To all of you Mario Circuit DS fans, While I still may not be a huge fan of the track, at least we can all agree it’s a WAY better choice than figure 8 circuit Edit: errrrrrrrrm awkward somehow I forgot to put rock rock mountain and Merry mountain on the tier list, just imagine they’re in the exact same spots from last wave……

Honestly I just hope Toad gets multiple colours next wave

DS Mario Circuit is that track we all want to hate on but can’t not admit it’s actually pretty decent

Let’s not forget to mention nearly every character and vehicle got buffed, meaning we won’t have to worry about the scary purple Luigi riding a dreaded caterpillar ever again

I think it’s important to acknowledge how dynamic the music on Singapore Speedway is. In the Chinatown section on laps 2 and 3, the instruments change to give the music a more oriental feel, and I think that’s absolutely sick

Singapore Speedway is an S for me. While a lot of tour tracks are kinda straight up boring, Singapore is anything but that. There’s a lot of gliding and changes in the y-axis which I think is fun. The chinatown has its own unique theme and aesthetic and I love how you drive through it twice. And of course, the music is a straight up bop. I think the music is a huge improvement from the tour rendition. I’d say this course is up there with Yoshi’s Island and 3DS Rainbow Road

You know what's funny, when playing these tracks with friends, a lot of them said that DS Mario Circuit was one of their favorites in the wave because it was really fun to drive and the layout was more challenging than most circuit tracks.

A shockingly good wave. This DLC has become so good and something to really look forward to after wave 1’s relatively rocky start.

5:35 If you were to use a lightning item, all the plants will drop their items, which I find really cool

At least for me, Singapore Speedway is a high A tier, it has so much high energy and changes of scenery, the water fountains, the rooftop pools, Chinatown, the conveyor belt at the start of lap three and the subsequent jump across the giant flower structure, the night setting along the fantastic music also helps it. Of all the city tracks so far, this one feels the most like it could be a Special Cup original without being based on a real city. As for Bangkok Rush, I feel that the lack of "scenery" is made up for how tricky the track can be in many of its turns, for me is mid-to-high B. I totally agree with your opinion on Amsterdam Drift.

I just wish Riverside Park had a glider section, where you could glide over the piranha plants to take their items.

I just gotta say Oddysey, I absolutely love your smash bros, Minecraft, Mario maker and super Mario oddysey vidoes, but your Mario Kart ones just top everything. Your jokes, roasts and the way you structure these booster course pass reviews, it’s a joy to watch. I don’t know how many times I’ve rewatched these videos but there aren’t that many channels they have such fun to watch reviews. Also, didn’t you complain about Birdo in your Mario Kart 8 deluxe nitpicks video? Hmm

I adore how chaotic and extreme dk summit turned out. Its such a buggy broken mess in the bcp (even compared to wii) and its absolutly amazing to play on

By the way as usual all the tracks are based on their Tour counterparts, including Yoshi's Island which was datamined for Tour ages ago I mention this because this is obviusly the case for GBA Riverside Park too, however the Ptooies weren't there originally, so even in that department the tracks are getting better Also you can turn of the controls menu in the NSO apps in the respective settings menues

I think all your character predictions will come true, but I’m not sure about R.O.B./King Bob-omb. One of the Tour tracks likely to be ported is a track called Piranha Plant Cove, and the track honors Petey Piranha a lot. We might see him as the final character instead R.O.B would be freakin hilarious and amazing to see come back tho 😂

I think these courses will get better with age. Especially since there are already some cool shortcuts found in the new Tour tracks, and even one added to Berlin Byways in This wave. Also there was a balance patch this wave, Dry Bones is a Top Tier character now

I’d like to point out that you didn’t necessarily describe the novelty of China town in Singapore Speedway. Not only does it change the aesthetic a little bit but the music changes while you’re driving in it. It’s not just a “generic city portion” like you claimed, even if the layout of Chinatown portion is not ecstatic

While I understand how boring it can be for there to be another circuit track in the new dlc, i think that it adds a uniqueness that can't be felt on its own, because with over 60 tracks now, it's refreshing to have some simple roads to drive on, especially if you're a fan of more "realistically" designed courses that tone down the whackyness. Are they my favorite, no, but I enjoy the simple breakup between all the rush.

Some things I would like to point out that weren't mention In the video. On Bangkok Rush there is a hidden grass shortcut where on the gliding section after the statue in the middle, if you go right and make it over the fence into the grass patch start a drift to the right and mushroom to Skip the turn after the glider section when going normally. DS Mario circuit has a shortcut in the forest section by cutting through the trees. And the gravity paths on Waluigi Stadium are sadly not faster to what the WR found out.

I wanted Bangkok Rush and Singapore Highway when I played them on Tour like a couple of months back. I was very shocked at how fun they were. But I didn't expect to see both of them on wave 4! The other tracks were very fun too. There's something I really enjoyed about Mario Circuit DS. Waluigi Stadium and DK Summit speak for themselves.

You can actually do the whole DK Summit double cut without mushrooms even in 150cc

Maybe I’m just easy to please but Singapore Speedway might actually be one of my favourite tracks in the game

Thanks for even more great content Odyssey, can’t wait for wave 5!

20:48 Honestly I’ll be real, when you said “you know what’s not solid though..?” I got scared thinking that you were going to say that the music was not good, but when you said that “it’s way TOO good!” I sighed of relief, I liked the music track a lot as well when I played this course for the first time. But honestly I’m super excited for what’s going to happen for waves 5 and 6! 21:29 also this was pretty funny to me

In Tour, Bangkok Rush actually has Inky Piranha Plants, which spit black liquid on the ground, which is basically just oil slicks, but your screen gets covered in ink like from a blooper if you drive through them. Instead you just have the random chompy boys under the bridge on Laps 1 and 3, instead of a brand new enemy type

Yay! I didn't look at the tracks so your video would be the first I've heard from them, and they're incredible!

One interesting thing about each wave is it’s like they’ve teased the potential of a feature in each wave and it’s been expanded the next wave. Ninja Hideaway teased decent graphics in Wave 1 (the only bad example I have), but Wave 2 teased anti grav in Sky-High Sundae, while several tracks had it well implemented in Wave 3, Wave 3 teased half pipes with 2 total while wave 4 had 2 tracks that went nuts with them and you could say wave 4 teased the new characters with 1 (Birdo), while, if they release the rest of them per-wave, we’ll get 2 and 3 characters in the next 2 waves.

Amazing video, the tracks are so phenomenal, incredible work Odyssey! I'm always looking forward to these videos and I was very excited to see it pop up on my yt

I’ve been waiting for this video, you make awesome Mario kart vids man!

Another level by level ==! This series is so awesome and this video was no exception. Keep up the good work!

fun fact: R.O.B. was the first non-mario universe character in mario kart

Being sick at home, your video enlightened me. Thanks!

I just noticed, with every wave, the amount of S Tiers in your list (at least initially) matches the wave number Wave 1 only has 1 with Ninja Hideaway, Wave 2 has 2 with Kalimari Desert and Waluigi Pinball, Wave 3 had 3 with Maple Treeway, Peach Gardens and 3DS Rainbow Road (though now Boo Lake is in S), and Wave 4 has 4 with the last 3 tracks of the fruit cup and Waluigi Stadium. If this continues, then Waves 5 and 6 are gonna be phenomenal

I personally hope they add some more battle courses in the later waves, I don't play battle mode very much myself but it would make it much more interesting for the people that do and would give me more incentive to do so myself. If they do end up doing that, my most-wanted picks would be Wii Funky Stadium and N64 Double Deck (even though neither of them are in Tour)

Level by Level is still my favorite series to watch, and I become legit hyped, especially for these Mario Kart videos.

My top 8: 8: DS Mario Circuit 7: Riverside Park GBA 6: Tour Amsterdam Drift 5: Waluigi Stadium GCN 4: Tour Singapore Speedway 3: DK Summit Wii 2: Bangkok Rush Tour 1: Yoshi’s Island

I've been waiting for this video!

I always just liked Wii DK Summit but replaying it in this wave made me LOVE it 😭❤️ The music, the snowy setting, the half-pipes, the snowboarding shy guys... like wow that track is so good

Even though I don’t play Mario Kart, I still enjoy these videos. Keep up the good work!

Gotta say I only have the Wii U MK8 with the original DLC cups since until now I wasn’t too impressed with the booster courses, but seeing how great these two cups are makes me want to buy the game and courses even with my low bank account. I agree with your S tier picks and I even am really interested in the one you dismissed. Like all 3 city courses impressed me and I have a special place in my heart for DS Mario Circuit so this stacked list of hit after hit might force me to make bad decisions with my money again

couldn't wait for this upload :)!

17:56 I love this shortcut as I always wanted them to include a shortcut through the halfpipes like in Sonic Riders.

Controversial opinion I'm sure, but DS Mario Circuit is my favorite track of this wave. It and Riverside Park are just too fun to race on and the shortcuts and aesthetic are so so good. Honestly I think getting some more simple circuit tracks in these waves is a good thing to help break up the cups and provide variety. I just think the choices have been mid until now. We should have gotten Daisy Circuit instead of Toad Circuit. SNES Mario 3 can stay I guess, and DS Mario Circuit is great so if we had to only get 3 circuit tracks those are the 3 I would have picked.

I love DS Mario circuit, it is so awesome imo, all the shortcuts (and the skill ceiling on the forest section shortcuts), the music, the aesthetic, so good. Easily one of my top ten tracks.

Finally someone else who enjoys Riverside park as much as I do. I see so many lists have it as a bad course. It may be short but its so fun to drift around and the ptooies are so great.

Was excited to see this video! I absolutely Adore this wave and you actually actually have the same most wanted track as me right now for the BCP , that being Airship Fortress :D but hey, who knows... The next cup is the Feather Cup so 👀 you know.. Flying stuff.. Airship Fortress 🤩? Idk maybe I'm on copium, but I hope I'm not :) . Fun Fact, you also have the exact same character predictions as I have for the Booster Course Pass, LET'S HOPE WE'RE RIGHT 🤞💜🤞🌟 (edit) : Oh and I mean the last cup being the Spiny Cup- and I know people are saying we might get like 4 rainbow roads to represent the difficulty to fit the Spiny Blue Shell but I'm sure it will be different, or at least I can very well see them just doing normal tracks, so in the Spiny, Acorn or Feather cup I feel like Airship Fortress, is definitely a viable option here. Like, for feather becuz of flying airship, Spiny becuz of Bowser shell + final levels of the Mario World games + its the final cup (kind of a reach) and Acorn Cup becuz propeller stuff + Mario World Wii Final levels. anyways I 'm grasping at straws here but I just want to find a valid reason to have it so badly 😩💜⭐

Great video as always 🔥

15:01 my reaction to Mario Circuit

rewatching these now that the entire dlc is out. I love how (nearly) dead on you were with the character predictions.

I look forward to these videos every wave!

How funny that Odyssey actually predicted four out of the five characters correctly.

As a sport bike racer and on my best days just an average MK8 player, I love all the Mario Circuits, it’s very cool to race in places that are similar to real circuits. Till watching this video and seeing the comments I though they’re the favorite for everybody .. It’s nice to see that the overall opinion is so different 🤣 That said, I never liked the city ones too

Loving the edits 👍

I now have a new favourite track music in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: OMG THE ENDING YOSHI'S ISLAND THEME!!!!!!!

I seem to maintain an unpopular opinion about the city courses. With some exception, I think that most of them are great fun in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Anyway, DK Summit is my favorite. I loved this in Mario Kart Wii, and it's just as fun in this game. Yoshi's Island comes very close behind. I'm mildly indifferent to Amsterdam Drift, but love both Bangkok Rush and Singapore Speedway. Bangkok in particular has a banger section with the parking garage. Between all the fun tracks and Birdo now joining the roster, this is a great wave of Booster Course Pass. Nice stuff, Odyssey.

21:52, Petey Piranha is pretty likely as a character as he has a track based on him that is expected to return

My personal ranking going purely off of how fun it is to drive on each (I only have played a few MK games before 8, so a Tour track is just as foreign as a Double Dash track to me). I'll only explain my choices if I feel like it: 8. GBA Riverside Park (It's a simple track, not much to say, though some turns are fairly annoying) 7. DS Mario Circuit (Another simple track aestetically, but has some much greater difficulty than the average circuit track as you actually have to break drift on the ending turns) 6. Yoshi's Island (This track is still amazing, please don't hate me. It's just that the others were even more incredible gameplay-wise) 5. Tour Signapore Speedway (The weakest city track in the wave imo, but still incredible and uses the glider very creatively) 4. Tour Amsterdam Drift (Variety is key) 3. Wii DK Summit 2. GCN Waluigi Stadium 1. Tour Bangkok Rush (The feeling of driving on this level does not compare. Every turn, every trick, every shortcut, and every split path was so well excecuted. Definitely a top 3 in the pass for sure)

5:55 oh on the topic of those piranha plants being different, reason that’s the case is basically that those are ptooies, those are enemies I know about well from the new super Mario bros series, and got to say I wasn’t expecting ptooies to be added in this game, but it’s a welcome addition none the less!

i do a dk summit double cut setup on lap 1 by not tricking immediately off the left side, it gives 4 coins (or 5 if youre good) which makes the shortcut much easier imo

I love the music on riverside park it’s one of my favorites and I was kinda shocked to hear that he thought it was just ok. But I get it, it’s not everyone’s stile of music so it’s fine

When you were talking about the GBA online it reminded me that I bought a GBA like not even 4 months before the games were added

Somebody said that you were putting the Cool Bowser™ video in all of your descriptions. I was not disappointed. Also I'm glad someone agrees that the flowers in Amsterdam Drift® look kinda off. Just the fact that they're huge and all seem copy pasta'd lol. still like the track and that section does look nice and vibrant but yes.

You missed a Really big Shortcut in Amsterdam Drift. Lap 1 in the grassy area on 200cc you can skip the bridge using a mushroom by dashing over the river. It is difficult but very fun to pull off, I'm not sure if it is possible on 150cc but it is a really cool shortcut.

I think that one of the “ new “ tracks in wave 5 or 6 could be the rainbow road in the Mario movie

something i noticed the second i got put in dk summit/ds mario circuit is the fans to the right of the finish line. they're still 2d sprites right next to the player, but not NEARLY as bad as on sydney sprint. just something interesting i saw.

You should make a tier list ranking video where you list every intentional and unintentional shortcut and how you like them! It would be very unique and I would love it!

Even after a year, it still feels weird playing the Tour tracks without hearing the combo score going off... Other than that, this wave was great. (Also I just wanted to add on that, according to datamines, DS Mario Circuit is actually the last DS track in the Booster Course Pass... Missed opportunity to bring back Airship Fortress.)

The going underwater on the Amsterdam track is probably a reference to how the Netherlands sea level is really high( also there is a joke that saying the Netherlands and Denmark are literally underwater)

Okay but the banana snipe at 20:24 was godlike

So glad to finally get a double dash track. I hope we get wario coliseum as well.

I think it´s important to mention though that Riverside Parks layout was altered quite a bit, reducing the difficulty of the track by a bit. I´d have loved for the sharp turns in the first half of the track to stay.

Originally, I thought this wave was a step down from 3 but that was mainly due to 3DS Rainbow Road and Maple Treeway's backs hurting from carrying. After a bit, I came to realise these were a great selection. The city courses while still not amazing are probably my favourites so far and in general I don't have any major gripes from the tracks here. I even DS Mario Circuit track layout and music wise even though it was probably the second worst choice for a DS track right behind Figure 8 Circuit.

this video is worth the wait

Bangkok Rush is probably my new favorite Tour Track. At least until they add Vancouver Velocity.

My two cents: 8. DS Mario Circuit - This is a pretty basic track, but the new forest section spruces things up, and the fire piranhas are a decently hard hazard. 7. DK Summit - Not gonna lie, I was a little let down by this track. I love the tight drifting, but the snow patches are annoying, and it feels too short. 6. Riverside Park - It's a short track but a gorgeous one. Ptooies are a very unique obstacle, and I love the new cave and waterfall at the end. 5. Bangkok Rush - The sunset and multiple paths make for a unique city track that's in my top 5 in 8 Deluxe so far. Too bad the ink piranhas from Tour got cut. 4. Amsterdam Drift - I love that we finally have an underwater segment in a city track. Some of the drifts in this track are really fun too. 3. Singapore Speedway - So much aesthetic variety in this one. I love the speed rings, the water geysers, the goombas chilling in the pool, the conveyors, and racing through Chinatown. 2. Waluigi Stadium - We waited an entire year for a Double Dash track and Waluigi Stadium delivers. I love how it looks. It looks better than most base game tracks. The bumpy track, halfpipes, and mechanical piranhas as well as fire bars make for an exciting time. 1. Yoshi's Island - This is such a beautiful homage to the classic SNES platformer. I couldn't help but smile while playing this track. I love how it looks and sounds just like Yoshi's Island. The Yoshi coins and victory jingle are perfect.

I’m not gonna lie I like all of the circuit tracks there simplicity is what makes them nice especially Mario circuit 3 being one of my fav tracks from Mario wii because of how it drives

Um, actually Odyssey Central, you can do the gap cut on Mushroom Gorge with a mushroom on 150cc but it's harder than 200cc. Also, you don't need a mushroom for the gap cut on 150cc or else you go into the out of bounds area. Just though you should know because I wanted to tell you this just so you know. (But I do wanna say I LOVE your content) :)

Waiting for the wave 5 review so rewatching all the previous waves level by levels

The fruit cup is my new favourite cup, includes: most stuntable map, best tour track, best gimmick, and best track.

Maybe you know this,but in singapore speedway there are to Nice details.First off,you can Actually land in the Soccer girls...if you are bad at the game.And second,the music changes once you are in the "chinese" portion,really cool👌

i like how you predicted most of the dlc characters accurately, except for rob. seriously though, rob would have been so much better than peachette...

I personally think petey piranha is one of those characters because it has a track in tour called piranha plant cove wich is a underwater temple from petey piranha and els

DK Summit gameplay wise is worse is 8DX I feel like it doesn’t play as well and isn’t as polished. HOWEVER, the music is amazing and I love how DK finally got his statue 😊

Sky garden was actually a banger in mario kart DS, easily one of the best retro tracks in that game especially since it was otherwise lacking a track with the sky theme

crazy how out of the 5 characters he said would be in the booster course pass, 4 of those indeed made it in

Hey Odyssey, I've been thinking about trying to get into making Nintendo YT videos (specifically Mario Kart Wii and Splatoon 3, maybe some BotW too) and was wanting to know what you'd recommend in the way of capture cards.

This is honestly a great wave. Wave 3 has the highest high (3DS Rainbow Road), but Wave 4 was more consistent. Also, I'm gonna say it, but Riverside Park is on par with the base game in terms of looks. Full stop. So does Waluigi Stadium. I think the quality has dramatically increased since Wave 1, and hopefully it increases more still.

I'd like to see tracks for waves 5&6 to have sections from their reverse and/or trick versions since most of these tracks seem to already be in Tour

4:03 this part is the only hard one. You have to align facing right fairly accurately, and then do a hard left drift, in 200cc it's even harder. After that just drive straight through all the roads.

i personally feel like its good to remake tracks that haven't been already just for variety's sake both this and shroom ridge are banger tracks tbh 🕺🕺

Finally they included my favorite character light blue birdo at last!!!!!!!! Also they might add some sort of variation of an existing character. It would be really shocking and a miracle if they did not include variations.

Can't wait to play it this weekend

Riverside Park. Finally, grass with texture!

I’ve been waiting for this since the release of wave 4

You can actually do the gap jump in DK Summit on 150cc also

an odyssey central video on TUESDAY!?

16:41 waluigi was too depressed after being nerfed so he couldnt show up to the studio, so they made luigi wear purple instead.

I can't believe how underrated Bangkok rush is, it's the city with the most variety and people just don't notice?

Each wave have had their share of wtf track choices, wave 1 was toad circuit and shroom ridge, wave 2 was Mario circuit 3 and snow land, wave 3 was peach gardens because of the backwards route and wave 4 was Mario circuit because who honestly thought it would come back

I'm getting pretty worried about game variety so far. Like yeah, WII and GBA have some awesome tracks, but it's mildly worrying waluigi stadium is the so far only GCN track. Also there have been some tracks that genuinely feel like wasted space (toad circuit). I kinda hope we get a few more good tracks from GCN and 3DS