The Missing Courses of The Booster Course Pass

Even in a game with 96 courses, some didn't quite make the cut. Today I reveal what those cut courses were originally planned to be.
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[@bugamoose6]

I really really wish we got Mushroom City in the BCP. Hopefully in the next game 🤞

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

I doubt that there's gonna be a next game though...

[@skc4188]

@@jellymcmichaels4240 That's a very unfounded doubt. Why wouldn't there be a new Mario Kart game?

[@meek266]

i thought i had commented on this

[@davidzea-smith1417]

Airship Fortress Toad’s Factory Never forget

[@KeyofFaTe13]

They most likely decided to save those to advertise the next mario kart. As much as it sucks if they did all the amazing courses they wouldn't be left with that many good old retros. Because I'm fairly confident in saying that almost none of the BCP tracks will be in the next mario kart with maybe a few exceptions

[@KeyofFaTe13]

@NumberOneRated1997 modded switch has a lot of CTs as well I think 400-500 something like that

[@KeyofFaTe13]

@NumberOneRated1997 but also yes I do think we're getting a Mario kart 9 but that it might not be as game changing So from mario kart 7 to mario Kart 8 besides tracks the main game changer was anti-gravity (obviously physics engine and stuff too but that's besides the point). So my thought process is we're getting MK9 but it's still gonna have the glider, anti-grav and maybe a similar physics engine. What's gonna be added will probably be a new item or 2, maybe one new gimmick that was previously scrapped (like the drill mechanic for example), updated graphics engine obviously and a new set of nitro courses with Retro/RMX tracks to bolster the track selection. Overall feel as though it'll be like mk7 to 8 where it is really similar but also feels different at the same time.

[@generalcrab0009]

I don’t think the name similarities is why Pipeline got cut. And it definitely wasn’t cut because of its similar aesthetic to Pipeway, because we have Moonview Highway and Toad’s Turnpike in the same game. Aesthetic overlap definitely isn’t a problem here. Because remember, Nintendo is a Japanese company. They’re the ones actually working on the BCP, not the American branch. Pipeline’s actual name is Pipe Canyon but the localisation team screwed up. I’ve got a few reasons why I believe it was cut though: First- Pipeline was probably too janky for 8DX. It’s pretty weird to play on in Tour so it might’ve been even weirder in 8DX. Second- Pipeline has two separate paths, which is completely fine in Tour because one path is shorter and gives you less points while the other is longer and gives you more points. 8DX doesn’t have a points system so maybe they realised there wasn’t much point including it. Third- they wanted to keep a Tour nitro out of 8DX so Tour could have representation in the next game. If the next game will include first time retro courses like usual, Pipeline was probably cut so it could be the sole Tour nitro in the next game. After all, all base game retro cups never have repeat retro courses and if Tour is mainline, like Nintendo and many others like myself believe, then this probably just further confirms that

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

Do you think they're saving N64 Wario Stadium for the next game as well?

[@generalcrab0009]

@@pvzmariosonica8fan Yes. They can’t keep ignoring it forever

[@coolguy4-ls2gl]

Do you think that tracks remade in only Tour are also fair game? (like gba cheep cheep island and wii dry dry ruins)

[@generalcrab0009]

@@coolguy4-ls2gl yeah. They’d be the ones Nintendo brings back because of how easy it is to port them over

[@Pokemichael]

In my opinion, courses that have only been remade in Tour are the second most likely group of courses to be picked as retros in the next game, right behind courses that have never been remade at all.

[@LeScarletSinger2]

If we did get Mushroom City in Wave 6, and DK Mountain was actually in Wave 5, we would've had Double Dash's entire Star Cup in 8 Deluxe

[@Pokemichael]

Yep. Instead of Wii's entire Star Cup, it would have been Double Dash's.

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

@@Pokemichael Daisy Circuit is too calm a track for Wave 6. It should have been Dry Dry Ruins (and while we're on that topic, considering they couldn't get Sunset Wilds' entire gimmick to work in 8DX, they should have swapped it for Yoshi Desert or a Bowser Castle)

[@SmashFox92]

I personaly think it was supposed to be Bowser Castle and not Mushroom City. I just think would be really weird to have a random course like Mushroom City in the final cup, would be more fitting to be a Bowser Castle (remember that from the prefixes, BC3 was supposed to be in Wave 5 so theming wouldn't be a problem, specially considering we have 5 Rainbow Roads)

[@playerlgamer0592]

There's not a single bit evidence to support Bowser's Castle ever being planned, that's the difference

[@tacojosh3981]

I fully agree with this. Mushroom City just made the most sense. Hopefully it'll be in the next Mario Kart and look stunning. It's one of favorite tracks in the series.

[@12thwindow98]

The second course seems to have just been a test in the tour files so it’s most likely that the blank prefix was for just in case another tour track was made or for a new retro like moonview

[@playerlgamer0592]

lemme tell ya something about Pipeline, while it may SEEM like a Wave 1 track, its layout is actually really interesting and difficult with many obstacles and a lot going on, and Nintendo planning both Jungle tracks makes sense if they're separate waves, its kind of like having Mario Circuit and Mario Circuit, but they're not in the same wave, but since Waluigi Stadium fucked up the GCN roster DK Mountain was moved to Wave 6 and they then scrapped Dino Dino Jungle since it would be too much thematic overlap for one wave, there's no evidence for Mushroom City nor Bowser's Castle or any other GCN tracks so this makes the most sense Although the funniest scenario is if they just planned Mushroom Bridge but then the higher ups called them out for how stupid that would be, and they then HAD to replace it with Daisy Circuit lmao

[@rookiebanks2693]

I have a similar idea about what went on in the Booster Course Pass, but with the characters. You see, there were originally supposed to be 6 or 8 characters coming to the Booster Course Pass. Here the ones that were chosen: Birdo Petey Piranha Wiggler Kamek Diddy Kong Funky Kong Pauline Peachette However, I think the BCP roster was originally supposed to look like this: Birdo Pauline Petey Piranha Nabbit Diddy Kong Hammer Bro. (and his alts) I don’t think there were supposed to be 7 characters added after Birdo’s addition and here’s why. After adding Birdo alongside “Yoshi’s Island,” I think Nintendo originally planned for a pattern to alongside the characters in the game. Pauline and Petey Piranha for “Squeaky Clean Sprint,” and Diddy Kong and Hammer Bro., for GCN Dino Dino Jungle, and not “Wii Daisy Circuit,” and not even Piranha Plant Pipeline, but MobMU. Many fans think MobMU was supposed to be a city course, but I think MobMU was supposed to be a Tour non-city nitro for a museum course. Think of the pyramid on the original boxart for Mario Kart Tour, and then, think of the Tour version of Wii Dry Dry Ruins (which for the Booster Course Pass, I believe was scrapped in order to have N64 Kalimari Desert be the last Mario Kart 64 course in the Booster Course Pass), and how it has the Hammer Bros statue at the entrance of the cave. That was one of the entrances/features of the course. To see two Hammer Bro. statues at the front, and then go inside of a pyramid and race in there. Unfortunately, this course was scrapped long before the Booster Course Pass was a thing. So, like MobNU, the devs decided to treat MobMU like a test course with features you’ll see if you happen to look at the game’s files. Because of this, Hammer Bro was scrapped, and so was MobMU, by “3DS Rosalina’s Ice World,” instead. Who replaced Hammer Bro? Kamek. Kamek’s appearance made more sense since Nintendo was going to add either “SNES Vanilla Lake 2,” or “SNES Bowser Castle 3.” They chose the latter because BC3 was the more interesting course.

[@rookiebanks2693]

Now I know what you’re thinking. Who replaced Nabbit? That’s obvious. It was Wiggler. If what this guy’s saying about “GCN Mushroom City” is correct, then that means Nabbit would have had no track representation in the game at the time, unlike Wiggler, who was already represented in two tracks in the Booster Course Pass (“Wii Maple Treeway” and “DS Mario Circuit”) and an at the time upcoming BCP course (“Tour Madrid Drive”). So who better to replace Nabbit than Wiggler? Who also has an ATV made after him. Anyway, going back to what you were saying about “GCN Mushroom City” being cut, I think Nintendo just re-used some of those assets, put them in “GCN Mushroom Bridge,” and called it a day. Then comes the tour with “Tour Rome Avanti” which added “Wii Moonview Highway.” Nintendo decided to look at “Wii Moonview Highway,” saw that in order to make the MK8DX/BCP highway/traffic course fans happy, they had to add “Wii Moonview Highway.” Also, they had to add “Wii Moonview Highway” because there couldn’t be a 2nd Piranha Plant course in the BCP. So, to fully replace the then existing GCN slot, they made “Wii Daisy Circuit.” But they had to add a female character to come with it. Peachette. And since Peachette had to come to the game, they had to swap out “GCN Dino Dino Jungle” with “GCN DK Mountain,” in order to add one more character. Funky Kong. It would’ve been the ultimate Mario Kart Wii course reunion. “Daisy Circuit,” the retro from the “Lightning Cup,” “GCN DK Mountain,” and the finale “Rainbow Road.” That’s my character theory.

[@Zensano]

All I wanted was Airship Fortress

[@Sawcybui]

I cant believe they didn't add in Wario Colosseum

[@bogonelle]

I feel like Cnsw_63 was a placeholder. There’s no way they intended 3 non-cities in one wave, let alone 2 back to back. They probably put it there until they found a track that fit that slot

[@pikachupower0025]

The last blank I felt like that Tour scrapped a Dessert city location theme track since there was a pyramid in one of the loading screens.

[@Pokemichael]

For the longest time I was a believer that we would be getting a city course based on Cairo. The pyramids in the main Tour art were a major reason for that.

[@chucke.cheese2212]

MobMU = Museum It was a museum course.

[@carterjames8829]

I'm fine with Piranha Plant Pipeline being cut because its name and theming is too similar to Piranha Plant Slide. In wave 5, I would've preferred Mushroom Bridge over Moonview Highway, the only Wii remake I'm not too happy with. Delfino Square must be saved for the next Mario Kart, otherwise there'd be no point in leaving this one.

[@alo3549]

I agree with the idea of Piranha Plant Pipeline and Mushroom City being scrapped, but I think Cnsw_63 was simply undecided back in Wave 1’s release. I also think Cnsw_64 was undecided back then as well.

[@Pokemichael]

Well we know that 64 was always meant to be Cove, but honestly I never even considered the possibility that 63 was just an undecided spot.

[@alo3549]

I believe Piranha Plant Cove was planned in Mario Kart Tour after Piranha Plant Pipeline was planned, so it was probably planned for Pipeline to be the non-city Tour track in Wave 6, but then Cove was suddenly planned for Tour and some time later they chose Cove over Pipeline. I believe Pipeline would have been Cnsw_67 and Cove took the code name of Cnsw_64, then when Pipeline got excluded from the DLC, Rosalina’s Ice World was made to directly replace Pipeline for Wave 6, which forced Vancouver to Wave 5, which then forced Rome to Wave 6.

[@brunolike8631]

I think the gcn track could be DDJ, considering the changes at the prefix leak were made in between wave 2 and 3, and Waluigi Pinball was highly criticized for sharing the same music as Wario Stadium, they probably saw that it would've been even worse with 2 jungles and scrapped one of them.

[@Cyr3x7]

I have a theory tho, in most of the cups in the dlc there are 2 tour (nitro) tracks and 2 non-tour (retro) tracks. This last track, I don’t think it’s a nitro at all, how would anyone figure out if it is anyway? Edit: A slightly dumb theory here, I think that (6,3) was originally planned to be moonview highway, like, before wave 5, but they eventually decided to use it for wave 5 and scrapped moonview for wave 6, and they used daisy circuit (another Wii track) instead Maybe this is because they wanted to make mushroom city for wave 5 and then didn’t have anything to go off of when the tour version was scrapped, or the engine couldn’t handle it or something, or they already had moonview ready and didn’t have mushroom city ready so they used moonview instead to avoid delaying wave 5 Then mushroom city was ready for (6,6) so they used it in wave 6, before scrapping it and using whatever they used (I’m too lazy to check) Edit v2: I also don’t think that piranha plant pipeline was even meant to be in (6,7) Because every single game since the MK64 had a penultimate course as a bowsers castle I think that it was meant to be some kinda bowsers castle nitro in that spot Or GCN/GBA bowsers castle retro?

[@amesstarline5482]

4:05 The only case I would believe in "both Jungles" is because they already reused music for Wah Pinball. Even if I feel that was a little cop-out-like.

[@Pokemichael]

Yeah, I think the only reason Waluigi Pinball got to bypass the duplicate music thing because of how much of a fan favorite it is.

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

@@Pokemichael Then explain Airship Fortress 😢😭

[@SilentVinyl]

Fascinating

[@simongamer987]

I bet you’re an INTP. Great vid

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

Regarding Pipeline's music, they chose a mashup of Slide and Wario Shipyard instead of SEQ_CIRCUIT2 *WHY?!?!?!* 🤬🤬🤬

[@user-wk3ce3yj2u]

Course 6-3 was mob-Mu, the scrapped tour nitro.

[@alo3549]

I think that was just an unused version of Madrid.

[@user-wk3ce3yj2u]

No. I think it’s an unused nitro. People said there was one more nitro but it never made the cut.

[@chucke.cheese2212]

@@user-wk3ce3yj2uWell, it had the same assets from “Tour Madrid Drive.” “MU” was probably short for “museum.” It makes sense considering that the museum part of “Tour Madrid Drive” was meant to be its own course.

[@Brenbearr]

I wish we got Delfino Square

[@Pokemichael]

Same. I actually included it in my earliest batch of predictions, but those were made without any sort of limitations. Hopefully we'll see it in Mario Kart 9 though.

[@joshslater2426]

I feel a bit robbed of a GCN track. Getting Mushroom Bridge in Wave 4 would’ve been great but Waluigi Stadium’s delay messed everything up. A Mushroom City remake would’ve been absolutely incredible, but as unlikely that would’ve been, it’s very possible it got scrapped. Now the HD Wiggler Wagon and Mushroom Car are trapped in Tour forever…

[@Pokemichael]

Yeah it's a shame neither of them made it into MK8, but I feel like that means one of them is incredibly likely to appear in Mario Kart 9.

[@playerlgamer0592]

Waluigi Stadium didn't change anything, Daisy cruiser was planned for Wave 4 so Mushroom Bridge wouldn't be there anyways

[@vesterandfriends]

Wish if there was more evidence on this rather than assuming everything. Mostly seemed like just placeholder names than actually saying "a track got replaced".

[@not_kjb]

Im really tired of people asking for piranha plant pipeway

[@Pokemichael]

Honestly I don't even think Pipeline is that good of a course, it's just strange that it was the only Tour nitro left out of the BCP

[@kalaka3829]

Honestly im just pissed R.O.B. didnt come back as a playable character. (He was in Mario Kart DS)

[@generalcrab0009]

Well he wasn’t in Tour, he was never going to get into Tour because he’s a guest character and Tour has no crossover content whatsoever. Not to mention Rob can’t ride bikes, hold items or perform tricks because he’s attached to vehicles

[@rainsparks29]

Alright. I know what you're thinking.

[@thedangerstrangeruk]

Wave 6 has been out for like, a month and a half at this point

[@minethecrafty9111]

How is there still anything we don’t know about it?

[@amberstargames]

Simple. We know that there are three courses that were supposed to be part of this wave that just never happened.

[@Marcel-2174]

Here is wave 6 as it released.

[@OmegaMemeBoss]

Here is wave 6 according to the course codes.

[@guwuber_]

what's the song playing before 0:54

[@chucke.cheese2212]

“Wii Moonview Highway” from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

[@JSgone]

Still kind of annoyed we lost a nitro track for ANOTHER wii track. We got way too many wii tracks and I doubt we needed tracks like daisy circuit and moonview highway

[@-8h-]

It's annoying how many similar looking, boring, super mario kart courses are in the game. As well as crappy courses like baby park and generic mario circuit clones.

[@zek2234]

theres 3 smk tracks in this game and theyre all kinda different tbh

[@-8h-]

@zek2234 most of the SMK tracks are boring and uninspired. Some were remade in a good way, others not. My comment was more about putting too many boring courses in general. How many mario circuits do we need?

[@zek2234]

@@-8h- at least its better than wii which had 6 circuits and ds which had 7 theres 3 mario circuits in this game btw, 4 circuits in total

[@generalcrab0009]

@@zek2234there’s 4 Super Mario Kart courses in the game. SNES Mario Circuit 3 SNES Donut Plains 3 SNES Bowser Castle 3 SNES Rainbow Road

[@zek2234]

@@generalcrab0009 you were talking about circuits though? (and fyi the only bad snes course is mario circuit 3)