Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Pass DLC - Graphics Comparison: All 8 Tracks! (Switch vs N64, DS & More)

All 8 new DLC courses in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Head to head with their original appearances. How much better do they look, and are the tracks faithful to their originals? Let's take a look!
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Thanks to TheMarioVariable for the Paris and Tokyo tracks!
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Timestamps:
0:07 Paris Promenade (Tour)
1:10 Toad Circuit (3DS)
2:08 Choco Moutain (N64)
3:08 Coconut Mall (Wii)
4:23 Tokyo Blur (Tour)
5:16 Shoom Ridge (3DS)
6:28 Sky Garden (GBA)
7:13 Ninja Hideaway (Tour)
8:30 Paris Promenade Full View (Tour)
9:34 Toad Circuit Full View (3DS)
10:33 Choco Moutain Full View (N64)
11:33 Coconut Mall Full View (Wii)
12:47 Tokyo Blur Full View (Tour)
13:41 Shoom Ridge Full View (3DS)
14:52 Sky Garden Full View (GBA)
15:38 Ninja Hideaway Full View (Tour)
#MK8DX

[@DoctorMinjinx]

Interesting. Some look truly remastered like Paris Promenade, but some others are kinda off looking. Overall it's nicer than the reveal trailer made it look though, I'm happy with it. Hopefully future tracks will be more inline with Paris Promenade.

[@frankieseward8667]

This was probably the testing wave. Wave 2 will undoubtedly have more pleasing results.

[@MrSmuggypussPlays]

With how good these looks it's surprising it's 48 tracks. It's not like Grumble Volcano great but it's definitely on par with like SNES Rainbow Road, Cheep Cheep Beach, ETC

[@a-j-o-l-o-t-3]

This is fake because they improved the Road for all tracks because is what player see the most playing... And Paris has a beautiful improvement, but any of them are remastered...

[@pyrocinematics6649]

@@frankieseward8667 This is Nintendo we’re talking about. Most of these tracks are probably just gonna be slightly more polished Tour rips.

[@kinoko384]

@@a-j-o-l-o-t-3 I didn't understand a word you said

[@CaptainObliviousV]

My one nitpick is that, from what I’ve seen, the cars in MK8 Coconut Mall are stationary and don’t move back and forth as hazards.

[@flyingdunsparce]

Coconut Mall was done incredibly dirty. They removed the moving cars, boost panels, ramp and bows. The entire end section is devoid of anything interesting now.

[@nonkhi]

@@flyingdunsparce thats what i thought when playing it the first time in the dlc, it just felt empty at the end section

[@Theo-dg2be]

And the cars are driven by shy guys instead of miis

[@Robbie_Haruna]

@@flyingdunsparce the ramp they removed was because it was entirely redundant with the gliding pad. I miss the moving cars, but to say it was done incredibly dirty because a few boost pads are missing is the overstatement of the century lol.

[@flyingdunsparce]

@@Robbie_Haruna It's not redundant because the lower section doesn't have a gliding pad. Also you could just glide on to the ramp. The end section just feels empty now for no reason. It used to feel very tense trying to hit the boost pad at the end with the moving cars. It's just not the same now.

[@SorceressRose]

It’s amazing at how different Choco Mountain is from it’s N64 counterpart. You wouldn’t even recognize the original design unless you compare the two and see that the cave didn’t exist in the original version, but also the broken bridge part after it. Out of all the courses brought back from the N64 era, Choco Mountain has been heavily redesigned more then the others and it’s amazing!

[@marcoscabezolajr.8408]

Yeah I immediately noticed the crystal cavern and thought wow these are full remasters, but then I see Coconut Mall which actually looks worse than the original in some ways and it starts with the unnecessary orange color.

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

@@marcoscabezolajr.8408 the crystals are in the mario kart tour version

[@marcoscabezolajr.8408]

@@ego-lay_atman-bay yeah I didn't know that I only played Choco Mountain on Mk 64.

[@robwarriors62]

I completely agree, this Choco Mountain is a great ‘new’ design. Except it’s not new, it’s just ripped directly from Tour. Kinda ends up feeling bittersweet - I like the design, but all it reminds me of is just the laziness of Nintendo porting from Tour and selling it as a ‘remaster’. Cutting corners once again.

[@HoroJoga]

I'm used to it like this because this version is from Tour.

[@mattwolf7698]

I wish the traffic was still moving in opposite directions on Shroom Ridge, it seemed more like a real road before. Also I don't like how the shops in Coconut Mall no longer have transparent windows (they almost look out of business now) and how the cars aren't moving anymore. I also miss the Mii's. Overall this looks pretty good though.

[@dairhat]

Pandemic in Coconut Mall :(

[@juliemiller5196]

Probably because it'd be too difficult on 200cc.

[@primalvelocity3811]

@@juliemiller5196 Was 200cc not in Mario Kart Wii?

[@triumphfork9268]

@@primalvelocity3811 Nope

[@primalvelocity3811]

@@triumphfork9268 What was the first Mario Kart game to have 200cc in it?

[@pasta6402]

I love the new tracks so much, especially the tour originals, it’s so cool that the course changes depending on what lap you’re on! The only gripe I have is the grass/ cliffs. I really wish there was more work done rather than the grass being just textureless green spots on the ground (there are a couple of flowers or bushes but it’s super obvious). Other than that this release is a steal for the $25 price point, I hope they retain this level of detail with their future waves!

[@Odyanii]

Yeah, overall I think they actually look pretty nice, and some details (like the brick mural in Coconut Mall on the downward u-turn) are really nice additions. But the greenery is noticeably low quality looking. Which is odd considering how nice plants look in the base game! I don't know how difficult it is to add existing assets to these new tracks, but one would think they could just transplant some of the trees/bushes that already exist in the base game. Coconut Mall could make use of the palm trees from Animal Crossing's track for example. They clearly used some base game assets already with the TV trucks and some of the billboards. Also I don't know if this is an oversight, but for some reason the bushes in Tokyo Blur and Sky Garden have a texture on them, but the ones in Paris Promenade don't?

[@Luminoth-il1yt]

Shroom Ridge looks noticeably worse than the others, probably because it has so much greenery and that is the area Nintendo didn't bother to upgrade from tour.

[@StevenVillman]

*@Connor K* It's $24.99 USD for *_*all*_*_ _*_6 waves_* of the _Mario Kart 8 Deluxe_ Booster Course Pass DLC. I don't know here where you got the idea that each of the 6 waves cost $24.99 USD for each one.

[@SalvableRuin]

@@StevenVillman he didn't specifically say that he thinks it's $25 for each wave, so I'm not sure if he intended that. But many people have made that error, somehow.

[@Squidveemo]

@@Odyanii if their engine works like unity it would take like 5 seconds, no joke.

[@gothrockfairy]

My one little nit pick is that some of the ground textures like the grass or sand look like clay. Again very minor and maybe could be tweaked but I’m having a blast on these tracks. The soundtrack for ninja hideaway absolutely slaps.

[@msmx9088]

that’s the main thing i notice as well! makes the style inconsistent to the rest of the courses w/ the textured & detailed grass sand etc but shouldnt matter when ur speedin thru each course also not to mention some tracks like ninja hideaway are MASSIVE, way bigger than they need to be

[@fabfilopedani]

Exactly, it's so weird because when compared side by side it makes me feel that the 3ds' version of toad circuit looks better than the dlc one

[@d.b.scoville]

Yeah there’s definitely a stylistic change

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

It *really* hurts Shroom Ridge IMO, the grass and rocks being pretty much textureless. Plus the lack of some of the smaller details like the vines down the walls, feels like they threw a dart at a board to choose which courses to put more effort into.

[@ask343]

I'm glad the tracks look better than their initial reveal in the trailer

[@M64bros]

Definitely!

[@wubbers662]

@@M64bros I couldn't care too much

[@Darknight0681]

OF COURSE THEY WERE GOING TO. Even if they didn’t do as much, if they left it as is the difference would be jarring.

[@jakighcolburnchannel3584]

Well except DS Shroom Ridge, that track still got the short end of the stick

[@Tech32X]

@@jakighcolburnchannel3584 Even tho I agree it looks as basic as a ported track can be I'm at least glad it remained pretty faithful to the original, it's one of my favorite tracks from DS. What really got shafted was GBA Sky Garden, not talking about music cus it's pretty good, but actual track layout? It's so linear and boring I felt like the original version of that track was way more fun to race on.

[@Rickby]

Coconut mall was stripped of everything that made it iconic, from the Miis, the escalator, and see through glass ramp at the end. Mind you I’m happy it’s back, but man

[@cooltellow2739]

The music doesn’t even sound as authentic anymore

[@WaltzSunshine]

@@cooltellow2739 I would e actually preferred if the Music was the same in Wii to be honest

[@WaltzSunshine]

If Mushroom Gorge and Toad’s Factory come back I hope they stay as faithful to the original as possible

[@vinievex]

Blame Mario Kart 7 for that, the track has never been the same since

[@primalvelocity3811]

Don't forget the cars moving back and forth near the finish line.

[@ade1174]

All of the tracks are pretty good. Choco Mountain and the Tour tracks look especially good. Too bad Coconut Mall cars got a downgrade.

[@jessicastoker8932]

This probably happened more for balance. The Speed Boost Pads are missing from that area as well, and Mario Kart 8 seems like it's more interested in you Drift Boosting than using pads. The cars driving back and forth would have made it super difficult to Drift Boost, so the Boost Pads were there. Dropping the Boost Pads meant dropping the cars... OR - some weird technical difficulties arose - OR - they just wanted to do it like that. There's tons of reasons why it could have been changed. "It's exciting for the cars to go back and forth and for you to boost through!" "We have the flying part right before this now, so we've already got an exciting thrill ride moment." Who knows. Unless Nintendo were to outright say one way or another, it's just an aesthetic difference. It was a weird change. Or, if you meant the other aesthetic changes - the escalators being changed, the curved drop and raised sections being turned into retro Mario backdrops - then... I would say the escalators being changed was for readability. The other part was just flavor. If you don't like it, that sucks, but yeah... the cars getting downgraded was the most weird. I personally don't know that I'd say downgrade. I'd just say "it's not the same, and I may or may not enjoy how it plays now better than before." Time will tell.

[@epicgamner1139]

agreed, but i guess i get what the other comment is saying as well

[@ShurikanBlade]

I feel like its because they jumped from 8 to 12 racers in this game and since its a small parking lot space you'd probably end up hitting the cars a lot if you're in the middle with the rest of the pack. Like imagine 6 racers passing the cars at once but on every race on coconut mall. It feels like it would be more frustrating than fun.

[@ade1174]

@@jessicastoker8932 Jessica, that makes a lot of sense. Without the boost pads, having moving cars would have killed the momentum of the racers. Thank you. Also, nice Gurren Lagann avatar.

[@ade1174]

@@ShurikanBlade Mario Kart Wii also had 12 racers.

[@Danominator]

Pretty obvious that a decent amount of work went into these, I don't blame people for disliking them but this is some great DLC. And the REMIXES are amazing! I'm even more excited for future waves now.

[@xenopizza10509]

Yeah the dlc will only get better in the new waves.

[@Danominator]

@@xenopizza10509 My guess is the visual styles may remain the same but yeah!

[@JSoul]

Yeah for $25 it’s a good deal. But for me personally I’m just gonna wait to get the pass until like wave 3 drops or something so that way the more the merrier.

[@Angry_Jetpack]

The only problem for me is the textures. They don’t have enough shading to look good, unlike the rest of the tracks in the game. Other than that, these are REALLY GOOD tracks in every other aspect. I don’t particularly like Mario Kart and I still had fun with these. Definitely hoping that they fix the visuals eventually, but all in all this is gonna be a good dlc.

[@cookimaus1]

@@Angry_Jetpack tbh I agree, though idk about you but they would look good if the whole game had that artstyle. Nothing wrong with the simplistic textures in principle, just that they are in a game that has tracks with a lot different graphics so it’s jarring. I do enjoy visual style of booster course but it is odd when it’s mixed with 8s.

[@TheInfiniteLegend]

To be honest it could use a little more texturing, shadows and realism to fit better with the art style of Mario Kart 8, but otherwise they look F I Y U H

[@GeoDeo]

I feel like Shroom Ridge got the least amount of texturing done which is a real shame because those hills and trees would have looked really pretty with a little extra detail. While I’m not the BIGGEST fan of Choco Mountain or Paris Promenade, they look extremely well done, more so than the others. Very prettyyyy

[@RealKingChief]

Yeah for me personally I feel like Shroom Ridge needed just a little more touch up. The wall to your left when you start the race is mainly what I'm thinking of. The bright coloured rock and the metal are just a little too shiny and flat looking. The DS version had more grit. I'm actually pretty happy with everything else on that track and I might get used to it anyway. Also, the palm leaves in Coconut Mall look a little too chunky, flat, and bland as well but I'm not too fussed about that.

[@Ray_2112]

Imo Choco Mountain has the more boring looking textures compared to Shroom Ridge, the track itself has changed a lot, but the textures could look better imo. Shroom Ridge on the other hand was never visually that special and the remake has actually everything there needs to be visually and looks nice. Also, it's a really great underrated track imo, so much fun to drive on.

[@slappevaatdoek]

Ninja hideaway looks epic

[@MiniBlackWaltz]

@@RealKingChief you really shouldn't *have* to get used to it though. They should've done a better job. Given how the rest of the tracks in the game look there's really no excuse for it

[@RealKingChief]

@@MiniBlackWaltz I don't really care to be honest. I have no idea whether Nintendo listens to criticism or not. Yes, I do wish the general texturing and such looked better (the lighting/filters look great in my opinion) but it's more tracks for me.

[@mythoughtsexactly2145]

I really wish they implemented the anti-gravity gimmick to some of them. Choco Mountain or Shroom Ridge could benefit from that since they are very plain and they do have a lot of walls or cliffs

[@Nayplays1]

anti-gravity is not in mario kart tour. it's unlikely we will get too much anti-gravity. best bet is if spiny cup is all rainbow roads and they bring back the one from DS

[@leonpgut]

Choco Mountain has this one wall that totally looks like an anti gravity ramp (2:37) and I really don't know why they didn't include that there.

[@maegnificant]

@@leonpgut because it's not in tour. they won't change a thing about the track designs.

[@leonpgut]

@@maegnificant It's a bit of a shame that they didn't at least change the tracks from Tour to put stuff like this in.

[@maegnificant]

@@leonpgut this is what we're getting for all the tracks unfortunately. they will stretch this game as thin as they can.

[@LlamaLogic]

The trees and greenery are just so jarring, like they really couldn't replace all the greenery with original Mario Kart 8 assets. It also makes you wonder how these courses would have looked if they were made with the same intentions as the all the original courses, because I highly doubt these were made to the best they could be for the DLC

[@robwarriors62]

Imagine if Nintendo wasn’t a lazy, shitty company that make awful decisions and divide their fan base but at the same time are sitting on literally golden IPs.

[@Rickby]

It’s so weird because the Paris track looks like it has effort put into it, while the retro tracks look so basic

[@HPRshredder]

Okay, it really does look a lot better than that reveal trailer. This is reassuring.

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

It doesn’t though

[@HPRshredder]

@@thedapperdolphin1590 It doesn’t look as good as the base tracks - but it looks better than it did

[@danilicious2308]

@@thedapperdolphin1590 it does though

[@CrossfacePanda]

I think most of them look quite good in the final release; lighting and textures really does make a lot of difference. The courses themselves are all kinda meh, outside of Ninja Hideaway. But it seems like they’re treating the difficulty progression of these courses the same way they would a brand new MK game, so I’d expect the more interesting courses to come in the later packs.

[@danilicious2308]

Time will tell, but it's my hope as well that they'll treat the difficulty progression the same.

[@Naloogi]

I still don't really like how much they straighten out Sky Garden compared to the original, but since all the course models do seem to be edited versions of the Tour models, I'm not too surprised they'd didn't attempt to bring back those extra turns they purposely left out in the Tour version due to that game's controls not allowing for tighter turns

[@allanmhanson]

Because it was made for Tour, maybe it was too complex to control in the cellphone.

[@Naloogi]

@@allanmhanson I said that, but my point was they didn't put in the effort of changing the layout to fit a console that does allow for sharp turns like the ones in GBA courses when porting it over

[@Asolire]

Eh, the controls are good actually, they allow for smooth races in 150cc at least, even with the fact that you're constantly accelerating. The sharpest turn I can remember is that one complete U-turn with nothing in between on Vanilla Lake 1T, it's like the U turn in GBA Mario Circuit on MK8 but tighter, and even that is doable. But I agree, the track feels too short, don't know why they cut it so short, the main reason I can think of assuming it was made for tour first, is either to have shorter races or less empty gaps for combos

[@Ray_2112]

The very old tracks (SNES, GBA) get often changed more than the more recent ones in track layout though, also before Tour already. I think it's great what they made out of Sky Garden, it feels completely new. Also without having played Tour I still think there are some sharp turns in there, especially noticable to the other DLC tracks.

[@kebab496]

Yeah it feels kinda boring to play compared to the original GBA and even the DS version :\ I wish it got its own version instead but the music is great though

[@Pitrek1113]

Thanks for including landscape gameplay from Tour. People do often show that only vertically, which doesn't give the game enough justice.

[@DonSerrot]

Agreed. It's nice being able to better see the details on each side of the track. Though I think you meant that people often only show the gameplay vertically. Horizontal is for looking across the horizon (landscape).

[@Pitrek1113]

@@DonSerrot oof, I knew I had something wrong, thanks!

[@throwawayaccount1244]

Honestly, I didn't even know mkt has landscape lol

[@WinterwarOfficial]

Coconut mall somehow feels smaller in size, and they don't say "Have a nice day" at the end of the mall anymore. The wii version is better. Also the cars don't move.

[@Avm371998]

The new tracks look good but why are there almost no obstacles... it makes them feel so empty

[@itsmesteve1081]

Because all of them were taken out of Mario kart tour. They just added some quality of life and texture changes and called it a day

[@danielolondrizrosique1120]

It's interesting how in MK8 the karts are quite smaller compared to the track. That explains the ginormous toad at the beginning and the huge fences and benches

[@Odyanii]

I think that the Tour tracks were scaled up in size to accommodate 12 players as opposed to their original 8, as well as bring the track width more in line with MK8D's typical width as opposed to the cramped nature of Tour, much like how Yoshi's Valley has considerably wider roads than it's original. Except I think they literally just scaled it up which accounts for the gigantic props like you said.

[@harrybest2041]

@@Odyanii Courses such as Animal Crossing and Yoshi Valley weren't made for Tour, and they have oversized crowd members. This is actually the case for every course in the game.

[@gonsfate]

just played through the first set of tracks and honestly it really just seems really fleshed out and missing a lot of little details that made certain tracks feel lively and fun, for example in coconut mall they reduced the number of people in the crowds and stuff. It almost feels like if Mario kart 8 had a modded section these would just be modded maps"tracks" that a fan made. I love Nintendo but if we are spending $25 I expect the same kind of detail that we got from the last DLC or even the base game.

[@venjix6678]

Apart from the graphics of some circuits, a huge defect of this first wave is the absence of the main feature of Mario Kart 8: antigravity.

[@Strange_1907]

Yeah I really thought sky garden shroom ridge choco mountain and coconut mall would have been improved with it

[@HGWeegee]

I feel like they’re trying to move away from antigravity and I could see MK9 removing it entirely

[@geminisfl]

It was extremely odd specially in Sky Garden. That track could have used antigravity in so many sections!

[@energyismygame]

@@HGWeegee do u know that mario kart tour is mario kart 9, right? the next instalment is probably gonna be mario kart X

[@Ray_2112]

It's DLC of old tracks and Mario Kart was always fun, long before antigravity. I don't mind their absence here so far, if I want antigravity there is way more proper one in F-Zero... ;)

[@hectordaniellemus-mesa4480]

I was so excited for Coconut Mall since it's one of my favorites but when I played it felt didn't feel like coconut mall. The map itself felt so empty and generic for some reason. And what got me the most irritated was the car is at the end of the map they just sat there not moving or anything like that which I thought was really dumb because it's what made the map hard sometimes. Also I don't like how the escalators look I liked it that you had to basically choose which one to go to and just hope that one is the one going up. It was less obvious and then now.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

As someone who has dumped hundreds of hours into Wii and has this as his favorite course from that game, that's genuinely mostly nostalgia talking. There are less people without Miis padding out the cheering audience, but that never made the map not feel more empty. Literally the appeal of the map was because it was more empty, but with a bunch of different paths to take, a handful of extra characters cheering at some points wouldn't change that. The escalators in the original weren't hard to tell apart, but them being given arrows is probably to make the game more accessible, (and the change to ramps is an obvious improvement because going up a down escalator in Wii was super janky.) Also the cars were never hard to avoid, usually just resulting in free boosts anyway so it's not really accurate to say they made the map hard either. As for why the cars don't move anymore? It's probably a combination of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe being more focused on drift boosting (which the cars would get in the way of and the boost pads would make redundant,) and 200cc making them more of a pain.

[@CTDYT]

@@Robbie_Haruna Thats pretty accurate especially for the cars with porting over, but I think the Miis did give it some sorta character because you may have them cheering you on if you get what I mean in the background and some you may recognise, now its just like: koopa looka shop, no iconic comparison whatsoever

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

I agree, but I don't understand why people act like the escalator change is new to this, the escalators were predictable in 7 as well.

[@ThedHomie]

When the 3DS version of Toad Circuit actually looks better than the remaster

[@Charnutboy]

fr like HOW do you take one of the simplest tracks in the series and make it look worse than the original lol

[@glitchedblood_dumping_ground]

My only complaints is that there’s no antigravity in any of the tracks, the cars don’t move in coconut mall, and some levels have some serious coloring problems.

[@TonyJenn]

What coloring problems? They all look fine

[@jacobout8759]

@@TonyJenn I’d say coconut mall would be a good example. It’s way too orange compared to the original

[@Nayplays1]

The tracks look a little better than Tour, but not by much. Coconut mall has lost a lot of it's charm without the miis, shroom ridge did not get much detail added in the conversion from the (as of this point unreleased) tour version to 8, and there is an obvious difference in quality with the DLC compared to the rest of MK8. The lighting engine in 8 is doing a lot of work to at least make these tracks comparable.

[@Mumantaii]

Wait a minute! The cars on Coconut Mall don't move in MK8?!

[@primalvelocity3811]

It would appear so, unfortunately.

[@daisychain8116]

It's a glow up from the reveal trailer, but that grass texture on shrooms ridge is an offense to clay people everywhere.

[@tammieeG]

Thanks for uploading this so quickly! Stuck at work and of course not playing tour, gives me an idea on the reworks and graphical upgrades for these maps! Good work mate and thank you, made my day :))

[@imasamuraiyounimrod421]

Nintendo made new renders of Mario and friends in antigravity to promote the dlc, yet none of the new tracks use it. Let that sink in

[@Ray_2112]

So what? Still a lot of fun, as were the first 7 Mario Kart games before that gimmick. Also, some of the remaining 40 tracks could still have antigravity...the DLC ain't over yet, it just started.

[@Charnutboy]

@@Ray_2112 it is still insanely weird that the mechanic advertised on the cover of the pass isn't present for the flagship courses

[@martti1190]

The only thing that bothers me is the grass and sand textures

[@allenelijah7063]

Me too. For some reason it looks like the originals had more detail, whereas the original MK8 tracks blew detail out the water.

[@allanmhanson]

Toad Circuit new color palette looks more depressing. That’s why I don’t like it, the vibrant beautiful apple green is gone :c

[@jasonzervos]

I've played a bit with the DLC course and then played again the original MK8 tracks. Unfortunately they look like night and day to me. They are not bad. It's just that comparing the DLC with the originals they can't keep up. The originals are still impressive with the amount of detail they have. But the new tracks are… simpler

[@oplo0349]

Coconut mall

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

I love the SNES/GBA/N64 remasters most of all, because they just go WILD adding extra glow and detail. Look at Choco Mountain's caves and destroyed bridge!

[@Shamishing]

If it’s anything I know it doesn’t matter however, Take it from my friend that has only really ever played MKW (as well as osu! And minecraft) since he was 7 to today when I showed him the track and the theme of coconut mall he gave it a “Noice”

[@slovencactus8760]

The Wii's Coconut Mall manages to be prettier than the Switch version.

[@WaltzSunshine]

Wii Coconut Mall on the Wii is the iconic version because it actually feels like a real mall

[@primalvelocity3811]

The same for 3DS Toad Circuit.

[@Cekrophia]

my one gripe is how they didn't include MK8's main gimmick in any of them :(

[@jeremiahhester6408]

Right. Hopefully wave 2

[@starlite5154]

For a main gimmick,more than half of the courses wont contain it :/

[@turbobist2889]

Really hope if DS Rainbow Road makes it in, it could use a lot of anti gravity.

[@tappxor]

The base tracks are SO MUCH more detailed... But it's only 25 for 48 tracks so at this price it still is a really good dlc. I don't get why they left the vegetation so flat, especially on the remastered tracks like coconut mall. Edit: ok i think that except a few tracks they all come from Mariokart Tour, even remasters...

[@BlueCollaredK9]

WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY JOY AT SEEING HD SHROOM RIDGE AND HEARING ITS REMIX. PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT LOOKING TOO MUCH LIKE MKT BUT I AM JUST SO GLAD MY FAVORITE UNDERRATED TRACK IS GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES. (Im sorry about the caps but im overjoyed)

[@Sean-qg3gg]

It’s strange that Ninja Hideaway isn’t counted as a Tour course.

[@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames]

Some of the courses like coconut mall are just a little too different to the original texture wise. I mean I don't expect them to use the models from the Wii game (or whichever game the courses are from), but I'd expect then to ATLEAST keep things like the colour schemes and types of patterns on the textures the same. Changing things like billboards is fun, but completely changing colour schemes, patterns, background objects, and even how the actual course gimicks work is kind of a massive buzzkill for me. Sure some extra detail is nice, but completely changing almost everything other than the layout just doesn't do it for me personally. Some of the Tour stages look much nicer though

[@butterccm]

I mean no, the courses don’t quite hit the realism of the original courses in terms of texture design but they’re all still visually upgraded in many ways and certainly well worth $25. Coconut Mall got stripped of some of its flair, I noticed the sad lack of miis right away, but honestly I think it looks great and it’s still coconut mall even with some changes.

[@ryanr27]

To be fair, Mario Kart 7 got rid of the Miis (iirc)

[@guyfierimtwi]

Nintendo is ditching the miis but they made miitopia?!

[@JanLuca1999]

Nintendo forgot to add the "MK Tour" logo to Ninja Hideaway

[@cookubanana]

Aaaaaaw, I no longer can have the mii of my uncle run me over on coconut mall. I expected them to do this, but is still disapointing to see.

[@drywhall]

I think the shadows should be darker tbh. All the new courses feel too bright, and the lighting is too flat. That along with some texture tweaks would really go a long way to make the dlc look better imo.

[@elderberryva9282]

It’s nowhere near the graphical overhaul insanity that was MK8’s dlc courses (see: Ribbon Road), but considering that they’re dealing with 48 whole tracks, they honestly look pretty good :D

[@someperson4712]

Why! Why was Paris Prominent the only course that got a huge graphical upgrade?

[@Ray_2112]

It didn't...

[@someperson4712]

@@Ray_2112 wym? It looks way better then in the reveal trailer

[@Typi]

This set of courses is overall pretty good. I noticed that the main issues regarding texturing has to do with the floral aspects mostly, such as grass, trees, and bushes... which is odd. They have already reused the grass/plant textures in stages, including the original set of DLC courses. Outside of that common criticism, plus no anti-gravity, my only complaint has to do with Coconut Mall. Man did they butcher its ending. No arcs (I miss being able to stand on them : ( ), the glide segment is WAY too short of a gap now, to where you had to go grounded almost as soon as you launch, and the cars are so... lifeless. They did a mostly good job on the others, but man they really shouldnt have brought Coconut Mall back if this was their plan for it the entire time. (Unpopular opinion, I know, but Its not nearly as enjoyable as its past iterations to me)

[@masonroomes5095]

My review of Mario Kart DLC 🟢 MK tour tracks changing on the last lap 🟢 tracks are colorful 🟢 new shortcuts 🔴 some tracks look oversaturated 🔴 some retro tracks are too diff. Missing some key feat. from their old track 🔴 Blurry, little objects in the distance. Overall 8/10 This is just my opinion but I feel some tracks nintendo didn't put a whole lot of work to them. For example shroom ridge, there's very little objects in the distance. Some of the trees in the distance are blurry & don't blend in with the track. It just looks ugly just seeing one, small tree on a hill by itself

[@harrybest2041]

This is only Wave 1.

[@dsroxas3412]

Actually in Tokyo Blur all 3 rounds are a whole different thing

[@magentawasteland4147]

I'm pumped!!! I didn't play tour due to a few issues but I do love the feel of these tracks and it's great to experience them with 8s controls.

[@shyhiemjames1742]

What’s your code can we play together??

[@jacobfong7938]

It all looks cool but I still choose the cocunut mall from the wii. If only the cars moved, or if the escalators were actually escalators, and if there were item boxes where they are supposed to be, then cocunut mall would have been perfect.

[@switchnx]

A great add-on to the best selling Mario game of all time!

[@HoroJoga]

I think you guys should compare the new track to their most recent counterpart, which is Tour. Chocolate Mountain and that GBA track are from the mobile game with little to no change at all. Maybe some high-res textures on the ground like on Paris Promenade but that's all.

[@Chae.]

They did coconut mall so dirty, the colours are off, track hazards nerfed and extra ramps are gone...and the wii music is still superior 🤣 However I still shed a tear after playing it for the first time since the wii online services shut down. Haven't played tour and I was the most impressed with ninja hideaway out of all the tracks, it's so detailed!

[@hutt1936]

Look into ctgp revolution

[@chuchuraichu3329]

Hate how Coconut Mall got changed so much aesthetically- in my opinion for the worse. And Sky Garden still feels like a lot of wasted potential vs the previous GBA to MK8 DLC upgrades. Everything else is either way better (all Tour tracks and Choco Mountain), or very similar/subtly better as a track but a tad washed-out (Toad Circuit, Shroom Ridge). Overall satisfied enough with this. I still wish they went for a quality over quantity approach, though. They're definitely still just Tour tracks with mild improvements instead of full MK8 quality upgrades.

[@christopherpoussin3948]

Put an actual texture on the grass, replace the flat trees and palm trees from Tour with the orginial ones from MK8. With that, thet port would be a lot less obvious and wouldn't stick out as much. I'm still having a blast tho!

[@Jeff1N]

Tour courses look like they are using most of the original models 1:1, but with better textures/ materials/ lighting The announcement trailer had some people worried, but if they keep this quality I'm ok with it

[@jacobbrowning3804]

That Sky Garden remix is perfect: understated yet vibrant with a new variation on the counterpoint.

[@nappa3550]

Someone should make a version comparing the tour versions of these tracks, instead of the game they originated in vs 8dx

[@froctavio]

I am glad that Nintendo actually listened to the feedback of Mario Kart Tour users to bring many of the new and updated tracks found on that game into their console game for group playing on the living room. These dlc was the answer to the wishes of many who have played MKTour. Glad that they also improved many things and wasn't just a direct port from MKTour. Can't wait for the new tracks to be out already :D

[@itsmesteve1081]

It's really not fair to compare retro tracks to their original tracks. They need to be compared to tour because that's where they're from.

[@TortillaPizzeria]

The roads look much better in a lot of them yet they didn't bother to copy and paste existing grass textures for any of the stages, also in my opinion, Coconut Mall looks hideous. Honestly I think the Wii version looks better.

[@giovannieich7487]

Toad Circuit actually looks way better in Mario Kart 7 than the remake…

[@imaginationsquare]

16:25 YO THIS IS COOL! They added the arches used for the finishline on top of the roof for some extra flair!

[@Cee_Nelly]

This looks awesome! I'm definitely happy with this. This DLC and the LOZ Ocorina of time / Majora's Mask are what's getting me to sign up for the expansion pass for me and my son. I'll wait until we both finish the games we're currently playing first.

[@Jyrrex18]

The tracks don't look bad at all, but they do not mesh well with the rest of MK8's artstyle.

[@Project_R3NA]

That 3DS stage looks bad

[@rossduncan9516]

These are definitely some very interesting recreations and I dig the Mario Kart Tour ones especially! The only thing that really confused me was how there is no use of anti-gravity whatsoever despite quite a few opportunities (Choco's boulder hill section, CM's upper floor just before the jump could've been done vertically a la Twisted Mansion, Sky Garden's layout completely changing would have been fine if it had some slight antigravity like SNES Rainbow Road [ ETA: I'm dumb and SRR has no AG lmao], etc), particularly given how Nintendo was very anti-gravity heavy towards the base retros. The visuals from the promos kinda worried me, but right now they're a hit! The only track I'd say looks "bland" is 3DS Toad Circuit. Defintely looking forward to the next tracks for sure!

[@harrybest2041]

SNES Rainbow Road doesn't have anti-gravity.

[@qwertimus]

The tracks feel overlarge or overwide at least, takes away a fair bit of engagement. That's weird because the original tracks (and Tour) all seem better proportioned. Someone at Ninty pressed 150% scale on export...

[@CryZe92]

I think it's to fit the 12 karts at the starting line.

[@revupthosefryers3121]

They need to be compared to the tour versions

[@GradianDarion300]

These overall look great! Even Coconut Mall actually. I can't wait for the next waves! I'm hoping Daisy Cruiser, Waluigi Pinball, DK Mountain, Maple Treeway and tons others.

[@KamyAnai03]

I prefer the beautiful Daisy Circuit from Wii, i love the music and the Luaisy evidence in it :3 💚🧡 .

[@GradianDarion300]

@@KamyAnai03 Oh yeah. The Luigi and Daisy dancing statues. 🥰 That's another good one.

[@AiGeneratedWaluigi]

Waluigi stadium

[@GradianDarion300]

@@AiGeneratedWaluigi Another really good one.

[@guyfierimtwi]

DS bowser castle. I hope they remak

[@hutt1936]

People forget that mario kart 8 had dlc. Those tracks fit the art style, had anti gravity even if only minimal, small changes like a bell pouch in animal crossing track instead of a coin counter etc. But what can you do- loads will buy this and be complacent with mediocre minimal tour port efforts. Nintendo is not an inde company. They could do better.

[@Ray_2112]

This is definitely more than "mediocre"...the tracks look very good and are as fun to race on as previous ones. Yes, the earlier ones had a little more detail and some nicer textures here and there, but the racing fun is 1:1 the same. Most visuals aren't even important since you need to concentrate on driving anyways, not look at backgrounds.

[@hutt1936]

@@Ray_2112 We can agree though that they didn't recreate coconut mall's 3 reversing cars and the tracks feel shortened to fit tour's shorted track times.

[@DisneyTLK110]

What did they do to Sky Garden? One of, if not the best tracks from Super Circuit and it's not even the whole thing. Very odd choice. Also funny that the grass in Toad Circuit has more detail in the 3DS original than it does here. It looks incredibly flat, almost like they haven't decided what textures to use yet so they use a simple colour as placeholder.

[@Ray_2112]

Mario Kart...the game people play to - apparently - look at grass on the side. xD

[@DisneyTLK110]

@@Ray_2112 you really think I deem them unplayable cause they look worse? MK8 was always a joy to look at. These courses clash hard with the original artstyle and Coconut Mall and Toad Circuit in many ways look worse than they did on the Wii and 3DS respectively. It feels like all life got sucked right out of them

[@cordellriemer5177]

All these tracks made a huge glow up in graphics hope more tracks becomes like this

[@TylerA52903]

The Choco Mountain and Sky Garden remasters are awesome. It’s also nice to play Shroom Ridge again and Ninja Hideaway is fun as well. I just wish they added some anti gravity into the new DLC courses but I like what I’m seeing so far. I can’t wait until the other courses are released

[@LuvzToLol21]

I like what they did with Choco Mountain. The new lighting looks way better than the fog in the original. I like that they expanded the tunnel section to the next 2 turns. I thought the glider section was weird at first, but looking at them side by side it was just an unremarkable straightaway in the original, so why not mix it up. These are the kinds of remasters I can really get behind.

[@ProphitDesigns]

tfw the grass on 3DS and the palm trees on Wii have more visual complexity than the ones in the booster pass. I think the courses themselves are super fun and worth it. But SHEESH, there's a huge clash in art direction that really kinda lowers the quality of the presentation MK8D is known for. Idk, it's a love hate relationship with this DLC.

[@RageChocobo]

Say what you will about the remastered/remade tracks, but you can't deny that they did an AMAZING job with the soundtrack!

[@capgangchannel6309]

They look better then I expected, they still dont look as good as the base mk8dx courses but they definitely dont look bad either, their just a little less detailed, but overall they look nice and clean, if all the courses from the booster pass end up having similar graphics to these im happy

[@oregano689]

(In terms of visuals) Paris Promenade : glow up Toad Circuit : glow down Choco Mountain : huge glow up Coconut Mall : mostly a glow down Tokyo Blur : the same Shroom Ridge : slight glow down Sky Garden : insane glow down Ninja Hideaway : glow up

[@GoldfishEmpire]

3:27 THEY OVERSIMPLIFIED THE COCONUT MALL LOGO! WHY!?

[@kappakiev9672]

Choco Mountain looks great!

[@beanking5432]

Can’t wait the eventual graphics improvement mod.

[@pearlplayaa]

Graphics improvement mod that runs like it's being played on a toaster

[@beanking5432]

@@pearlplayaa Fucking Windows 98

[@primalvelocity3811]

What? Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is on the Nintendo Switch, not PC.

[@beanking5432]

@@primalvelocity3811 Never heard of an emulator?

[@primalvelocity3811]

@@beanking5432 A what?

[@jacklongman3907]

As someone that plays Tour daily, really enjoying the game's challenges, badges and chaining combos, the Tour tracks look great in MK8D. No, they're not perfect, but they look good and they fit in rather well. Loving the DLC.

[@kinghughes7523]

I think this is a good indication that zero gravity won’t return in future Mario kart tittles

[@josephjennings3146]

Someone mentioned in the *comments of the video it looked off in some. And you know, glad they're right with such keen detail about some not looking to be textured and only looking to be ported. While some did looked to get a big remaster

[@DryBones271]

after the 10 other cups get revealed, then are 15 cups worth of courses that will not be in MK8D I kinda hope they just go all in and bring the rest over too.

[@Marshall.R]

Keep in mind though at lot of those will just be SNES and GBA tracks that wouldn't exactly be the most fun to play and no one would really miss

[@marx3186]

I'd love that but since there's only 15 cups instead of 16 I don't think Nintendo would bring it over. Also most of those would probably mostly be SNES and GBA remixes

[@GeorgeJonnie]

@@marx3186 don’t forget that Tour will probably produce some new tracks

[@marx3186]

@@GeorgeJonnie True, but as I said the GBA and SNES extra tracks take up most of that list and I don't think Tour can make enough tracks to cover all the extras + 4 more for another cup.

[@multilink1748]

@@Marshall.R well they did remix gba a tracks to make em exciting I must say cheese land and ribbon road were great! and the sky garden altho stripped does look good and I wish they went with its orignal lay out but it could be good to see what they think of for the other gba tracks since snes and gba had similar driving they remix them to tell the 2 part. so only the snes coruse would be on the simple side while gba gets the full on track remodle.

[@TheLegoJungle]

NGL, these tracks look pretty uninspired. I don’t see them and go “can’t wait to race in there!” The first batch of DLC courses from way back when were incredible. So unique and fun, it was evident that the designers were trying to outdo themselves. Those cups were worthwhile additions. These don’t look very engaging at all, a downgrade to the existing roster of tracks by the looks of things. Getting the cynical sense that Nintendo is scratching the bottom of the barrel, looking for what else they can add to the already massive course list, instead of making a new MarioKart…

[@sebastiantrost6409]

Ninja Hideout is bonkers! I've never played Tour and was excited for new content (played first thing this morning)^^

[@Invalourrr-vb3xo]

Seeing it side by side, you can really tell all they did was scale up the maps to work with 8. That's why the roads are so large and empty of hazards.

[@goldmemberpb]

Some of these tracks just feel super short. I know they are taken from older games but still.

[@artsyomni]

Having not played Tour, it's interesting comparing these tracks to their original console counterparts, but if I'm being honest, I'm more interested in seeing the Booster Course Pass just directly compared to Tour.

[@shadowcastyt]

How are you gonna compare coconut mall

[@artsyomni]

@@shadowcastyt I guess we’ll have to wait and see if it’ll come to Tour, where it’ll probably have the exact same models as the BCP version. I assume they’re making the models with intent to pull double duty. The differences in tour would probably just be the lighting and textures in places.

[@amesstarline5482]

What I liked about the Tour-track redos were the constant change in layout. Definitely helps to modernize it.

[@fireXdisaster]

Choco Mountain has always been a banger, as in it's a great track and its respective song but holy cow, somehow they managed to make it waaaaaay better. Choco Mountain's song has no business being that good!!! It reminds me of Moo Moo Meadows which also received one of or probably the best rearrangement between all the classics

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Ninja hideout feels like it was originally a Mario Kart 8 track.

[@luisumana1238]

I love Coconut Mall with all my heart, but Ninja Hideaway wins in the best music category. It's and absolute banger!

[@RainAmz]

How did they manage to make Toad Circuit look worse than the original.

[@Ray_2112]

Easy, they didn't

[@DisneyTLK110]

It's baffling isn't it? Zero textures on the grass and dirt yet some people defend it. Give me a break.

[@ribbledude]

I'm still in aww at the sheer amount of content in MK DS. Definitely one of my favs

[@santiagobarraza28]

You should do switch vs tour because they're just ported straight from that