I edited this for 14 hours straight yesterday to get this out in time, hopefully you all like it 🔥

Fun fact for boo lake: as of now this is first time we've seen an underwater segment since base mk8. None of the original dlc, deluxe battle courses, or the pass waves ever have them

in peach gardens you can go through the character hedges, which means you can hi-five Luigi without consequence

I like how the Whomps are placed in the missing pieces of the Berlin Wall.

I just realized that the whomps on Berlin Byway is supposed to represent the collapse of the Berlin Wall and I kind of love that

I just realized how cool it would be to have Rainbow Road's spinny cylinder in anti-grav, letting you go all around it. It would be especially fun when you're near other racers and all upside down from each other.

16:13 The glide ramp only appears after a certain amount of time has passed, not depending on which lap you're on.

God this dlc wave really feels so good compaired to wave 1.. It really feels like the passion of nintendo has come back and they said "You know what.. Let's actually try with these tracks".. Most of them look stunning and are so much fun to play.

I couldn't disagree more with Tour Berlin Byways, it is such a great course. It feels like a more complex version of N64 Toad's Turnpike where instead of just dodging cars the whole race they are used in certain areas of the course to make it better. The long road works for me as there are the cars there but also obstacles in the middle and grass shortcuts. I also love all the places you visit throughout the course and how maze-like it is. I wasn't a fan of the course in Tour but the three variants together make it the best Tour city course so far to me.

Props to odyssey for getting footage and opinions of and writing a script and voicing over something that came out 3 days ago and still having it turn out amazing. You have my respect sir

I still can't believe that it took Nintendo 20 years to finally realize that Boo Lake had a Lake.

Great video! I disagree on: Berlin byways. It’s a very detailed track despite not having the most textures or polygons, and avoiding the cars is actually fun this time. It feels like you’re actually going for a drive around a lively city. Also the end of merry mountain is cool because you get a view of the awesome skybox and town! It’s also cool driving down a steep hill

Finally the seconde track in this wave is actually good

Bruh when I played Berlin Byways I loved it. Apparently other people did not share the same opinion.

My favorite thing about peach gardens is that Luigi sticks out his hand so when gliding on the way back, you can give him a high-five

Nothing can ever top this wave. All fan favourites are already in and it has BERLIN BYWAYS DAMN IT U CANT GET ANY BETTER!!

To be honest I think the more city tracks they add, the less unique they become and the more they all just blend together. Paris Promenade is simple and distinct enough that I can recognize it every time. But London Loop and Berlin Byways just feel too similar and the path variation makes it feel confusing to drive on rather than unique.

Wait, do the Toads not drop item boxes in the Mario Kart 8 version of Merry Mountain? Players scrambling to grab those as the Toads chuck them down while speeding down the mountain was the part that made that section interesting in Tour. :(

19:49 This had to be a Smash reference. This can't be a coincidence

The inconsistency in quality is puzzling. They obviously put a lot of effort into the visuals of Maple Treeway and 3DS Rainbow Road, but then Rock Rock Mountain looks like a lazy port from Tour and doesn’t fit well with the rest of Mario Kart 8.

Honestly I’m really excited about the half pipe imagine all of the New possibilities for custom tracks! 😁

I wanna see these city tracks just get completely opened up for a hide and seek style battle mode. They're less tracks than mazes anyway, it would be so much fun!

London Loop: I really love the fog and rising bridge. Plus, the chain chomps in the canals on lap 3 is a nice touch. Boo Lake: Way too short, but at least the music is good and we finally have another spooky track in the game. Rock Rock Mountain: The ugliest track in the wave, but the long gliding segment and climb up the mountain never get old. Maple Treeway: A classic with amazing music and halfpipes are finally in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Berlin Byways: I love that whomps are finally enemies in a Mario Kart track plus the traffic adds some more flare. There are also so many landmarks in this track. Peach Gardens: The new Mario hedges are beautiful, and the backwards lap 3 is a great addition. Merry Mountain: I love the Christmas presents and the beautiful holiday music plus the halfpipes and the anti-gravity part at the end, but it feels short. Rainbow Road: Absolutely amazing HD rendition of one of the best Mario Kart tracks ever. I love all the added star rings and anti-gravity on the moon. Plus, the dash panels at the start of section 3 being changed from black to rainbow is great. My one complaint is the track looks a lot darker now.

tbh, one of the best parts abt the dlc is that there is a new level analysis video by odyssey central

Thank you so much for putting all of this effort into these videos, I’m astounded that you manage to make high quality videos like this in such a short amount to time (while editing all of it yourself too). Your videos on the BCP are always the ones I look forward to, as none of the videos from any other creators come close to yours in terms of how much I enjoy them.

You didn’t mention the huge visual upgrade this wave had overall, the worst looking track is Rock Rock Mountain which I think still looks great inside the tunnel and during the gliding sections.

I agree so much with Rainbow Road - I got tears in my eyes, first time I played 3rd lap! So emotional 😂

Wave 3 was by FAR the best wave in the pass so far. I couldn’t call any tracks in this wave the worst track in the wave!

Wave 3 is so goated, can’t believe we’re already half way through the pass!

If the drawbridge in London Loop had a glider ramp that turns on and off depending if it's up or down like the ones in 3DS Music Park it would make the drawbridge SO much better

My favorite part of Peach Gardens, is that me and my sister like to make up stories for most of these tracks. So we were just imagining that in Super Mario Odyssey, when Peach leaves the castle, her garden is just overtaken by enemies while the Toads just run around the background.

This remake of 3DS Rainbow Road is my new favorite track, beating a track that was my favorite for 11 years

Berlin Byways has such a great soundtrack! It’s stuck in my head.

20:59 this just makes me smile man.. God i loved this track so much as a kid when i was playing mk7, easily my favorite in the whole series next to mk wii rainbow road. But then i lost/forgot my game cartridge on a train when we were traveling and could never play it again as i was too afraid to tell my dad about it.. I only owned the game for about a month aswell. So glad it came back and is actually good.

Rock Rock Mountain is also the first DLC track to have a different name in the UK: Alpine Pass. This is also true for Piranha Plant Slide, Music Park and Neo Bowser City, which are called Piranha Plant Pipeway, Melody Motorway and Koopa City, respectively. And yes, they were all 3DS tracks.

The anti-gravity section in Rock Rock Mountain was much needed especially with weird physics in Tour making items in that section function weird because of the elevation.

I like how you call tower bridge “a drawbridge” it made me laugh

Favorite part of the DLC - Playing the DLC. 2nd favorite part of the DLC - Watching reactions/rankings.

What's crazy about this wave was the fact that they ALSO added a custom item rule!!! Now you can play the game in HUNDREDS of ways now in really fair or UNFAIR ways!!! (Also Boo Lake in MK8D is the Broken peir version of it from tour, Peach Gardens has Peach Gardens R from tour, and half pipes are in tour as well, please don't hate me on these facts though I really love your commentary)

The first time I played London loop, I legitimately went around the roundabout 2 times before going the right way

I love riding the small wall at the end of boo lake for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

The first time I played London Loop my dad's girlfriend was playing too and she is from Britain so she knew exactly where we ere in the track. It made it so much fun. Also I noticed that the graphics for the tracks are getting better with each new wave

i genuinely love the lightning goofs in every mario video he makes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Fun fact: In Australia, we’re I’m from, Rock Rock Mountain is called Alpine Pass.

But, but, Berlin Byways can be played with THREE mushrooms in Time Trials! Therefore, IT’S THE BEST TRACK OF ALL TIME!!!

At first I was too to say that Maple freeways music in 8 is hard mid but after listening to it I actually like it. Not more then the original but I think it can stand on its own

20:59, One small change i don't really like there compared to Mario Kart 7 was that they removed some slight sound effects that played during the last lap sound effect. It's a minor nickpick though since i still think its a great course

i've been waiting for this video since wednesday when the tracks came out and i played them myself. i'm excited to see your opinions on the wave! edit: FINALLY THE SECOND TRACK OF THE WAVE ISNT GARBAGE

I find it kinda funny how MK8DX has now more rainbow roads then any other MK game

There's a minor change to 3DS Rainbow Road that bothers me a ton. It's the sun. The sun was repositioned 90° anticlockwise and now during Lap 3, you're no longer driving into the sun, most notably on the big left turn at the end of the track. You drive into it during the moon segment, but it feels more epic during the final segment of the track It doesn't ruin the track or anything, but it really ruins an aspect of the original track that I love

Okay, most of the booster pass tracks look absolutely horrendous, so when I heard that 3DS Rainbow Road was coming back, I was extremely nervous. But evidently the team understood what they were up against, because they made it a work of art. That particular Rainbow Road has always been a leading contender for the best track in the series with the only thing potentially holding it from that spot being the fact that it was a 3DS track; the visuals were limited. Now with this glow-up, I don't think there's a competition anymore.

I like the Boo Lake remake, I don't mind them adding interesting dimensions, however I wonder if I'm the only one who really misses the falling walls mechanic. It used to be really neat and fitting to the horror that it starts out easy and gets harder the longer you race on the track because the walls that protect you from free falling get destroyed once someone bumps into them.

London loop map: *very complicated* Me, a Brit who has been to London: *WELL AIN’T THAT OBVIOUS*

I really wish that the cylinder from rainbow road had anti gravity so you could drive on the ceiling to get more boost panels just in case you miss one.

Berlin Byways during laps 2 and 3 is a funny one during that intersection. One moment you boost through using your saved mushroom, and then get ran over by someone using a Bullet Bill, then squashed by a Thwomp.

“Even if many of us wish london weren’t real” wtf does that mean.

You should make a vid about designing dry bones moveset if he was in smash

I love the last section in merry mountain in online. Everyone is scrambling through and tossing items like crazy in that part. Really a mad dash to the finish

When you're on a track with multiple routes that open up later in the race those routes on the mini map should be darker or something because then it would be easier to understand the map.

Glad to see my favorite track of any game, 3ds rainbow road, getting the recognition it deserves. Also, the music really is sooo good. I saw a video where the community ranked every song for each track in every Mario Kart game and 3ds rainbow road ranked 1st, yeah thats right, it beat every other track in every other game. Such a good track.

I hugely disagree with your opinion on Berlin Byways, but agree with pretty much everything else, glad you put Rainbow Road above Ninja Hideaway, and mentioned the gameplay changes

The tour city tracks are the highlights of every wave! They are always alot of fun and I always replay them, (They also have some of the best music our of any Mario Kart Track)

I'm not sure if this is just me being weird, or if this is an actual feature, but the boost panels on rainbow road before the tunnel seem to pull you towards the actual path of the road. If that is intentional, that is amazing!

The fact that this cup not only has great tracks, but also make a couple of gameplay changes puts it above way higher than the previous two.

I was so busy enjoying this video that I nearly forgot about my tradition (that nobody really knows or cares about, but I'm still gonna do it). Here's the Wave 3 edition: Rock Cup: Tour London Loop: Even as a Tour player, I was never a big fan of the track. There aren't a lot of interesting landmarks to see, it drags on for way too long at times, and the music is a weird choice (I know why it is what it is, it's just that I don't think of London when I hear it). That being said, it is the most complicated city track so far, so I'll give it that. 7/10 GBA Boo Lake: I really liked the remake in Tour, so it's no surprise that I like it in 8DX. It's spooky, makes you feel on edge, it's actually a lake now, and yet you want to keep playing on it. I especially love the way they incorporated anti-gravity. Also, it's the first DLC track in general to have underwater driving. Really, my only complaint is that it's short, but otherwise, it's amazing! 9/10 3DS Rock Rock Mountain: Was never the biggest fan of this track, but I do enjoy playing on it. I actually really like the gliding here, which, considering how this game's gilder mechanics work, is surprising. I do wish it didn't look so bland though. Also, the music rocks (pun intended). 8/10 Wii Maple Treeway: What can I say about this that hasn't already been said. One of my favorite tracks of all time got a huge upgrade, and I love it! 10/10 Moon Cup: Tour Berlin Byways: I might be biased, considering I do play Tour, but this is my favorite city track! It's just so fun to drive through, I like seeing all the landmarks, the traffic makes it interesting while not being too hard (btw, it's the first city track to have actual moving traffic), and the music is such a bop, although you should listen to a mashup of the original and remix, they complement each other so well! I do get where you're coming from, though, but let me tell you something: all the remaining city tracks are very unique in their own way, especially Vancouver, L.A., Singapore, and Bangkok, so that critique of all the city tracks blending together won't be much of an issue with the remaining waves. 9/10 DS Peach Gardens: While this track wasn't never my favorite from DS (Airship Fortress when?), I do like what they did with it. It looks so good, the music is really nice, and that 3rd lap caught me off guard. It's solid. 8/10 Merry Mountain: I really like this track, especially the aesthetic! The music is really good, and I do enjoy playing on it, although I do agree that the downhill section is a little bland. 9/10 3DS Rainbow Road: My favorite track of all time. What can I say? This isn't a race. It's a journey. My only real complaint is that the moon music should've been a little calmer, but otherwise, it's perfect! Beyond 10/10 Overall, this wave is objectively the best wave in the BCP. Nintendo is going to have a really difficult time topping it, and I'm more excited than I've ever been.

When I see the Whomps with the spray paint, it reminds me of the Berlin Wall

I love how much care and attention they are giving to this five year old game. It makes sense as it's one of the most popular titles but still

Also in Mario Kart Wii if you bump into the wigglers, they won’t hurt you compared to Wave 3

Star cup has competition with the moon cup 👀

I absolutely love Maple Treeway! I actually played it on Wii. It's awesome mostly because of that halfpipe. Can't get enough of it. By the way, the jump portion towards the finish line I think used to have a rope bridge. Gosh, a lot has changed since Wii.

Other waves after 3ds Rainbow Road: Well how are we supposed to top that? 3DS Rainbow road: Thats the neat part, you don't.

I personally cannot get over the fact that we literally get to drive through the fall of the Berlin Wall

Fun fact: for the Berlin byways part of the video, the “chapter” is called Biowaste

Peach gardens is a solid f tier for me. Based entirely on the fact that the chainchomp on the first roundabout is gone and you can't drive around it anymore 》:(

Am I the only one who's sad that there's no Double Dash. They did GBA and SNES tracks but not, you know ACTUALLY GOOD TRACKS.

oh, the 'double pipe' air shortcut on alpine/rock rock course is actually slower than gliding to the right and hitting the pipe thats NOT blowing air and bounce/tricking off it and back onto the course according to the current WR (plus in a race thats less time in the air that u could get hit with a weapon etc)

Guys I can’t believe they made London from Mario kart a real thing!

Did they happen to re-implement the quarter pipes to coconut mall? It always bugged me that they didn't have them in the remake, but now that they brought them back, they may have put them back in at coconut mall

You can also glide through the hedges in the peach gardens track

one thing i really appreciated with 3DS Rainbow Road's aesthetic is that, they finally made the Rainbow on the Rainbow Road.... a Rainbow! I personally not a huge fan on how the majority of MK8's Rainbow Road took place on a glowing panel rather than genuine Rainbow, especially towards N64's Rainbow Road, sometimes it felt like a Disco Panel rather than a Rainbow which removes the "magical" feelings towards the tracks imo

Did anyone else notice that Merry Mountain’s music sounds like something from Mario Galaxy?

"Personally, I prefer the air." Love the Falco Smash Bros. reference.

These Mario Kart 8 Level-by-Levels are great.

You made me pause the video with my mouth wide open when you said fully customizable items.

Story Time: Mariokart 7 was my 3rd Mariokart Game. However it was my favourite game, I know unpopular opinion, however young me found Wii too hard and I mastered DS. Rainbow Road was the track for me from Mariokart 7 that I loved playing the most, it was my final boss. I remember the time I just edged out a Rosalina to get the Mirror three star W after a really wonky race where everything went wrong. I was ecstatic. When I was in year 8, I played Rainbow Road for the last time as my 3DS would stop working after purchasing it in 2011. I was devastated as my favourite track was gone. Then watching that Nintendo Direct in 2022 and seeing my track get announced as a DLC I was excited. Then it dropped and when I played it and the music filled my room, I felt like a little boy in year 2 playing it for the first time again in 2011. Me, 19 and graduated school finally playing my favourite track again. I shed a tear when the N64 theme started on Section 3. I felt happy. Thank you Nintendo.

Fun fact... New york minute, Tokyo blur, Paris promenade, London Loop and Vancouver Velocity where the first five city tracks to be released in tour so that's were the boring straights come from

Damn, Merry Mountain felt way too overhated 😫 Anyways, my rankings 8. Boo Lake 7. London Loop 6. Peach Gardens 5. Maple Treeway 4. Berlin Byways 3. Merry Mountain 2. Rock Rock Mountain 1. Rainbow Road Notes: -All the tracks are great -3DS RR and RRM are my favourite two tracks from 7 so getting them both was PERFECT

Lets be perfectly honest, Wii Rainbow Road is gonna be in this Pass and it will be glory

Mario Kart 7 is one of the only two games I haven't owned in the series, and that excellent Rainbow Road was a tremendously pleasant surprise

16:04 they should've had skiing shy guys

Odyssey:*ranting about how much of a glow up boo lake received* Me knowing full well this is just a port from tour as boo lake was in the Halloween tour: I have some bad news for this guy😬

19:50 YO GUYS ODDYSEY CENTRAL IS FALCO

8:54 Me: #YEET 😬 9:00 Me: #LOL😂

I’m kinda sad about the lack of love for double dash with the waves, I hope we get some more in the next ones like daisy cruise or wario colosseum would be great

Maybe the Chain Chomps are meant to be the late queen's corgis 🤔

I love Berlin bypass simply because it makes The Berlin wall, communism, and the cold war are cannon to Mario.

I find it interesting how Boo Lake actually defied the laws of the BCP. It's ironic because of how ghosts break the laws of physics in how they pass through walls.

If Nintendo adds moonview highway in the blue shell cup and follow by a bowser castle that will be great

I just thought of something! Imagine if you could play some of the Tour courses in battle mode without any arrows or barriers meaning you can go wherever while battling! Courses like London Loop and Paris Promenade would make perfect battle courses!

I didn't even watch the video fully yet I couldn't help but subscribe the moment I saw you playing as dry bones