Wave 6 Graphics Comparison (Switch vs Wii, GameCube & More)

What do the courses in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass Wave 6 look like compared to their original versions? Let's find out!
0:00 Half-Scale Comparisons
0:01 Rosalina's Ice World
0:47 DK Mountain
1:43 Bowser Castle 3
2:26 Daisy Circuit
3:11 Wii Rainbow Road
4:14 Piranha Plant Cove
6:43 Madrid Drive
9:01 Rome Avanti
10:42 Full-Scale Comparisons
10:43 Rosalina's Ice World
11:42 DK Mountain
12:47 Bowser Castle 3
13:43 Daisy Circuit
14:41 Wii Rainbow Road
15:57 Piranha Plant Cove
18:39 Madrid Drive
21:09 Rome Avanti
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Thumbnail by: Tom Arnold
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[@SALTYTOAD00]

SNES Bowser Castle 3 changed so much from the original to the point where it's almost a completely new track.

[@EmilyS1234]

Track got the base game GBA treatment basically

[@mrhyrule3626]

SNES Bowser Castle 3 & 3DS Rosalina Ice world are my favorite

[@Goomba456]

they actually tried instead of making it comedically faithful for the first time (there's also donut Plains which is pretty good, but still)

[@destroyermcw626]

And I like that!

[@coach7304]

​@@destroyermcw626I subscribed to your KZbin channel

[@pedrogarcia5932]

SNES Bowser Castle 3 had definitely the biggest glow up. Considering the criticism that the first waves had because of how their graphics looked, that course is the opposite to that, it looks and feels as if it came from the base game

[@Tarkus_H]

What's nice about the early tracks from SNES and GBA is that because they're originally so flat and basic, they have a chance to completely overhaul them and make all sorts of new creative decisions to give them an identity of their own.

[@Drv379]

But then they dropped the ball on gba sunset wilds by keeping it flat and making it worse than the original

[@AlmondMilkLake]

I know some people dislike the way Wii Rainbow Road looks now, but tbf, MK8 always goes for the futuristic vibe over the magical vibe so this was imo the best we were gonna get, and i do love the new look it has, it works so well imo. And thank god they didn't use the hideous colours the Tour version had and went for the pastel palette instead.

[@Kalanken]

Tour's colors were great and far better than mk wii's, tour's at least didn't feel washed out like wii's

[@AlmondMilkLake]

@@Kalanken Tour's was quite generic, like, honestly i don't see how it looks washed out at all, not to mention that it's literally a huge part of it's identity as a Rainbow Road, without pastel colors it's just another Rainbow Road of the bunch visually, and they clearly didn't do much to make it more visually unique by reusing the planets and Moon from 7's, so the colors need to be like this, you can disagree and i respect it but to me it's just better this way.

[@dragoxphere3341]

@@Kalanken Heeeeeellll no

[@Kalanken]

@@AlmondMilkLake i personally would rank them like this Wii

[@joseluistrejo1683]

Don't forget that in the original Wii Rainbow Road, there are less guardrails than in 8 Deluxe which it has more guardrails making it less difficult and challenging than the original one.

[@LesArchivesdeJoshua]

I wish Nintendo would’ve upgraded the textures of previous waves so the courses could all look gorgeous like Wave 6! Like i mean, the grass in Wave 6 😍 vs the grass in wave 1 🤮

[@Apollo_FNC]

No fr😭 Eh oh well lol

[@toddelmsworth640]

Literally! Like every time a new wave came out I went to check those courses to see if they got a graphics update of any kind… nope

[@sgf51]

That's why I made a mod about Toad Circuit

[@destroyermcw626]

@@sgf51Love that mods is a thing!

[@Dannlafleur]

trees still look jank but yeah

[@Dumbmoviereviews]

Does anyone notice when Pauline glides she sings Jump Up Superstar from Mario Odessey She says : “High Up in The Sky🎶”

[@Megggazap]

I love her voicelines in this game

[@Kalanken]

Well that was actually in tour for years idk how you didn't know about it

[@Daigon95]

@@Kalanken Probably bc they didnt play it and/or looked at very minimal amount of content about it. Which tht wuld also describe me. lmao

[@dragoxphere3341]

@@Kalanken Because nobody plays Tour

[@sgf51]

Or when she wins she sings "I'm a One-Up Girl!"

[@shomanoni]

anyone else thinks the WII courses actually looked really well? or just me?

[@Htiy]

I feel like some of the design choices for wii rainbow road were better. Like the transparency and lack of gates

[@ultraenzo]

This is probably the best wave visually speaking all the tracks are beautiful. Bowser Castle 3 SNES is literally a new track. Very satisfied with this wave.

[@ossstep]

I absolutely love Piranha Plant Cove. Loved it in Tour. For some reason in 8DX, it feels more bigger and open, which I like.

[@rockinggamerdude]

0:10 I didn’t expect Rosalina’s ice world to get into the booster course pass. The only pic I have about it is around here. There’s an iceberg that disappears around lamp to Imari part seven you can see the ice that disappears when eat the wax you can’t.

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

It's a shame that R.O.B, Donkey Kong Jr.,Paratroopa, and Honey Queen never got to join

[@TheSmallerKong]

Yeah, I still feel betrayed… But at least I made it to that new WarioWare, right?

[@ryan.8328]

You forgot about Paratroopa too

[@kevmk8997]

Ew who wants Honey Queen back? Honey Queen sucked!

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

No it isn't

[@ashrithreddy5967]

DK jr was in Tour, yes the others didn't make it but guessing in next new Mario Kart game they can appear.

[@rodolfovargas7952]

Tour Rome Avanti's crowd-control arrows in 8 Deluxe are exactly the same as Tour's, so I'm glad some of them are kept, Yoshi has the staff time for 200cc in the course, and the music is great as well. Tour Madrid Drive also still has the soccer balls with the Goomba Shoes in the stadium. I'd take Petey to Piranha Plant Cove. The burning sound is returned in Wii Rainbow Road in 8 Deluxe, making it almost like the original. Here are the courses in Wave 6 that I love: Tour Rome Avanti Tour Madrid Drive GCN DK Mountain Piranha Plant Cove Wii Rainbow Road

[@MatthewDeRueda]

It's nice to know that if you pick a bike for the race, Pauline ties up her hair to a ponytail :)

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Wii Rainbow Road was beautiful in the original, but it looks even BEAUTIFUL in MK8D!

[@Florian-bb3mm]

You forgot a half of the 2nd lap in Rome Avanti. ;)

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

Great work!

[@SC-lc7tm]

Never tried Mario Kart Tour, are there other tracks not in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? I am thinking if they are extending rest of them to MK9 or calling it MK8 Deluxe Ultimate on next switch?

[@generalcrab0009]

Yes there are. SNES MARIO CIRCUIT 1 SNES MARIO CIRCUIT 2 SNES GHOST VALLEY 1 SNES GHOST VALLEY 2 SNES CHOCO ISLAND 1 SNES CHOCO ISLAND 2 SNES DONUT PLAINS 1 SNES DONUT PLAINS 2 SNES KOOPA BEACH 2 SNES VANILLA LAKE 2 N64 MARIO RACEWAY N64 FRAPPE SNOWLAND N64 LUIGI RACEWAY N64 KOOPA TROOPA BEACH GBA PEACH CIRCUIT GBA LUIGI CIRCUIT GBA YOSHI DESERT GBA LAKESIDE PARK GBA CHEEP CHEEP ISLAND GCN MUSHROOM BRIDGE GCN DINO DINO JUNGLE DS AIRSHIP FORTRESS DS LUIGI’S MANSION DS DK PASS 3DS MARIO CIRCUIT 3DS SHY GUY BAZAAR 3DS DAISY HILLS 3DS CHEEP CHEEP CAPE (LAGOON) 3DS BOWSER’S CASTLE 3DS WARIO’S GALLEON (SHIPYARD) WII DRY DRY RUINS TOUR PIRANHA PLANT PIPELINE I’m probably forgetting some, but I know for a fact there are only 2 GCN, 1 Wii and 1 Tour courses left. There are also the 10 RMX courses but I’m unsure whether they’d be SNES or Tour courses

[@AndreCorona13]

I have the question if the textures of the previous waves have improved, I still don't have it available in my region, does anyone know if they have improved a little or are they still the same?

[@ilovemylips]

They have improved a little (in my opinion)

[@DanDaMaN95cov]

Still salty that the Wuhu Island tracks and Shy Guys Bazar didn't make a return

[@generalcrab0009]

Wuhu Island Loop (Wuhu Loop) wasn’t in Tour and thus never had a chance

[@awesomesauce94]

I still feel bummed that they didn't go back and update sunset wilds to have the sky change. like how they updated coconut mall with the cars moving. since it didn't happen this time, that probably means it's just not happening :(

[@ashrithreddy5967]

Likely not because the updates in Deluxe are done but maybe they may add more new Mii suits and characters after booster pass DLC is done but probably saving that in new Mario Kart game.

[@Kirbalita]

I wish they didn't add all the barriers to wii rainbow road

[@seasidefruit7827]

was thinking the same thing, looks tacky

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

Finally, a BCP track from MK7 that looks better than the original version (other than Rainbow Road)

[@lemonquacklol]

Ngl I kind of prefer 3DS Ice World over 8’s. It doesn’t look bad, 3DS is just better imo

[@littlerat1110]

Exactly

[@AlphaPWNY]

It's the arrows, isn't it?

[@lemonquacklol]

@@AlphaPWNY Idk, something about the visuals in 8 just don’t sit right with me. Seems like this track may have been the one that was slacked on a little bit, as there’s one in every wave

[@1JAM229]

Nice!

[@t1dalw4ve]

Tour Wii Rainbow Road?

[@Joshua05005]

I find it odd that Diddy Kong and Pauline use the same color scheme with mario for their standard karts

[@Klotbert]

Shortcut in DK gone?

[@Vieislost]

Still there but a tad bit harder

[@Noahmediacorner]

I hope they make a sequel of booster course pass because I want another booster course

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

Me too. I really want to see Luigi circuit And the acrade tracks in the booster course 2 along with Pacman and Don Chan.

[@pasta_boi8266]

yeahh no id rather have mariokart 9

[@RacingSnails64]

I'd gladly buy a second pass!!

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

​@@RacingSnails64me too. I would love to see the arcade tracks in Mario Kart 8 along with Pacman and Don Chan.

[@ashtonbrown8548]

As I want nikki from swapnote (or any of the warioware cast) as playable character and Ds airship fortress back , I prefer Mario kart 10

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

It’s official you guys, Funky Kong. Is canonically Donkey Kong Jr. All grown up.

[@LilMaguizy]

Just watch them re rerelease with the next console

[@davidakbaba4878]

Rosalina isn’t the staff ghost for rainbow road😭 can you still use her for the analysis???

[@generalcrab0009]

No, he’ll use Mario because that’s who the staff ghost is. Rosalina gets her own course where she’s the staff ghost, which is in the *same* cup

[@PricelessPrince_]

I prefer Wii rainbow road giant shooting star rocket over the new one I’m mad they didn’t changed the pitch sound it makes when more then one player flies through the giant rocket star the new one nice just wish they would’ve kept that the same way

[@selob8825]

I'm not feeling the new uniform grid pattern on the track too, not to mention it's not translucent anymore on parts it should

[@mk8-mkwil117]

⁠@@selob8825well you are right but you can’t say that Translucent Texture doesn’t have a smooth transition between solid and translucent like MKDD DOES well and hardly noticeable.

[@mk8-mkwil117]

Well in the sound file it doesn’t have a chance in pitch but in game it does change pitch and their a limitation for the with the sound file for the cannon.

[@Sirinxbella]

Who tf drove this. A 5 year old?!

[@EliasSchnetzer]

When the Wii version looks more detailed than the Switch version... Rip...

[@amari648]

Idk how 😂

[@therypanda]

What Are Ya Smoking Man?

[@skc4188]

Bruh, how so?

[@therypanda]

he is a mkwii Sweat that will only play that game ever lol. he will miss out.@@skc4188

[@luigi5371]

I agreed, Wii rainbow road>>>remastered 8 deluxe