An EXHILARATING DEEP DIVE Into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 3
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 3 video
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ALSOOOOO sorry that the end of the video is cut off. We didn't notice until it was too late, and the video absolutely had to go out today. All I said at the end was that item customization is a surprising but very welcome addition that makes the game so much better, and I wonder if there will be any other random updates.
First :) ( what’s up with derp sandwich Arlo?)
What was up with the cut off ending? Really threw me off.
i don't know why but this was so funny and jarring to me that i immediately took to the comments and saw this, bless your blue heart
If all audio devices were destroyed in the great technology war then wouldn't they have built technology not to pair with them? So what will the alternate Arlo use his raycons with?
Hi Arlo =)
Okay, the Whomps being used as a stand-in for the Berlin Wall is actually kind of awesome for a Mario game
I know right? I am so obsessed with what this, probably not THAT deeply thought out, creative choice means for the Mario lore.
Like... parts of the Berlin-wall being sapient means that they were either in the EMPLOY of the military, or forced into that service. Were they fervent supporters and believers of communism, or victims made to serve? Were they sometimes bribed to stand up so that little German Toads could sneak in and out? Were they allowed to just thwomp people to death if they tried to cross? Are there Toads in their 50's+ who grew up near the wall and who still to this day flinch whenever they hear their "EUGH" because back when they were sprouts that sound meant someone tried to make a run and got turned into mushroom omelette, and now they can't bear to look them in the eyes even as their spores just see them as large canvases to tag on because they know the blood that is on their blocky bodies? Were some of them charged for what they did? Were they torn down or just made to stand down? Are the ones there now the same Thwomps as back then, or are they like some kind of grisly carnival mascot, hired to recreate the look of the old wall? If they're the same as before then what does THAT mean, why are they still sticking to such an awful task? Who makes being a _border-wall_ their 9-5, let alone a _defunct_ border-wall?
Nintendo didn't have to open this Pandora's box, yet here we are!
@@goranisacson2502 Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Your comment was very fun to read 😊
@@goranisacson2502 huh
I am a German and visited Berlin several times. I also come from the eastern part of it and experienced the last ten years of DDR.
Naturally, I like the track very much.
I love the idea of racing through "real" capitals in general, though.
The Goombas in Central Park are hilarious.
@@goranisacson2502 What were German Toads doing between the years of 1939-1945?🤔
Peach Gardens is interesting because the main thing I remember about it is that the mission mode had a backwards challenge where you have to drive backwards with reverse controllers. The fact the reference the DS mission mode tickles me.
I remember the boss fights
Cool stuff
I just wish backwards mode was available for all tracks (not with reverse controls though), but I do understand that they have to change ramps and such. But they make it so seamless when they do these reverse laps already.
@@Liggliluff at least mirror mode is available
That's what I thought the first time I drove!! I was like holy shit we can go backwards like in the missions
That might mean we might get a reverse mode that is similar to peach gardens
Honestly the just baffled “what is this” into the video just abruptly ending is kind of hilarious
I love that they finally added anti-gravity to the old tracks
London Loop was completely unremarkable but Berlin Byways was very fun to race on, the twists and turns of the track mixed with avoiding all the traffic and then all the ramps mixed in there, just gives it a real fun pace. Plus the music slaps too
Agreed! Berlin was a good one.
The best part are the whomps* that stand in the holes of the berlin wall and fall on you, made me chuckle
I actually loved London. The turns are very windy and everything's foggy and the buildings are shiny. It's just pleasant to be in.
Berlin is obviously great as well, for all the reasons cited. They're both beautiful looking courses.
Facts
Not only are the tracks amazing, but being able to customize items is so nice to have
Ah yes. Now I can have Shocks only.
Super Horns only. It's a mode where everyone has to respect each other's personal space.
Blue shells only. It’s a mode where no one gets to have fun.
@@rayking5399 I disagree, seeing just utter chaos ensue all over the track was hilarious! Even if I could barely play the game, I was still having fun xD
Arlo: The tour city tracks are my least favorite part
Waves 4-6: allow us to introduce ourselves
Yea no kidding, singapore, bangkok, vancouver, amsterdam are bangers
@@MrHomelessHobos wdym
Oh soo true
@@tiekogalaxylatte8839 Canada 🤢
Eh london isn’t my favorite but the others are great for me!
I felt like this pack in particular had a strong group. And I love how each Rainbow Road in this game feels so distinct; even the track texture is different. Makes me kind of hope every single Rainbow Road comes back before this is over.
I really want the GameCube version back or ds
@@benamisai-kham5892 There's a part of me that kind of wants the final cup to be the GBA, DS, GCN and Wii Rainbow Roads, even though I know a bunch of people would hate that. XD
@@Nel_Annette I constantly hope they eventually just give us a Rainbow Cup that goes through EVERY Rainbow Road back to back....
Just to mention as well, there's a severe lack of Bowsers Castle in the game! We literally only have one, so here's hoping they get that sorted out
@@dr.l.bandicoot4289 valid
I can’t tell if the hard cutoff at the end there is intentional or not lmao
I thought it was intentional to be funny at first but it still says Reloaded Installer #11 for the outro music in the description so maybe Kane accidentally cut it off 😂
Hmm... that was not intentional LOOL oops. It was a long long tiring day!!!!
@@KanesTheName it ended up being really funny at least
@@KanesTheName definitely funny!
@@KanesTheName That’s okay! 😆 Thanks for answering. It certainly was interesting!
People are watching these BECAUSE of your unique opinions, Arlo. You offer a very different perspective from all the other people covering the DLC waves, and that's extremely refreshing and welcome. It's for that reason that I also look forward to seeing your vids on the future waves.
It's strangely interesting.
Opinions, opinions hey?
I could listen to Arlo talk about anything! He's always extremely honest and is generally really constructive and fair.
These booster packs are amazing if your familiar with the original music of each track, then hear it again through the Mario Kart 8 Orchestra rendition. Love their big band and jazzy mixes on classic tracks.
Hearing 3DS Rainbow Road's theme again made me SO Emotional
Heck ya the re orchestrated tracks are great.
I feel like going backwards on the DS peach garden is a reference to the mission mode in MKDS where you had to go through that track backwards
I agreed with you about the city courses being entirely underwhelming, but then I watched @TWD98 play through this booster course pack. He mentioned that he's visited London, and driving through places in Mario Kart that he's walked in real life was really cool to him. I definitely see the appeal when looking at it that way.
I love how the thwomps are supposed to be like the Berlin wall coming down. Super creative
Tbh I’m just glad they were able to bring halfpipes back. With so many Wii tracks having them and then not being carried over from Wii since, I was worried we might never see tracks that have so much of it like DK summit or Wii bowsers castle
i hope they go back to waves 1 and 2 and update courses like coconut mall and mushroom gorge to have them
@@Nyubitez I don’t think either of those did have halfpipes though
@@Nyubitez It might be a pipe dream but it'd be cool to see them go back to the base game too. Wario's Gold Mine feels much different in MK8 because of the lack of halfpipes
I propose that alternate universe Arlo take on the alias "Tulo" while he resides in our universe, to avoid confusion amongst the masses, and also because "Alternate-Universe Arlo" is a mouthful.
The item selector is the best thing to happen to this game hands down
Arlo back at it with the best ads in the business. I don't just not skip them, I look forward to them.
To clarify the comment about the GBA (and snes) tracks, most of them are heavily modified and aren't that close to a replica of the original track, but rather pull elements and themes from the original tracks, rather than copying it outright (like the newer wii/3ds tracks).
Rainbow Road from mk7 is my favorite track of all time and it looks gorgeous (more than it already did.) This is what I was waiting for. More of this please
Glad to see you're still making these booster course videos!
Glad to know that I wasn’t the only one who recognizes how absolutely beautiful Merry Mountain is
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4:58 I agree that last part of Boo Lake where the ramp leads you to the top is one of my favorite parts of any of these tracks. There’s something about it building up with the smaller ramps leading to one massive jump to the finish that’s so cool and fun to do
I love watching these Mario kart wave review videos, I saw the notification and got really excited!
The 3DS rainbow road is one of my all time favorite mario kart courses. It's so pretty in HD.
Peach Gardens and Boo Lake are two tracks that I wasn’t expecting to enjoy but I absolutely love what was done with them. Really great additions all around (except maybe Rock Rock Mountain)
one thing i noticed right away that i'll never be able to unsee with the new tracks is on maple treeway. if you look at the leaf piles, they have no shadows until almost the exact moment you're next to them. then they have shadows under the leaves and look much different. just a weird bit of texture pop-in.
big fan of these mario kart videos. after playing through all the tracks that came out, my first thought was “but did arlo like them?”
I’m obsessed with the Christmas level. It’s one of the coolest tracks ever made imo.
I liked Berlin byways way more than you did. One of my fav new tracks and the best new music imho. Agree that the Berlin wall falling on you was a fun detail.
I had so much fun trying them out yesterday! 3rd wave is my favorite so far
Man this content is unbelievable. Best video since botw review.
I love these types of videos so much. Thanks Arlo
London Loop: I really love the fog and rising bridge. Plus, the chain chomps in the canals on lap 3 is a nice touch.
Boo Lake: Way too short, but at least the music is good and we finally have another spooky track in the game.
Rock Rock Mountain: The ugliest track in the wave, but the long gliding segment and climb up the mountain never get old.
Maple Treeway: A classic with amazing music and halfpipes are finally in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Berlin Byways: I love that whomps are finally enemies in a Mario Kart track plus the traffic adds some more flare.
Peach Gardens: The new Mario hedges are beautiful, and the backwards lap 3 is a great addition.
Merry Mountain: I love the Christmas presents and the beautiful holiday music plus the anti-gravity part at the end, but it feels short.
Rainbow Road: Absolutely amazing HD rendition of one of the best Mario Kart tracks ever. I love all the added star rings and anti-gravity on the moon. Plus, the dash panels at the start of section 3 being changed from black to rainbow is great. My one complaint is the track looks a lot darker now.
I love how around just gets cut off mid sentence at the end
The nice thing they're doing with all of the levels in Mario Kart 8 is that even if the track is from an older game, it gets some sort of update to "modernize" it. Boo Lake, with the underwater section, is one example. I'd like to see an option to change number of laps, because Rainbow Road N64 and 3DS are way too short when they split up a full lap into 3.
I generally feel you on the city-based tracks, I don't find any of the Wave 1 or 2 tracks to be very fun, but I think London Loop and especially the Berlin Byways are MUCH better. It's still annoying because I think those two are flukes and the next Wave's city tracks will be little black holes in their Cups, but yeah. This Wave is the best one yet and has really put my hopes up!
Also, Merry Mountain is my favorite track this time around too!!
Even though I enjoy the city tracks a lot, I can understand this feeling, most of the city tracks we’ve seen, aside from Sydney, were the first ones that were added in Tour, and, following the Mario Kart design curve, the first tracks tend to be the most simple before we get to the most developed ones. From the city tracks left in Tour, I can assure all of them are way more interesting, with entire sections out of the streets and extremely pretty atmospheres and there’s a chance some of them could become fan favorites with time.
Honestly the city tracks were my favourite alongside peach gardens. Maybe just cos I live near London and recently went to Berlin
Hey, Arlo. Remember in your original MK8 review where you were disappointed that you couldn't customize exactly how you played Battle Mode with your friends in terms of which items showed up? This new wave ADDED THAT. Just thought you should be aware.
Love these videos! Already looking forward to your analysis of wave 4 😄
From the ad to the nonchalant analysis to the abrupt end this was actually a great first Arlo video to introduce my friend to this channel. LITERALLY THE BEST CONTENT IN YEARS
Love these booster pass courses so far
Arlo talking about Mario Kart DLC is my favorite genre of youtube video.
I love it that there are city tracks of places where you have already been. i live in berlin and its awsome to drive the roads in mario kart.
can we please aprreciate that they actually included the Berlin Wall in the Berlin Tour Track? They integrated it really good, as it is actually still there (at least pieces of it like in the Track) and it´s painted with Graffiti from Street-Artists. The Idear to have Thrombs in it is so brilliant and makes a really good Mario x Berlin Crossover I could never imagine. Thats a really creative Design-Detail I really like!
On the mountain track, I thought it was interesting that because you go over the finish line flying, you can go over those pipes you saw at the start, giving you a special thing you can do just on the second lap
Great video! Loved playing these tracks!
3DS Rainbow Road is the best out of any of the tracks that we got so far (Along with Ninja Hideaway).
The music, the graphics, the ambience, it's all perfect and comes together to make one of the best retro tracks in MK history.
I do get the aversion towards city courses, but it honestly is quite exciting to do them with your kids when you actually LIVE in that city.
Arlo, I strongly recommend the Huntington gardens if you ever are in southern california, LA area -- that is a fantastic place to walk around in a variety of beautiful gardens.
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who likes to do slower speeds sometimes to just go for a chill drive in these courses and enjoy the music (Tho I would REALLY appreciate a sound effects slider to turn down the kart sounds)
I think every track has something to bring to the table in this pack and I love it. I originally hated Mario Kart Tour and the idea of having real city tracks but they’ve grown on me completely since then so they don’t bring this down at all.
London Loop’s rising bridge and loose chain chomps are great, Boo Lake has such a great atmosphere with its music and visuals and I love how much it’s changed from the GBA version, Alpine Pass has amazing glider sections and shortcuts because that level was designed to show off the new gliding mechanics in Mario Kart 7, Maple Treeway is just an amazing track in general and I love that it brings back the halfpipes, Berlin Byways has such great music and a section where the racers cross over, it also brings Whomps into the series for the first time, Peach Gardens is another great glow up and I love the Paris Promenade style reverse lap at the end, Merry Mountain is perfect for the current season, also has a half pipe and makes me think of the Polar Express which is great too and 3DS Rainbow Road is just Mario Kart perfection, the theming, the music, the unique elements and that Road texture for the rainbow parts has got to be the best looking one of all the Rainbow Roads in Mario Kart history.
I grew up playing Mario Kart Wii, it's the only one I've ever owned besides 8 Deluxe. In the base game I was kind of disappointed with the tracks they brought back from MKWii, but these DLC cups are consistently bringing back my absolute favorites. Mushroom Gorge, Coconut Mall, Maple Treeway, Peach Gardens (I know it's from DS but it was in Wii as well). If we end up getting MKWii Rainbow Road, it will be all I need in life.
On merry mountain, the climbing and climbing and then going down the hill for the end reminds me a lot of sledding. And I guess skiing though I've never actually gone skiing.
I love how difficult Boo Lake is, it was really fun to master this course on 200cc
This wave was amazing, I missed maple treeway and rainbow road mk7
I'd forgotten how epic turning that last corner in rainbow road MK7 feels
Arlo's forest child nature shining through, but me being a city boy seeing the city levels as packed full of fun detail and art and architecture. Then I get to Rock Rock mountain and I'm like "Eh, just a buncha generic trees."
GBA Boo Lake wasn’t really pulling from anything other than the Tour incarnation… which released a month or two before this DLC. So it essentially debuted in both Tour and 8DX at the same time, as did DS Peach Gardens. Interestingly, even though Tour actually made an original musical arrangement for GBA Boo Lake, 8DX has an entirely *separate* version.
Hey Arlo! Love your vids! Since you said you love fall stuff i would HIGHLY recommend Night In The Woods if you haven't heard of it, gorgeous art style and wonderful story.
Clicked on this video just to see the story of the Raycon sponsorship continue!😂 I love the story that you make up with those!!!
Wave 3 has been delightful for me, none of the tracks included have been super weak compared to the others packs. The Tour tracks have been some of the best experiences for me as they are entirely new tracks for me, and there is always at least one that is fantastic (Sydney Sprint from the last wave being a great example). Berlin Bypass, Rock Rock Mountain and Peach Gardens have been my favourites from this wave, and it's great to see Maple Treeway back as always. I've found I personally prefer Merry Mountain to London Loop although I'm not sure how much of a hot take that is yet
My only problem with peach's garden is how they got rid of the garden details in the monty mole section. I remember the ds version having dark green grass and a dark brown road to show it was wet as well as fences and flowers, although i could be wrong as it's been a long time since i played it
man I don't even own 8 deluxe I just like hearing peoples thoughts on the track haven't played since wii and d's
"You get to see the Luigi bush."
-Arlo, 2022
I love it that this game uses the 90's moon, yeah, in case you didn't know, the moon looked a distinctive way in the 90's and this game carried it over
please explain more about this. i have to know what this means
im also curious what this means
@Super l if you look at 90's movies or video games that came out in the 90's, you'll see how the moon looked like back then, it's nostalgic for me because I grew up in that decade, the moon looks different in every decade because it slowly rotates as it orbits the earth
@@riftshredder5438 im sorry... the moon quite famously always has the same side facing the earth. the good news is that the 90s moon is still around for you to enjoy :)
@@cowboy1400 no, the moon looks very different now a days
Regarding the Rainbow Road space theme, pretty much all rainbow roads since Wii (and, to be honest, a few of the ones before) have been space themed. Mario Kart Wii's rainbow road (which will probably be in the last wave), was space themed to tie in with super Mario Galaxy.
That Raycon ad is setting up a whole new season of Arlo: Into the Arlo-Verse.
I personally like the city tracks, because it's like a bizarre mix of fantasy with reality, showing Mario Kart is so big, it can't be contained to just places like the Mushroom Kingdom or Land of the Koopas.
So happy to have maple treeway it was absolutely one of my favorites on the 3ds next to koopa cape
NOW WE CAN FULLY COSTOMIZE THE ITEMS? Giving everyone the 8 would be funny
I have a feeling that the reason we don’t see labels on some of these Tour courses such as Ninja Hideaway and Merry Mountain is because they were intended to debut in both Tour *AND* Mario Kart 8 Deluxe simultaneously.
Notice that Merry Mountain didn’t release until about two years ago, and Ninja Hideaway only made its debut last year. It makes me wonder if this Booster Course Pass was intended to drop a lot sooner (2021 perhaps), but of course… “the virus” delayed a lot of things internally.
Basically, they planned on debuting courses across two concurrent Mario Kart games simultaneously, rather like Sky-High Sundae.
This would definitely explain the lack of a Tour prefix a lot better than “because they’re not city tracks.”
2:27 the visual spectacle? Well we don’t have that anymore.
Arlo, you are going to love Singapore Speedway and Vancouver Velocity. Maybe even Los Angeles Laps. Those are the city courses that get kinda Mario-Karty.
I like the city tracks because they make me feel like I'm in one of those TH-cam videos where people are driving Mario go karts around a city street.
I just realized at 7:45 that the Thowmps are actually parts of the Berlin Wall falling down omg...
I'm surprised you didn't mention the music for Berlin Byways. It's the most fitting for any of the 'city' levels so far. It's also a really good tune.
Idk why but merry mountain gives me team fortress 2 smissmas vibes. It feels like a Christmas map out of that game. I’m all for it tho, the maps are looking a lot better this time, hopefully in a few packs we get maps on level with the base game
Rock Rock Mountain is worth the price of admission alone for me. It's simply Epic - been waiting for this one for _so_ long!
I have only a passing interest in these tracks, so it's cool to see them and get a perspective from a TH-camr that I already like and follow. Actively seeking out info/reviews on these is more work than I'm willing to do. I'm also in a similar boat when it comes to Mario Kart. I really do like it, but I'm just not super duper into it.
BTW, basically all of the courses in these packs are from MK Tour (with plenty of tweaks). The ones from previous games are based on the MK Tour remakes of those tracks.
They brought back the detailed HD textures for MK 7 Rainbow Road? I’ve no clue why they did that, but I’m glad they did.
7:32 At this point I think they got all the 'boring' city tracks outta the way, so it should get better from now on. Vancouver Velocity and Singapore Speedway both have the coolest track designs out of the Tour cities IMO, LA Laps and Amsterdam Drift are a little below them but not by a whole lot, and Bangkok Rush looks...promising, but we don't know what all of its routes look like yet since MKT only released its first one so far since its introduction.
There’s only one monster I trust for all Mario Kart DLC related TH-cam content, and that’s Mario Kart superfan Arlo 👍 I reckon this might just be your greatest video yet!
7:30 D'you think maybe the Thwomps smacking down in succession is a Berlin Wall falling down reference? 🤔
I actually like the Berlin track. I thought the London one was kinda eh, but idk maybe it's the music, maybe it's that it has more trees and some nature to make it feel not so cramped. It just looks beautiful though makes me want to visit.
Also the Thwomps that fall are the actual Berlin wall falling.
It's always interesting to watch videos on these booster course levels because despite what each individual person thinks of each track, we all seem to have a fun time regardless. I for one disagree with a good handful of opinions in this video but I'm still having just as much fun with this wave nonetheless because there are still other tracks I'm enjoying.
Yes, Arlo, "I played Mario Kart DS but i don't really have any memory of Peach's Garden" is an insane statement
the whomps in berlin may be a reference to the berlin wall
Im more invested to the raycon ads he makes than most movies today
While they’re updating features like the custom items, I’d love to see them add an option to set the number of laps on N64 Rainbow Road back to 3.
I'm happy with this we got peach gardens, boo lake, and the rainbow road from mario kart ds. Those are some of my favorite tracks from past games. But man, I would love to get some new characters, like would it kill them to just had like 5 more?
Love this content. Keep them coming!
It looks like a total blast!!! Thanks for bringing us the good on this Wave, and all the others Arlo! You wonder why these videos are popular? It's an amazing game getting some excellent content presented by our very favorite exuberant mascot! Thank you Arlo and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas my friend!
I honestly forgot these booster passes were a thing
More karts and characters would be pretty sweet too
They did Petey Piranha dirty when they put new characters in Deluxe, I wish we could get him in this game
I bet they're going to do a tie-in with the mario movie
This so much, Mario Kart has an established meta... meaning even with new tracks it is the same characters, same stats, same parts. Nothing new. A track is fun for the first 1-2 races but then it is just the same as everything else.
A mixture of tracks, parts, and characters is what makes Mario Kart fun.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 I agree, only problem that if Nintendo were to add new components, they will most likely all share stats with other parts because everything currently in the game shares identical stats with something else
love all the content recently!!
“You can get creepy stuff in a lake” yeah like a gate to the upside down
With Nintendo randomly adding the custom item switch, it makes me REALLY hopeful for a create-your-own cup or custom playlist of some kind. There are just SO MANY tracks now, that creating custom mix-and-match cups sounds so appealing.
One thing which I find amazing about Tour tracks are the fact that they don’t go the same way every 3 laps. They change the route almost every lap and it’s refreshing to play those track.
I love how Arlo calls santa's sled a "magical Christmas train"
Are you going to review Somerville at all? I mean you reviewed Inside, so I would love to hear your thoughts on that game.