These pits are located along the sidelines of significant speed boosters, leading to the choice of whether to grab coins or get moving. Instead of picking up coins along the way, racers must drive through what would’ve been regeneration pits in an F-Zero game for coins to build up. Mute City, straight of the F-Zero franchise, is the most fun of the Egg Cup. Lots of twisting and turning anti-gravity stuff happening here, though as I said in my original Mario Kart 8 review, you don’t really notice being upside down all that much since the camera aligns appropriately (as it should). I’m not sure where the inspiration for Dragon Driftway comes from, though it’s one of the strangest new tracks. This is a great course for trick jumps and all out full throttle racing not quite as chaotic as Baby Park but a decent no frills no gimmicks course. Excitebike Arena is a simple course owing to the simplicity of the original game ( Excitebike) with plain visuals and a series of ramps. Yoshi Circuit is pretty much how I remember it, with lots of twisting, turning, and wall slamming if I crank it up to 150cc. The Egg Cup contains the Yoshi-shaped track Yoshi Circuit from Double Dash!!, Excitebike Arena, Dragon Driftway, and Mute City. Now for the real fun – the new tracks! Like the tracks of the original game, the new courses are divided into 2 new cups with 4 tracks each. (Unfortunately we won’t be seeing this release until May of 2015.)Ī gorgeous shot of Mute City. Even the spots for the 2nd update are filled with placeholders as a constant reminder. It’s all very seamless and natural, the way that any DLC should be. There’s no separate “DLC menu” or “Extras” to dive in to the new characters are appended directly to the existing character select screen, new karts show up with the rest, and the 8 tracks are added in the form of 2 new cups that show up alongside the original ones. I also admire how well these new features are integrated into the existing game. Karts and characters are largely superficial additions (the kids will love ’em though) but having a full 8 new courses to master is a lot of fun. However, I’m glad that they’ve chosen this route to keep the game fresh and give those of us who bought it 6 months ago a reason to whip it out and put in some play time. They tend to be comfortable keeping their online services and content in the background. I know that downloadable content (DLC) is no new thing, but it isn’t something we’ve seen much of when it comes to Nintendo. And why not? He’s in the upper tier when it comes to fastest characters.

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