Are The Wave 5 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course DLC Tracks Good? | Level By Level

Mario Kart 8 deluxe, after 5 years of being the Nintendo switch’s best selling game, is finally getting DLC in the form of the booster course pass. This is going to be bringing 48 retro tracks to mario kart deluxe from super mario kart, mario kart 64, mario kart super circuit, mario kart double dash, mario kart DS, mario kart wii, mario kart 7, and mario kart tour! Wave 5 of the dlc dropped a few days ago containing two cups, the Feather cup and Cherry cup. That brought over a total of 8 tracks, Athens Dash, Daisy Cruiser, Moonview Highway, Squeaky Clean Sprint, Los Angeles Laps, Sunset Wilds, Koopa Cape, and Vancouver Velocity. In today’s episode of level by level we're going to take a look at all 8 of these tracks to see if they’re good or bad retro tracks and put them in a tier list! Oh and there are 3 new characters, Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek!
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[@Odyssey_Central]

Minor corrections I forgor Wii had a track in every wave as well and wiggler got added to tour while I was editing. You may leave your dislikes now 💔

[@Funky_Mode]

rip

[@isaachiltyhilty6804]

I meant the Wii courses are Great

[@frogman5534]

No worries I would never dislike any of your videos 😊

[@FormerCookieCraftSGTS]

Kamek was also supposed to be in Wii, Kamek's car logo was actually in MKW files.

[@autismandgaming4532]

Koopa cape in this game is actually the worst version because they removed the pointing koopa sign at the start of the track

[@osberswgaming]

Sunset Wilds should really be renamed ‘Shy Guy Wilds’

[@DraftyDaftyHubertOHare]

#FixSunsetWilds and all that

[@smashmikey]

Personally I would’ve called it Shy Guy Milds

[@Log16]

I think it should be called 'Mid-Day Wilds'

[@kjolt1313]

to be fair the skybox is literally a sunset

[@jameskelly-smith1279]

#FixSunsetWilds community, GIVE ME A COMPLAINT THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO DO WITH THE GOD DAMN SKYBOX OR STOP COMPLAINING

[@lordarbys3676]

19:47 that transition was so smooth & seamless it killed him

[@jackscrivens9520]

It was very good editing.

[@Nokyyyyy]

That joke was perfect with the smoothness of the transition

[@scorn-52]

lmao

[@themostop6142]

hit the water so hard his skin fell off.

[@cameronwheeler9082]

“chin.”

[@urcolas8189]

14:41 I think the coins are tilted like that to make the whole coin pattern look more circular, because the pattern is supposed to look like a baseball (the outside ring being the actual ball and the coins inside being the seams of the baseball)

[@smileseth]

makes scensr

[@idavid8391]

10:48 Another fun detail: If you look really closely on the right side before the race starts, you can even see Lakitu!

[@Inverted_Branch-of-Brute]

I completely missed that, thanks!

[@fallguyssuperfan3]

You literally see him at the beginning of every single race. 💀

[@Inverted_Branch-of-Brute]

@@fallguyssuperfan3 are you trying to get some 5 year old to reply with r/whoosh or something?

[@LuisthePuertoRican1_]

I’m actually lost what do you mean you can see Lakitu I see him on the countdown I don’t need to see him again😭

[@Genegr]

​@@fallguyssuperfan3r/woooosh

[@kacoboon]

This is definitely a "While nitro track pretty much just have the job of being fun and creative, retro tracks have the job of not only maintaining what made the original version of that track work but also changing and adapting it to make the re-introduction of the track feel justified" moment

[@notsyzagts7967]

Sounds more like a TLDR moment lol. How many words can we sandwich between quotation marks?

[@jumentoqueanima]

It is.

[@QnjtGWonQNqVsbYyzjx4]

Not sunset wild though…At least coconut mall non-moving cars only impacted one section and it isn’t the defining feature of the track(the mall is). I think they can make the skybox an object instead and the sunset affect the entire level and is the defining feature of the track

[@Notyouraveragegal69]

@@QnjtGWonQNqVsbYyzjx4 The lighting engine doesn’t allow it, (unless you’d be fine with it SUPER LAGGING in the middle of a race due to Baked Lighting and shit, they would have to rework the entire lighting engine to avoid this problem, which btw is not a smart move since it could make the base game tracks look worse…

[@QnjtGWonQNqVsbYyzjx4]

@@Notyouraveragegal69 they can just insert a rule in the code to replace hue of the light, of course it means moon is in the wrong direction, but who cares? Turn off lighting in wave 2 would help.

[@WiltarrowMain]

I think Vancouver would be better if the lap order was reversed; start with the tunnel route and end with the suspension bridge route

[@SB2749]

I actually think the current route is *mostly* fine, but the third lap should have had you go through the suspension bridge route in reverse in addition to the tunnel/hockey ring.

[@potatojuiceultra]

without changing a lot I think lap 2 - lap 3 - lap 1 would have been best

[@mysticdigital5936]

Yeah, it feels very underwhelming as it is

[@marcanthonymendez494]

Mirror mode?

[@RacingSnails64]

Definitely agree... Best part of the track goes away too soon.

[@bumblebee8903]

I actually really like Los Angeles Laps due to how it’s entirely section based, meaning you don’t drive through the same location twice.

[@SprainedSentinel]

THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE RANKING IT

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

I think there is one part where you slightly cross to where you were before, right before the oil rig I think

[@RevanSecura]

the main part of the track that gets used twice is the Santa Monica Pier which is where you start the race and finish it.

[@king_poyo64]

I think it’s the funniest track because not even Mario is able to make LA look cool.

[@RevanSecura]

@@king_poyo64 the only thing remotely cool about it is gliding over Dodger Stadium while being given a Mario Superstar Baseball easter egg reference in the process.

[@JiggySwagner]

Even if they've done it every time now I still think that having each lap be different is a great way to bring over the Mario Kart 9 tracks to 8 DX. I hope when the 10th game comes out they iterate on that idea more. Imagine a Rainbow Road that has new paths appear in front of you as the race goes on.

[@mkgeostar]

ik theyre kinda cool but 4 tour trafks in one wave !? come off it man

[@imnotdegamer364]

Mario Kart 9?

[@dannyjelly2230]

@@mkgeostar i think they're doing this as a way of saving tour's content due to the fact that its servers have to shut down eventually

[@Glowing0v3rlord]

​@@mkgeostar There's literally only 3 tour tracks...

[@gamer_sune]

@@Glowing0v3rlordSqueaky Clean Sprint will come to Tour Eventually, it’s the same case with Ninja Hideaway where a Course comes out in 8D before it does in Tour. But they aren’t wrong either since a majority of the waves have had on average 3-4 Tour Courses

[@Bloody_FOXY47040]

Im here to deliver the updates again. This time "Drifting" has slightly changed (possibly a bug,) and the radars for items like red shells and stars have been improved. Now, you can fully tell if red shells are targeting you, and they last longer! To me this was a perfect wave! VV, SS, AD, and LA Laps are my 4 favorite city tracks in tour, so very nice that they all got in!

[@peckychicken]

I really hope toad's factory comes over in the final wave. Such an underrated mario kart wii track

[@Notyouraveragegal69]

sorry to be a bummer, buuttt… it’s not :(

[@ng5412]

It also has awesome music😀

[@peckychicken]

@@Notyouraveragegal69 😭

[@KentuckyFriedToadfish]

It's probably not coming, but we didn't expect moon view highway to come either, so don't lose hope.

[@Notyouraveragegal69]

@@KentuckyFriedToadfish I don’t mean to be a party pooper, buuuutttt, it literally zero chance of coming in the BCP, if we somehow stupidly enough get 2 Wii tracks in Wave 6 then one of them will almost certainly be DDR and obv RR…

[@hatguy3119]

Really happy to see how far Level by Level has gone, I remember that with the first couple videos it really underperformed, but luckily the man behind the... videos, didn't give up, and now we have one of my favorite series on the entire platform!

[@ZA-en4bb]

ITS BEEN SO LONG

[@phantomtheshortsguy]

Since I have last seen son lost to this monster, to the man behind the slaughter

[@mimikyutubesaltaccount4875]

The man behind the Odyssey

[@micahheyward5342]

10:20-10:32 I appreciate that you acknowledged NB's love of BEEG HOUSES. He was really excited about this track when he saw this in the direct(though nothing compares to your excitement when DRY BONES was in the Super Mario Bros Movie(the good one)

[@mali_gazza]

The tilted coins on Los Angeles is meant to look like a baseball, although it does look a bit odd

[@josephsharp6221]

Fun fact: the ring in Squeaky Clean Sprint is modeled after the one in Tostarena in Mario Odyssey.

[@DraftyDaftyHubertOHare]

The visuals in this wave are so good, I think that Koopa cape is the only one I have even slight complaints with.

[@notmyrealname7163]

Rip lightning rods in the pipe.

[@QnjtGWonQNqVsbYyzjx4]

There is also some plain colours in LA laps and Vancouver, I think textureless building is fine because there is already very much 3D detail but the grass, sand, rocks and snow looks bad without texture.

[@noahppinkrevail]

Koopa Cape Is a bit inferior to its wii version

[@monsieurcherry]

The Athen’s track visuals aren’t very good either

[@DraftyDaftyHubertOHare]

@@monsieurcherry …I mean they just aren’t though.

[@fungus4932]

That transition was clean at 19:46

[@dannyeleternity7390]

I honestly wasn’t expecting to like the feather cup as much as I did as someone who never understood the daisy cruiser hype, but i was impressed. All 4 of the tracks are really good, even if I prefer the OG moonview to the remake, and Athens Dash is FINALLY a highly unique tour city track without the dreaded long stretches of empty road

[@mattdickson627]

So glad Athens dash is appreciated. It blew my expectations out of the water the first time I played it, and instantly became my favorite tour track. …Besides Ninja hideaway of course.

[@DrRank]

Fun fact: Petey Piranha's petals are actually translucent, which looks absolutely gorgeous on the Sunset Wilds starting line

[@mmx3374]

“Wiggler’s a huge surprise since he’s not even in Tour.” Wiggler was added to Tour the same day Wave 5 came out.

[@TAYBR00K]

Is it just me who's unironically happy to see Wiggler back? (as well as the others)

[@ElecManEXE]

Well, I do think we're in the minority, but I also love seeing Wiggler return. I never play the handheld Mario Kart titles, so I completely missed being able to play as Wiggler originally. Which made me real sad since the random Mario badies are always my favorite Mario Kart characters and Wigglers are a Mario enemy species I really like. I honestly didn't think Wiggler had any shot of coming back, but he was probably my most wanted returning character in spite of that. Was super pleasantly surprised to see Wiggler pop up in the trailer. And Kamek finally got in too, who has been my most wanted new character (I'm not counting Tour, just main titles) since he kept getting snubbed and barely missing and magikoopas are rad. I absolutely could not have asked for better characters in this wave, Petey is great too and probably my next most wanted return character. It's like they chose all the characters in this wave for me. Don't even matter to me who else gets added to Wave 6.

[@axolotlstudios7918]

I think jumping of goombas is somewhat accurate to Mario lore, because the goombas in Mario Kart are pretty Big and sometimes, if the goomba is Big enough, they do not get squished

[@percyproductions8990]

20:57 I was looking away during this transition and thought that you were still talking here🤣 Fantastic work as always man! Top 10 KZbinr for sure!

[@ValueNetwork]

Also Athens dash has a really tight and definitely unintentional corner cut on the first lap that lets you skip the amphitheater. Although most of the new shortcuts are definitely unintentional, I really like how these new tracks have MK Wii style shortcuts (including the shortcuts coming back from wii in the retros) that only the most experienced players will go for

[@TheMack625]

Seeing Petey back is so good. He's my favorite of the three drivers in Wave 5. I actually really dig the Cherry Cup, but can understand your preference for the Feather Cup and won't argue with you. Nice video.

[@noahppinkrevail]

Hope they add the sunset back like they did with the coconut mall cars

[@josiahtheawkward6008]

Man you’re making more and more comedic edits in these videos and I love it. You’re becoming the KZbinr I wanted to be when I was younger visualized. Keep it up!

[@YeethanFrog]

I think this is one of my favorite videos you’ve made. Not only were you able to pump it out in the span of like 3 days but it’s also very funny (rip Patrick) and interesting. Huge props

[@benjaliaanimations9860]

The level by level series is probably my favorite type of videos you put out, and this one was awesome! Also I think it would be really cool if you ranked each cup in MK8 again at the end of the booster course pass.

[@arya_moghadam]

That was an incredible video analyzing the courses and ranking them! I respect your opinion on where you put the courses. However, I was really hyped up for Vancouver when they said they were going to bring it, just cause of how beautiful the city looks and the soundtrack. Also, I was not expecting Moonview Highway to have a remix that sounds SO GOOD! Arguably one of the best remixes I’ve heard in a Wii retro track. I kinda wished there were more cars on the highway, like in the Wii. But overall, it’s been shown a lot of love recently. It was brought in Tour very recently and hearing the news that it was coming to Deluxe made Moonview Highway more memorable.

[@balls_gaming]

hey, I just want to say, I have been watching your content for about 3 years now, and I am a massive fan. I watch all of your videos and I really love your vids. (also squeaky clean sprint and Koopa Cape are the best tracks in the game) edit: damn 19:45 is such a clean transition

[@georgeg9779]

I love your humor dude, an incredible video all in all :)

[@TheEditoor]

Me PERSONALLY I love squeaky clean sprint. It’s such a fun and detailed map and I love playing on it. I feel like Nintendo did a great job on wave five.

[@lordkoopus]

another great video! your humor is so well timed, and its exactly the kind of stupid thinhs i laugh at (like crashing into the pot and the lego patrick segment). all your videos are amazing, keep it up!

[@Ludwigizawe50me55]

Oh my god this was an amazing video one of my favorites on the channel oh and congrats at 150k❤😀

[@georgebloch6927]

This came out quickly! Thanks so much.

[@jumentoqueanima]

Bro you were FAST! The Mario kart level by level is probably my favorite series in the channel so I'm really happy.

[@crumbledcookiegaming6969]

Congrats on 150k!!! I’ve always loved your videos!

[@Funky_Mode]

I hope N64 Bowser's Castle and GCN Dino Dino Jungle come back for Wave 6. I also want Pauline and Funky Kong to return.

[@thewinner4378]

tbh i hope Funky Stadium and Dummy Cube return as playable characters

[@thepuppet4321]

@@thewinner4378Ah yes. Funky Stadium. The greatest character of all

[@mimikyutubesaltaccount4875]

DDJ is mid, I’d rather have DK Mountain

[@Funky_Mode]

@@mimikyutubesaltaccount4875 You're right. I forgot about DK Mountain.

[@damirruiz250]

Datamine says that there’s no more 64 tracks and two GCN tracks left

[@DraftyDaftyHubertOHare]

YES! I was just hoping you’d upload this today.

[@dillongeorge5866]

Bathroom track sweep 👌 Also, here’s what I would’ve done with the last lap of Vancouver. I would’ve had us do the first lap backwards, because it brings back the anti gravity, and it would’ve been a more hype finale. Tour actually does this too so idk why they didn’t use it 😣

[@milkshakedraws6944]

One track I’m surprised they didn’t include in the BCP is 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar. From what I’ve heard, it was originally going to be in Mario Kart 8’s original DLC, but got swapped out for Cheese Land. Huge shame to see such a fantastic course get snubbed again, as I think Wave 6 might be a little too late for a mushroom cup track. Justice for Shy Guy Bazaar! Can we replace Sunset Wilds with it?

[@Puggers22]

Wait really, where'd you hear it from

[@milkshakedraws6944]

@@Puggers22 Apparently, there were assets of the track left in the files labeled under “D3ds_SandTown”. Huge shame it didn’t come to the game, I would’ve much preferred it as the desert track over the butchered Cheese Land aesthetic remake.

[@randomguy2938]

@@milkshakedraws6944I agree, Cheeseland should have either stuck to the space aesthetic or not be in the Mario kart 8 DLC

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@milkshakedraws6944My issue with Cheese Land is people bag on it online lmao

[@karloz25]

Congratulations for 150k subs! I love your videos so much and I am a big fan of yours!

[@FidGame450]

It’s Wave 5 time, which also means it’s reviewing time: Tour Athens Dash: While I personally think Singapore and (spoilers) Vancouver are better city tracks, Athens definitely takes the cake for most unique. The fact that it mainly takes you in and around the Acropolis is really cool. The ruins are insanely well detailed, the layout is interesting, the music is really good, and it’s overall a blast to play through. If there’s one city track that could be a huge fan favorite, it’s gotta be this one. 9/10 GCN Daisy Cruiser: I will preface this by saying that I’ve never played Double Dash, but honestly there’s not much here that’s very memorable about it to me, besides the tables, the underwater section, and the fact you’re on a cruise liner to begin with. It looks nice and the music is good, but I was never a fan of this theme to begin with. It just always sounded like a generic vacation theme to me. Still, this track is solid, if a bit overrated. 7/10 Wii Moonview Highway: I was never the biggest fan of this track back in Wii, mostly because I was very young and wasn’t a good Mario Kart player. Here, it’s really solid. The fact that there’s less cars than usual does kinda hurt it, but it’s still really fun to play on. It looks amazing, even though it’s similar to New York Minute, and the music is really good, especially in the city section. Really solid track. 8/10 Squeaky Clean Sprint: In short, this track is amazing! 9/10 Overall, the Feather Cup is amazing. One of my favorite cups in the game so far! Tour Los Angeles Laps: I do get where you’re coming from, but I personally like this track. I don’t think it’s amazing, but I do think that the fact is a sectional track does make it stand out, especially since you’re taken through a bunch of different settings in this track. It is definitely the weakest city track of the wave, though. Music is good, but I implore you to take a listen to the original. That one is very interesting. 8/10 GBA Sunset Wilds: Hot take here, but I like this track. It’s not amazing, the layout can be a bit simple at times, and the fact the sunset isn’t there is a bummer, but I still enjoy racing on it. It looks amazing anyway, and the song was always a highlight from Super Circuit. Also, the reason the sunset isn’t there might be because of the engine having baked in lighting and shadows, making the track look weird if the skybox changed. In short, Sunset Wilds was always gonna be doomed in 8DX. Which makes me think why they didn’t bring in tracks like Yoshi Desert, Luigi Circuit, Cheep Cheep Island, or one of the Bowser’s Castles instead. 7/10 Wii Koopa Cape: Great track, wish there was a little more. 8/10 Tour Vancouver Velocity: This is probably my favorite city track in 8DX (Berlin Byways is my favorite in Tour). It is a blast to drive through, with it’s unique settings, amazing music, and varied layout (outside of Lap 3). I get why you might not like it very much, but to me, this is my favorite track of the wave. 9/10 Overall, the Cherry Cup is a bit of a disappointment compared to the Feather Cup, but it’s still a good cup. Overall, Wave 5 is really good. It’s definitely better than Waves 1 and 2, about the same level as Wave 3, but worse than Wave 4. I’m really excited for what’s to come in Wave 6. I can’t believe we have one wave to go. Man, time really does fly by fast. I’m gonna miss all this…

[@TheIvoryDingo]

Agreed with your take on Sunset Wilds. As someone who never experienced the original, I think it's a perfectly fine track that imo wouldn't change in my rankings much if it did have the changing skybox.

[@ZeptoBST]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to appreciate the smooth transition out of the pool in Daisy Cruiser.

[@camchandler131]

This is easily my favorite Mario kart level by level video you was killing me with the edits in this one they was so funny

[@Pet3yz]

Bro I’ve been waiting for this video for days

[@isaacrogers4174]

For Moonview Highway, I kinda miss being flattened by the cars. I know it was hard and annoying at times, but it’s what made that track stand out for me on the Wii.

[@JoboGamezzz]

I remember playing moon view highway on Wii and it felt like an open world each time I played because each time I always forgot the layout

[@KingMatthewXV]

14:26 As I grew up on Mario super sluggers I am extremely happy with this statement.

[@FlatStanley]

Love these opinions! It’s really cool and funny to see your criticisms, and I’ve been watching your whole Mario Kart 8 dlc tier list series. I’m subscribed. Keep up the amazing content! ❤

[@MrCAnimations69]

Always a great day when Odyssey Central uploads, especially when it’s wave 5!!

[@imnotdegamer364]

I dunno if this is a good idea, but I'd love to see a tierlist for the track OSTs in the final episode for Wave 6!

[@Glory.to.master.kohga.]

Congrats on 150k! Love ur vids!

[@jpronan8757]

Squeaky Clean Sprint was my favourite new track it really gave me heavy Micro Machines vibes. I was really hyped for Vancouver Velocity because I haven't played Tour and it lived up to most of the hype I just think it flopped on lap 3.

[@DigitalLeonardo]

Just as someone who lives in Vancouver, I love the Vancouver track haha. It’s just such a cool representation of the city 😆

[@parapad1217]

I found I agreed with most of your thoughts on this wave but Sunset Wilds' music is actually my favorite of the wave and makes the inclusion worth it imo. I think the layout's decent as well. Nice list👍

[@genevaviera4906]

I always like you making these level analysis videos on the Booster Course Pass, especially because I’m too poor to play them my self

[@PeachyShowtime]

Wiggler has recently been in Tour, like since last Wednesday he deserved it too

[@RollieMcSplatStudios]

Wake up babe, new Odyssey Central video

[@tecnicoyt]

The one turn in Sqeaky Clean Sprint isn't actually slippery, it's just the fan that pushes you away.

[@goldenguy7470]

I've never heard anyone talk about Mario sluggers so passionate like you because I played it last week with the family and it was fun

[@imdoinitwell]

Squeaky clean spirit actually has 2 more shortcuts!!! At the beginning if you go over the toothbrushes there's a boost pad or you can trick off a small notebook for some coins, using the boost pad you can also get a mystery box and then trick off a palm tree! Little shortcut I thought was cool!

[@1inchpunisher715]

Appreciate it 👍 now I have an upper hand against my cousins when we play, they're good so it'll come in handy 😂

[@AquaWaterMouse]

These cups are by far my favorite courses so far! Always nice to see what others think of them :)

[@diamond_okk7060]

Just a few things I noticed with my first playthough and this video :) 1) although athens is great and all, I really didnt enjoy how the last item set is before the rolling rocks section. 2) in squeaky clean sprint, the second time through’s glider section has like 4 ways to go with 2 sections being double item boxes. 3) LA Laps the beach section has a tight turn you could take with a mushroom. (I also didnt know there were a few coins in the water). 4) the coin layout in the stadium, although very strange looking, is shaped like a baseball. 5) the sunset 💀 6) As a big ost person with these waves, i love how koopa cape has 3 different songs. 7) in vancouver velocity, right before the last like 1 turn theres a very skinny mushroom shortcut. My overall thoughts is feather cup is amazing for the dlc and cherry cup was kinda a letdown. I also like how the balance changes between characters made more characters, karts, and combo’s viable. Even though the new meta still is the same (ish), it adds a little bit for variety in my opinion.

[@jorgev2834]

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite youtubers

[@shaankelly1302]

As someone who has played Tour everyday since Launch i quite like the city tracks. In tour as you know its segmented so they are shorter and each one is more distinct. I do like Tour tracks are preserved in 8 and i love they combine all the laps from Tour. Los Angeles and Vancouever are my two favorite city tracks by far so will disagree with you there. Do enjoy all your booster pass videos. Idk how they fucked up Sunset Wilds. Probably an oversight. I quite like the track with the changing sky. Also a big fan of Athens/Rome/London/Amsterdam/New York/Bangkok/Singapore. Sydney kinda bores me as well as Paris and Tokyo and Berlin. Idk if im forgetting any i think that covers it.

[@A_Ali173]

I always look forward to odyssey central’s mario kart wave reviews, or heck, any review or ranking

[@no_why5985]

Hi Odyssey! Love your vids!

[@visibly-tired]

Mario Kart Wii was the first game I ever played so it's amazing getting this many tracks from the game!

[@Cy-Fi]

The best thing about Vancouver Velocity is easily the music. The music is one of the best from the tour tracks. Overall, I wouldve personally put Vancouver Velocity in the lower half of A bc 2/3rds of the track is really great and stands out more from the tour tracks. Tho, that might be my bias bc I really love Fall and Winter which VV meshes together to create a really cool aesthetic.

[@sediew]

The problem with Vancouver Velocity is that lap 1 aka VV1 in tour is just the best one. I’m sad it didn’t end with VV1 R or something like that. 3rd lap dropped the ball

[@pageclayton6850]

Another fun thing about wiggler: his i frames after getting hit are easier to notice, since he gets mad during them (very useful for people training to banana themselves out of a blue shell

[@SpicyInk]

I remember koopa cape being the first ever track I played and I loved it. I like the remake but the one thing that bothers me is that the river part is not just river but also road wich makes it feel less natural and beautifull like the original (or atleast the 7 version) did

[@Thegamingwizard55]

The best track for me in this wave is definitely Koopa Cape as I grew up with it and bringing it back gave me the most nostalgia. However, removing the sunset from Sunset Wilds was a major disappointment so Nintendo really needs to fix that. Besides that, this wave was all right though I'm not a fan of Athens and is my least favorite from this wave. Los Angeles is a banger though, espescially with the music and coastal vibes.

[@kingterrellgourde7]

My favourite wave 5 tracks in the booster course pass are athens dash moonview highway squeaky clean sprint lots Angeles laps koopa cape and Vancouver velocity

[@SquirrelMario]

LA Laps is completely inaccurate. There’s not homeless people everywhere

[@jarne7447]

19:46 Nice transition!

[@ViIvaNunner]

koopa cape returning is cool and i do like what they did with the tunnel but deep down i really wish the tunnel was kept underwater like in wii; and being able to drive all the way around it with anti gravity. imagine throwing a shell diagonally and it doing insane loops

[@trash_lol]

as much as i love the idea of the red arrows and the changing each lap i hope that in the next game they aren’t _literally_ giant holographic red arrows it’s so easy to go careening into them lots of the time, making you wait for lakitu, and the take a bit longer to process in your brain than any other turns also they kinda break the immersion, as much as there is in mario kart maybe mario kart nitpicks video should happen

[@pdizy]

LA Laps was one of my favorite tracks but only cos i’m from there , i j liked dodger stadium being included but was a little shocked they had us driving through oil rigs 😭

[@4chrisg]

Be interesting wat wave six will be like. They’ll have to end it with a bang and pick out tracks that r mind blowing. For the last two characters to unlock I think the last two characters should be diddy kong and king bob-omb.

[@manuelaguirreurreta5004]

12:15 Thank you so much for saying this. I was so confused as how the ais got up there when I was doing Grand Prix.

[@jokergoat6405]

yayy congrats on 150k subs!!! :D

[@alexkartoons3659]

Odyssey when he goes to a real life city: "The roads here are too long, there's too much city stuff here."

[@SlinkSup99]

Unless it's New Donk City though.

[@WritingCountingOriginal]

@@SlinkSup99 lol yeah it’s the Mario Odyssey bias. But if it’s a city that appeared in Tour first it’s a worse experience *only* because Tour sucks.

[@BabyMatiny]

i was playing this game with my friends yesterday and it was around 10:10 when we got to squeaky clean sprint. my goofy self really thought and believed that the clock was actually set to be accurate to the real time ☠️☠️

[@Trevmoose05]

14:45 I noticed that too. I think it’s like that in order to look more like a baseball

[@Bombo_Cart]

This is the best series on KZbin

[@superpekkachu]

19:46 DUDE!!!! That transition was fireeeee

[@Chezdude782]

R.I.P Lego Patrick head never forgotten

[@Adam.L02]

ive been waiting for this

[@bleepblapblo0p]

My only gripes with Koopa Cape now I've played it a few more times are the turning things that acted like lightning never returning and the beginning of the lap feels too caged in but other than that it's still a solid remake. Sunset Wilds got the Sky Garden treatment but let's hope for Wave 6 it gets the Coconut Mall treatment

[@kingterrellgourde7]

My s tier tracks in this wave are Athens dash moonview highway squeaky clean sprint Los Angeles laps koopa cape and Vancouver velocity

[@jaydenc367]

This may be the best wave yet and my favorite so far! Although Yoshi's Island still may be my favorite track from the Booster course pack and is just one of my favorite Mario kart tracks of all time now.

[@mimikyutubesaltaccount4875]

I disagree, this wave was on par with Wave 2 in terms of quality

[@ChrisGamingNL333]

I love how he bathroom track is just linked to Nathaniel in a way lmao

[@imperialavian]

Bro the waterfall guy was CLEAN!

[@karlkewbz]

You specifically would love that ring in the Squaky Clean Sprint track, as it is actually the exact same ring as the one in Tostarena in Mario Odyssey!

[@yx4v]

Great video!

[@wootmasterzorsx]

I have to admit, I have a soft spot for Sunset Wilds because I have a soft spot for anything from the GBA Kart. I love the music and while the stage doesn’t change over time (and I would absolutely love that being fixed in an update), it just is one I’m happy for. I also like Los Angeles just for doing a single lap around a big track like the Wuhu Island tracks and Rainbow Road 3DS, it helps it stand out from the other Tour tracks. Would agree that Vancouver just feels okay to me. Some neat set pieces, a nice aesthetic, but just an okay track design. The rest feels like safe choices for the old stuff, though also wonderful choices, Athens and Squeaky Clean Sprint are cool. This is the weakest set in comparison for me, but everything here would get no lower than B tier for me. I’m also not a very harsh critic, though, and everything from every wave would rank in a similar vein of “B at worst”, so make of that what you will. (Also not trying to imply you ARE a harsh critic, your ranking was very fair and well argued and I can appreciate where you’re coming from with everything.)