Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NSP, XCI) ROM + v3.0.1 Update + All DLCs

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a 2017 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch, It retains the gameplay of previous games in the Mario Kart series, with players controlling a Mario franchise character in races around tracks. Tracks are themed around locales from the Super Mario platform series and are populated with power-ups that help players gain advantages in races. Different difficulties are selectable prior to a race harder difficulties make gameplay faster. In the new anti-gravity sequences, players drive on walls and ceilings. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe contains a variety of single-player and local and online multiplayer game modes, including Grand Prix racing and arena-based battle modes.

GAMEPLAY

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe included all downloadable content (DLC) for Mario Kart 8, including characters, courses, and vehicle components, into a single product for Nintendo Switch. These features are accessible upon first starting the game, without the need to be unlocked. In addition to previous DLC, several new characters are introduced in Deluxe, including the Inklings from Splatoon, Bowser Jr., Dry Bones, and King Boo. Other notable changes to the gameplay include the ability to hold two items at once, and accessibility features to assist newer players, such as auto-acceleration or smart steering, which prevents players from veering off course.

Deluxe also reintroduces the Boo item, which allows the player to steal another opponent’s item and then temporarily become invisible. In Deluxe’s “Booster Course Pass”, several courses have differing layouts in every lap, condensing multiple variations of a course into one.

The largest addition in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the updated battle mode. Deluxe includes five new battle mode-exclusive courses, and three battle courses adapted from previous entries in the Mario Kart series. These battle courses are designed specifically for the mode, featuring layouts that allow for easier item play, rather than repurposing standard race courses like Mario Kart 8.

The Feather item, reintroduced from previous entries in the series, is exclusive to this mode and allows the player to get a small boost in height when it is activated. There are five rulesets in battle mode. In Balloon Battle, players use items to destroy each other’s balloons.

Unlike in previous incarnations, the mode is point-based rather than last-man-standing, meaning that the winner is whoever destroys the most balloons before the match ends. Bob-omb Blast is a variation of Balloon Battle with all the items replaced with bombs. In Shine Thief, players must maintain control of the Shine Sprite for as long as possible the player or team who possesses it for the longest wins. In Coin Runners, players scavenge coins from around the course and steal them from other players, aiming to have the biggest hoard. The final mode is Renegade Roundup, which involves a team of “renegades” trying to avoid the “authorities” armed with Piranha Plants, which takes inspiration from the children’s game “Cops and Robbers”. Renegades may free their captured teammates by driving over switches under the cages controlled by the authorities.