dry Dunes", and 3DS Music Park, 3DS Piranha Plant Slide, and 3DS Neo Bowser City are respectively known as 3DS Melody Motorway, 3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway, and 3DS Koopa City.

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Star Cup	Special Cup	Egg Cup	Crossing Cup

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Leaf Cup	Lightning Cup	Triforce Cup	Bell Cup

Booster Course Pass

Main article: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass

The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC, which includes 48 additional courses (mostly classic courses), will release in six waves of eight courses each from March 18, 2022 to the end of 2023, increasing the game's total number of courses to 96. Currently, the classic courses in the DLC include one course each from Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, two courses from Mario Kart 64, three courses from Mario Kart 7, four courses each from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart Wii, and eleven courses from Mario Kart Tour (making Mario Kart 8 Deluxe the first game in the series to feature classic courses of a Mario Kart game released after it), which increases the total number of courses from each game to three courses from Super Mario Kart, five courses from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, six courses from Mario Kart 64, and seven courses each from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7. Sky-High Sundae and Yoshi's Island, both new courses to the Mario Kart series, are also included, increasing the number of new courses to 27.

In the British English version of the game, 3DS Rock Rock Mountain and Wii DK Summit are known as 3DS Alpine Pass and Wii DK's Snowboard Cross respectively.

Golden Dash Cup	Lucky Cat Cup	Turnip Cup	Propeller Cup	Rock Cup	Moon Cup

Fruit Cup	Boomerang Cup	Feather Cup	Cherry Cup	Acorn Cup	Spiny Cup

Battle courses

Eight battle courses are present in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, five new and three classic, replacing the repurposed race courses used for Battle Mode in the Wii U version.

Similar to regular races, a course introduction scene is now added at the start.

Ghosts

150cc Staff Ghosts

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the times for staff ghosts in 150cc are slightly different from the original Mario Kart 8. Also, unlike the original game, players will not unlock any stamps if they beat the ghosts.

Course	Staff Name	Country	Time	Character	Vehicle Combination
Course	Staff Name	Country	Time	Character	Body	Tires	Glider
Mario Kart Stadium	Nin★Chris	United Kingdom	1:53.191	Mario	Sports Coupe	Standard	Super Glider
Water Park	Nin★Massim	Italy	2:02.186	Baby Luigi	Mr. Scooty	Roller	Super Glider
Sweet Sweet Canyon	Nin★Fausti	France	2:07.205	Baby Peach	Teddy Buggy	Wood	Peach Parasol
Thwomp Ruins	Nin★Sophia	Germany	2:12.125	Donkey Kong	Standard ATV	Monster	Super Glider
Mario Circuit	Nin★Sho	Japan	2:08.501	Mario	Standard Kart	Standard	Super Glider
Toad Harbor	Nin★Alice	United States	2:29.282	Toadette	Cat Cruiser	Retro Off-Road	Plane Glider
Twisted Mansion	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	2:14.615	Luigi	Mach 8	Slim	Super Glider
Shy Guy Falls	Nin★Frank	United Kingdom	2:21.804	Shy Guy	Flame Rider	Off-Road	Super Glider
Sunshine Airport	Nin★Leonel	United States	2:20.447	Rosalina	Circuit Special	Standard	Super Glider
Dolphin Shoals	Nin★Skip	United States	2:14.832	Wendy	Landship	Wood	Bowser Kite
Electrodrome	Nin★Yuya	Japan	2:21.023	Larry	Sport Bike	Monster	Super Glider
Mount Wario	Nin★Elena	Russia	2:03.483	Waluigi	The Duke	Monster	Wario Wing
Cloudtop Cruise	Nin★Maria	Portugal	2:19.568	Baby Rosalina	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
Bone-Dry Dunes	Nin★Elena	Russia	2:15.338	Morton	Tri-Speeder	Monster	Super Glider
Bowser's Castle	Nin★Polly	United Kingdom	2:21.980	Bowser	Badwagon	Standard	Super Glider
Rainbow Road	Nin★Mizuho	Japan	2:25.267	Pink Gold Peach	Comet	Slim	Super Glider
Wii Moo Moo Meadows	Nin★Chris	United Kingdom	1:41.846	Daisy	Varmint	Hot Monster	Super Glider
GBA Mario Circuit	Nin★Rie	Japan	1:44.593	Baby Mario	Yoshi Bike	Standard	Super Glider
DS Cheep Cheep Beach	Nin★Massim	Italy	2:06.314	Koopa Troopa	Steel Driver	Metal	Parachute
N64 Toad's Turnpike	Nin★Alice	United States	2:08.966	Toad	Standard Bike	Standard	Parachute
GCN Dry Dry Desert	Nin★Maria	Portugal	2:26.614	Peach	Standard Bike	Slim	Super Glider
SNES Donut Plains 3	Nin★Frank	United Kingdom	1:35.564	Lakitu	Pipe Frame	Monster	MKTV Parafoil
N64 Royal Raceway	Nin★Skip	United States	2:18.307	Peach	Prancer	Wood	Peach Parasol
3DS DK Jungle	Nin★Rie	Japan	2:20.006	Donkey Kong	Varmint	Monster	Waddle Wing
DS Wario Stadium	Nin★Mizuho	Japan	2:09.171	Wario	Tri-Speeder	Off-Road	Wario Wing
GCN Sherbet Land	Nin★Fausti	France	2:20.174	Lemmy	Sneeker	Standard	Super Glider
3DS Music Park	Nin★Sho	Japan	2:19.675	Baby Daisy	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
N64 Yoshi Valley	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	2:23.688	Yoshi	Wild Wiggler	Standard	Flower Glider
DS Tick-Tock Clock	Nin★Sophia	Germany	2:06.485	Iggy	Standard Bike	Monster	Super Glider
3DS Piranha Plant Slide	Nin★Polly	United Kingdom	2:21.321	Ludwig	Jet Bike	Slim	Super Glider
Wii Grumble Volcano	Nin★Yuya	Japan	2:16.524	Roy	Badwagon	Off-Road	Super Glider
N64 Rainbow Road	Nin★Leonel	United States	1:33.981	Metal Mario	Standard ATV	Monster	Super Glider
GCN Yoshi Circuit	Nin★Adrien	France	2:07.557	Red Yoshi	B Dasher	Standard	Super Glider
Excitebike Arena	Nin★Pedro	Spain	1:58.808	Mario	Standard Bike	Slim	Super Glider
Dragon Driftway	Nin★Mitsu	Japan	2:05.957	Lakitu	Varmint	Monster	Cloud Glider
Mute City	Nin★Laura	United States	2:10.167	Mario	Blue Falcon	Roller	Super Glider
Wii Wario's Gold Mine	Nin★Pit	Germany	2:22.119	Wario	Standard Kart	Monster	Super Glider
SNES Rainbow Road	Nin★Anne	Netherlands	1:40.711	Cat Peach	Cat Cruiser	Retro Off-Road	Super Glider
Ice Ice Outpost	Nin★Pavel	Russia	2:09.427	Tanooki Mario	Tanooki Kart	Monster	Super Glider
Hyrule Circuit	Nin★Mitsu	Japan	2:08.616	Link	Master Cycle	Triforce Tires	Hylian Kite
GCN Baby Park	Nin★Joost	Netherlands	1:16.561	Baby Mario	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
GBA Cheese Land	Nin★Aracel	Spain	2:06.316	Orange Yoshi	Pipe Frame	Monster	Parafoil
Wild Woods	Nin★Akira	Japan	2:05.396	Villager (Boy)	Streetle	Leaf Tires	Paper Glider
Animal Crossing	Nin★Marie	United States	1:53.584	Isabelle	City Tripper	Slim	Paper Glider
3DS Neo Bowser City	Nin★Rui	Portugal	2:13.138	Dry Bowser	Bone Rattler	Metal	Super Glider
GBA Ribbon Road	Nin★Giulia	Italy	2:07.152	Villager (Girl)	Teddy Buggy	Button	Super Glider
Super Bell Subway	Nin★Juliet	France	2:06.487	Pink Shy Guy	City Tripper	Slim	Super Glider
Big Blue	Nin★Dylan	United Kingdom	1:37.316	Mario	P-Wing	Blue Standard	Super Glider
Tour Paris Promenade	Nin★Adrien	France	2:07.401	Peach	Standard Kart	Slim	Peach Parasol
3DS Toad Circuit	Nin★Sho	Japan	1:33.670	Toad	Mr. Scooty	Azure Roller	Super Glider
N64 Choco Mountain	Nin★Massim	Italy	2:08.949	Koopa Troopa	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
Wii Coconut Mall	Nin★Skip	United States	1:58.401	Baby Mario	Sneeker	Metal	Super Glider
Tour Tokyo Blur	Nin★Yuya	Japan	1:36.317	Blue Inkling Boy	Splat Buggy	Blue Standard	Super Glider
DS Shroom Ridge	Nin★Frank	United Kingdom	2:09.148	Bowser	Bone Rattler	Off-Road	Super Glider
GBA Sky Garden	Nin★Pedro	Spain	1:42.267	Lakitu	P-Wing	Retro Off-Road	Cloud Glider
Ninja Hideaway	Nin★Fausti	France	2:20.813	Black Shy Guy	Standard ATV	Standard	Super Glider
Tour New York Minute	Nin★Leonel	United States	1:34.573	Donkey Kong	Varmint	Monster	Super Glider
SNES Mario Circuit 3	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	1:46.806	Mario	B Dasher	Standard	Super Glider
N64 Kalimari Desert	Nin★Pit	Germany	1:40.363	Dry Bones	Standard Kart	Monster	Super Glider
DS Waluigi Pinball	Nin★Chris	United Kingdom	2:36.450	Waluigi	The Duke	Monster	Super Glider
Tour Sydney Sprint	Nin★Rie	Japan	2:16.617	Baby Mario	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
GBA Snow Land	Nin★Maria	Portugal	1:46.763	Tanooki Mario	Tanooki Kart	Standard	Super Glider
Wii Mushroom Gorge	Nin★Massim	Italy	1:50.666	Toadette	Teddy Buggy	Wood	Super Glider
Sky-High Sundae	Nin★Akira	Japan	2:07.380	Rosalina	Circuit Special	Standard	Super Glider
Tour London Loop	Nin★Frank	United Kingdom	2:20.500	Mario	Comet	Slim	Super Glider
GBA Boo Lake	Nin★Rie	Japan	1:36.212	King Boo	Circuit Special	Monster	Super Glider
3DS Rock Rock Mountain	Nin★Fausti	France	2:24.730	Morton	Pipe Frame	Monster	Super Glider
Wii Maple Treeway	Nin★Pavel	Russia	2:36.581	Daisy	Prancer	Off-Road	Super Glider
Tour Berlin Byways	Nin★Sophia	Germany	2:11.001	Donkey Kong	Varmint	Monster	Super Glider
DS Peach Gardens	Nin★Marie	United States	2:19.534	Peach	Prancer	Wood	Super Glider
Merry Mountain	Nin★Elena	Russia	2:09.693	Shy Guy	Flame Rider	Off-Road	Super Glider
3DS Rainbow Road	Nin★Mizuho	Japan	1:52.015	Rosalina	Circuit Special	Standard	Super Glider
Tour Amsterdam Drift	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	1:48.580	Daisy	Prancer	Wood	Super Glider
GBA Riverside Park	Nin★Frank	United Kingdom	1:34.480	Toad	Standard ATV	Standard	Super Glider
Wii DK Summit	Nin★Fausti	France	2:22.680	Donkey Kong	Varmint	Monster	Super Glider
Yoshi's Island	Nin★Skip	United States	2:20.116	Baby Mario	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
Tour Bangkok Rush	Nin★Yuya	Japan	1:54.995	Blue Inkling Boy	Inkstriker	Monster	Super Glider
DS Mario Circuit	Nin★Pit	Germany	1:50.550	Mario	B Dasher	Standard	Super Glider
GCN Waluigi Stadium	Nin★Maria	Portugal	2:16.894	Waluigi	The Duke	Monster	Super Glider
Tour Singapore Speedway	Nin★Alice	United States	2:08.954	Bowser	Badwagon	Monster	Super Glider

200cc Staff Ghosts

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe features a new option for players to race in Time Trials in the 200cc engine class. This option also features entirely new staff ghosts for each of the courses. ^TC - Used in the Tencent Chinese release^[10]

Course	Staff Name	Country	Time	Character	Vehicle Combination
Course	Staff Name	Country	Time	Character	Body	Tires	Glider
Mario Kart Stadium	Nin★Sophia	Germany	1:21.984	Gold Mario	Gold Standard	Gold Tires	Gold Glider
Water Park	Nin★Yuya	Japan	1:22.799	Baby Mario	Biddybuggy	Standard	Super Glider
Sweet Sweet Canyon	Nin★Alice	United States	1:40.972	Peach	Prancer	Wood	Peach Parasol
Thwomp Ruins	Nin★Skip	United States	1:31.436	Bowser	Badwagon	Standard	Bowser Kite
Mario Circuit	Nin★Joost	Netherlands	1:23.243	Pink Gold Peach	Standard Bike	Slim	Super Glider
Toad Harbor	Nin★Adrien	France	1:43.003	Toad	Sports Coupe	Standard	Super Glider
Twisted Mansion	Nin★Rui	Portugal	1:38.244	King Boo	Wild Wiggler	Sponge	Flower Glider
Shy Guy Falls	Nin★Anne	Netherlands	1:40.698	White Yoshi	Standard ATV	Retro Off-Road	Parafoil
Sunshine Airport	Nin★Sho	Japan	1:45.437	Luigi	Jet Bike	Metal	Plane Glider
Dolphin Shoals	Nin★Polly	United Kingdom	1:38.911	Ludwig	Steel Driver	Blue Standard	Bowser Kite
Electrodrome	Nin★Laura	United States	1:40.943	Roy	The Duke	Cushion	Parafoil
Mount Wario	Nin★Massim	Italy	1:37.266	Wario	Standard ATV	Crimson Slim	Wario Wing
Cloudtop Cruise	Nin★Giulia	Italy	1:44.120	Bowser Jr.	Koopa Clown	Cyber Slick	Cloud Glider
Bone-Dry Dunes	Nin★Pavel	Russia	1:39.330	Dry Bones	Pipe Frame	Wood	Plane Glider
Bowser's Castle	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	1:40.953	Dry Bowser	Flame Rider	Slim	Bowser Kite
Rainbow Road	Nin★Pedro	Spain	1:55.767	Rosalina	Mach 8	Blue Standard	MKTV Parafoil
Wii Moo Moo Meadows	Nin★Leonel	United States	1:09.980	Baby Daisy	Sneeker	Cyber Slick	MKTV Parafoil
GBA Mario Circuit	Nin★Pit	Germany	1:10.475	Baby Luigi	Sport Bike	Slick	Parachute
DS Cheep Cheep Beach	Nin★Mizuho	Japan	1:25.089	Lakitu	Landship	Metal	Cloud Glider
N64 Toad's Turnpike	Nin★Rie	Japan	1:21.156	Toadette	Sports Coupe	Slick	Super Glider
GCN Dry Dry Desert	Nin★Chris	United Kingdom	1:45.087	Lemmy	Tanooki Kart	Off-Road	Super Glider
SNES Donut Plains 3	Nin★Mizuho	Japan	1:11.794	Koopa Troopa	Streetle	Monster	Flower Glider
N64 Royal Raceway	Nin★Dylan	United Kingdom	1:43.120	Baby Peach	Circuit Special	Cyber Slick	Parafoil
3DS DK Jungle	Nin★Polly	United Kingdom	1:46.758	Yellow Yoshi	City Tripper	Hot Monster	Paper Glider
DS Wario Stadium	Nin★Massim	Italy	1:39.724	Waluigi	Varmint	Hot Monster	Wario Wing
GCN Sherbet Land	Nin★Sophia	Germany	1:34.370	Iggy	Bone Rattler	Monster	Bowser Kite
3DS Music Park	Nin★Mitsu	Japan	1:36.529 1:38.847^TC	Daisy	Badwagon	GLA Tires Off-Road^TC	MKTV Parafoil
N64 Yoshi Valley	Nin★Yuya	Japan	1:35.628	Green Shy Guy	Comet	Slim	Super Glider
DS Tick-Tock Clock	Nin★Elena	Russia	1:32.483	Larry	Standard Kart	Sponge	Paper Glider
3DS Piranha Plant Slide	Nin★Frank	United Kingdom	1:48.454	Wendy	Mr. Scooty	Metal	Peach Parasol
Wii Grumble Volcano	Nin★Maria	Portugal	1:44.284	Morton	Standard Bike	Cushion	Parachute
N64 Rainbow Road	Nin★Fausti	France	1:08.128	Mario	Tri-Speeder	Monster	Super Glider
GCN Yoshi Circuit	Nin★Elena	Russia	1:38.869	Light-blue Shy Guy	P-Wing	Slick	Parachute
Excitebike Arena	Nin★Akira	Japan	1:29.202	Inkling Girl	Inkstriker	Leaf Tires	Super Glider
Dragon Driftway	Nin★Aracel	Spain	1:34.873	Purple Inkling Boy	Splat Buggy	Blue Standard	Super Glider
Mute City	Nin★Sho	Japan	1:34.273	Metal Mario	Blue Falcon	Azure Roller	Parafoil
Wii Wario's Gold Mine	Nin★Alice	United States	1:41.168	Waluigi	Standard Bike	Retro Off-Road	Wario Wing
SNES Rainbow Road	Nin★Marie	United States	1:12.762 1:12.696^TC	Tanooki Mario	GLA Pipe Frame^TC	GLA Tires Standard^TC	Parachute
Ice Ice Outpost	Nin★Juliet	France	1:32.435	Cat Peach	Sneeker	Off-Road	Peach Parasol
Hyrule Circuit	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	1:40.394	Link	Master Cycle	Triforce Tires	Hylian Kite
GCN Baby Park	Nin★Leonel	United States	0:59.765	Baby Rosalina	Teddy Buggy	Cyber Slick	Waddle Wing
GBA Cheese Land	Nin★Chris	United Kingdom	1:41.248	Donkey Kong	Streetle	Roller	Flower Glider
Wild Woods	Nin★Mitsu	Japan	1:27.555	Villager (Girl)	City Tripper	Leaf Tires	Paper Glider
Animal Crossing	Nin★Fausti	France	1:23.417 1:23.491^TC	Villager (Boy)	300 SL Roadster Streetle^TC	GLA Tires Standard^TC	Super Glider
3DS Neo Bowser City	Nin★Massim	Italy	1:37.526	Bowser	Bone Rattler	Standard	Super Glider
GBA Ribbon Road	Nin★Maria	Portugal	1:31.220	Isabelle	Cat Cruiser	Crimson Slim	Paper Glider
Super Bell Subway	Nin★Skip	United States	1:23.304	Blue Yoshi	Yoshi Bike	Blue Standard	Super Glider
Big Blue	Nin★Rie	Japan	1:13.516 1:13.200^TC	Luigi	W 25 Silver Arrow Blue Falcon^TC	Slim	Plane Glider
Tour Paris Promenade	Nin★Joost	Netherlands	1:27.101	Rosalina	Comet	Slim	Super Glider
3DS Toad Circuit	Nin★Aracel	Spain	1:03.969	Toadette	Prancer	Wood	Super Glider
N64 Choco Mountain	Nin★Alice	United States	1:31.715	Tanooki Mario	Tanooki Kart	Monster	Super Glider
Wii Coconut Mall	Nin★Polly	United Kingdom	1:29.009	Baby Luigi	Yoshi Bike	Slick	Parachute
Tour Tokyo Blur	Nin★Aracel	Spain	1:07.560	Inkling Girl	Inkstriker	Metal	Super Glider
DS Shroom Ridge	Nin★Akira	Japan	1:37.626	Morton	Standard Bike	Cushion	Parachute
GBA Sky Garden	Nin★Rui	Portugal	1:13.606	Ludwig	Steel Driver	Blue Standard	Bowser Kite
Ninja Hideaway	Nin★Giulia	Italy	1:37.815	Black Yoshi	Teddy Buggy	Standard	Super Glider
Tour New York Minute	Nin★Sho	Japan	1:07.562	Yoshi	Sports Coupe	Standard	Super Glider
SNES Mario Circuit 3	Nin★Giulia	Italy	1:17.075	Luigi	Mach 8	Slim	Super Glider
N64 Kalimari Desert	Nin★Juliet	France	1:10.511	Dry Bowser	Bone Rattler	Monster	Super Glider
DS Waluigi Pinball	Nin★Pavel	Russia	2:00.942	Morton	Pipe Frame	Monster	Super Glider
Tour Sydney Sprint	Nin★Giulia	Italy	1:37.367	Bowser Jr.	Koopa Clown	Standard	Super Glider
GBA Snow Land	Nin★Leonel	United States	1:21.826	King Boo	Circuit Special	Monster	Super Glider
Wii Mushroom Gorge	Nin★Chris	United Kingdom	1:21.194	Toad	Standard ATV	Standard	Super Glider
Sky-High Sundae	Nin★Mitsu	Japan	1:30.777	Peach	Standard Bike	Slim	Super Glider
Tour London Loop	Nin★Alice	United States	1:38.896	Red Yoshi	Sports Coupe	Standard	Super Glider
GBA Boo Lake	Nin★Joost	Netherlands	1:09.576	Dry Bones	Standard Kart	Monster	Super Glider
3DS Rock Rock Mountain	Nin★Juliet	France	1:39.664	Bowser	Landship	Wood	Super Glider
Wii Maple Treeway	Nin★Sho	Japan	1:58.543	Wario	Tri-Speeder	Monster	Super Glider
Tour Berlin Byways	Nin★Skip	United States	1:35.467	Toad	Standard ATV	Standard	Super Glider
DS Peach Gardens	Nin★Aracel	Spain	1:39.851	Toadette	Teddy Buggy	Button	Super Glider
Merry Mountain	Nin★Mark	Netherlands	1:31.642	Luigi	Mach 8	Slim	Super Glider
3DS Rainbow Road	Nin★Dylan	United Kingdom	1:19.545	Waluigi	The Duke	Monster	Super Glider
Tour Amsterdam Drift	Nin★Rie	Japan	1:19.135	Shy Guy	Flame Rider	Off-Road	Super Glider
GBA Riverside Park	Nin★Elena	Russia	1:13.455	Bowser Jr.	Koopa Clown	Slim	Super Glider
Wii DK Summit	Nin★Massim	Italy	1:53.372	Rosalina	Circuit Special	Standard	Super Glider
Yoshi's Island	Nin★Polly	United Kingdom	1:40.731	Yoshi	Wild Wiggler	Standard	Super Glider
Tour Bangkok Rush	Nin★Leonel	United States	1:24.201	Wario	Standard Kart	Monster	Wario Wing
DS Mario Circuit	Nin★Sho	Japan	1:24.282	Peach	Standard Bike	Slim	Super Glider
GCN Waluigi Stadium	Nin★Aracel	Spain	1:43.781	Luigi	Mach 8	Slim	Super Glider
Tour Singapore Speedway	Nin★Mizuho	Japan	1:32.160	Mario	Comet	Slim	Super Glider

New items

The Boo and Feather items make a return in this game, functioning as they had previously. All other items from the Wii U version return as well. Also, the item distributions have been altered beside the addition of the new items.

New Items
Boo	Allows the player to become invisible to other racers for 10 seconds. While invisible, players will also be granted immunity to items and obstacles. Activating the item will also allow Boo to steal an item from a randomly selected racer in front of the player. If there are no items to steal, Boo will bring back a single Mushroom by default. If Boo steals a multiple usage item or a timed item, it will be returned to the player fresh. Boo cannot steal Crazy 8's, or Piranha Plants and Bullet Bills already in use. Only one Boo can be in play at a time; once it brings back an item, another can appear in item boxes again, even while the other player is still invisible. Players who are under the effect of a Super Star or even a Boo are not immune to Boo's item stealing.
Feather	Causes the player to spin and leap in the air, providing a small speed boost upon landing, akin to a regular trick (characters will also perform a trick animation during the jump). When used near an opponent, the player steals a balloon, 3 coins, or the Shine Sprite from them, depending on the mode; however, the player needs to touch the opponent to steal from them, either by touching them upon use, or upon landing. Can be used on trickable places to gain more height, though does not grant more height if used while airborne, and cancels the gliding immediately. Exclusive to Battle Mode.

New course elements

All of the course elements from the original Mario Kart 8, including enemies and obstacles, are retained in this game, along with several elements exclusive to the Booster Course Pass courses.

Characters and elements
Character/element	Location	Description
File:MK8D Kalimari Desert Arrow Field.png Arrow field	Tour Paris Promenade, Tour Tokyo Blur, Tour New York Minute, N64 Kalimari Desert, Tour Sydney Sprint, Tour London Loop, Tour Berlin Byways, DS Peach Gardens, Tour Amsterdam Drift, Tour Bangkok Rush, Tour Singapore Speedway	Large, holographic, floating arrows that point in the direction that the players should go and change position each lap (or only in the last lap in Tour Paris Promenade and DS Peach Gardens), altering the path of the course. If the player goes past them, they will be considered out of bounds and taken back onto the track by Lakitu. In multiplayer, the arrow fields are independent to each player, meaning that if multiple players are on different laps, the arrow fields will be different for each of them to match what lap they are on. Arrow fields are red in most of the city courses and DS Peach Gardens and are turquoise in N64 Kalimari Desert and Tour Bangkok Rush, though this is simply a visual difference.
Bumper	DS Waluigi Pinball	Obstacles that bounce players and metal balls that touch them away from themselves. Some are stationary, while others move in circles.
Ceiling Needles	Ninja Hideaway	Giant shuriken stuck to broad ceilings that slowly rise and fall at set intervals, serving as obstacles for players on the course's lower route, while the ceilings themselves serve as platforms for players on the upper route, with a ramp on one of them.
Flipper	DS Waluigi Pinball	Large obstacles that can swing back and forth and push back metal balls that collide with them. Players who collide with them are knocked over.
Half-pipe	Wii Maple Treeway, Merry Mountain, Wii DK Summit, GCN Waluigi Stadium	Vertical ramps that allow players to jump off the side of a course and perform a Jump Boost to gain a speed boost upon landing. They resemble Antigravity Panels and briefly put the player into anti-gravity mode while they are airborne.
Metal ball	DS Waluigi Pinball	Giant spherical obstacles that roll throughout the course and knock over players they collide with. In the pinball table section at the end of the course, they are bounced around in different directions by bumpers and flippers.
Mushroom Platform	Wii Mushroom Gorge	Large, green mushrooms with white spots. Though shaped identically to Mushroom Trampolines, they are functionally different in that they act like regular surfaces rather than bouncing players into the air. A Jump Boost can be performed when driving off the edge of a Mushroom Platform.
Mushroom Trampoline	GBA Sky Garden, Wii Mushroom Gorge, 3DS Rainbow Road	Large mushrooms that bounce the player into the air, allowing them to perform a Jump Boost. They are red with white spots in GBA Sky Garden and Wii Mushroom Gorge and are white with multi-colored spots in 3DS Rainbow Road. Wii Mushroom Gorge also contains one Mushroom Trampoline that is blue with white spots and functions differently to the others: it bounces the player upwards and activates their glider on contact, also giving them an opportunity to perform a Jump Boost. In GBA Sky Garden, there are also leaves that have the same properties of bouncing the player into the air as regular Mushroom Trampolines.
Penguin	GBA Snow Land	Enemies that either waddle or slide on their bellies around the course. Players who collide with them spin out.
Ptooie	GBA Riverside Park	Enemies that walk around the course. They are shown to be carrying Mushrooms and Bananas which they will drop if hit with another item.
Shy Guy (Ninja)	Ninja Hideaway	Shy Guys clad in ninja outfits. They stand in place and act as hazards, causing players who collide with them to spin out. They will also occasionally transform into either a Banana or a row of coins. There are also Shy Guys that fly with kites during the glider section and touching one will cause the player to lose their glider, making them fall.
Snowboarding Shy Guy	Wii DK Summit	Shy Guys that snowboard across the snow and perform tricks on half-pipes. Driving into them will cause the player to spin out.
Train	N64 Kalimari Desert	A moderately fast train which follows a set railway. Hitting it on impact results in the player spinning out.
Water Geyser	Tour New York Minute, Tour Singapore Speedway	Geysers that occasionally burst out from the ground under manhole covers for a few seconds before disappearing in the first two laps of Tour New York Minute. Coming into contact with one boosts the player upwards, at which point they can perform a Jump Boost.
Whomp	Tour Berlin Byways	Enemies that stand in gaps in the Berlin Wall. They slam their faces onto the track and flatten any players caught under them, but their edges can then be used to perform Jump Boosts before they get back up.
Wiggler	Wii Maple Treeway, DS Mario Circuit	Enemies that walk around at a slow speed with occasional stops. Driving into them results in the player spinning out.

New amiibo compatibility

Some of the Mii Racing Suits and amiibo that can be used to unlock them in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

In addition to all of the compatible amiibo in Mario Kart 8 with their respective Mii Racing Suits, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe adds compatibility with amiibo from the Splatoon line, which unlock a Mii Racing Suit based on Splatoon. Additionally, more amiibo can be used to unlock the returning Mii Racing Suits, as all Animal Crossing related amiibo being compatible and unlocking the Animal Crossing Mii Racing Suit, and the Pikmin amiibo unlocking the Pikmin suit.

Update history

Note that in order to play online, players must have downloaded the most recent software update.

Ver. 1.1.0

An update was released on May 17, 2017. The following changes were made:

Opponents' names are displayed in the rear view mirror view in online matches.

Invincibility period after a spin-out or crash is longer in online matches.

Up to two players can spectate a friend group while they wait to join.

"Worldwide" and "Regional" modes add players to Mirror and 200cc matches less often.

Players can now properly create a friend lobby when having 100 or more friends.

The starting positions in online races now properly reflect the order in which the players join (just like the original).

Miis now properly show facial expressions during matches.

The Tournament clock now properly reflects real-world time.

One of Inkling Girl's animations has been modified.
The original animation was considered by some to resemble an obscene gesture.^[11]^[12]

Ver. 1.2.0

An update was released on June 28, 2017. The following changes were made:

Players can use Pikmin-themed amiibo to unlock a Pikmin Suit for the Mii driver.

Race rules and course name are now displayed on loading screens for online and wireless play, as well as Mario Kart TV.

Players who are behind in online matches will receive items geared toward catching up more frequently.

In online matches, no more than two Piranha Plants will be granted as items at the same time.

Controls are no longer unresponsive when the timer runs out when choosing a Mii racing suit for online matches.

When a player uses an item right after the Super Horn in online matches, that item will now remain available for other players.

Item wheel no longer spins continuously in online matches.

Online matches now end as intended 30 seconds after the first place racer finishes.

The Boomerang now returns to the first slot, if possible, after a player catches it.

Items shown in a player's item slots now display correctly when holding an item behind them.

No longer possible to use an item after it has been used to block an attack.

Communication errors no longer occur frequently while spectating or after spectating online matches.

Ver. 1.2.1

An update was released on August 9, 2017. The following changes were made:

Corrected an issue that prolonged the time to return to the lobby after races near the start and end times of online tournaments.

Ver. 1.3.0

An update was released on October 18, 2017. The following changes were made:

Video capture compatibility added. Hold the Capture Button to capture up to 30 seconds of the previous footage.
This system must be updated to Ver. 4.0.0 or higher to use this feature.

Now more difficult to float down using the glider when Smart Steering is ON.

Blue Shells no longer hit the second place player when the first place player has not crossed the finish line.

Extended the invulnerability period after spinning out or crashing.

Changes made to Online Play prior to Ver. 1.2.1 now apply to Wireless Play and LAN Play as well:
When further back in a race, will receive better items to help catch up to other players.

No more than one Piranha Plant will appear at a time.

Updating to Ver 1.3.0 will prevent users from Wireless Play or LAN Play with users on Ver. 1.2.1 or lower.

Ver. 1.4.0

An update was released on December 12, 2017. The following changes were made:

Language support for Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean has now been implemented.
Players can change languages in Settings on the console.

An issue has been resolved that prevented background music from playing after players reach the finish line.

Updating to Ver 1.4.0 will prevent users from Wireless Play or LAN Play with users on Ver. 1.2.1 or lower.

Ver. 1.5.0

An update was released on June 25, 2018. The following changes were made:

Now supports the use of the Toy-Con Motorbike from the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Variety Kit.
Players can now set whether or not use the Toy-Con Motorbike from the Toy-Con settings in the main menu.

At the screen right before the game begins, the Joy-Con needs to be set inside the Toy-Con Motorbike.

When using the Toy-Con Motorbike, the camera will look over the character's shoulder.

Pressing the downward directional button will allow the player to play with normal view again.

Addressed an issue where, after setting up a tournament, the "Search by code" feature would stop functioning.

Addressed an issue that made it impossible for a player to proceed after colliding with a Super Thwomp.

Updating to Ver 1.5.0 will prevent users from Wireless Play or LAN Play with users on prior versions

Ver. 1.6.0

An update was released on July 19, 2018. The following changes were made:

Link in the Champion's Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been added as a variant for Link.

The Master Cycle Zero, Ancient Tires, and Paraglider have been added as kart parts.

Updating to Ver. 1.6.0 will prevent users from Wireless Play or LAN Play with users on prior versions.

Ver. 1.7.0

An update was released on September 19, 2018. The following changes were made:

Now compatible with Toy-Con Car in Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03 Vehicle Kit.
Players can select which Toy-Con to use in Toy-Con settings in the main menu.

Now compatible with Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app.
If an application is running on any device when entering an online match, players can receive a prompt on their smartphone asking whether if they would like to join a voice chat with their opponents.

Worldwide, Regional, Friends, and Tournaments allow players to use this function.

Ver. 1.7.1

An update was released on January 23, 2019. The following changes were made:

Fixed an issue that caused the game to become unresponsive to any input except for the HOME Button.

Ver. 1.7.2

An update was released on May 25, 2021. The following changes were made:

Addressed an issue that caused tournament points to be reset.

Addressed an issue that caused match history with friends to be reset.

Ver. 2.0.0

An update was released on March 17, 2022. The following changes were made:

Support for DLC

Now supports Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass (Wave 1: 8 courses)

If someone in the lobby has the “Booster Course Pass,” all players can select one of the pass courses.
This supports “Friends,” “Wireless Play,” and “LAN Play.”

Starting March 21st, you can select course from the Booster Course Pass in online play.
Supports “Worldwide,” “Regional,” and “Tournaments.”

Even if the player does not own the “Booster Course Pass,” they can play courses from the pass randomly.

General

Shortened the time it takes for an Item Box to regenerate when it gets taken by someone else.

Fixed Issues

Fixed an issue where a communication error occurs when 12 people matched during online play.
You need to download the latest update data in order to play online.

If you download the latest update data, you will not be able to do “Wireless Play” or LAN Play” with other players who are using data from a previous update.

The update data contains fixes to issues that improve gameplay experience, and other content that is not listed here.

In order to download the update data, you need enough space on your system memory or microSD Card.

Ver. 2.1.0

An update was released on August 4th, 2022. The following changes were made:

Support for DLC

Now supports paid DLC: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, Wave 2 (two cups and eight courses).

General

Increased the number of ghosts you can download from 16 to 32.

Adjusted the extent to which a vehicle is thrown, depending on its weight.

Further shortened the time it takes for item boxes to regenerate after another player takes them.

Shortened the time it takes for one player to be able to pick up a coin that another player has dropped.

Made it so that it is easier to face the way forward in mid-air when using Smart Steering.

The cars that the Shy Guys are riding in in Wii Coconut Mall now move from time to time in all modes other than the Time Trial mode.

Fixed Issues

Fixed issue where player could not choose a DLC course even though a player in the lobby in "Friends" has the Booster Course Pass.

Fixed issue where player did not receive coins even though they used the Feather in Coin Runners to steal a rival's coins.

Fixed issue where player could receive two items from one item box in N64 Toad's Turnpike.

Unlisted changes

The course icons for the Booster Course Pass Wave 1 courses are now slightly brighter than at launch.
Dirt marks are now left on tires when driving on Booster Course Pass Wave 1 courses.
An issue where sounds of a character while boosting were not properly randomized when viewing a Time Trial replay was fixed.
CPU drivers' speeds on 200cc on Hard difficulty have been adjusted on the Booster Course Pass Wave 1 courses on VS Races.
How Lakitu decides where to respawn players on the track after they fall off has been adjusted.^[13]
An issue introduced in version 2.0.0 was fixed where CPUs would no longer replace players who disconnected in a friend room in the subsequent race when the CPU racers option was turned on.
This update patches a vulnerability, known as ENLBufferPwn, in the game's network code which enables hackers to take full, remote control of a user's (unmodified) Nintendo Switch system during online multiplayer sessions.^[14] This same vulnerability exists in many other first-party Nintendo games, such as Mario Kart 7.

Ver. 2.2.0

An update was released on December 7th, 2022. The following changes were made:

Support for DLC

Now supports paid DLC: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, Wave 3 (two cups and eight courses).

General

Added “Custom Items” to item Rules.
This is a feature that lets you decide which items appear.

This is supported in VS Race, Balloon Battle, Coin Runners, Shine Thief, Renegade Roundup, Playing with friends, Tournaments, and Wireless Play.

Items that have not been set to appear may still appear according to the connection environment and game situation.

When getting struck by lightning while gliding through the air, the glider no longer closes.

The period of invincibility after spinning or crashing now changes, depending on the driver or machine parts.

When a user cannot download any new ghost data, they can now delete all the ghost data they downloaded until then.

Deleted “Recommended” in Tournaments.

Fixed Issues

Fixed an issue where coins would not be added when touching an opponents’ Crazy Eight coin.

Fixed an issue where there was a communication error when using the item Boo.

Fixed an issue where using the Super Horn would not hit more than one opponent at the same time.

Fixed an issue where images in SNES Mario Circuit 3 would look distorted.

Fixed an issue where a player could not acquire multiple items in a row in GBA Snow Land.

Fixed an issue where points would not be added to a member list, when spectating an online match.

Fixed an issue where, when selecting a team, the COM characters that actually play in the game were not the same as shown on selection screen.

Fixed an issue where the warning sound was not playing when a Red Shell or Spiny Shell comes from behind.

Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the gameplay experience.

Unlisted changes

An issue introduced in version 2.1.0 was fixed where Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Tanooki Mario, and Cat Peach no longer appeared as a driver's rivals.^[15]^[16]

Ver. 2.2.1

An update was released on December 21st, 2022. The following changes were made:^[17]

Fixed Issues

Fixed issue where, when playing online in Berlin Byways, the image would get choppy.

Fixed issue where, when playing in London Loop, player is carried in by Lakitu after falling off of course and they were not returned to the appropriate location.

Ver. 2.3.0

An update was released on March 8th, 2023. The following changes were made:^[18]

Support for DLC

Now supports paid DLC: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, Wave 4 (two cups, eight courses, and one character, Birdo).

General

Improved the performance of some characters and vehicle customizations.

Made it so that the player can see the rear view mirror when spinning, crashing, or changed into Bullet Bill.

Made it so, if the player uses a Super Star or Boo at the same time that they are hit by Lightning, their kart will not crash or become small.

Made it so, when jumping from a Whomp in Tour Berlin Byways, karts can leap over the fence.

Added Golden Mushroom to Custom Items in Renegade Roundup.

Added “Booster Course Pass” button to main menu. If a player does not have the Booster Course Pass, a link to the Nintendo eShop will be displayed.

Fixed Issues

Fixed an issue where, when the player’s kart became small after being hit by lightning, it would slip into the ground.

Fixed an issue where, when the player’s kart ran into a wall, they would be carried over by Lakitu even though they had not left the course.

Fixed an issue where the player character would not be able to hit an opponent with a red shell when that opponent was jumping on a half-pipe.

Fixed an issue where the player character could not drift after jumping and landing in a half pipe.

Fixed an issue so that the player can use another item other than Boo right after using Boo.

Fixed an issue where the player could not throw a Boomerang after catching it and it entered the second item slot.

Fixed an issue where, when a player character hit the Blooper in an opponent’s Crazy 8, they would have ink squirted on them even though they are using the Super Star.

Fixed an issue where, when the player stops looking at the rear view mirror, the ink would disappear momentarily even though they had Blooper ink on them.

Fixed an issue where, when player is hit with a red shell at the same time as changing into Bullet Bill, they would go off the course.

Fixed an issue where, at the escalator in Wii Coconut Mall, there would be a communication error when a character could not move forward.

Fixed an issue when changed into Bullet Bill in N64 Dry Dry Desert,^[sic]^[19] where the character would slip into the ground.

Fixed an issue where the character would get stuck on the bridge posts right before and after the starting line in Tour London Loop.

Fixed an issue where, on wavy floors in 3DS Rainbow Road, the character could be pushed way off the course.

Unlisted changes

Every driver except for Metal Mario, Gold Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, Roy, Wario, Dry Bowser, Bowser, Morton, and large Mii has had their Ground, Water, Air, and Anti-Gravity Speed statistics increased by a value of 0.25 (1 point).^[20]
Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Dry Bones, small Mii, Toad, Shy Guy, Larry, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Mario, Ludwig, medium Mii, Luigi, and Iggy have had their Mini-Turbo statistic increased by a value of 0.25 (1 point).^[20]
Every vehicle body except for Pipe Frame, Varmint, City Tripper, Biddybuggy, Mr. Scooty, Landship, Streetle, Standard Bike, Flame Rider, Wild Wiggler, and W 25 Silver Arrow has had their Mini-Turbo statistic increased by a value of 0.25 (1 point).^[21]
Every tire except for Roller, Azure Roller, Button, and Leaf Tires has had their Mini-Turbo statistic increased by a value of 0.25 (1 point).^[22]
The timer glitch in Time Trials rounding the times of section courses (Mount Wario, N64 Rainbow Road, Big Blue, 3DS Rainbow Road) to the full frame has been fixed.

Official tournaments

Main article: List of official Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournaments

Promotional image for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 invitational, held at PAX West 2022

Nintendo has sponsored many Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournaments, held either online or at special events, with prizes ranging from virtual My Nintendo points to physical merchandise and memorabilia. Nintendo's online tournaments are restricted to one country or region, and may be recurrent on a weekly, monthly, or seasonal basis as part of a named series. Tournament series include the Mario Kart North American Open, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit (held in European countries), and the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix (held in Australia and New Zealand).

Pre-release and unused content

Early Booster Course Pass course designs

Some of the courses in the Booster Course Pass had several differences between promotional material and their final release, some of which made the courses better resemble their Mario Kart Tour counterparts:

In the Wave 1 launch trailer, Tour Paris Promenade had simpler detailing overall, particularly in the lighting, trees, and the road. At the left turn that leads to the Luxor Obelisk at the end of the track, the right path, which is used in the final lap, is blocked by fences, some of which have arrows, rather than the backside of a metal ramp like in the final version. The ramp in front of the Eiffel Tower, though still functioning like a Glide Ramp, had the appearance of a normal ramp, similar to Paris Promenade 3.
Prior to Wave 1's launch, the sand in 3DS Toad Circuit was a very dark yellow color, as opposed to the bright sand-like color in the final version.
Prior to Wave 1's launch, Wii Coconut Mall's exterior was a bright, pale peachy color, but in the time between its reveal and release, it was updated to be a more vibrant orange. This also applied certain parts of the interior. Likewise, the stone floor in the center of the mall was originally gray, while it was changed to orange in the final version. The reflections on the windows had also been changed during this time. However, the results screen following a Grand Prix or a VS match uses an image of the old design.
When DS Peach Gardens was shown in the September 2022 Nintendo Direct, the loop at the beginning of the course lacked the barriers blocking off the right side, similar to previous iterations of the course, and even had at least one Coin present. The first flowerbed shortcut was also much smaller, and the route used to turn around on lap three also appears to be absent, with no visible gap in the hedge.

Original order of tracks in Waves 3 and 4

In version 2.1.0 and onwards, the internal file names for some of the courses in the Booster Course Pass suggest that the release order in their respective cups differs from the originally-planned order. For Wave 3, the Rock Cup was intended to feature Tour London Loop, DS Peach Gardens, GBA Boo Lake, and 3DS Rock Rock Mountain, while GCN Waluigi Stadium was set for the second slot of the Moon Cup. Further evidence appears in an unlisted advertisement for Wave 3 posted by Nintendo of America on YouTube, which displays the courses in this order, albeit with Wii Maple Treeway (whose internal file name suggests that it was to be the second course of the Acorn Cup) in place of GCN Waluigi Stadium.^[23] In the final release, GBA Boo Lake and 3DS Rock Rock Mountain were each moved back a slot, with Wii Maple Treeway at the end of the Rock Cup, and DS Peach Gardens taking the place of GCN Waluigi Stadium. For Wave 4, the non-Tour courses of both the Fruit Cup and Boomerang Cup were entirely different, and Tour Singapore Speedway was set as the first course of the Boomerang Cup, with Tour Los Angeles Laps as its final. In the final release, Tour Bangkok Rush (initially set to be the first course of the Cherry Cup) and Tour Singapore Speedway took these respective slots, and GCN Waluigi Stadium appeared in place of another currently unknown GCN course.

Wave 3 (Pre-release)	Wave 3 (Final)
Tour London Loop	Tour London Loop
DS Peach Gardens	GBA Boo Lake
GBA Boo Lake	3DS Rock Rock Mountain
3DS Rock Rock Mountain	Wii Maple Treeway
Tour Berlin Byways	Tour Berlin Byways
GCN Waluigi Stadium	DS Peach Gardens
Merry Mountain	Merry Mountain
3DS Rainbow Road	3DS Rainbow Road

Wave 4 (Pre-release)	Wave 4 (Final)
Tour Amsterdam Drift	Tour Amsterdam Drift
Wii DK Summit	GBA Riverside Park
DS Mario Circuit	Wii DK Summit
Yoshi's Island	Yoshi's Island
Tour Singapore Speedway	Tour Bangkok Rush
GCN ???	DS Mario Circuit
GBA Riverside Park	GCN Waluigi Stadium
Tour Los Angeles Laps	Tour Singapore Speedway

Gallery

Pre-release screenshot of 3DS Toad Circuit
Wii Coconut Mall's early design
MK8D Peach Gardens Nintendo Direct view.png

Pre-release birds-eye view of DS Peach Gardens
Pre-release screenshot of the roundabout in DS Peach Gardens, without the barrier.
Original order for the Rock and Moon Cups, as shown in an unlisted video by Nintendo

Reception

Critical reception

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been received with universal acclaim, garnering higher aggregate scores than the original Mario Kart 8. The game has been praised for being well-suited to the Switch's portability, the increased performance, and particularly the redesigned Battle Mode, although several reviews noted Mario Kart 8 Deluxe would not be as appealing of a proposition to players who already own Mario Kart 8 and its downloadable content.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo Switch	Laurely Birba, Jeux Actu	18/20	While purists may accuse Mario Kart 8 of being a opportunistic rehash, Nintendo's goal was to give the Switch a racing game that is fun, polished, filled with content, and able to showcase the Switch's hybrid nature. These four objectives are mostly accomplished, and the game will have no problem seducing newcomers considering how well the formula has been mastered.
Nintendo Switch	Kallie Plagge, GameSpot	9/10	Even if you didn't really care about Battle Mode, the smallest changes in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe refine an already great racing game. But the huge overhaul to the original's afterthought of a Battle Mode is a chaotic, varied opportunity to play very differently than in Grand Prix mode and well worth reinvesting yourself in Mario Kart 8 on Switch.
Nintendo Switch	Matthew Sainsbury, Digitally Downloaded	4.5/5	Thanks to substantial DLC releases, Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U went from being a game with plenty of content, to one with an overload of it. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch has all of that, plus the return of the battle mode (which should never have left), and while it won't be a new game as such for the people who actually bought a Wii U (we're a special club), having this game on a portable console is reason enough to buy it all over again.
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		92
GameRankings		92.39%

Sales

In the United Kingdom, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe debuted at No. 1 on the sales chart, making it the first Nintendo game to be No. 1 in the UK since 2011's Pokémon Black and White, and the first Mario game to place such since Mario Kart Wii.^[24]

The game sold 459,000 copies for its US launch day, making it the fastest-selling Mario Kart game in the US and meaning 45% of US Switch owners purchased the game.^[25]

As of December 31, 2017, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had sold 7.33 million units worldwide. On March 31, 2018, it reached 9.22 million units, exceeding the original Mario Kart 8's 8.42 million and making it the second best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch behind Super Mario Odyssey.^[26] As of January 31, 2019, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had sold 15.02 million units worldwide, exceeding Super Mario Odyssey's sales and making it the best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch.^[27] By June 30, 2021, the game had sold 37.08 million units worldwide.^[28] By September 30, 2021, the game had sold 38.74 million units worldwide, surpassing Mario Kart Wii as the best-selling game in the series.^[29] By December 31, 2021, the game had sold 43.35 million units worldwide, making it the single best-selling game in the Mario franchise, surpassing Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System.^[30] By December 31, 2022, the game had sold 52 million units worldwide.^[31]

Awards and acknowledgements

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was nominated for the "Best Family Game" and "Best Multiplayer" awards at The Game Awards 2017.^[32] However, it won neither, losing the former to Super Mario Odyssey and the latter to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.^[32]

References to other games

Super Mario Kart: The Feather item returns from this game, with the same function. Battle Course 1 reappears as a classic battle course; a billboard in the course background is modeled after the player select screen from this game. Mario Circuit 3 is included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: A course named Yoshi's Island appears in the Booster Course Pass. The course's design is based on its appearance in this game.
Mario Kart 64: Similar to this game, all courses in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are unlocked from the start. Choco Mountain and Kalimari Desert are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Golf: Metal Mario has an alternate color scheme where he can be selected into gold like in this game. However, unlike this game, Gold Mario is an unlockable skin.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Sky Garden, Snow Land, Boo Lake, and Riverside Park are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: Luigi's Mansion reappears as a classic battle course. The Double Item Boxes and the two Battle sub-modes, Bob-omb Blast and Shine Thief, return. Waluigi Stadium is included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.
Yoshi Touch & Go: Artwork of Yoshi and Baby Mario is reused from the game in the Yoshi's Island course on the mural outside of Yoshi's House.
Mario Kart DS: An arrangement of Luigi's Mansion's music is used in GCN Luigi's Mansion. Shroom Ridge, Waluigi Pinball, Peach Gardens, and Mario Circuit are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart Wii: Dry Bones, Bowser Jr., King Boo, and Birdo's voice clips are reused from this game. Coconut Mall, Mushroom Gorge, Maple Treeway, and DK Summit are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart 7: The Koopa Clown kart body returns from this game. Wuhu Town reappears as a classic battle course, and Toad Circuit, Rock Rock Mountain, and Rainbow Road are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass. Lunar Colony has a moon section with low gravity just like Rainbow Road from this game.
New Super Mario Bros. 2: Gold Mario returns as a character.
Super Mario 3D World: The crown mechanic in Battle Mode is similar to the mechanic in this game's multi-player, where the player with the highest score from one stage will be wearing a crown in the next stage.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: The Koopa Clown's propellers in anti-gravity sections emerge from circular panels on the side of the vehicle, much like the Junior Clown Car's weapons. Also, the Koopalings' Koopa Clowns match the Clown Car colors they use in this game.
Mario Kart Tour: New York Minute, Tokyo Blur, Paris Promenade, London Loop, Merry Mountain, Berlin Byways, Ninja Hideaway, Sydney Sprint, Singapore Speedway, Amsterdam Drift, and Bangkok Rush are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass. Additionally, the designs of the courses in the Booster Course Pass are based on their designs from Mario Kart Tour, and N64 Kalimari Desert's second and third laps are based on the variant Kalimari Desert 2 from said game. Birdo and her colored variations reuse their face icons from this game.

References in later games

Mario Kart Tour: The third level of Mini-Turbos, Ultra Mini-Turbos, returns. The Koopa Clown retains its appearance from this game. King Boo reuses his face icon from this game.

Staff

Main article: List of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe staff

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Media

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Mario Kart 8 media.

Battle Stadium theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-BattleStadium-music.oga

Sweet Sweet Kingdom theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-SweetSweetKingdom-music.oga

Dragon Palace theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-DragonPalace-music.oga

Lunar Colony theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-LunarColony-music.oga

3DS Wuhu Town theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-3DS-WuhuTown-music.oga

GCN Luigi's Mansion theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-GCN-LuigisMansion-music.oga

SNES Battle Course 1 theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-SNES-BattleCourse1-music.oga

Urchin Underpass theme	File infoMedia:MK8D-UrchinUnderpass-music.oga

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マリオカート８デラックス^[?] Mario Kāto 8 Derakkusu	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Chinese (simplified)	马力欧卡丁车8 豪华版^[33] Mǎlìōu Kǎdīngchē 8 Háohuábǎn	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition
Chinese (traditional)	瑪利歐賽車8 豪華版^[?] Mǎlìōu Sàichē 8 Háohuábǎn	Mario Racing 8 Deluxe Edition
Korean	마리오 카트 8 디럭스^[?] Mario Kateu 8 Direokseu	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

External links

References

^ ^a ^b Business Wire (February 8, 2023). Metroid Prime Remastered Rolled out in Latest Nintendo Direct, Available Now for Nintendo Switch. Business Wire. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
^ Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass). nintendo.com. Retrieved January 31, 2023. (Archived January 28, 2023, 06:38:50 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ Template:Media link.
^ Nintendo World Report (January 14, 2017). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Wario's Gold Mine - Nintendo Switch Off-Screen Footage. YouTube. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2djsuZuTg&feature=youtu.be&t=3m50s
^ GameXplain (April 10, 2017). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - New Pink Sparks, 200cc Trial Mode, & All Characters Unlocked!. YouTube. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Added within Booster Course Pass Wave 4
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Nintendo AU NZ. (February 9, 2023) [1] Twitter. Retrieved February 8, 2023 (PST).
^ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1W3G9ih4aBHCjItIFCakWnbw7ATivIUibZmTVUkecS4s/htmlview#
^ @zachruff (May 22, 2022). "So it turns out that there are 4 staff ghosts in the Tencent Chinese version of MK8D that are actually different to the global version. It seems that they really did not like the Mercedes car parts so any ghost that used them had to be redone." Twitter. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
^ Brian (May 17, 2017). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe patches out offensive Inkling Girl gesture with version 1.1. Nintendo Everything. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
^ Frank, Allegra (May 18, 2017) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe patch edits out obscene gesture. Polygon. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
^ https://twitter.com/Zachruff/status/1555721005603110913?s=20&t=INSDP1_ux99JYsXbK37N9w
^ PabloMK7, Rambo6Glaz, and Fishguy6564 (December 22, 2022). ENLBufferPwn (CVE-2022-47949). GitHub. Retrieved March 4, 2023. (Archived December 25, 2022, 02:58:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ @azuraPKM1542 (October 18, 2022). Twitter. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ @azuraPKM1542 (December 8, 2022). Twitter. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^ https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26098/~/how-to-update-mario-kart-8-deluxe#v221
^ https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26098/~/how-to-update-mario-kart-8-deluxe#v230
^ The "N64 Dry Dry Desert" mentioned in the English patch notes is a mistranslation of N64 Kalimari Desert's Japanese name.
^ ^a ^b Mario Kart Blog (March 8, 2023). マリオカート8 DX キャラクター性能. Mario Kart Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
^ Mario Kart Blog (March 8, 2023). マリオカート8 DX フレーム性能. Mario Kart Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
^ Mario Kart Blog (March 8, 2023). マリオカート8 DX タイヤ性能. Mario Kart Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBCHkZ15MUM
^ Dring, Christopher (April 30, 2017), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Nintendo's first UK No.1 since 2011, GameIndustryBiz
^ Brian (May 1, 2017) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sells 459,000 copies in the US on launch day, fastest-selling Mario Kart game. Nintendo Everything. Retrieved May 1, 2017
^ IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units. Nintendo. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
^ GameXplain. (February 1, 2019) Nintendo's Financial Report - 30 Million Switches Sold Worldwide, Doubled Software Sales, & More! YouTube. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ Nintendo (n.d.) Top Selling Title Sales Units. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved August 5, 2021. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021.
^ Nintendo (November 4, 2021) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021.
^ Nintendo (February 3, 2022) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022.
^ Nintendo (August 3, 2022) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Awards - The Game Awards 2017. The Game Awards. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
^ http://bbs.ngacn.cc/read.php?tid=13046281&rand=773

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[Characters-1] Business Wire (February 8, 2023). Metroid Prime Remastered Rolled out in Latest Nintendo Direct, Available Now for Nintendo Switch. Business Wire. Retrieved February 8, 2023.

[2] Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass). nintendo.com. Retrieved January 31, 2023. (Archived January 28, 2023, 06:38:50 UTC via Wayback Machine.)

[3] Template:Media link.

[4] Nintendo World Report (January 14, 2017). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Wario's Gold Mine - Nintendo Switch Off-Screen Footage. YouTube. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

[5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2djsuZuTg&feature=youtu.be&t=3m50s

[6] GameXplain (April 10, 2017). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - New Pink Sparks, 200cc Trial Mode, & All Characters Unlocked!. YouTube. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

[Wave4-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Added within Booster Course Pass Wave 4

[Birdo-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Nintendo AU NZ. (February 9, 2023) [1] Twitter. Retrieved February 8, 2023 (PST).

[9] ttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1W3G9ih4aBHCjItIFCakWnbw7ATivIUibZmTVUkecS4s/htmlview#

[10] @zachruff (May 22, 2022). "So it turns out that there are 4 staff ghosts in the Tencent Chinese version of MK8D that are actually different to the global version. It seems that they really did not like the Mercedes car parts so any ghost that used them had to be redone." Twitter. Retrieved May 24, 2022.

[11] Brian (May 17, 2017). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe patches out offensive Inkling Girl gesture with version 1.1. Nintendo Everything. Retrieved July 28, 2017.

[12] Frank, Allegra (May 18, 2017) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe patch edits out obscene gesture. Polygon. Retrieved July 28, 2017.

[13] ttps://twitter.com/Zachruff/status/1555721005603110913?s=20&t=INSDP1_ux99JYsXbK37N9w

[14] PabloMK7, Rambo6Glaz, and Fishguy6564 (December 22, 2022). ENLBufferPwn (CVE-2022-47949). GitHub. Retrieved March 4, 2023. (Archived December 25, 2022, 02:58:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)

[15] @azuraPKM1542 (October 18, 2022). Twitter. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[16] @azuraPKM1542 (December 8, 2022). Twitter. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

[17] ttps://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26098/~/how-to-update-mario-kart-8-deluxe#v221

[18] ttps://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26098/~/how-to-update-mario-kart-8-deluxe#v230

[19] The "N64 Dry Dry Desert" mentioned in the English patch notes is a mistranslation of N64 Kalimari Desert's Japanese name.

[2.3.0-20] Mario Kart Blog (March 8, 2023). マリオカート8 DX キャラクター性能. Mario Kart Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[21] Mario Kart Blog (March 8, 2023). マリオカート8 DX フレーム性能. Mario Kart Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[22] Mario Kart Blog (March 8, 2023). マリオカート8 DX タイヤ性能. Mario Kart Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[23] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBCHkZ15MUM

[24] Dring, Christopher (April 30, 2017), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Nintendo's first UK No.1 since 2011, GameIndustryBiz

[25] Brian (May 1, 2017) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sells 459,000 copies in the US on launch day, fastest-selling Mario Kart game. Nintendo Everything. Retrieved May 1, 2017

[26] IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units. Nintendo. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[Jansales-27] GameXplain. (February 1, 2019) Nintendo's Financial Report - 30 Million Switches Sold Worldwide, Doubled Software Sales, & More! YouTube. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[28] Nintendo (n.d.) Top Selling Title Sales Units. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved August 5, 2021. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021.

[29] Nintendo (November 4, 2021) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021.

[30] Nintendo (February 3, 2022) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022.

[31] Nintendo (August 3, 2022) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022.

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[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Featherweight			Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones
Light			Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Green^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peach^a • Villager (Female)^a • Isabelle^a • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl • Diddy Kong^c
Medium			Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Red^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Mario^a • Villager (Male)^a • Inkling Boy • Birdo^c (Light-blue ^c · Black ^c · Red ^c · Yellow ^c · White ^c · Blue ^c · Green ^c · Orange ^c) • Kamek^c • Peachette^c
Cruiser			Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Link^a • King Boo • Wiggler^c • Pauline^c
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Wario • Morton • Dry Bowser^a • Petey Piranha^c • Funky Kong^c
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA^a • W 25 Silver Arrow^a • 300 SL Roadster^a • Blue Falcon^a • Tanooki Kart^a • B Dasher^a • Streetle^a • P-Wing^a • Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Tripper^a • Master Cycle Zero^b
		Sport bikes	Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle^a
		ATVs	Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler^a • Splat Buggy • Inkstriker
Tires			Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires^a • Triforce Tires^a • Leaf Tires^a • Ancient Tires^b
Gliders			Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite^a • Paper Glider^a • Paraglider^b
Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
		Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario
		Special Cup	Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Classic courses		Shell Cup	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
		Banana Cup	GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
		Leaf Cup	DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC courses^a		Egg Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
		Triforce Cup	Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster courses^c		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway
		Turnip Cup	Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses		Wii U	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley • Toad Harbor
Battle courses		Switch	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass • Dragon Palace • Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Lunar Colony
Other
Items			Banana • Blooper • Boo • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Coin • Crazy Eight • Feather • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Horn • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity Panel • Arrow field^c • Barrel • Bath Bomb^c • Beach Ball^c • Bell^a • Board • Bob-omb Car^c • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bus • Bumper^c • Cannon • Car • Cargo truck • Cash • Ceiling Needle^c • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Drain pipe • Falling Pillar • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Flipper^c • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring^c • Hoop^c • Hot-air balloon • Half-pipe^c • Icicle^c • Item Box • Lava Geyser • Leaf pile^a • Master Sword^a • Mecha Piranha Plant^c • Metal ball^c • Millstone • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform^c • Mushroom Trampoline^c • Oil slick • Pickup truck • Pit^a • Ring • Rupee^a • Snowboy^a • Snowman • Spin Boost Pillar • Spinner • Submarine • Table^c • Tire • Toy Duck^c • Toy Goomba^c • Traffic cone • Train^a • Volcanic debris • Water Geyser^c • Winged Cloud^c
Enemies and species			Big Wiggler^c • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bowser Monument • Bulber^c • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy^c • Deku Baba^a • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Exploring Shy Guy^c • Fire Piranha Plant^c • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Freezie • Frogoon • Fuzzy^c • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goonie^c • Hammer Knight • Huffin Puffin^c • Incoming Chomp^c • Innertube Goomba^c • Jellybeam • Keese^a • Manta • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad^a • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti^a • Nep-Enut^c • Noki • Penguin^c • Petal Guy^c • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Ptooie^c • Raving Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^c • Screaming Pillar • Shoe^c • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Small bird • Snowboarding Shy Guy^c • Star Thwomp^a • Stilt Guy^c • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Toad • Unagi • Whomp^c • Yoshi
Techniques			Anti-gravity • Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Spin Turn • Jump Boost • U-turn • Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings			Amsterdam (Canal)^c • Athens (Hadrian's Arch · Parthenon) ^c • Bangkok^c • Berlin (Berlin Wall · Brandenburg Gate · Charlottenburg Palace) ^c • Bowser's Castle • Daisy Cruiser^a • DK's Tree House • Hammer Bros. Sphinx • London (Big Ben · Tower Bridge · Tower of London) ^c • Luigi's Mansion • Madrid (Prado Museum · Ventas Bullring) ^c • New York (Empire State Building · Statue of Liberty · Rockefeller Center) ^c • Paris (Arc de Triomphe · Cathedral of Notre Dame · Eiffel Tower · Louvre) ^c • Rome (Colosseum · Spanish Steps · Trevi Fountain) ^c • Peach's Castle • Sydney^c • Tokyo^c • Vancouver^c
Official tournaments	Mario Kart 8		Mario Kart 8 promotion tour • Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	North America	NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon • Mario Kart North American Open • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
		Australia and New Zealand	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays • Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix
		China	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship
		Europe	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
		Hong Kong	Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
		Japan	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
		Spain	TorneoMK8D
		UK and Ireland	Nintendo UK VS Cup • Nintendo VS UK Cup
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego • Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8^a • "Blue Shell Blues" • Cheese^a • Emblem • Finish line • From the Pit • Gallery (Deluxe) • Ghost • Glitches • Gravity • Heart^c • Highlight Reel • Hyrule Castle^a • In-game statistics (Deluxe) • Item probability distributions • Lakitu • The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8^a • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass^c • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart TV • Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8^a • Miiverse • Poochy^c • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack • Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 · Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Booster Course Pass) • Stamp (list) • Update history
Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 ^a Indicates downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^c Indicates content available in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass
Related Play Nintendo activities: Take a spin in one of these beauties! • Racing through this poll • One cup, four tracks… • Leaf it to me • Gaming gardens trivia quiz • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up

[Edit] Nintendo Switch games
Super Mario franchise	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018) • Super Mario Party (2018) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020) • Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021) • Mario Party Superstars (2021) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) • Super Mario RPG (2023) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024) • Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024) • Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2018) • Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Crafted World (2019)
Wario franchise	WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021) • WarioWare: Move It! (2023)
Arcade Archives	Mario Bros. (2017) • VS. Super Mario Bros. (2017) • Donkey Kong (2018) • Donkey Kong Jr. (2018) • Donkey Kong 3 (2019) • VS. Pinball (2019) • VS. Golf (2019) • VS. Wrecking Crew (2020)
Crossovers	Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (2017) • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017) • Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (2018) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Controls

Dual Joy-Con / Pro Controller

GameCube Controller

Joy-Con (sideways)

Toy-Con Motorbike

Toy-Con Car

Differences from the original

Battle Mode

Characters

Alternate costumes

Rival order

Vehicle parts

Available parts

Karts

Standard bikes

Sport bikes

ATVs

Tires

Gliders

CPU combinations

Drivers' and vehicle parts' statistics

Statistics shown in the vehicle customization screen

Drivers' statistics

Parts' statistics

Unlocking criteria

Gold Mario

Vehicle parts

Special parts

Alternate title screens

Courses

Booster Course Pass

Battle courses

Ghosts

150cc Staff Ghosts

200cc Staff Ghosts

New items

New course elements

New amiibo compatibility

Update history

Ver. 1.1.0

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Ver. 1.2.1

Ver. 1.3.0

Ver. 1.4.0

Ver. 1.5.0

Ver. 1.6.0

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Ver. 1.7.1

Ver. 1.7.2

Ver. 2.0.0

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Ver. 2.2.0

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Pre-release and unused content

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Original order of tracks in Waves 3 and 4

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