Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s fifth wave of Booster Course Pass content will land on July 12, bringing with it eight new and returning tracks and the addition of three classic characters to the game.
The new content will be available to players who have purchased the $24.99 Booster Course Pass, granting access to a massively expanded set of courses and characters released in waves 1 through 5, which have been releasing periodically throughout 2023, starting in March. The content is also available free of extra charge to players who have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.
Returning courses Athens Dash (Mario Kart Tour), Daisy Cruiser (Mario Kart Double Dash), and Moonview Highway (Mario Kart Wii) are included in Wave 5’s Feather Cup championship, as is the entirely new bathroom inspired-track Squeaky Clean Sprint.
The final four courses making up the new Cherry Cup are Los Angeles Laps (Mario Kart Tour), Sunset Wilds (Mario Kart Super Circuit), Koopa Cape (Mario Kart Wii), and Vancouver Velocity (Mario Kart Tour).
Wave 5 will also see the return of Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek as playable characters, who will take their place racing alongside other classic characters - including Birdo - who were introduced over the preceding four waves.
The courses and characters to be included in the upcoming sixth and final wave of Booster Course Pass DLC have yet to be revealed, but are expected to drop sometime later in 2023.
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