History VideoGame / MarioKart8

** [[DownLADrain Los Angeles Laps]] (''Tour'')

*** Diddy Kong and Funky Kong, both last seen in a console game with ''Mario Kart Wii'', finally make their return in Wave 6 of the Booster Course Pass. They're joined by newcomers Pauline and Peachette.

** [[MinecartMadness Shy Guy Falls]]

* AlternateSelf: Mario, Peach, Link and Bowser have alternate selves in the form of Metal/Gold and Tanooki Mario, Cat and Pink Gold Peach, Champion Tunic Link, and Dry Bowser respectively. A patch during the booster pass sliently adjusted it so the alternates of the first three can't appear as CPUs if another version is already present as either a player or other CPU racer, but Bowser and Dry Bowser can co-exist still, somehow. And then there's the baby versions of the various racers that can co-exist at the same time.

*** Diddy Kong and Funky Kong, both last seen in a console game with ''Mario Kart Wii'', finally make their return in Wave 6 of the Booster Course Pass.

** The Blue Falcon has ''111'' written on the side, which is what was on the Blue Falcon on the cover of the original ''VideoGame/FZero''.

** Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass brings back Petey Piranha and Wiggler, who haven't been seen in a console game since [[VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash 2003]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart7 2011]], respectively.
** Diddy Kong and Funky Kong, both last seen in a console game with ''Mario Kart Wii'', finally make their return in Wave 6 of the Booster Course Pass.

** Birdo, who is only seen in the "Women of Racing" ads on N64 Royal Raceway and the "Sydney Music Festival" banners in Tour Sydney Sprint. She's also mentioned by the intercom in the terminal in Sunshine Airport. She would eventually become playable in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass, nine years after the original Wii U release.

->''"MARIO KAAART... ''EIIIIIGHT!!''"''

** Tour Los Angeles Laps takes players down the coast in the first section.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Defy the laws of gravity in the wildest Mario Kart game yet!'']]

->"MARIO KAAART... ''EIIIIIGHT!!"''

->'''"MARIO KAAART... ''EIIIIIGHT!!"'''''

'''"MARIO KAAART... ''EIIIIIGHT!!"'''''

[[caption-width-right:350:'''[[TitleScream "MARIO KAAART...]] ''[[TitleScream EIIIIIGHT!!"]]''''']]

*** Tokyo Blur, New York Minute and Vancouver Velocity all have each lap take a different route, matching the equivalent numbered ''Tour'' variants for each stage. The only major change regarding Vancouver Velocity is that the second lap uses the clockwise orientation seen in 2R instead of the counterclockwise one seen with the original 2.

*** Madrid Drive goes through the three variants of its ''Tour'' incarnation in reverse order. The first lap is based on Madrid Drive 3, the second is based on Madrid Drive 2R, and the first is based on Madrid Drive 1. And like in ''Tour'', the track features a VariableMix for ''two'' specific sections (most other ''Mario Kart'' tracks with variable mix usually just have it for one section at most): One for the Prado Museum and another for the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

** The title screen theme ends with an arrangement of the title screen from the original ''Super Mario Kart''. The end credits of the ''Booster Course Pass'' begins with an arrangement of the end credits theme from the same game.

* {{Bookends}}: The staff ghost for the first course, Mario Kart Stadium, is Mario himself. The staff ghost for the final course in the second DLC Pack, Big Blue, is also Mario.

In February 2022, it was announced that ''Deluxe'' would receive its own set of DLC called the "Booster Course Pass". Featuring 12 new cups released over the course of six waves, the DLC expansion features retro tracks from across the entire mainline ''Mario Kart'' series (including ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour'', which was released after ''Deluxe'' itself), completely new tracks, and extra characters. Wave 1 released March 2022[[note]]Golden Dash Cup and Lucky Cat Cup[[/note]]; Wave 2 was released August 2022[[note]]Turnip Cup and Propeller Cup[[/note]]; Wave 3 was released December 2022[[note]]Rock Cup and Moon Cup[[/note]]; Wave 4 was released March 2023[[note]]Fruit Cup, Boomerang Cup, and the character Birdo[[/note]]; and Wave 5 was released July 2023[[note]]Feather Cup, Double Cherry Cup, and the characters Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek[[/note]]. Wave 6 is set to be released in November 2023. The Booster Course Pass is available both as a permanent one-time purchase, as well as a free rental for those subscribed to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.

* WorldTour: An indirect trait from ''Mario Kart Tour'' inherited by the Booster Course Pass in ''Deluxe'', by virtue of bringing back the courses based on real-life cities from North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania; more symbolically, by virtue of the DLC revisiting courses from all installments in the ''Mario Kart'' series.

* VocalEvolution: Most of the characters sound the same (albeit a bit hammier). Some voices, in particular, are much higher-pitched and louder, such as Mario (''especially'' on the title screen), Yoshi (whose higher pitch would be the basis of his voice going forward), Rosalina, the Koopalings (except for Wendy and Morton)--the latter two had replaced their respective voice actors from previous games, save Roy, who is reprised by Dan Falcone, though his voice is a ''lot'' higher than before--and Baby Luigi, who sounds just like an infant now.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Attempting to cut through the spiral around Jupiter in 3DS Rainbow Road will cause Lakitu to tow you back.

** Tour Vancouver Velocity takes playerd during the snowy forest area that is traversed with the Capilano Suspension Bridge during the first lap. And at key points during the second and third laps, drivers pass through the ice hockey-themed Rogers Arena.

** While not to the degree of the above examples, the 1.6.0 update for ''Deluxe'' demotes the classic green tunic Link design to an alternate costume, as his face icon on the character select is replaced with that of the newly added Champion Link based on Breath of the Wild costume, making him akin to the alternate color Yoshis, Shy Guys, and Inklings. Even once he's changed to the default by selecting him from the pop-up menu, the icon remains that of the new costume. The same happens to Metal Mario once you unlock Gold Mario, as Metal Mario becomes treated as an alternate skin to Gold Mario.