The Booster Pack is not required to get the DLC in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as Nintendo has disclosed. First-ever DLC courses for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were presented at the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, even though the game was released in 2017. Previously released tracks from other Mario Kart games will be upgraded for use in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Each wave will comprise eight tunes, and there will be six total. On March 18, the first wave of courses will be released, including classics like Coconut Mall and Choco Mountain from Mario Kart 64.
The Booster Pack will include all of the DLC, and it cannot be purchased separately. The Booster Pack costs $24.99, however subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack have free access to the Booster Pack’s content as long as they keep their subscription active. There’s no need to buy the Booster Pack for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to enjoy the game’s DLC content. There are methods to enjoy MK8’s DLC without having the Booster Pack, as disclosed on the Nintendo website’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe page (via Nintendo Life).
Tracks from the DLC pack will be included in the game’s Random Track Rotation in Global and Regional online multiplayer settings. On the 22nd of March, these songs will be added to the rotation. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s DLC circuits appear in the online mode at random, but there is another method to play them. It was also confirmed that the DLC tracks may be played in the multiplayer modes of Friends and Rivals. When the tracks are owned by one person, they may be accessed by all other players. It’s possible that this decision was taken in order to facilitate gaming with friends.
While the Booster Pack may have presented complications for players without the DLC to try to play with those who do, these issues are now irrelevant because so many people enjoy playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online with their pals. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the best-selling Nintendo Switch game ever, so it’s odd that the company delayed so long to offer DLC for it. The Booster Pack for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is expected to be purchased by many fans. As a result, it’s laudable that Nintendo is allowing gamers to experience MK8’s DLC content with others online, rather than establishing two classes of players, which would have the potential to prevent groups of friends from playing the game together.