Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 6

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 6

released on Nov 09, 2023

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 6

released on Nov 09, 2023

The final wave will bring four new playable characters - Pauline, Peachette, Diddy Kong & Funky Kong. Acorn Cup courses: - Rome Avanti (Tour) - DK Mountain (GCN) - Daisy Circuit (Wii) -Piranha Plant Cove Spiny Cup courses: - Madrid Drive (Tour) - Rosalina's Ice World (3DS) - Bowser's Castle 3 (SNES) - Rainbow Road (Wii)


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Rounding it out with a solid batch.

Esta última fue espectacular, de verdad, que grandes pistas, no solo eso, nuevos personajes como Funky y Diddy Kong, Pauline y Peachette. Es el final de una era.
DLC completo al 100%

This is easily the best wave in the Booster Course Pass. It has the best selection, they added multiple characters that I like (minus Peachette), and they even added things such as a Sound Test. This felt like a finale for the DLC bundle, and I hope we get information on the next Mario Kart soon.

The entire DLC pass is a wonderful expansion that doubles the amount of tracks and fleshes out the roster for the ultimate Mario Kart experience. The sheer amount of content is crazy. This update in particular adds the most new characters and brings back a few nice final tracks to end off Mario Kart 8's decade long DLC run.

Wave 6 Has To Be My Favourite Wave In The Entire Booster Course Pass Not Just Because Of The Track Picks But Because Of The Amount Of Surprises Packed Into The Wave. Wave 6 Adds Not One, Not Two, But Four Playable Characters Being Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline, & Peachette, Honestly I Didn't Think Getting 2 Kongs in the same wave was realistic so in Part 4 of my prediction series I ended up predicting both Diddy Kong & Pauline which was spot on Plus 2 Characters, Although I Do Disagree With Peachette's Inclusion In The Game Because I Think That Peachette Should Have Been A Skin For Peach Like What They Did With Yoshi, Shy Guy, & Birdo.

Enough With The Characters, Wave 6 Features Rome Avanti From Tour, DK Mountain From GCN, Daisy Circuit From Wii, Piranha Plant Cove From Tour, Madrid Drive From Tour, Rosalina's Ice World From 3DS, Bowser Castle 3 From SNES, & Rainbow Road From Wii

Rome Avanti Definitely Fits Into Wave 6 Perfectly Not Because Of It's Difficulty But The Visual Quality aswell. Although the city tracks are decent, Rome Avanti stands out to me as one of the best because of the colosseum you can drive through. In my alternate Booster Course Pass, Rome Avanti Is In The Spiny Cup As Athens Dash Would Be Featured In The Acorn Cup. In My Opinion, Athens Dash & Rome Avanti being included in the same wave would have made a lot of sense because of their difficulty

DK Mountain Definitely Had to be the perfect remake of a track in the booster course pass because not only did it stay true to the original, but also brought in features from their Wii & Tour Remakes such as Halfpipes from Wii & The Glider Section From Tour. The Visuals Of DK Mountain Probably have to be the best in the entire Booster Course Pass, the texturing & Lighting is on par with the base Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the face on the volcano is now glowing, & they kept the face trees even though they didn't dance like in the gamecube original or Wii Remake. Despite leaning more towards dino dino jungle due to the similarities between DK Snowboard Cross & DK Mountain, DK Mountain was a perfectly remade track. Despite the lack of representation that Double Dash got in the booster course pass, The Three GCN tracks we did get in the pass we're great choices, I would add Mushroom Bridge onto that personally but still, DK Mountain was a great way to end of the GCN in the booster course pass & Definitely Deserved It's Place In the booster course pass

Daisy Circuit Which is an overrated track in my opinion being a C Tier track at best. The remake does look stunning compared to it's Wii & Tour counterparts but I feel like Daisy Circuit wasn't really needed with the amount of Circuits we have in 8 Deluxe already, Especially That Daisy Circuit is the 4th Circuit track in the booster course pass after 3DS Toad Circuit, SNES Mario Circuit 3, & DS Mario Circuit, With Daisy Circuit Now In The Game, the entire Star Cup from Mario Kart Wii is now in 8 Deluxe & every Mario Kart game has one circuit represented in 8 deluxe. Apart from the Glider ramp shortcut added in, Daisy Circuit doesn't change anything gameplay wise, I do think going in reverse like DS Peach Gardens would have been cool but without any changes to gameplay, I think Daisy Circuit was better off saved for Mario Kart 9. In My Alternate Booster Course Pass, Maple Treeway Is In The Acorn Cup, Moonview Highway Is Pushed To Wave 3, & Daisy Circuit Is Replaced With Dry Dry Ruins But Is In Wave 5 With Koopa Cape. The Announcement Of Daisy Circuit Did Get Me Scared Because I Thought That Wii Rainbow Road wasn't gonna make the cut due to Wave 5 having 2 Wii Tracks & 2 waves having 2 wii tracks each is one thing i didn't see being realistic, but luckily in the end, Wii Rainbow Road Did Make It In

Piranha Plant Cove was another fun inclusion to the booster course pass. although this track was featured in tour before. the amount of detail especially in it's visuals make this my favourite Tour Nitro track

Despite Madrid Drive Being Better Fitted For Wave 5, It Was Fun Being Able To Drive through a Football stadium, an art gallery, & so much more, although i wouldn't consider it my favourite city track from tour, it's still a fun one to race on

Now, Rosalina's Ice Word is The Track That Caught Me By Surprise. I Didn't think that this track was gonna make it in because the Prefixes for the 3DS we're all taken by Toad Circuit, Alpine Pass, & 3DS Rainbow Road which caused me to lose hope for Rosalina's Ice World's inclusion in the pass, but it turns out, they had one extra 3DS track up their sleeve in Rosalina's Ice World & I am more than happy that this track made it in because it's my favourite winter track. the remake is everything I've wanted out of a Rosalina's Ice World remake. Phenomenal Visuals, a halfpipe section, & So Much More. It's a miracle this underrated track made it in but i'll take it

SNES Bowser Castle 3 was a track i definitely saw coming but i gotta tell you now. the music hit me hard going with a rock theme unlike it's SNES original. The Visuals make it feel like i'm racing through Bowser In The Lava Sea from Super Mario 64 & I Love The Remake For That Reason. I'm happy that the booster course pass took a different approach from other Mario Kart games since Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, & Mario Kart 7 all included GBA Bowser Castles as Retro Tracks, the booster course pass goes different & uses a SNES bowser castle. Despite only getting one Bowser Castle track in the whole pass, I'm happy they chose this one over vanilla lake despite Super Mario Kart not being everyone's favourite Mario kart game

Wii Rainbow Road, The finale of the whole booster course pass, is probably the new best rainbow road to drive on in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, not only did it stay true to the Wii version & not the tour version by doing 3 laps instead of 2 Sections unlike tour, but Wii Rainbow Road added anti gravity, glider ramps, & Kept It's Finish Line Arch From Tour

Wave 6 also features 18 different Mii Costumes, 17 From Tour & 1 Locked Behind An Amiibo. Each Costume Such As The Question Block, The Cheep Cheep, The Dolphin, All Have Unique Trick Animations Which Is A Nice Extra Detail In There. i do think they could have spaced out the mii costumes through out waves so they could introduce more than the 18 we got in the final wave

Overall, Wave 6 is a near perfect wave, The track choices apart from Daisy Circuit we're spot on, The Quality of the visuals, & a music player that allows you to listen to any track within 8 Deluxe definitely makes the entire game's replay value. But sadly, only one tour track didn't make the cut & that is Piranha Plant Pipeline

Wave 6 Score: 9.2/10

I ain’t reviewing the whole one since I gotta get my goty ready but, this is one of the most exciting Mario kart additions ever, the beginning slacked at first but then it just kept going up and up and it’s just, such a good game, and it’s mostly because of the soundtrack too, I’m so happy they added a music option, it’s probably the best edition to a Mario game ever