I really enjoyed making this video! If you all like this sort of video looking back at older games let me know cause I got a few other ideas similar to this 🔥

Well we have just got Birdo with Wave 4 so this means that we are gonna get some characters in the future

I wish there were more characters like shy guy and yoshi who are able to change color. Toad, koopa, and the inklings are the easiest options, or just giving characters more variants like in smash is good enough

Characters In Mario Kart 8 Booster Course 3:27 Birdo 5:25 Petey Piranha 10:19 Wiggler 17:36 Kamek 4:40 Diddy Kong 7:53 Funky Kong 14:29 Pauline 15:02 Peachette

We got Birdo. So that means more characters are most likely coming!

6:18 Petey was actually a very popular and anticipated character to return in the tour community right behind Kamek being added. So I don't think it's that unlikely to see him return again in the future.

Regular Donkey Kong was supposed to be in the original Super Mario Kart, but it was difficult to see the character and distinguish him from the track. That’s why he was replaced by DK Junior, since he has an easy to see white shirt.

Him: I dont want peachette That did not age well

0:50 Predicting the future 😂

6:27 I think a lot of people want Petey Piranha, and if a normal piranha plant could make it into smash, Petey could easily return

I think that Wiggler would be a great addition. They have a very unique being hit animation and having four arms is incredibly unique.

Honestly Wiggler is my favorite character from Mario Kart 7. I’ve always loved Wigglers and loved playing as then and he’s just so fun in 7.

The reason Donkey Kong Junior was used and not Donkey Kong was because the white tank top made the sprite position easier to recognize so players would be more easily able to tell if they were turning or not.

King Bob-Omb is absolutely my most wanted mario kart character by FAR he's just a funny guy and I love him

Fun Fact: Ms Pac-Man is the only character who WON’T return to MarioKart. Due to Namco losing the license for her, they have been replacing Ms Pac-Man with the new character Pac-Mom in all rereleases of Pac-Man games. While Pac-Mom has a small chance to be added, Ms Pac-Man will never be added. This also means no MarioKart can ever have every previous character return.

Odyssey Central: also Peachette is unlikely to come back. Nintendo: Surprised?

You predicted correctly on Birdo coming back lets hope your right about Diddy and Funky!

Seeing any of the WarioWare characters make an appearance in a Mario Kart game would be a blessing. If DK characters can get into Mario spin-offs, than I don't see why Wario can't get the same treatment.

One character I wouldn’t mind seeing is Kamek. He was apparently going to be in Mario Kart 64, so seeing him wouldn’t be too weird.

BRO, BIRDO HAS JUST BEEN SAID TO BE ADDED IN THE SPRING DLC!!! YOU WERE RIGHT

Honestly I think all characters should get some sort of color swaps like in Smash Bros. Super easy to do and helps with variety and if people want to choose the same characters. And having some more in depth costumes like para-troopa and para dry bones would be awesome as well, tho less likely.

The 3 items that i want the most to make a comeback in mario kart 8 is the mega mushroom, the pow block and the ice flower

I actually kinda like Wiggler because it felt like it was the first time they tried to make a Mario Kart character standout a bit with the gimmick of it getting angry for a short while after getting hit. Unfortunately it's really hard to see a Wiggler on a bike so I feel like the only Wiggler's will see in 8 are the ones on Maple Treeway and the ones all the Waluigis ride online.

Odyssey when mentioning Funky: "He is just a side character from the donkey kong series making his addition even more funny" Odyssey when mentioning Honey Queen: "She is just a random side character making her addition even more random"

well we’ve been confirmed new characters with birdo returning now so that’s nice.

for the record, nabbit wasn’t *just* in NSMBU and NSLU, although those are definitely his main appearances. he’s also appeared in mario & luigi paper jam as well as a couple sports titles. so he’s definitely not as obscure as some might think and he probably has a decent chance. really enjoyable video by the way :)

Something to note is that there are some characters that are rumoured or teased to be in Tour due to the badges that you get in tour. Now this is not to say they are coming but it’s to say they are actually coming but they might have a higher chance, these includes the return of the Honey Queen and the new drivers potentially being Luma, Piranha Plant & Boo but you may never know. One more that could potentially come is Spike due to his icon being featured on advertisement in Bangkok Rush.

I hope Wiggler shows up again someday, their animations with the extra arms and getting angry when hit made him one of my favorites in 7.

3:29, can’t wait to try Birdo out when wave 4 releases

8:25 I actually can't get used to the sight of Funky Kong being in a Kart instead of a Flame Rider

I hope kamek makes it he’d be a good addition!

Welp, we just got Birdo confirmed

"are you a big fan of light blue birdo and hopes is added int he next Mario kart let me know" 18:30 -Light Blue birdo is added in mk8d

More new DK characters in general would be great. Cranky and K. Rool would fit really well

I really hope Kamek makes into a later Mario Kart game (Tour notwithstanding), my boy just can’t catch a break.

7:38 I find that amusing because now, Mario Kart Wii's roster objectively can't be better, at least not once Wave 6 comes out

My own thoughts on all the characters: The DK Crew: All very likely, specifically in the order of Diddy, then Funky and Dixie at the same time, then DK Jr (who I could've sworn was in a trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie). Birdo: Third-most-likely, behind only Diddy and Pauline. Paratroopa: A bit of a filler character, but the original game's DLC drivers were already half filler. Petey Piranha: You say that he's too big, yet look at King Boo in every non-Mario Kart game. And then look at Petey in Tour. R.O.B.: Fairly unlikely, unless we start doing base MK8-style DLC packs again. Honey Queen: No. Unless we need to fill a slot in specifically a Sonic the Hedgehog DLC pack, or if we're making Mario Kart Ultimate. Wiggler: They're funny put them back in Pac-Man: Bandai Namco is already in charge of making the games. Just do it already Nintendo you cowards. Ms. Pac-Man: Too much legal shenanigans in the way, unless you really wanna put in "Pac-Mom". Blinky: Certainly a cool pick, but there's other characters I'd rather have. Mametchi: Not even a course to their name. Don't even bother. Don-Chan: You severely underestimate the popularity of Taiko no Tatsujin, my good sir. Still probably won't happen unless we do a full Arcade GP DLC pack, but if it does, Don-Chan is totally getting in. Robo Mario: You forgot him, heathen. A very good filler character in the same vein as Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, and Dry Bowser. Hammer Bro: Call me crazy, but we're probably gonna get Hammer Bro as part of a costume DLC to show off what it does by having four Bros in one slot. Kamek: He was planned for 64 and cut, then planned for 8DX and cut. Do this man a solid, Ninty. Monty Mole: More likely than Wiggler by merit of already being in Mario Kart Tour. Pauline: She's basically the new Rosalina in terms of marketing. Nintendo just needs to announce the very premise of new characters and her inclusion will be implied. Peachette: Another filler character to pad out DLC. Moving on... Captain Toad: Ibid. Nabbit: Do it. The rest of the Tour cast because I am tired: Yeah sure why not

Merry Christmas Odyssey Central. Thanks for all you're great content

9:23 Tbh, I love Wiggler for the randomness, it’s really cute, and he’s the representation for someone who gets Mario Karted.

They did it!! Birdo is officially in mario kart 8! Which means it is likely to get some of these characters in mk8

Petey Piranha is basically the Ridley of Mario Kart size-wise

This didn’t age well LOL

If you've watched the latest Nintendo Direct for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Birdo is now playable!

6:47 “He’s from the real life series”. that was funny

Birdo's going to be Playable in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. it was announced yesterday in the Nintendo Direct.

they actauly added birdo in dlc

Never watched your content before. You made me laugh a decent amount! Thanks

Wow nice prediction man! I am so happy.

BIRDO IS BACK MY GUYYYYY

There is a possible chance with an update for more characters and coustumes. Just like with possible new items coming later thanks to the custom item feature, it's a leak that could be big wonders!

for MK10(Tour counts as 9), the Crossover Characters we need are: Link, Zelda, Kirby, Pikachu, Captain Falcon, (Samus?), and I wouldn't mind Pac-Man

Kamek, Funky Kong, Diddy Kong, Birdo (now here). If we're going out of Mario, then Pokemon characters would be nice too. And for alternates, Koopa and Toad are just givens. For Koopa, you can put in the Hammer Bros etc.

2:00 Donkey Kong Jr. is, canonically, the Donkey Kong of today (the one with the tie). DK Jr's father is now known as Cranky Kong. That's why DK Jr is no longer seen. He grew up.

Honestly, Honey Queen's inclusion ticks me off. I mean, they cut Waluigi in favor of... an unpopular character

0:49 Hi Birdo, Welcome Wave 4!

I agree with pretty much everything you said here, great video. Only thing I'd point out is that I don't really think there's any chance that Funky comes to the game without Diddy. As iconic as Funky is to the franchise, Diddy has to be the second rep after DK (and Funky could obviously come too). Another thing to note about Diddy and Birdo specifically is that both of them sort of started to fall off the spinoff face of the earth during the Wii U era, which of course is when MK8 first released, and only recently on the Switch made a resurgence in them. During the initial reveal trailer for Tour, they made a point to show Diddy as pretty much the final returning character of the trailer, almost as if they were acknowledging his glaring absence in MK8D and saving him for last as a big reveal. They sort of treated Birdo's return similarly later on when she was added. I think those two are head and shoulders above any other character coming to MK8D, alongside Pauline. As much as I love Funky, outside of Smash, Nintendo themselves have never really leaned much into fanservice like that when it comes to their rosters. I do still think he'd be likely since he made it into Tour relatively early on, but I don't think he's as much of a shoo-in as you think he is.

THey just announced that Birdo and all it's re-colors will be available in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe booster course Wave 4 :)

With birdo being added in the wave 4 of the booster course pass and along with other characters being added in future waves there a really good chance these cut characters could be added back in

It's so funny that coming back to this video after wave 5 we have some 3ds level of random characters coming back. Not only because of wiggler, but like Kamek and Petey before Funky and Diddy is downright shocking

One character I’ve always wanted to see in mario kart or even smash bros is the rabbids. If you’ve ever played the rabbids plus mario spin off you’ll know the rabbids have some pretty interesting personalities. In the newest rabbids plus mario game they even have their own unique voices and it would just be so cool to play as them

crazy how accurate this video is now seeing it almost a full year later in retrospect

Well Birdo is on the way

Well, Birdo, Petey, Wiggler, Kamek, Peachette, Pauline, Diddy and Funky can all leave this list now ❤

Him on petey: hope I’m proven wrong Me: that aged well

3:29 Welp Birdo is back Now with Booster Course Pass 4

the birdo part aged so well

When he didn’t even attempt to say “Taiko no tatsujin” Half of me is like “bruh, at least try 😭 “ Other half is like “Well….. he didn’t wanna butcher that. I get it. I can pronounce it. But….. not everyone can. Smart move, I guess”

I think tour is a chance for many characters to appear in the future. I hope Pauline, Kamek, Hammer bro, Dixie Kong and Nabbit come as playable characters at least in the future. Another cool addition (but impossibe) as a reference could be Captain Syrup from Wario Land series as a reference, since the last game was in 2007 on the Wiii

It would be nice to have a video like this on the kart parts. I REALLY want the Black B-Dasher and Poltergust 4000 to be added to 8DX.

This video is cool and all, but why are we just assuming Nintendo is adding ANY new characters? All they’re adding is new tracks from now on, so I don’t think they’re ever adding new characters again. This video would make sense if maybe for example, Nintendo puts out a post saying “New Mario Kart 8 characters will be releasing in 10 days.” Or something of the sort.

18:29 Oh the irony when the joke character you mentioned technically has made it in as the first new character (since Birdo has color variations like Yoshi and Shy Guy does). But to be honest, my most wanted characters are in fact Wiggler and Paratroopa. Wiggler for his unique body shape with the extra arms and all (and turning mad red when hit by an item or ending in a low position), and Paratroopa for nostalgia due to that pair being my go-to in Double Dash after Yoshi alienated me. In fact, I kind of wish Paratroopa made it in over Koopa Troopa. Oh, and as for what makes a character a skin vs unique character in 8 Deluxe is due to if the character has unique animations or not (Tanooki and Metal both have different animations from regular Mario so they’re unique characters for instance), so Paratroopa would have to be an unique character in order to incorporate his wings into his animations. Edit: Well, I’d like Kamek over either probably but still. Also would like a regular Piranha Plant over Petey because I like the idea of various vines working the controls of the cart (with maybe a third popping up to carry and item, allowing for two vines to stay on the wheel), and because I always hated Petey’s underwear/diaper thing he has. I’d also _really_ like to have karts from older MK games added to 8 Deluxe too.

If I had to guess, if they did a character pack, it would likely be a standalone of 6 characters, 3 returning and 3 "new"(meaning from Tour only). From that, I'd say the returns would be Birdo, Diddy Kong and Funky Kong, with the newbies being Pauline, Captain Toad and Kamek.

Also a note about Petey Piranha, he was planned to be in Wii along with Hammer Bro and someone else that I forgor but Nintendo apparently cut him as he was quote "too big to fit on a bike". TOO BIG TO FIT ON A BIKE YET KING BOO WHO LACKS LEGS IS PLAYABLE HERE, LIKE WTF?!

Wiggler can now have a unique animation of both its extra hands holding the 2 items it has collected

My Boi e. Gadd needs to come to mario kart. Nintendo literally quickly added the loogis mansion course and that is all the love the loogis mansion series got in mario kart. (Besides the one kart in tour)

11:02 well don’t you feel silly

We are getting Birdo in the next pass! I hope we get more new charactets too

Watching this once Birdo was announce, gives me high hopes of the addition of other charachters that are missiong

Well watching this after wave 5, glad you got your wish on Kamek. Birdo, Wiggler and Petty as well. Im hoping personally if they only fill out the colum and add no more than i hope we get Diddy and Pauline.

I used to be a Wario main since n64 but when dry bones came out for ds i fell in love. I even won my first mario kart ds tournament, good times. Ps: i think dk jr was put in cause it was around the anniversary of a certain dk game or something. That’s what i heard hut can’t remember the source or specific game.

Nice prediction

Unused icons in Mario Kart Wii indicate Hammer Bro was planned along with Petey Piranha and Koopa Paratroopa.

Birdo is confirmed, which made my day. Put in the remaining Kongs and R.O.B. too and I will relent that MK8 has a solid roster. I'm rather surprised they never tried adding Magikoopa though, given he was planned for Mario Kart 64.

Birdo got added in wave 4, and i think pauline and diddy kong are just about garunteed. after that the next most likely id say is funky kong. for the last 2 spots i think its a little more open, i personally would like to see ROB, and i think kamek would be a cool addition, but id also be ok with someone like wiggler, hammer bro, or petey piranha

It would be so amazing if Nintendo added every character from Mario kart tour to Mario kart 8 deluxe. I know that’s probably not gonna happen but I can dream

I hope they add more character costumes like tour, maybe cappy mario and like builder mario

yay! birdo, petey pirahna, wiggler, and kamek have been added also kamek is my fav

If I remember correctly, DK Jr. was simply added to celebrate his game's 10th anniversary. Oh, and Honey Queen's emblem appeared in a Tour badge (and London Loop 2) all the way back in 2019-2020, so she'll probably be back. Lastly, I believe E. Gadd was planned for Mario Kart DS, but was cut and replaced by Dry Bones.

15:10 Tell that to Nintendo 🤣

watching this after the announcement that they’re adding birdo to 8 deluxe

Since the new tracks are to the most part tour ports I’m expecting a tour character pack to happen tbh. Kamek, Diddy and Pauline are musts for me, but after his random inclusion in Mario Party Switch I kinda want Monty Mole to get more love too. If we could have characters not already in a MK game though, I think Pikachu, Kirby and Princess Zelda are musts for crossover characters.

Wiggler was actually my favorite to play as in 7, so he's honestly one I'd like to see come back, even though I doubt they would.

Nintendo on its way to announce 48 dlc characters immediately after you post this video:

Kamek is definitely my most wanted cut character, let the old man kart!

Did you know: Donkey Kong Jr. was actually supposed to be DK's partner in Double Dash, and actually had a 3D model for it? Unfortunately this was scrapped in favour of Diddy Kong, and his 3D model was never seen again. You also didn't mention how E. Gadd was supposed to be in DS instead of Dry Bones.

“Are you a big light blue birdo fan and hope she gets added into the main game (18:33)” Actually gets added in 0_0

We got Funky Kong! YES! Wave 6 will be the best! Oh, wait. Peachette was also revealed. Never mind, it sucks.

Seriously found this video Yesterday. Then the Direct dropped and Birdo got announced 😂

Ms. Pac-Man is actually more of a full impossibility at this point, with her rights being tied up by AtGames. It's wild, she was even removed from the recent Pac-Man World remake.

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