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The dlc in my opinion is 100% worth it. Yea it has its issue but 48 tracks were brought back and waves 4, 5, 6 were amazing.

To this day, the only thing I’m upset about with the booster course pass is the fact that they didn’t add a 96 race option in vs mode…

6:18 Dude that transition was SMOOTH AF...

I’d like to note, it did get two brand new features and not just one. In addition to custom items, there’s also the music player added in wave 6. Most people won’t use it that much but it’s still a great addition as this game has a phenomenal OST.

The redemption arc the DLC went on is crazy, comparing wave 1 to waves 4-6 and the level of quality is night and day imo. Definitely worth it imo, had a blast with it the whole way through

The fact it doubled the content is insane It even tripled since the original Wii U launch

Just to add, Sky-High Sundae, Yoshi's Island, and Squeaky Clean Sprint are all Tour Nitro courses, their data has been in Tour long before their release in 8DX.

Despite being “new” Sky High Sundae, Yoshi’s Island & Squeaky Clean Sprint were made for Tour, they just ended up being released in 8DX first before their Tour debut

Tbh Mariomikester needs a lot more recognition

I really need to mention, they aren’t new tracks. They’re just Tour courses being marketed as new. They’ve all been in Tour’s files since it launched

I think shroom ridge is a great track it's very underrated

You forgot to also mention that in wave 6 a bunch of new mii costumes were added. A few of which have their own animations :)

This was such a well made video Mariomikester! I'm glad this popped up in my algorithm. I am about to finish my 9 YEAR MARIO KART 8 REVIEW on my channel and this was nostalgic to look back at since iv'e been playing it since the Wii U. You have a new subscriber.

As someone who is only just now picking this up after playing the base Wii version for years... this is a real treat. 48 new courses and 8 new characters is like a completely new game. Issues or no, I'm extremely good with this. Especially when you consider that even some of the standard tracks were not without fault, on the whole - how can you go wrong. Thanks for the review!

Always a good day when u post man, thanks :))

It's clear how much energy and passion was put into this video! I enjoyed it a lot!!

Shroom Ridge is S tier I know you did not just compare it to Tokyo Blur

6:33 I want to mention, because it seems like people forget this, but the announcement trailer for the BCP said "you might recognise prior tracks from previous Mariokart games", they never said it was ONLY going to be old tracks.

6:19 I like the transition here.

Booster course pass has... new courses, new characters, old courses, new modes, new concept. Id say this technically this has all of the features to be considered a new mario kart game, even if its technically a dlc.

6:18 that was SOOOOO smooth!

2:32 Figure-8 Circuit: And I took that personally.

I watched the whole video. I subscribed. You're now my favorite Mario Kart youtuber. aside from that, i completely agree with you, even though I wasn't that disappointed in Wave 1 because I just wanted new content for the game... I usually prefer quantity over quality, but this was a desperate case because, as you said, we've been playing this game for freaking 10 years

No, the booster course pass IS good, it didn’t just arbitrarily stop being that because the last wave was released, I don’t get why everyone always uses past tense for this stuff.

another banger from the mikester himself. i love your content man. inject it in my veins

YESS NEW MARIOMIKESTER VIDEO

I really love the Booster Course Pass. The one of the only tracks that disappointed me was GBA Sun Wilds. It was my favorite GBA track in both Super Circuit and Tour mainly because of the night time mechanic, so the fact that it’s gone in the Booster Course Pass remake really made me upset, and makes me wish we got Yoshi Desert or GBA Bowser’s Castle 4 😢 Also, I do kinda wish we got Piranha Plant Pipeline just for the sake of having every Tour track in 8 Deluxe (I thought the Booster Course Pass was going to preserve every Tour track 🤔)

6:18 damn that transition

Genuinely thought this was a 100k+ channel, storytelling was top notch, great potential!

17:00 "Diddy Kong 😄, Funky Kong 😄, Pauline 😄, and peachette... 😔"

Now, I’d be lying if I said the Booster Course Pass looks better, and it had some issues graphically, but I like the look of it better than the base game. As time goes on, I find myself liking some of the tracks less for being a bit muted in the colors, kinda desaturated… just not Mario enough. I expect a bright, colorful world of mushroom guys, turtle dudes, and a cartoony Italian man wahoo-ing around. The colors here are a lot brighter and feel more Mario. That said, the base game still has some great looking visuals, so they’re pretty even, in my opinion. For every Toad Circuit in the DLC, there’s a SNES Donut Plains 3. And for every 3DS Rainbow Road, there’s an N64 Rainbow Road. And for the tracks, I think they all play well enough and are fun enough. Sure, you have some basic tracks, but I mean, a lot of the real basic tracks were at the start of the DLC… where they, you know, make sense to ease players in to them, same as the Nitro and Retro tracks that headline the base game for any Mario Kart. Also, we got more DKC love, and I’m never gonna be upset with that.

The amount of over the top superlatives used in this video is nauseating.

I wish they added more brand new tracks. It would be cool to see a brand new rainbow road.

Honestly, custom items in vs mode is my favourite part. You can have some incredibly chaotic fun on it!

I'm a huge fan of MK Super circuit and I just got a switch yesterday. I was pretty disappointed when I first played the new ribbon road because it doesn't have all the boost pads. Imo that's what made ribbon road so special on GBA. Trying to hit every one of those boosts is such a fun challenge and it feels great when I pull it off

One thing I wanted from this dlc was the return of Donkey Kong Jr; he hasn’t been in a MarioKart game since Super MarioKart

I will forgive any shortcomings because they brought back my boi diddy kong

People complained about the Wii getting too much love, but the only negative thing I have to say about the game and dlc is the amount of TOUR tracks that got ported. I don’t like those at all lol.

why do you only have 30k subs! So underrated.

It’s worth it for all the new tracks you get and some of them are the best tracks in the game

I hope Nintendo issue a update on the BCP to make the visual wave 6 level

is it a one time payment only? like it will be permanently yours? or was it like a membership for a yearly access?

I want smash bros kart, Mario kart ultimate and a reboot with awesome mechanics that revolutionizes the franchise this applies to every franchise ever 😂 but if I had to pick one I’d say a reboot for every franchise ever don’t right is cool cause we can always go back if we ever want to

the dlc made the game so much better. if there was no dlc mk8d would be one of my least favourite mario kart games

I would've loved to see one or both of the Mario Kart 7 Wuhu Island tracks, but I'm pretty happy with the DLC. The graphics never bothered me.

Coconut mall got buffed when they added the cars moving

It was amazing tbh, my hype started at wave 4 after they announced a character lol, i was thirsty wanting pauline representation, after they announced more slots, my hype flew high up in the sky!

He really needs to do ones on things that aren't good

3DS RR, SIngapore and Squeeky Clean are def my top 3 DLC tracks tho some of Wave 6 comes close and the odd city track liky Athens, Sydney or Vancouver

for 25 bucks the nitpicks dont really matter

Mario kart is awsome forlife imagine what the next Mario kart game looks like 😊 also it’s international as well

I'm hoping toad's factory gets the recognition it deserves in Mario kart 9. I can't believe they added daisy circuit into the booster course instead of that

the bcp artstyle including wave 1 is a better mario artstyle than base mk8

Just to answer your comment about the city tracks from Tour feeling directionless, that’s because they weren’t intended to be all together. In Tour, the city tracks are split into different courses, with each one having several reverse and trick variants. So instead of there being only one Paris Promenade course, for example, there’s Paris Promenade, Paris Promenade 2, Paris Promenade 2R, Paris Promenade 2T, Paris Promenade 2R/T, etc. In the Booster Course Pass, those all are condensed into a single course, which of course takes out a bunch of the subtlety and variety. (Some courses, like Tokyo Blur and New York Minute, actually got 4 tracks.) Another reason MK8 players may have been disappointed in the Tour track layouts is due to the differences in how the games play. MarioKart Tour is based on a point system, and the curves (which let you drift for a mini-turbo), coins, and jumps let you get point combos. None of that matters in MK8, where the only goal is to get first place, so the design principles behind the creation of the track are quite different. I think of the Booster Course Pass as the love letter to MarioKart Tour. Tour started off with random loot boxes, too much track recycling, and no battle mode, which turned so many people off of the game. Eventually all those problems got solved, but not before it got a lot of negative press. Some people also didn’t like the controls, which can be customised to a certain extent, but they definitely take getting used to and aren’t the same. Those people didn’t stick around to see Tour get almost triple the number of courses that MK8 got (even with the BCP), and many more fan-favourite drivers. It was nice that the Booster Course Pass preserved all the Tour original tracks (except Piranha Plant Pipeline 😢) so that we could continue playing our favourite tracks if Tour were ever taken offline. The redone Staff Roll credits sequence at the end of the BCP was such a brilliant mashup of the music (I confess I was in tears the first time I heard it), because so much of Tour was encapsulated in that soundtrack! So, as a longtime Tour fan, I would voice a stronger “yes” than you would about whether BCP is good. Tour is now in “loop mode”, repeating what was easily the best year in its five-year run, but still repeating. The BCP gives me hope that Nintendo will return to its products and give us fresh new content to the games we love.

Yeah sky high sundae yoshis island and squeaky clean sprint were originally planned for Mario kart tour but they put them in Mario kart 8 deluxe to test out the tracks And the same thing with some of these tracks like kalamari desert you could go on the tracks in Mario kart tour way before Mario kart 8 deluxe

It kinda felt like Mario Kart 8.5 for me but half the Proce for MK8DX Totally worth it

Just the fact that there are now NINETY SIX tracks in this game adds so much replay value, and while some of the visuals are disappointing I think the fact that the DLC contained 48 tracks and even more characters and features completely makes up for it

Screw GTA VI, I want to know when Mario Kart 9 is coming out.

It’s always crazy to me to see how people don’t care about the racing in this RACING game, if you want to play a game for it’s locations go play Botw or Elden Ring, why are we not having discussions about how the racing feels on each track, Mario Circuit 3 feels incredible in 200cc, literally one of the best tracks in the game for racing feel

Are we not going to talk about the new Mii suits added too?

I’m just excited for Mario kart 9 like Mario kart 8 looked beautiful on the Wii U and MK9 will be out more than 10 years after MK8

Wave 5 is the reason I bought Mario Kart 8 DX and the booster course. Good content, beautiful tracks, returning characters, meta balance, all important to sell me the game. The first 3 waves are the most dissapointment thing in the dlc, but after wave 4 the quality improved, except sunset wilds.. Tbh, I'm fine with the over representive of Wii courses, because I pray for the other tracks being in MK9

My main issue is we have 96 tracks and only 2 bowsers castles (3 bowser courses if you count Neo bowser city)

i like how nintendo patched the old tracks as people complained about then, i really like the booster pack, because it added new mechanics, the original mario tracks mechanics are anti gravity water and air glide, and i like that the boostercourse try to vary a little bit even if the new mechanics are not as fun as anti gravity, the changing routes in laps is cool not as good as anti gravity but its cool to catch up the last players and hit then as the first place =P or the inverse can happen too, the jumping at the edges is very cool as well, so overall i like it only downside is bad graphics.

best part of it was the ammount of wii tracks for me lol still wanted more wii tracks by the time it was done

I found someone who agrees that Mario kart 64 was so underrepresented

Its really obvious the BCP was a last minute decision since all of the tracks are from Mario Kart Tour which was still getting content so they added a price for 8 Deluxe

I absolutely love your positivity and optimism for games. Your channel is so underrated. I had a great time with the BCP and its a bittersweet feeling that its over.

Mariomikester are you excited for GTA 6 Ps my favorite track ever is Waluigi Pinball and I’m so happy it wasn’t done dirty like Coconut mall

Well most of us didn't have a Wii U, so the switch was the first chance we got to play mk8

But rock rock mountain music SLAPS FIRR

I just got MK8D for $50. How much extra is the booster pass?

It came and went we need more

I was hoping for Wario Stadium 64 to be released somewhere on the DLC, but nope...

Bro no one was complaining about too many Wii tracks

The DLC just made the best mario kart game ever, better and brought back fan favorites, the dlc is 100% worth it

I will stand that Mario circuit 3 being the best map in the game and it’s simplistic style adds charm and makes it stand out more.

The real question is how many more episodes until one piece is done

8:20 What kind of bothers me about stuff like that how "gamey" it is. I mean, those new ramps are just... there. For no reason. I know it's just Mario Kart, but normally these type of stuff happens, because stuff on the track changed. I kind wished they would come up with logical reasons why a new path opened up.

how was i just tricked to wait 20 minutes to hear 4 words

HOT TAKE: i spent 200hrs with the DLC and 400 with the base game and i prefer the DLC its cuz the graphics being worse at times dont bother me at speed while racing i barely notice but the the retros were all new as were tour cuz i hadnt played since 64/SC (which was so diff in the DLC) and DD 20+yrs ago -WHY you ask? - i like segment and city tracks and other tracks that have unique layouts for EACH LAP it literally adds 3x the replay value imo cuz u gotta learn the course, Obv some suck but so do some base tracks but even bad ones on the DLC often have atleast one good lap or wild part - and i found m3 fav tracks to be 3ds RR/Squeeeky clean/Singapore Sprint and overall i like the DLC more (even shroom ridge is basic but feels great despite being a repeat track cuz of the flow of the the course so that helps too) - i hope next game we get non city tracks but that are more natural in their implementation of 3 unique laps/segment tracks for every track (and a mode where u can 'shuffle' and as u cross the finish each lap it gives a slow fade into that lap from a random course (but same for every racer) - that'd be wild

The way I like to see this dlc, is that nintendo is selling us another game for half the price. 48 tracks is an insane amount of content, regardless of graphics.

16:18 why is no one addressing that mariokart 8 is the only split-screen game that this course has been in and that’s why it doesn’t set?

My only complaint was too many boring tour city tracks and some of the textures aren’t as good as the base game. But besides that, I think it was great and a great addition

I don't get why airship fortress is a fan favourite, basically any other ds track (aside from figure 8 circuit) is better

13:13 best track ever

Should’ve replaced toad circuit to toad factory

This is an incredibly petty complaint but I wish that there were a few more tracks that didn't have Toads and Yoshis around the sides of the circuit

Is it worth buying if I only play online?

If only we could play the tracks backwards …

diddy kong been REAL quiet since Puff got raided...just sayin...mighta been up to some monkey business

Bro Mario kart 9 came out 4 years ago 🤣 can’t wait for 10 tho!!

i think the main problem with the booster course pass is two things 1. mario kart 8 is now way more retro courses than nitro courses 2. the next mario kart game is going to have to have so much content to try and top mario kart 8 deluxe, which only had 48 courses, the next mario kart wouldn't even have needed 48, the quality could be 100% perfect and these problems would still be there

Has a wii fan there is definitely too much wii. I mean, every character from that game is in mk8, and almost every course, including the retro tracks that were retro in wii

They should have had a bowser cup

okay for THE LAST TIME: re- sunset wilds not sunsetting - unfortunate name for the track but ITS WASNT POSSIBLE TO DO USING THE GRAPHICS ENGINE - its been explained so many times but also WHO CARES, so it gets a lil darker each lap, cool but has ZERO effect on the race....rant done lol.

is the clickbait format of these videos actually good? Answer: no.

It doubled the content, of course its worth it

I’d perfer dlc for a great game then have to pay full price for the addons as a new game