Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Downloadable Content

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was released for the Nintendo Switch on April 28, 2017. A DLC Pack is announced for the game to release on July 12, 2019. The game adds new characters, tracks, vehicle parts, character skins, and items. The DLC Pack is found on the Eshop for free. 
==New Characters==
Character	Weight
Pauline 	
Heavy
Diddy Kong	
Light
Funky Kong	
Heavy
Birdo 	
Medium
Callie 	
Medium
Marie 	
Medium
===Character Skins===
There are 8 skins for Toad.
Character
Blue Toad
Yellow Toad
Green Toad
Pink Toad
Light Blue Toad
Orange Toad
Black Toad
Captain Toad
==Tracks==
There will be new race and new battle tracks to the game. 
===Race Tracks===
====Bowser Shell Cup====
The Bowser Shell Cup features retro Bowser's Castle tracks. 
Tracks 	Changes
N64 Bowser's Castle	The hallways with the thwomps will be anti-gravity, so the thwomps give you a speed boost.
GCN Bowser's Castle	Not much changes except that the big ramp at the end is a gliding section.
DS Bowser's Castle 	The only change is that the road that drives up will be in anti-gravity.
Wii Bowser's Castle	The bridge going up will be replaced with a gliding ramp. The halfpipes will be gone. The twisted room part will have you drive on the walls in anti-gravity, similar to Twisted Mansion.
====Rainbow Cup====
The Rainbow Cup features retro Rainbow Road tracks.
Tracks 	Changes
GCN Rainbow Road	The rainbow pipe that sends you flying up will have you glide.
DS Rainbow Road 	The upside down loops will be in anti-gravity.
Wii Rainbow Road	The shooting star cannon will have you glide and the halfpipe part will be replaced with a speed boost ramp.
3DS Rainbow Road	Nothing changes.
====Cappy Cup====
The Cappy Cup features retro Mario Circuit tracks.
Tracks 	Changes
GCN Mario Circuit	There will be a gliding ramp behind the chain chomp.
DS Mario Circuit 	The fire breathing piranha plant will now just reach for you to eat you, not breath fireballs. You can trick off of the pipe. Once you get to the area where Peach's castle is, the track will be in anti-gravity until you exit the pipe and drive off a ramp at the end of the pipe to exit the anti-gravity.
Wii Mario Circuit	The ramp for the shortcut behind the chain chomp is now a gliding ramp.
3DS Mario Circuit	Nothing changes.
====Inkling Cup====
The Inkling Cup is based on the Splatoon series. 
Tracks 	Changes/Information
Inkling City 	It is a new track based on Inkopolis from Splatoon series.
Splatoon Highway	It is similar to Moonview Highway from Mario Kart Wii, but it has an Inkling theme.
Wii Koopa Cape 	The track resembles the Mario Kart Wii version rather than Mario Kart 7, but all of the water is replaced with ink.
Inkling Mall 	It is similar to Coconut Mall from Mario Kart Wii with the Mario Kart Wii version instead of Mario Kart 7's remake, but the mall is Inkling themed.
===Battle Tracks===
There will be 2 battle tracks. One new and one returning.
Tracks 	Information
Block Town 	It is based off of Block Fort, Block City, and Block Plaza. It has the giant blocks to drive on from Block Fort, but there are 3 stacked blocks rather than 2. The statues from Block City return. There are also sinking statues of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy from Block Plaza.
Wii Funky Stadium	It stays the same as the original track.
==Items==
There are 3 items. Two returning and one new. 
Item	Information
 	
Bowser Shell
A returning item from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 	
Fake Item Box
A returning item from older Mario Kart games.
 	
Cappy
A new item. It works like the boomerang but you get 2 hits and when you hit someone you steal their item.
==Vehicle Parts==
*Karts
**Silver Kart
**Cloud 9
**Dry Bomber
*Bike
**Gold Bike
**Silver Bike
**Flame Runner
*ATV
**Gold ATV
**Silver ATV
**Baby Booster
*Tires
**Silver Tires
**Ink Tires
**Coin Tires
*Gliders
**Silver Glider
**Boo Glider
**Swooper
==Trivia==
*The Inkling Cup, Callie, and Marie were added because of Splatoon 2.
*The Cappy item was added because of Super Mario Odyssey.
*The first 3 cups have a theme of retro tracks to them.
**The Bowser Shell Cup has Bowser's Castle tracks.
**The Rainbow Cup has Rainbow Road tracks.
**The Cappy Cup has Mario Circuit tracks.
==Credits==
*People who were involved in this thread.
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