Nintendo shares a launch trailer for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass

Hey, if you’re reading this and aren’t currently playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, thanks! But seriously, you can, and probably should, play through the courses added in Wave 1 of the Booster Course Pass right now. We won’t tell anyone.

To celebrate the launch, Nintendo unveiled a launch trailer (above) that – in case you haven’t had time to check out the courses yet – gives you a glimpse of all eight tracks on offer.

If you’ve been otherwise busy over the last few weeks, here are the eight courses available to play starting today:

Golden Dash Cup

Lucky Cat Cup

The best part about this DLC pass is that you can still play the courses online even if you don’t own them, even if you can’t afford to buy them just yet! From the 21./22. Beginning March 1st, if you have a Standard Switch Online subscription, Wave 1 courses will appear in “Random Selection” when playing global or regional races online. It’s a bit of a back-and-forth, of course, but sooner or later you’ll be racing on the new tracks when playing online.

We even have a little showcase of how the courses look and play, courtesy of the lovely Alex, Felix and Zion from the NL YouTube team.

Have you tried the new courses yet? Let us know in the comments.

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