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StarTopic Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass |ST| Doubled Dash!! [WAVE 6 AVAILABLE NOW]
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CyberWolfBia
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Not sure what the strategy is with adding tracks to Tour that will be part of the 8DX pack, seems just wasteful? Like, they probably will get a bit of facelift (that won't make people stop whinning about visuals though), but you're devaluing the DLC that you want people to purchase.... since you can get that for free in Tour.
I thought it was a good opportunity to slow down on Tour and maybe just pump up characters, since they got that over 8DX.
I thought it was a good opportunity to slow down on Tour and maybe just pump up characters, since they got that over 8DX.
Magic-Man
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You can't get Tour on Switch. That's what matters. And I believe Tour tracks rotate in and out of the lineup, with 8DX are there all the time.
Boyfriend
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the point of this is to share content between the two. tour is still ongoing, and the 8DX packs are them just backporting them with minimal upgrades
tour is the first class citizen in this arrangement
MetalLord
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every dlc track comes from tour,even the ones released before in 8dx,the dlc only exists as a way to reuse tour assets,nothing gonna be tailor made for switch
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I think the logic is something along these lines:
- The courses are made for both, not one or the other. Not much of a waste on a dev perspective if the content is ready to go for both. In other words...
...I don't quite have this view, it's not a chicken or the egg situation anymore, it just is flat out for both. Moving on...
- The experience of playing MK8D is very different from playing MKT. The unique mechanics between the two make them both unique experiences even with the same course.
- Courses are rotated in and out of Tour. You can't play Koopa Cape, for example, whenever you want in Tour. With the Booster Course Pass, you keep the course for good. So Tour is like the demo. You want it for keeps, you gotta pay up.
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I think the above explainations cover it well enough. Tour and 8DX are vastly different games; they play differently and the way you access the content is totally different. Tour going in on the new content this year and next year before being shut down in 2024 is exactly what I expected after the Booster Course Pass announcement, and that seems to be their strategy.
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Didn’t see this posted here but, the new tour is the Cat Tour, and Baby Park is returning! I believe this is the third Double Dash course in the game, after Yoshi Circuit and Dino Dino Jungle.
I wonder if it’ll be 5 laps like the DS version or the full 7 laps?
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Been awhile since i've posted updated Tour datamining findings. We're probably close to Wave 2 happening but I thought i'd post the most recent rendition now anyway, i'll explain why below.
A few tracks have been added recently, Koopa Cape and Baby Park; not much new for the datamined courses besides another new Tour original 'or' being found. Why i'm posting now, though, is that with every new update more and more references to Battle Mode are being added, and it's become clear that some of the datamined Tour originals are actually battle mode maps, not race courses. We don't know which yet but I expect that to become clearer soon; and so the list of datamined courses might end up looking pretty different after the distinction is made. As for retro battle courses, there's reason to believe that one of them will be Wii Delfino Pier, but I won't be adding it to the image until we've got a better idea of what they're doing with battle mode, or if there's any chance of those courses making it to 8DX too.
A few tracks have been added recently, Koopa Cape and Baby Park; not much new for the datamined courses besides another new Tour original 'or' being found. Why i'm posting now, though, is that with every new update more and more references to Battle Mode are being added, and it's become clear that some of the datamined Tour originals are actually battle mode maps, not race courses. We don't know which yet but I expect that to become clearer soon; and so the list of datamined courses might end up looking pretty different after the distinction is made. As for retro battle courses, there's reason to believe that one of them will be Wii Delfino Pier, but I won't be adding it to the image until we've got a better idea of what they're doing with battle mode, or if there's any chance of those courses making it to 8DX too.
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Okay, first post here. I'm reading the posts here since March, but I felt like now is the time to join the forums, after my big deadlines and just before the imminent Nintendo Direct.
I am extremely hyped for the Mario Kart DLC myself. I can't wait to find out some details about the second wave. I am especially interested in how they will "announce" track number eight. It isn't labeled and I think that track can't be Merry Mountain, since, well, it is summer. I thought the new track would come in the upcoming wave, but it doesn't seem like that. Interesting.
Okay, my predictions for DLC wave 2:
Tour London Loop
SNES Mario Circuit 1 (however I hope for another MC, this is purely for nostalgia sake and because it's on the banner, I'd love MC4 to make its debut)
N64 Kalimari Desert (I hope they will merge it with Kalimari Desert 2 from Tour, would be fun if they did)
DS Waluigi Pinball (either this or Airship Fortress I feel would be the only two worthy cup "closers" from the DS)
Tour Los Angeles Laps (already complete with the different versions; and I think they're going to save New York Minute until the Power Moon Cup)
GBA Cheep Cheep Island (it's either this or Sunset Wilds for now I think, and with Kalimari Desert in this predicted wave I think they'll go with CCI. If the N64 course is Koopa Troopa Beach, then the GBA course will be Sunset Wilds)
Wii DK Snowboard Cross (first of the snow courses; there are a lot in MKT so probably a lot in the DLC, feel like they need to be spread out)
Banner ice cream course??
I am extremely hyped for the Mario Kart DLC myself. I can't wait to find out some details about the second wave. I am especially interested in how they will "announce" track number eight. It isn't labeled and I think that track can't be Merry Mountain, since, well, it is summer. I thought the new track would come in the upcoming wave, but it doesn't seem like that. Interesting.
Okay, my predictions for DLC wave 2:
Tour London Loop
SNES Mario Circuit 1 (however I hope for another MC, this is purely for nostalgia sake and because it's on the banner, I'd love MC4 to make its debut)
N64 Kalimari Desert (I hope they will merge it with Kalimari Desert 2 from Tour, would be fun if they did)
DS Waluigi Pinball (either this or Airship Fortress I feel would be the only two worthy cup "closers" from the DS)
Tour Los Angeles Laps (already complete with the different versions; and I think they're going to save New York Minute until the Power Moon Cup)
GBA Cheep Cheep Island (it's either this or Sunset Wilds for now I think, and with Kalimari Desert in this predicted wave I think they'll go with CCI. If the N64 course is Koopa Troopa Beach, then the GBA course will be Sunset Wilds)
Wii DK Snowboard Cross (first of the snow courses; there are a lot in MKT so probably a lot in the DLC, feel like they need to be spread out)
Banner ice cream course??
Welcome! Great time to join for sure!
Digging back through the thread, my most recent predictions which I think I’ll stick with were:
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Tour: London Loop
SNES: Mario Circuit 2
N64: Sherbet Land
DS: Waluigi Pinball
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Tour: Vancouver Velocity
Super Circuit: Sunset Wilds
Wii: Either Koopa Cape or Maple Treeway
???: New Sweets Track
We line up with three of them at this point! I think I’m going to commit to it being Koopa Cape for Wave 2 since it just showed up in Tour recently.
I’m torn which NES Mario Circuit it is and should be from the banner image. On one hand having the very original course is super cool, but MC2 has the cool jump you could add verticality to and MC3 and MC4 have interesting layouts.
I think there are two NES tracks ahead including Wave 2’s? I really want to see Choco Island 2 come back with the big mud lake. A Ghost Valley would be great too, but could be covered with one of the GBA courses like Boo Lake. I’d say Vanilla Lake since one hasn’t been remade on consoles yet, but I think Sherbet Land was in the leaked banner and is a better Vanilla Lake-like course.
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Wasn't Vanilla Lake "teased" with a sponsor banner in Coconut Mall? I can remember something like that.
Yeah it was name dropped in Coconut Mall, but I’m not convinced that’s hard proof it is in. Like it could easily just be a fun reference for hardcore Mario Kart fans. If Sherbet Land is in, either Vanilla Lake would be a tad redundant and we got plenty of other snow themed courses to pull from (including DK Summit which has been teased). That said, 48 tracks is a lot, so there’s going to be thematic overlap.
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It could be a reference. But I feel like Nintendo finally wants to bring Vanilla Lake to a modern Mario Kart, as it is the only SNES theme that hasn't been on a modern Mario Kart yet (except for Tour, but well, you know, the tracks will come from that game). You also have Bowser's Castle, but that is a theme covered many times through the years.
Anyway, is there a version of Bowser's Castle we could actually expect for the DLC? Bowser's Castle 3DS probably? But with the datamine, there aren't many prefixes for 3DS, and personally I don't really like BC 3DS, so I hope there is another Bowser's Castle. Is any BC found on the banner, actually?
One of the pictures looks like the GameCube one apparently. I most want Bowser’s Castle Wii (which is possible) and Bowser Castle 64 (not enough N64 spots :/), but I think we’ll get 7’s which isn’t my favorite, but is very solid still. There’s a real dearth of Bowser Castles in 8, only the newest one so far, so I really hope we at least get two good ones.
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i mean coconut mall also advertises kamek book store and he's almost definitely not coming to 8
we really shouldn't take anything from the courses designed for tour as any indication of something coming in the course pass
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Yeah, I forgot Coconut Mall not being made for MK8DX but for Tour. That's because it was released in MK8DX before it came to Tour I think. Officially, the Tour version was probably the first made
If the direct is on the 14th/15th, I can see Booster Course Pass wave 2 dropping when the new tour starts.
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Will update as we learn more, but the newest update for Tour has some exciting glimpses at imminent content. This should help give it away:
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Cookie Land from GCN? Very cool.
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Surprised at how much new ground is covered by Berlin Byways and Amsterdam Drift 2. Berlin Byways in particular is gonna have a lot of reused track in its inevitable 3rd variant.
I'm really curious to see how some of these newer Tour tracks will work in MK8D given how often the different variants go in opposite directions. I know that Paris Promenade goes backwards on the final lap, but unlike that track I'm not really seeing how you'd be able to smoothly change direction in the other tracks. Paris had that convenient extra turn near the finish line, which most of the other city tracks lack.
I'm really curious to see how some of these newer Tour tracks will work in MK8D given how often the different variants go in opposite directions. I know that Paris Promenade goes backwards on the final lap, but unlike that track I'm not really seeing how you'd be able to smoothly change direction in the other tracks. Paris had that convenient extra turn near the finish line, which most of the other city tracks lack.
Some people have theorized that Los Angeles Laps could be a 1 lap track (potentially starting at the yellow line like Los Angeles Laps 1).
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That'd be the best way to do that track for sure, but honestly that's probably one of the easiest ones to do alongside New York Minute. It's the tracks that straddle the middle (like Berlin Byways or Amsterdam Drift) that I'm most curious about, because there isn't enough variation to do a full one lap like this, but too much to do a simple path change like in Tokyo Blur.Some people have theorized that Los Angeles Laps could be a 1 lap track (potentially starting at the yellow line like Los Angeles Laps 1).
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There wasn’t much left to find on the battle courses yet it seems. Seems like they are very imminent inclusions though. Another two-Tour ‘Fest’ event is happening the current Metropolitan Fest; and that could be some sort of Battle Fest or something to introduce them.
I think they’ll just need to use the R variants for courses like Sydney and Berlin to make it all work. I can think of clever ways to adapt some like Vancouver into three section tracks, but I think they’ll go the Reverse route.
With all these fests, it makes me think Nintendo is fast-tracking the rest of Tour's content now so it can be shut down within the next year and also maybe booster course pass related.
Do you think it's possible we get a few battle maps for the Booster Pass as a surprise?
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Have to imagine Tour received at least somewhat of a popularity boost due to the BCP, so they’re probably trying to capitalize on that before phasing out new content additions. Doubt Tour itself is shut down for quite a while though.
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That's what i'm hoping for; not necessarily through the booster pass even, they could put them out as a free update since there wouldn't be many. Hoping a better GBA option than the bog standard Battle Course 1 shows up later though, lol.
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My rule of thumb for this is "If Nintendo hasn't said it about their DLC, do not assume it will happen." I agree with @MondoMega in that if it does happen, it won't happen through the Booster Course Pass; it'd be its own thing, free or paid. Same with characters.
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Luckly the Amsterdam map still has the State Museum and tulip field that hasnt been used yet.
I can see Amsterdam using 1 lap for every track variant in the Booster Course pass(Amsterdam drift 2 would have to be the R variant tho)
Something like this.
1st lap : Amsterdam Drift 1 (yellow)
2nd lap: Amsterdam Drift 2 R (Red)
3rd lap : (Hypothetical) Amsterdam drift 3 (Cyan)
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They know just how excited people are for Singapore Speedway 2 that they’re building up as much suspense as possible. The track to end all tracks, if you will.
Thanks for your reply. Do you think then that as the Metropolitan Tour is running Amsterdam and Berlin at the moment that it's most likely that these will be the two Tour maps that come as part of the next wave - especially as they're keeping the second part of the tour a surprise. The dates matching up with the rumoured Nintendo Direct suggests a shadow drop to me.
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The second wave of the tour will almost certainly cycle out the current cities, so if anything I’d say it makes the current ones less likely. London is in the current Tour as well, so unless they add 3 cities it wouldn’t line up anyway.
My personal prediction is that the next wave will be themed around nighttime city tracks, with New York, Singapore 2, Vancouver 3, and a new city. Either that or battle mode.
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Figured it was a good time to revive this thread given that we'll see the new wave 2 courses next week (if the Direct is still happening). Anyone got any predictions? Here's the games that each track originates from for some help:
Turnip Cup:
Tour
SNES
N64
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Propellor Cup:
Tour
GBA
Wii
Unknown
Turnip Cup:
Tour
SNES
N64
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Propellor Cup:
Tour
GBA
Wii
Unknown
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Maybe it's just me, but the speculation and predictions for Mario Kart tracks is...less interesting, for lack of a better word? And it's not for a lack of excitement, hell I'm more excited for these than new Smash characters. Think part of it is because there really just isn't all that much to predict. Unlike with Smash, where you can predict movesets, stages, mechanics, etc, there really isn't a whole lot to speculate about with the BCP. Either you think a track is in the next wave or you don't, not much more to it than that. I dunno, maybe that's just me, but I don't feel much motivation to make a prediction because of that.
With that being said, I'm very curious as to whether they'll stick to the datamined track origination, and if so, what the Unknown will end up being. I can't imagine we suddenly get, what, 5 more entirely new tracks? When Tour only has gotten 2 over its entire lifespan? Over 50% of the final wave would be comprised of Tour tracks too, which just seems odd to me. Fits much better if the Unknowns are just an error that they're waiting to patch until wave 2, as the 15 Tour tracks would cover every current Tour track as well as the datamined stuff (Ice Cream, Athens, Bangkok).
With that being said, I'm very curious as to whether they'll stick to the datamined track origination, and if so, what the Unknown will end up being. I can't imagine we suddenly get, what, 5 more entirely new tracks? When Tour only has gotten 2 over its entire lifespan? Over 50% of the final wave would be comprised of Tour tracks too, which just seems odd to me. Fits much better if the Unknowns are just an error that they're waiting to patch until wave 2, as the 15 Tour tracks would cover every current Tour track as well as the datamined stuff (Ice Cream, Athens, Bangkok).
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My predictions for Wave 2: since it’s summertime, I think a bit of summer themed courses would be a neat theme for the two cups.
Turnip Cup:
Tour Sydney Sprint - a great summer themed track imo, with awesome music that will sound better with the MK Band
SNES Mario Circuit 3 - a staple of the Mario Kart series, and I think returning this now would be a killer first SNES dlc track
N64 Kalimari Desert - another classic desert course, can’t wait to be ran over by the train HD
DS Delfino Square - since Shroom Ridge was a bit of a wildcard in the last wave, this’ll be my wildcard for this wave
Propellor Cup:
Tour London Loop - I’d love this added sooner than later since the music is rockin’
GBA Sunset Wilds - the whole day/night cycle for this track is unique and more nighttime courses are appreciated in my book
Wii Koopa Cape - an easy one to predict, the entire course screams of summer
Unknown - an original Tour track, that icecream track that was in the leaked banner way back when
I’d love for this wave to be ‘available now’ after the direct, but I’m predicting an early July release
Still sticking with my picks from a while ago and I did commit to Koopa Cape two weeks ago.
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Tour: London Loop
SNES: Mario Circuit 2
N64: Sherbet Land
DS: Waluigi Pinball
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Tour: Vancouver Velocity
Super Circuit: Sunset Wilds
Wii: Koopa Cape
???: New Sweets Track
Been debating for a few weeks now when would be the best time to make a last minute prediction thread for wave 2 and I was leaning towards Friday. Sadly doesn’t seem like too many people are checking in on this thread in between waves, but there’s probably some people who would love to weigh in if it was more visible. I’m sure we’ll get a full house here again when news drops.
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I'm just glad we're all agreeing on Koopa Cape, tbh.
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It's either Koopa Cape or Mushroom Gorge for that Wii spot. Hopefully it's the former, because the latter isn't very interesting.
My picks:
Turnip Cup
- Tour Berlin Byways
- SNES Mario Circuit 3
- N64 Kalimari Desert
- DS Waluigi Pinball
- Tour Los Angeles Laps
- GBA Sunset Wilds
- Wii Koopa Cape
- NSW Sweet Speedway
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Were there ever like datamined tracks discovered, with like actual names and stuff? I'm out of the loop on this one.
Personally for tracks, I need about as much Double Dash tracks as I can. Give me Dino Dino Jungle, Wario Colosseum, Daisy Cruiser, DK Mountain, you name it
Personally for tracks, I need about as much Double Dash tracks as I can. Give me Dino Dino Jungle, Wario Colosseum, Daisy Cruiser, DK Mountain, you name it
I like your name for the Sweets course!
If datamining is accurate, big shame we are only getting one more N64 course. So many awesome choices are going to be left on the table. I’d love Bowser’s Castle N64 to make it in, but I’m not feeling hopeful.
We currently have the spread of platforms and a banner image with unrevealed tracks in it. @MondoMega made some cool charts for it and analyzed the image to identify the tracks. (Do you have a list of Banner tracks Mondo?)
Double Dash has four slots for example. One each in waves 3, 4, 5, and 6.
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I like the Tour original tracks, but it's a shame those are given priority over more iconic and original tracks from N64 and 3DS. 14 tracks AT LEAST are from Tour are you shitting me?! Meanwhile N64 gets three and 3DS gets two IIRC.
