Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will have a paid DLC expansion pass with a total of 48 remastered tracks. In an effort to expand the successful Nintendo Switch title, which has sold 43 million units worldwide in less than five years, this year it will receive the so-called Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Extra Tracks Pass. We give you all the details below, including the frequency of arrival of all these routes, the price and availability.
“We have been working on the remastering of some tracks from the Mario Kart series,” Nintendo confirms during this Nintendo Direct. And the boy are they. Together with the tracks of the other eight episodes of the saga (yes, all eight, because the tracks of Mario Kart Tour are also included), the eighth episode will receive a total of 6 episodes, each with 8 tracks, staggered until the year 2023.
- 48 tracks in all
- 6 deliveries of 8 titles each
- Phased release from 2022 to 2023
- Price: € 24.99
- First delivery: March 18, 2022
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be extended for 24,99 euros with 48 tracks
In total, almost fifty iconic tracks from the entire Mario Kart saga, thus turning this Mario Kart 8 Deluxe into a kind of “Mario Kart Ultimate”. From the Wii Coconut Center to the N64 Monte Chocolate or the Tokyo Circuit Tour will be part of the 1 Delivery of this Extra Track Pass. All the circuits can be enjoyed in individual or multiplayer mode, like the rest of the circuits.
The price of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Extra Tracks Pass is 24.99 euros; the first batch will be available this March 18, 2022.
All Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members will not have to pay anything to enjoy this great content pack for Mario Kart 8.
Nintendo Switch dominates the world and reigns in Japan
With 103.54 million units sold worldwide as of December 31, the Nintendo Switch is in one of its best moments; probably. Its sales performance is excellent, with some 24 to 25 million consoles shipped each year. With this data and having surpassed Wii in less than five years – breaking records for annual video game sales along the way – Shuntaro Furukawa’s company has yet to consider a successor.
Speaking to his investors, the president of Nintendo believes that the console is halfway through its commercial journey, so it is perfectly plausible that 2022, 2023 and 2024 will remain completely in Switch territory within the big N. Splatoon 3, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Advance Wars 1 +2: Re-Boot Camp, the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Bayonetta 3 are some of the most outstanding games in the first catalog of this year; not to mention all what we saw in this Nintendo Direct from Feb.
In Japan, the land of the rising sun alone, 75 of the 100 best-selling games of 2021 were from Nintendo Switch, with a Top-20 in which only the NSW name appears. Monster Hunter Rise, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Glistening Pearl plus Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban were the big dominators.