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Dragon Driftway is an Asian-inspired course full of beautifully undulating curves and a killer soundtrack. Advertisementįurther Reading Mario Kart 8 review: One step forward, one step backPast those, we're left with only two completely "original" courses in this first DLC pack. The Hyrule Circuit course, meanwhile, manages to capture the wide open feel of Ocarina of Time's Hyrule Field while still being a tight and well-designed race course. The Mario Kart-ified version of F-Zero's Mute City is much more thrilling, packed with elegant strings of dash zones and some excellent use of the game's new hover mechanic.
Excitebike Arena is probably the dullest of these, full of long, wide straightaways and a lot of very repetitive Excitebike-style ramps. Then there are the courses that step outside of the series' Mario-themed roots to pay homage to other classic Nintendo series. I'm a big fan of the new version of the original SNES Rainbow Road course, a completely flat, multi-hued plane with radioactive glowing Thwomps that send undulating shock waves through the right-angle turns. Wario's Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii looks better than ever in HD, but it feels a bit weird now that it's missing the sidewall ramps of the original. Yoshi Circuit from the Gamecube's Double Dash (and later Mario Kart DS) is still full of quick, tight turns that require planning ahead to navigate efficiently. Three of the eight new courses are outright copies of old Mario Kart tracks. AdvertisementĮnlarge / A listing of the content available in DLC Pack 1, straight from Nintendo.The real reason to buy the DLC, though, is the new race tracks, the vast majority of which lean on Nintendo nostalgia like a pleasant crutch. Similarly, racing as Tanooki Mario or Cat Peach feels 95 percent identical to racing as the regular versions of those racers that you didn't have to pay extra to access. Quite quickly, though, Link blends into the game's background noise, his tunic just a trivial bit of green that you occasionally glance at as you try to make sense of the hectic courses around you. And to be sure, Zelda fans will get a nostalgic contact high of recognition when Link lets out his trademark "Hyaaa!" and thrusts his sword triumphantly upward during a jump (complete with the brief flash of a Triforce icon for good measure). Racing around as Link, there is initially a bit of a disconnect seeing his trademark green tunic jammed into a horse-shaped motorbike, surrounding by the trappings of Mario games. Some parts of this nostalgia-mining have been obvious since the DLC was first announced in August, with Legend of Zelda protagonist Link as the most surprising addition to the racing roster.
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Every corner of the new content is full of the kind of historical winks and nods to a variety of Nintendo series that would usually seem more at home in the Super Smash Bros.
Further Reading Nintendo embraces paid DLC with two Mario Kart 8 track packsThank goodness the company is finally catching up, because the first bit of Mario Kart DLC (available now for $8 or as part of a $12 bundle with a second pack, due next May) is the best kind of nostalgic love letter to Nintendo's biggest fans.
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