DLC WAVE 5 UPDATE Gameplay, New Characters & Courses! | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Booster course pass just released, with new tracks, new shortcuts, and new characters. Here's my first impressions and reaction to Wiggler, Petey Piranha, Kamek, and the courses Athens Dash, Daisy Cruiser, Moonview Highway, Squeaky Clean Sprint, Los Angeles Laps, Sunset Wilds, Koopa Cape, Vancouver Velocity.
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[@Shortcat321]

What's your opinion on wave 5? And what's your favorite character/course in this wave?

[@footboot1936]

Favorite is Kamek. Love him in tour and it’s great that he’s in mk8d

[@aDumbass2]

Found a shortcut on sunset wilds kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnWWcpaKp7apfrs BTW hi

[@CommanderOfCologneYodshi]

Favorite character is Kamek for sure! And my favorite maps gotta be squeaky clean sprint!!

[@Mike-sp7zv]

Petey for the nostalgia. Hoping the next Mario kart game brings back the double dash mechanic. Also daisy cruiser it's just solid. Not the strongest course wave in my opinion. I would have said koopa cape but I don't like the changes you highlighted in the video. Koopa cape is still good, but feels slightly gutted like when daisy cruiser allowed you to go through the swimming pool in 7. The additions of the floating goombas makes up for it. Wish the floating characters were random each time.

[@depalodor]

characters are all awesome, quality of graphics is doodoo but gameplay-wise the tracks seem fun!

[@loadingname4947]

As a person from Los Angeles, I can confirm that the people are actually blurry and 2-dimensional, this game got the city spot-on.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

ok

[@RedMango.]

ok

[@Gandalfs_Nan]

ok

[@notageologist3022]

ok

[@hugon6717]

Nah, where are all the homeless?

[@TriCraft1]

Wiggler has a better posture than I have

[@marcelborkowski4192]

Agrerd

[@octagone.]

Agrerd

[@uncoolmanboy]

Agrerd

[@DamTay_13]

Agrerd

[@CillowIGuess]

Agrerd

[@TheRadioDemon13]

I love how Shortcat casually checks out the new tracks, takes in the sights and still wins! Absolutely fabulous!

[@greeskywalker]

he doesn't play online so it is easy to win

[@TheRadioDemon13]

@@greeskywalker You do have a point there. But it's still cool.

[@tgfbando2413]

@@greeskywalker he does play online but he’s testing the new maps

[@pnut3844able]

It's computer player lmao

[@tjknox8936]

​@@tgfbando2413But he didn't play online when testing the tracks was the point

[@Mike-sp7zv]

Wish wiggler had more drifting animation with his upper arms while drifting similar to MK7 where he sticks them out to balance or has them flowing back after a speed boost or a fist bump in the air after a turbo boost

[@Shortcat321]

Yessssss. In mario kart double dash, my favorite thing about petey piranha was the way his arms stick out when he drifts. More cute animations are always welcome

[@spookysushi4079]

just use a bike

[@ChessProductions]

@@Shortcat321You mean MK7 and wiggler?

[@Mike-sp7zv]

@@ChessProductions Petey did wave an arm in double dash when he was the backseat item holder on drifts making it look like a leaf blowing in the wind🍃

[@ChessProductions]

@@Mike-sp7zv oooohhhhhh

[@CarsonGamingOfficial]

Finally I can combine wiggler with a purple cart to get the Wiggler Waluigi.

[@Shortcat321]

Cursed

[@llamarama6976]

Do it with the duke since thats the one they tend to put waluigi on and is a purple bike so fitting

[@SweetMelaninn]

*Kart

[@daveprice5911]

​@@llamarama6976don't know shit about that bike but it'd be hilarious if wiggler waluigi was with an inward drifting bike

[@llamarama6976]

@@daveprice5911 duke is not inside drift but it would be fitting

[@procrastinate9805]

Wiggler on wiggler with sponge tires is one of the cutest cart combos.

[@Shortcat321]

I should have used spong tires!!

[@slappbassnow]

​@@Shortcat321 Now you need to update the cutest combos again 😅

[@KarstonDixon]

@@speedman8365And finally, go to DS Mario circuit and say hi to the other Wiggler

[@Maxi-Gonz.]

I like to call that combo _"Wiggler Gaming!"_

[@KarstonDixon]

@@speedman8365 I forgot about those wigglers

[@alexaurorus9767]

There's one more little alternate on Squeaky Clean Sprint! On the glider section at the lap change, you can bounce off the soap bottle instead of the sink and there's little section with a boost panel

[@alexaurorus9767]

Ah! There's another!! Same spot, but even higher up!

[@jiffbuzz1468]

So cool how Wiggler has a smaller kart for a heavy. Might just be the key to toppling the Yoshi Dino-sty once and for all

[@Shortcat321]

Yeah so for anyone reading this, wiggler shares waluigi's stats, BUT wiggler's vehicle has a smaller hitbox. So if they had not made any balance changes, wiggler wiggler would be the best combo right now!

[@Clouditivity]

​@@Shortcat321they have:(

[@Latias38]

@@Clouditivity The only stat change that was listed was the invincibility stat change, but that wont affect time trials.

[@NicoDoesStufff]

@@Latias38 he meant balance changes on wave 4

[@EveryHonestEffort]

Vancouver Velocity's first lap seems to be based on Whistler/Squamish and the Capilano suspension bridge. The wooden bridges could be homage to the mountain biking community. But Raincouver doesn't get much snow ironically.

[@Sirbartholomew]

I love how shortcat is just like giving us a leisurely tour stopping to look at scenery but still getting 1st everytime

[@ribc4ges]

i'm so glad they brought back Moonview Highway, that was one of my favorite tracks on the Wii :)

[@Skailed]

squeaky clean sprint actually has 3 alternative paths at the end, if you go off the glider and then to the right you can A: trick off a receipt with 2 coins on it B: go a little more right and trick off a boost panel & a plant afterwards C: go even more right and very high to trick off a boost panel & boost mushroom

[@PlatinumAltaria]

It really is true that a lot of Tour tracks have poor signposting. Like even when I first played MK I don't think I missed turns as often as I do on the city tracks. I know they want to have the multiple route thing, but it's night-and-day with the other tracks in the pack how easy it is to get turned around. And yeah, some of it is pretty ugly, which is disappointing given that a lot of the ported tracks look fine!

[@flashallen4419]

Skill issue

[@PlatinumAltaria]

@@flashallen4419 Correct. But maybe knowing which way to turn is a lame skill.

[@flashallen4419]

@@PlatinumAltaria it’s more the fact that it shouldn’t be difficult to spot large walls of giant red arrow pointing at which path to take at a glance shouldn’t be too difficult to do

[@PlatinumAltaria]

@@flashallen4419 They would be very helpful if there weren't so many blind turns. Or I guess I could get wallhacks for Mario Kart...

[@flashallen4419]

@@PlatinumAltaria the blind turns are a bit bleh, but the more you play the more intuitive those turns will get

[@sleep170]

Bro stayed behind and studied the tracks and he STILL won. 😂

[@UnbornHeretic]

I think wiggler should have a transition between angry and normal. It feels weird that it doesn't.

[@Shortcat321]

Yeah, and someone else commented about wigglers top arms doing nothing. This wave was definitely ambitious, but I feel like it's missing some of the usual attention to detail

[@zek2234]

i like how wiggler occasionally gets angry when he tricks

[@SweetMelaninn]

​@@zek2234He's male?

[@zek2234]

@@SweetMelaninn im pretty sure, i might be wrong. idk, ive always called wiggler 'he'

[@squirrelcubed31415]

@@SweetMelaninn does it really matter, people are too _pierdolac_ focused on gender just enjoy the game

[@marrodc]

I honestly loved the detail of having the 2d audience in the baseball stadium lol. It brought me back to the times when I played Mario sluggers on the wii and even Mario strikers on the GameCube.

[@coopinatormusic6214]

A lot of changes to some of these courses, like Daisy Crusier and Koopa Cape, originated in their MK7 incarnations.

[@YoutubeLover-np9lu]

8:33 shortcat the type of guy to say "keeping my eyes peeled ☝️🤓". Big fan, I've seen all of your videos.

[@Shortcat321]

Keeping my 👀 🍌

[@gustru2078]

19:13 Actually, Vancouver is the place that receives the least snow in the entire country cause even during winter, it generally stays above the freezing point over there. Vancouver was the absolute worst place they could come up with for a snow track. It literally could have been any other city in Canada, Québec city for example. Vancouver and B.C. in general is famous for its sequoias (the redwood forest), not for the snow 😂 Nintendo really dropped the ball on that one

[@DatOneCanadian]

Yeah they did

[@TheSimoShow]

i just love the Vancouver track cause i live there so its awesome to have a track where i recognize stuff and my favourite character is probably kamek

[@ljproductions4026]

Bro I love Kamek he is an extremely awesome character and I’m glad he’s finally in a Mario Kart game as Wave 5 is extremely great as it is a good time

[@_thomasjames]

This wave is great, really pleased with the tracks, especially Daisy Cruiser, Also the characters are great! I

[@abra_escaped]

Two minor gripes with Wiggler conpared to 7: no more train whistle sound when he gets mad, and no more arm animation when drifting or boosting (although this change was probably because characters physically hold their items now). Either way I'm super glad my boy is back! New tracks are looking cool too and I'm also happy to see Petey return and Kamek finally get in

[@roboverse6234]

feels pretty poetic to see the King Boo CPU finish right behind petey piranha, it happened to me too! also i’m literally so addicted to the wiggler combo pls help ^my favorite part of wave 5

[@TheUnkindledTarnished]

I can’t wait for the new vids with the new update. I love your content!

[@Shortcat321]

I'm excited too!

[@dacorruptedhalfmask3461]

an actual banger as always, keep it up bro!

[@hyperox7601]

Absolutely solid tracks and solid characters, love it!

[@TanukiAlien]

Man I remember subbing too you when you had 600, now you have 66k. Nice job man. Keep up the good work.

[@stule.]

Shortcat sounds like a kind of guy to solve rubiks cubes on a separate channel 🤔

[@SweetMelaninn]

Jperm? Yeah, apparently it's him

[@iornlazer04]

Shortcat sounds like the kind of guy to be the first person to teach me how to solve a cube.

[@jonatanroland]

Love how shortcat gets so excited over shortcuts. Love your vids man!!

[@aaronaarons7029]

Shortcat casually gets a dub in the first game on a new track whilst taking in the scenery 😂

[@PseudoEntropy97]

On Squeaky Clean Sprint, you can trick on the drain plug in the sink at the very beginning. You can tilt forwards to sink faster.

[@agentblackbird9435]

As an Iggy main who uses Yoshi Bike, I see the Kamek as an absolute win. (I use paper glider just bc I like how it looks didn’t even know it was meta until I played more. I do use Leaf Tires because I prefer how they look to Rollers)

[@TWD98]

Wild Wiggler Wiggler Wigglin'

[@LogenDraws]

YOO I’m really here before so many ppl

[@alvynryansonzhuo2663]

Lol

[@TheDarkfighter101]

The oil pumps is totally a SoCal thing. You will be 200ft from the beach and there will be like 5 tucked in a lot behind a 7-11.

[@soezfr]

Petey on the scooter is the combo i have been waiting for FINALLY I CAN USE IT

[@thefamilitchichannel1341]

love the cruiser track, especially right now in the middle of summer, feels so appropriate

[@emtjloghry]

You have helped me out alot on morio tracks and your vids are good

[@Banjeoin]

It'd probably be very difficult to keep the game's frame-rate steady on the Switch if they added significant detail to distant parts of the city tracks, so I'd say some of the art choices are about prioritising smooth racing! Personally I think the levels look gorgeous and that there's something nice and impressionistic about the faraway buildings being more like silhouettes, but I understand why other people prefer more detail.

[@Shortcat321]

I wouldn't mind as much if it wasn't in the same game as tracks with incredible graphics like big blue. The graphics and general design choices have also been inconsistent between DLC waves. I think the switch can run the graphics, and they're just putting less effort into the DLC than the base game which is understandable

[@shyampatel6665]

Whoa I’m actually early! This wave looks so fun to play with the new maps, I’ve played some tour and remember moonview highway

[@PhilipYT2501]

Yoshi on Yoshi Bike: Finally! A Worthy opponent! Our Battle will be Legendary!

[@tcogproductions]

As a person from Los Angeles. I can confirm it is all oil around here

[@zakariamahassine508]

The fact that he can literally stop to admire the tracks and still get first is absolutely crazy

[@cakecakes31]

Love your stuff man keep going

[@therationalluddite]

In Squeaky Clean Sprint laps 2 and 3, if you want to take the upper path near the end, ride the toilet geyser all the way up while holding back on the analog stick and then guide the kart to the right slightly. You might miss it the first time, but it's really easy once you have the hang of it.

[@TehFoamy]

“Oil?? Is that a Los Angeles thing??” Lol it actually is, there are a lot of oil rigs in LA. Many of them are hidden behind or inside buildings, so they don’t detract from the aesthetic too much.

[@jayromontoya2096]

In the squeaky clean sprint a shortcut is when you glide go next to the tooth paste and there is a short cut so just go right when you start gliding on top of towels so when you get on the wood on top of the towels glide right to the pirrhana plant toothpaste I think I'm first to find it like if you found it helpful so when you are on the wood instead of towels glide to the right

[@deltabro11]

I might have to get the dlc pack just to use wiggler, I get hit so many times in first and seeing his angry animation is amazing

[@tnsxpm]

definitely hopping on mario kart today so i can check out the new dlc!!!

[@aratherbritishdinosaur]

I was playing with the new characters and I think I might have discovered a good combo. I’m not an expert so I might be wrong, but it felt like I was going super fast when I was using Kamek with the Bowser glider, Azure rollers and B-dasher. Perhaps it has a high mini-turbo stat?

[@thedoctorizer8427]

SHORTCAT I WAS WAITING FOR THIS HELL YEAH!!!

[@smellmybacons2184]

i used to love playing koopa cape on wii and i would just go on time trials and let the water path move me around lol

[@axcurs]

the koopa cape shortcut has been shroomless since mk7 also i believe the zappers were taken out since mk7 as well since the pipe you drive through in the underwater section was cut in half

[@zek2234]

kamek is cackling wiggler is wiggling and petey is peeing

[@footboot1936]

This dlc was soooo good! My personal favorite is vancour velocity

[@DatOneCanadian]

As someone that is from Vancouver this comment hurt me to read because of the grammar. But I will give you a pass :)

[@SweetMelaninn]

​@@DatOneCanadian*grammar

[@footboot1936]

@@DatOneCanadian haha I just forgot the first part of the name. Need to visit that place

[@stronksmolman]

Love your vids, the " I JUST GOT ASSAULTED BY MY OWN SON" got me

[@marino._.]

In S. Clean sprint there are some alternative path all the way to the right after taking the up path, like one whit 2 item boxes and the other whit a boost panel Lucky for you the city tracks this wave arent that confusing, just wait till rome arrive and see what a mess up of a layout it has

[@GooseGuy-sq6sf]

I think that one of the new best combos is Kamek + Tanooki Kart + Azure Roller + cloud glider. You will not be disappointed

[@Bryan.Hernandez]

Petey Piranha with the leaf tires goes very well together aesthetically

[@YoutubeLover-np9lu]

Wiggler is a great addition to the game.

[@elijahhendren1490]

Daisy’s cruiser was on Mario Kart 7, oh and Cat, personally from experience in MK7, on the cruiser, comin outta the dining hall, take that water path

[@onebear6504]

Yay new update!! And what in the world is Nintendo implying putting a wedding ring inside the tub's drain hole 😅. Also, 23:21 if you push on to the right, on off-road, there's a blue jump boost panel there, I wonder if there's a hidden purpose to it 🤔

[@Abstractcuber]

At, 24:05, on squeaky clean sprint, you can glide left and take a shortcut behind the sink. And it gives you a double item box

[@reinoutvanrespaille6217]

i love it when the game gives you a speed boost for colour coordinating 🙏🏼

[@Mindstormer]

Im sure you know by now, but wiggler is a super slippery character for whatever reason. Most of those courses arent to slippy but wiggler is. The only spot that is really slippery is the soapy path coming out of pipe, although the fan also pushes you

[@fnf_n00b61]

As a person from Canada it is not always snowy. It's actually in our 30 degrees Celsius here. But Vancouver is rainy every single season except winter.

[@Radioactive-Braincell88]

I want to see all the memes about Petey Piranha getting bit by his own kind, salute the guy for knowing he'd be going in there facing off against his own family.

[@salosma]

i couldn't wait for your reaction

[@Flat_cones]

Another banger from my favourite youtuber J-perm

[@SimplyEdMY]

The first combo looks hilarious😂

[@xseveredsaintx]

Vancouver honestly is all about the Capilano suspension bridge, the Olympic torches, BC Place and Roger's Arena lol

[@_Dingu]

I don't know how I got to the Mario Kart side of KZbin, but I'm here for it. I don't even have a switch

[@Dustyflyguy]

You should totally try Mario kart tour it would be an interesting video! Also the oil stuff in Los angles is becuase there are some if those refineries near the city there even in gta on the mountain towards the dock!

[@Mike-sp7zv]

We always took the downward path in double dash daisy cruiser. Way too fun not to

[@jcramirez77]

same, i was surprised they added water to it but looks cool

[@Shortcat321]

@@jcramirez77 the ship is sinking

[@jcramirez77]

@@Shortcat321 good eye i didnt notice lol hey the patch notes says improved performance of some characters and vehicle performance, wonder who and what

[@Cobalon]

​@@jcramirez77they added water to it in MK7

[@marino._.]

Now it is an aquarium, no idea what this is doing in a ship but it's nice

[@leonardocaschetto8785]

9:45 you can take the up path if you trick off the gayser

[@alessandrosimonguerreroseg8651]

0:17 It really Wiggling time, mario kart finally peaked. Was my favorite in kart 7 and always felt that this guy perfectly represented my mario kart experience in general😊🤬😊, so i glad he came back😅🐛

[@pokeguitaristjake6300]

I don't like the mountain textures on Koopa Cape it reminds me of Rock Rock Mountain but other than that the rest of the track looks aesthetically beautiful. Rock Rock Mountain was brought from the ground up from Mario Kart Tour, and it looked so much better on Mario Kart 7. GGs man love the first hand experience you did there :D

[@BWB_Cubing]

2:37 Oh now i know how you still won after all that xD

[@xelen.the.gastrodon]

The no drift off road is a really good idea

[@_b7090]

You can actually notice that the 2d crowd is actually in the base game as well, pre wii u dlc

[@Whatthesigma758]

Glad there’s new characters finally

[@saltyowl3229]

Squeaky clean sprint fan is NOT you biggest fan shortcat, smh, I am

[@xord6286]

I think Excitebike Arena has the 2D crowd too, it's just less blurry, therefore less noticeable probably done because if they were all 3D the framerate would go to hell and the Switch would become a weapon of war

[@wooplord5895]

My new fav combo :kamek pipe frame azure rollers

[@glacity]

Daisy Cruiser looks really pretty, same with Moonview. I like that there are cars you can ramp off of altho I don't like that the cars don't seem to squish players now. I bet it feels better to play but I liked the gimmick. Squeaky Clean looks pretty damn cool. I kinda miss the Koopa Cape tunnel being enclosed and not underwater but it looks like they added the water stream that speeds you up back from Wii after they removed it in 7, so that's a huge plus! The three new city maps, especially Athens Dash, look like they're straight outta Roblox though.

[@menace5656]

22:41 if thats optimal, try pipe frame. pretty sure its buff makes kamek pipe frame meta (according to Gecko)

[@-Quacken]

I like using Petey Piranha with biddy buggy and those green animal crossing tires and the cloud glider

[@okewittat]

Lmao when the update came out I did the exact same thing with Wiggler on Wiggler

[@cloud_222]

Question: why do you drift off of ramps/ledges before tricking off of them when you don't have enough time to charge a mini turbo? Does that not lose you speed?

[@Mike-sp7zv]

Would be cool if kooppa cape's clear pipe filled up with water on each lap 1. Small ceiling drip leak 2. Squid blooper busting through or a ceiling waterfall and the floor is wet. 3. Totally flooded with cheap cheaps

[@thesuperchris]

there is no roof on the pipe

[@Mike-sp7zv]

@@thesuperchris they could add one for this change in lap effect or have a crack appear on the side or on the floor

[@yourmanbirdo926]

On squeaky clean thing if you go in the soap bottle after you take the secret path from the toilet you get a super secret shortcut.

[@JensonMachin-ts9mn]

On the glider top path you can go right for a mushroom gorge mushroom short cup with items

[@LuvNight]

Take a shot everytime he says 'shroomless' ❤

[@SaffyreRaven]

I remember wiggler from 3ds version! I missed him!!!!

[@casandramartinson8223]

I've gone this far but Canada is really cold in the winters but it's really hot in the summer

[@oopsydaizy]

These were so fun to play this morning and I actually beat my siblings playing since I’ve been watching your vids. Now I’m totally better than them 😭

[@tiemen1455]

HOW HOW HOW DID YOU TOOK THE EXACT CAR COMBO’S AND PLACEMTS AS ME🤣

[@WxvernVX]

Time to play!

[@seapanda3923]

my favorite character is kamek also pipe frame and monster tires got buffed there may be other kart parts that got buffed but those are the twon i know of