Yesterday's Nintendo Direct gave us a first look at the fourth wave of the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, where it will come with a new course based on Yoshi's Island. But that's not all, we will also be getting Birdo as a new playable character, where there are even the different colors available from Mario Kart Tour. And according to a press release from Nintendo the future waves will also come with additional classic characters.
This is fantastic, where the Booster Course Pass is getting better and better with each wave. The visuals have improved, the selection of tracks became more interesting, the different driving modes are finally utilized, and now we're also getting characters back? It feels like Nintendo was going into this thing with the minimal effort to see how it goes, but now that it became a success they are going the extra mile here. It's technically not just a "Booster COURSE Pass" any longer, but who cares? Mario Kart Tour is a goldmine for additional content and they should use all the good stuff there.
Birdo has been one of these weird omissions in Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe), together with Diddy Kong. So, it's great to have her back, though I personally haven't used Birdo all that much, but there is more from where she was coming from...
We haven't seen the altered character select screen yet, at least not that I know, but I'm guessing that they will add either another row or column to it, which makes for six or seven additional characters. This isn't covered with only one character per wave, where this brings me back to an idea that I have shared on this blog multiple times before: a second Booster Course Pass a Donkey Kong Pack!
GCN DK Mountain already exists in Mario Kart Tour, and with it they could bring back Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, and Dixie Kong in the same breath. Technically, Dixie Kong has only been in Mario Kart Tour so far, but so have been the majority of courses in the Booster Course Pass. They could even add some more kart parts, like the Rambi Rider in this case.
We've also already seen the new Piranha Plant Cove in Mario Kart Tour, which could go hand in hand with bringing back Petey Piranha. And Pauline is in Mario Kart Tour, who would be a fantastic addition, but here it would have made sense to add her alongside New York Minute in wave 2...
Other characters in Mario Kart Tour include Nabbit, Kamek, King Bomb-Omb, Charging Chuck, the Hammer Bros., and Monty Mole. My favorite out of these would probably be Nabbit, while Kamek would really deserve it after being scrapped twice, but there is enough content here to really make a second Booster Course Pass and add one character per wave. None of these are terribly exciting, however, where I personally would settle for Pauline, Petey Piranha, and the three other Kongs at the end.
Also, Mario Kart Tour has now a Battle Mode with a couple of Battle Courses, like GCN Cookie Land and DS Twilight House. Maybe the final two waves will add some of those to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as well?
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