Booster Course Pass Finale

As an old saying goes, all good things come to an end, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass is no exception.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass has finally been concluded, and it ended on a very high note. With that, the Wii U's best selling video game's Redemption Arc finally got the happy ending it deserves after nine years. 2023 looks like the year of conclusions, from the end of Ash "Satoshi" Ketchum's Journey, to the end of Charles Martinet's days as the voice of Mario. Even Mario Kart Tour discontinued new content after the 4th Anniversary Tour, and let's not forget that Tears of the Kingdom could mark the end of a saga that began with Breath of the Wild, and hopefully, Tears of the Kingdom will be the end of Ganon's reign of terror.

Farewell, Mario Kart 8, and thanks for the memories and death stares!

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe © Nintendo.

End of a Grand Tour

As an old saying goes, all good things come to an end, and Mario Kart Tour will cease adding new content after the 2023 edition of Battle Tour. But this does not mean Mario Kart Tour is going end of service like Dr Mario World or Dragalia Lost. It just means after 2023's Battle Tour, all future tours will be reruns of past tours just like how after the Riding into Battle! Online Tourney, all future Super Smash Bros Ultimate Events are reruns of past events, with the Street Fighter 35th Anniversary Spirit Board Event being the only exception.

Having covered fourteen cities in the real world, in addition to introducing a few new tracks, it's time Mario Kart Tour wind down on new content because Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass is also approaching the end of the road, with Wave 6 being the final wave. Besides, we already got the Mii Racing Suits that we have often wished for, such as the Daisy and Waluigi Mii Racing Suits that did not appear in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Even Mii Racing Suits based on the Koopalings have been introduced in Mario Kart Tour. Perhaps it is time to wind down on getting on board the hype trains once new content is discontinued.

P.S. It turns out that the 2023 Battle Tour is actually where the reruns of past tours will begin.

Update: Wave 6 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass finally came out on the 9th of November, 2023, and it is a spectacular way to end a massive DLC Pack. Several of the Mii Racing Suits from Mario Kart Tour are now in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, including the Daisy Mii Racing Suit.

Villager's Rejected Losing Animation

Yes, the Animal Crossing Player Villager cries in the Animal Crossing games starting from Wild World when emotions were introduced to the series. The sorrow emotion became their losing animation in Mario Kart 8 as well as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. However, this should also have been their losing animation in the Super Smash Bros games as well, similar to Ice Climbers sobbing when they lose being a reference to the No Bonus screen in Ice Climber. Then again, having Villager cry when he or she loses in Smash Bros will reflect badly on the Animal Crossing series...

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Rejected Smash Bros Alternate Costumes

Not all costumes can make the cut into the Super Smash Bros series. Despite Animal Crossing: New Leaf's Isabelle becoming playable, as well as the last two Villager alternate costumes having a skin colour change to be a reference to Animal Crossing: New Leaf's tanning mechanism, the Mario Kart 8 Villagers, who also appeared in Animal Crossing: New Leaf did not get to be in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. The Villagers' sad, crying faces reflect more than just a defeat in Mario Kart 8 by finishing 7th to 12th place, it can also mean failing to qualify for the Super Smash Bros Ultimate alternate costumes lineup in the final product. And not to mention the US GameCube Animal Crossing Live Action Commercials' Villagers' costumes did not even make the cut at all. Then again, colour confusion is to blame for Super Smash Bros Ultimate having alternate costumes for every character limited to eight.

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