Update: The final wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass is available now, and the game has been updated to version 3.0.0.
Here’s what’s changed:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Ver. 3.0.0 Patch Notes
Support for DLC
- Added paid DLC: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, Wave 6 (two cups, eight courses, four characters, 17 Mii racing suits).
General
- Added “Music” button to the top menu.
- This is a feature where you can listen to the background music that plays during the game, as you like.
- Even players who don’t own the Booster Course Pass can listen to the background music of the DLC courses.
- Added feature where other players who aren’t friends can join in a Room.
- After creating a room, press the + Button or – Button to display the Room ID on the Room screen, and tell your fellow racers the Room ID.
- The other racers can join by entering the Room ID in “Search by Room ID.”
- Made it so that you can create a Room even if you have 0 friends registered.
- Added staff credits for the Booster Course Pass.
- Increased the invincibility time of a portion of characters and vehicle customizations.
- Made it so that you can’t acquire strong items when taking an Item Box by stopping or driving in reverse, or taking an Item Box that is in same location multiple times during a race.
- Shortened the time between when an Item Box is acquired by someone until it is restored.
- Lowered the appearance rate of Mirror and 200cc in “Worldwide” and “Regional.”
- Made it so you can acquire the “Varia Suit” when using a Metroid series amiibo.
- Made it so you can acquire the “Hylian Suit” when using a Legend of Zelda series amiibo.
- Made it so you can acquire the “Kirby Suit” when using a Kirby series amiibo.
- Made it so you can acquire the “Daisy Suit” when using a Daisy amiibo.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where no Bob-omb car blows up in Wii Moonview Highway, but a Bob-omb car blows up for someone you are playing with online.
- Fixed an issue where, when racing against a Ghost in Time Trials on Yoshi’s Island, the red road would not appear even though the Ghost touched the Winged Cloud.
Nintendo has revealed the release date and contents for the very final wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, completing the addition of 48 new courses to the game for those that either purchased the pass or have a current Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass subscription.
The new courses are coming next week on November 7th, and will include:
- Rome Avanti (Mario Kart Tour)
- DK Mountain (Mario Kart: Double Dash)
- Daisy Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)
- Piranha Plant Cove (Mario Kart Tour)
- Madrid Grande (Mario Kart Tour)
- Rosetta Planet (Mario Kart 7)
- Bowser 3 (Mario Kart)
- Rainbow Road (Mario Kart Wii)
Also along for the ride are four new character with Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline and Peachette all joining the fray as previously announced. According to the Japanese Nintendo website’s post about the DLC, it’ll also come with 18 new Mii suits including Toad and Cheep Cheep, as well as a special Daisy suit that can only be unlocked by scanning the Daisy amiibo.
Lastly, a new Music Player is being added that’ll allow players to listen to music tracks from the game whenever they like. Here’s the new trailer showing off everything in Wave 6 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass:
