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Nintendo has just revealed the details of the second wave of Mario Kart 8 updates, and fans were treated to a sweet surprise: an original race track. Sky-High Sundae will be available as part of the upcoming Mario Kart 8 DLC installment, and it looks incredibly edible, cute. I meant beautiful.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — Booster Course Pass – Wave 2 Release Date – Nintendo Switch
This colorful course is full of ice cream, sundaes, popsicles and ice cream parlors. Sky-High Sundae is so cute, maybe you won’t feel so bad when you get hit by a turtle shell from behind. This DLC pack will be the first time the ice cream themed course has appeared in the Mario Kart series.
Aside from Sky-High Sundae, seven more classic tracks are added to Mario Kart 8 as part of the Turnip Cup and Propeller Cup. They include New York Minute, Mario Circuit 3, Kalimari Desert, Waluigi Pinball, Sydney Sprint, Snow Land and Mushroom Gorge. These tracks are remasters of courses from the Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Wii, and mobile versions of Mario Kart. They will soon join the first wave of DLC, which included Coconut Mall, Choco Mountain, Toad Circuit, Shroom Ridge, Sky Garden, Ninja Hideaway, Paris Promenade, and Tokyo Blur.
Mario Kart 8 is still selling very well, despite it being eight years since its first release on Wii U, which is probably why we’re getting DLC instead of the next installment in the series. However, the DLCs have been the subject of some controversy. Fans are saying that the remastered courses look like a graphical downgrade from the quality they’ve come to expect from Mario Kart 8. It looked like Nintendo had made some revisions to brighten up the DLC courses, though players were still divided on whether or not they were. the tracks were sufficiently improved.
The second wave of Mario Kart 8 DLC will be available starting August 4th. It can be purchased separately from the base game and is also included with a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. The rest of the DLC will be released in late 2023. Sky-High Sundae will also come to the Mario Kart Tour mobile game at a later date.