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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Unlockables, Characters and Tracks — Gold Mario and Gold Kart

Mario Kart games traditionally feature a lot of content that is locked away when you start the game. Over the years players have had to win championships in order to unlock new courses, but in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe all the content is available from the moment you start the game (no doubt a decision made because this is a re-release of sorts following the Wii U version). That is, all content apart from the brand new Gold Mario included exclusively in the Switch version of Mario Kart 8. Gold Mario is the top Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Unlockable you’ll want to get your hands on.

In this Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Unlockables guide we’ll detail how you unlock Gold Mario in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the main unlockable in the game. If you’re wondering why we’ve also got info on how to stop Blue Shells, you’ll need that skill if you’re going to be successful in your quest to unlock Gold Mario. On top of that we’ve got a rundown of all the tracks, characters and new content in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch.

If you really can’t be bothered to put in the time to unlock Gold Mario, we’ve got plenty more articles on our Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Guide Hub. Head over there if you’re done here.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Unlockables — How to Unlock Gold Mario

The instructions to unlock Gold Mario in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are remarkably simple: Finish first in all 200CC racing events. That’s it. Simple. Except it’s not simple. In fact it’s far from simple as getting that gold trophy in every event is extremely challenging. Luckily for you we’ve got some tips to help you get your mits on the Gold Mario character.

How to Avoid Blue Shells by Boosting in Mario Kart 8

The mushroom is a simple item in Mario Kart 8. Use it and you’ll get a speed boost. It’s an item everyone can understand. But in the right hands it’s a potentially race-winning power-up that can let you dodge a blue shell attack.

With a mushroom in hand wait until the blue shell has activated its final attack, then use the mushroom to accelerate forward and out of the blast radius. Timing here is tricky to master, but get it right and you’ll have a huge advantage when trying to win 200CC races,

Use the Super Horn to Block the Blue Shell in Mario Kart 8

Watch for the moment the blue shell gets in front of you and then tips up, as if to show you its belly. At this exact moment use the Super Horn and you’ll prevent the blue shell from hitting you. Your timing has to be spot on.

To get into first position and have to struggle against the dreaded blue shell you’re going to need to be at the top of your game. Follow our Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Boost Guide for info on how to repeatedly get those essential bursts of speed.

Gold Mario isn’t a new addition to the Mario franchise, even though he’s never appeared in Mario Kart until Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Gold Mario has appeared in Super Mario Maker, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, and Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

It’s worth noting that Gold Mario doesn’t have any special abilities that make him a great character to play as — he’s essentially a reskin of Metal Mario, which means he’s very heavy. Getting hold of him is more of a status symbol that lets you show off to friends.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Unlockables — How to Unlock Gold Parts

As well as getting your hands on Gold Mario, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also has unlockable gold parts. To get all three items you’ll need to complete a series of challenges.

  • Unlock Gold Standard kart: Win every Cup with a single star on both 150cc and Mirror Mode in Grand Prix.
  • Unlock Gold Tires: Beat every Staff Ghost Racer in Time Trial competing at 150cc.
  • Unlock Gold Glider: Collect 10,000 coins.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe offers brand new and retro-inspired Battle mode courses, there are no new tracks for other game modes. What you get in the Switch game is the entire line-up of tracks from the Wii U version of Mario Kart 8 along with all the tracks added via DLC. The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Characters list is also bolstered thanks to a number of brand new characters.

This brings the content package up to a bumper 48 tracks in total. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also includes 41 characters, five of whom are exclusive to the Switch game.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Characters

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch includes a total of 41 characters (not counting variations). This includes all Mario Kart 8’s DLC characters plus five new racers exclusive to the Switch game.

  • Baby Daisy
  • Baby Luigi
  • Baby Mario
  • Baby Peach
  • Baby Rosalina
  • Bowser
  • Bowser Jr. (MK8 Deluxe Exclusive)
  • Cat Peach (Previously MK8 DLC)
  • Daisy
  • Donkey Kong
  • Dry Bones (MK8 Deluxe Exclusive)
  • Dry Bowser (Previously MK8 DLC)
  • Lakitu
  • Larry
  • Lemmy
  • Link (DLC)
  • Ludwig
  • Luigi
  • Gold Mario (unlocked for completing every cup at 200cc)
  • Iggy
  • Inkling Girl (MK8 Deluxe Exclusive, three versions available)
  • Inkling Boy (MK8 Deluxe Exclusive, three versions available)
  • Isabelle (Previously MK8 DLC)
  • King Boo (MK8 Deluxe Exclusive)
  • Koopa Troopa
  • Mario
  • Metal Mario
  • Mii
  • Morton
  • Peach
  • Pink Gold Peach
  • Rosalina
  • Roy
  • Shy Guy (eight versions available)
  • Tanooki Mario (Previously MK8 DLC)
  • Toad
  • Toadette
  • Villager (Previously MK8 DLC)
  • Waluigi
  • Wario
  • Wendy
  • Yoshi (eight versions available)

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tracks

Many of the tracks in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are based on classic courses from Mario Kart games through the years. We’ve marked the platforms each track first appeared on. If you remember them they’ve had quite the visual overhaul in their move to new hardware.

Mushroom Cup

  • Mario Kart Stadium
  • Water Park
  • Sweet Sweet Canyon
  • Thwomp Ruins

Flower Cup

  • Mario Circuit
  • Toad Harbour
  • Twisted Mansion
  • Shy Guy Falls

Star Cup

  • Sunshine Airport
  • Dolphin Shoals
  • Electrodrome
  • Mount Wario

Special Cup

  • Cloudtop Cruise
  • Bone-Dry Dunes
  • Bowser’s Castle
  • Rainbow Road

Shell Cup

  • Moo Moo Meadows (Wii)
  • Mario Circuit (GBA)
  • Cheep Cheep Beach (DS)
  • Toad’s Turnpike (N64)

Banana Cup

  • Dry Dry Desert (GameCube)
  • Donut Plains 3 (SNES)
  • Royal Raceway (N64)
  • DK Jungle (3DS)

Leaf Cup

  • Wario Stadium (DS)
  • Sherbet Land (GameCube)
  • Music Park (3DS)
  • Yoshi Valley (N64)

Lightning Cup

  • Tick-Tock Clock (DS)
  • Piranha Plan Slide (3DS)
  • Grumble Volcano (Wii)
  • Rainbow Road (N64)

Egg Cup (Previously DLC 1 for Mario Kart 8)

  • Yoshi Circuit (GameCube)
  • Excitebike Arena (based on Excitebike)
  • Dragon Driftway
  • Mute City (based on F-Zero)

Triforce Cup (Previously DLC 1 for Mario Kart 8)

  • Wario’s Gold Mine (Wii)
  • Rainbow Road (SNES)
  • Ice Ice Outpost
  • Hyrule Circult (based on Legend of Zelda)

Crossing Cup (Previously DLC 2 for Mario Kart 8)

  • Baby Park (GameCube)
  • Cheese Land (GBA)
  • Wild Woods
  • Animal Crossing (based on Animal Crossing)

Bell Cup (Previously DLC 2 for Mario Kart 8)

  • Neo Bowser City (3DS)
  • Ribbon Road (GBA)
  • Super Bell Subway
  • Big Blue (based on F-Zero)

That’s all the cups, tracks, and characters included in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch. Head elsewhere for details on how to build the best kart/character combo in Mario Kart 8 and a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Weapons Guide.

Now you’ve got Gold Mario and the other Mario Kart 8 Deluxe unlockables we hope you’ll have many great moments of showing off!

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe unlockables

When you start playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, all of the characters (except one) are available, as are all of the tracks — and this includes tracks from all three downloadable content packs for the Wii U’s Mario Kart 8. You’re still going to have to collect coins to unlock the various karts and parts, though.

In this guide, we’ll review what used to be locked or part of a DLC and show you what’s different now. We’ll also talk about the things we know have been added in the Switch version of the game, like new characters and karts.

Mario Kart 8 unlockable and DLC characters

Mario Kart 8 locked characters in two ways: 14 of which were baked into the game and several more arrived with DLC.

From YouTube user ShadowMario3

Unlockable characters

On Wii U, Mario Kart 8 had 14 characters that unlocked in a random order as you completed cups. (Technically, it wasn’t completely random since the eighth character to unlock was always the Mii.)

If you’d like to begin Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with the previously locked characters, you can choose from Baby Rosalina and grown-up Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy, the Koopalings Iggy, Roy, Larry, Lemmy, Wendy, Ludwig and Morton (who doesn’t get a link), Toadette, Laikitu from the general Super Mario universe, Pink Gold Peach and Metal Mario — metallic versions of the classic characters, and Mii.

DLC characters

Mario Kart 8’s DLC added seven playable characters. Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach and Link were part of Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8. The boy and girl villagers and Isabelle from Animal Crossing and Dry Bowser were added with Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8.

Purchasing both of these DLC packs would also unlock eight color variants each for both Yoshi and Shy Guy.

So what’s different in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

Gone are the days of randomly unlocking characters. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has done away with that. Every character is available at the start except for one: Gold Mario (and his gold kart).

New and returning friends

That’s not to say that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe doesn’t have any changes to the lineup (racing pun). King Boo, Dry Bones and Bowser Jr. have been added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as playable characters. Additionally, the Inklings from Splatoon are making their debut for the first time in the Mario Kart series.

How to unlock Gold Mario

From YouTube user ShadowMario3

To unlock Gold Mario, first you’ll have to progress through the 50cc, 100cc and 150cc Grand Prix cups normally to unlock the 200cc races. Then, you’ll have to take first place in all of those Grand Prix cups as well. Once you pull that off, Gold Mario will replace Metal Mario on the character select screen.

How to unlock karts and parts

Unlockable karts and parts

Mario Kart 8 started you off with seven bodies — four karts, two bikes and one ATV — four sets of wheels and one glider. You could unlock 18 more bodies, 17 more sets of wheels and 10 additional gliders. These were unlocked as you collected coins during races — one would unlock every 50 coins until you reached a total of 1,000 coins, at which point one would unlock every 100 coins.

There were three more parts — the gold standard body, gold tires and gold glider — that were unlocked while playing. You’d unlock the gold standard body by getting a star in every Grand Prix cup in every engine class. The gold tires were unlocked by beating the staff ghosts in every time trial. Collecting 10,000 coins would unlock the gold glider.

DLC karts and parts

The three DLC packs added 11 bodies, three sets of wheels, and two gliders.

So what’s different in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

You’re still going to have to collect coins to unlock karts and parts, but all of the DLC additions are available to you.

New parts

Three new bodies have been added for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: the Koopa Clown from Mario Kart 7 and the Inkstrider and Splat Buggy from Splatoon.

How to unlock gold parts

You’re going to have to put in a bit of work to unlock the gold parts. To unlock the gold standard body, you’ll need to get a star rank in every cup in mirror mode (which you unlock by completing all grand prix cups in all engine classes). The tires will now require you to beat the staff ghosts in all of the 150cc time trials. The glider is still unlocked when you collect 10,000 coins.

Mario Kart 8 unlockable and DLC tracks

Unlockable tracks

You started Mario Kart 8 with only one cup (four tracks) available in the Mushroom Cup. Placing third or better in the cup would unlock the next cup, and then you just repeated that process until everything was unlocked.

DLC tracks

In addition to the 32 tracks — eight cups worth — in Mario Kart 8 by default, there were 16 additional tracks — four more cups — available as DLC. The Triforce and Egg Cups were part of the Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8 DLC and the Bell and Crossing Cups were added by Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8.

So what’s different in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

All of these tracks (and cups) are available at the start of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — even the DLC tracks.

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9000 MARII 8 jumped from the Wii U to the new Switch and got «Deluxe» at the end of the title. What does this mean? Lots of small changes, the most significant being what you have to unlock and how you unlock.

In the past, you had to race and rank to unlock the next Cup to participate in and unlock other players you might want to enjoy. This time, all of these things are already unlocked, which means you can choose the character you want to compete as and the cup you want to compete in out of the box, and instead focus on unlocking more important things.

Here’s what you need to know!

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe you start with access to the following equipment:

Karting

  • Standard Carts
  • Steel driver
  • Special chain
  • Sneeker
  • 9000 ATV Standard
  • Splat Buggy

Tires

  • Standard
  • Monster
  • Roller
  • Slim
  • SUV
  • Long

Planers

  • Super glider
  • Parachute
  • Parafoil
  • Aircraft Planer

To unlock more maps, tires and gliders, you need to participate in races in Grand PRIX mode for one player. During each four-course Grand Prix Cup race, you have the opportunity to collect up to ten coins before crossing the finish line. If you have collected 30 or more coins by the end of the Cup, a new item will be available to use in your next race.

If you have collected more than 30 coins by the end of the Cup, these coins are added to your total collected coins in your profile. If you have collected more than 30 extra coins over multiple Cups, this rollover amount will count towards your next unlock.

Here are all you can unlock this way:

Karting

  • Tube Frame
  • Koopa Clown
  • Mach 8
  • Cat Cruiser
  • Tri-Speeder
  • Wiggler
  • Teddy Baggi
  • Bone Ratter

Tires

  • Sliding
  • SUV

    • 9000 Crimson Slim

  • Cyber ​​Slick
  • Retro Off Road
  • GLA Tires
  • Triforce Tires
  • Leaf Tires

Planers

  • Cloud glider
  • Wario Kart, Tire and Glider for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Gold Set.

    • To unlock Golden Mario: Earn first place in all 200cc cups. Golden Mario replaces Metal Mario when ready.
    • To unlock the Gold Standard hull: Earn Star Rank in every cup in the Mirror Grand Prix.
    • To unlock the golden tires: Defeat all Ghost Staffs in each time trial.
    • To unlock the Golden Glider: Collect 10,000 coins in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Unlock Guide — Game Guides & Reviews

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  • Everything available from the start
  • Mii Suit Unlock
  • How to unlock car parts
  • How to unlock the golden car parts
  • How to get golden Mario

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn’t just one of the best Nintendo Switch games, it’s the best-selling game in the entire Mario Kart series. This is a particularly impressive feat given that this is not an entirely original entry, but an updated re-release/port of the game for the Wii U. other. So here’s a rundown of all unlockable items in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and how to get them.

Everything available from the start

Since this was a re-release of a game that many people had already bought and played, Nintendo decided to purchase a lot of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe rsquo; content is available from the start. In particular, the entire in-game character roster and all racetracks, including those sold as DLC for the Wii U game.

This also applies to new characters added for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe : King Boo, Dry Bones, Bowser Jr. and Inklings from Splatoon . Be sure to update to the latest version of the game to get a new suit for Link, which outfits him with the champion tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild . Updated combat mode and 200cc engine class. See also available from the start.

Mii Costume Unlock

Miis, customizable avatars introduced with the Nintendo Wii, can be selected from the start, but players will only have access to their regular racing outfit. To unlock various Mii costumes, players will need the corresponding amiibo figure.

There are 20 Mii costumes in total, each based on a different Nintendo character (as well as several guest stars). Those with eligible amiibo can obtain them by selecting the amiibo symbol from the main menu and tapping their figure on the NFC pad on their controller.

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A list of 20 themed costumes and a list of the amiibo required to unlock them. below:

  • Mario ndash; amiibo Mario or Dr. Mario from the Super Smash Bros. collection. , amiibo Super Mario Mario, Super Mario Odyssey Wedding amiibo Mario or amiibo Mario (Classic Colors) or Mario (Modern Colors) from the Mario 30th Anniversary Collection
  • Luigi ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Luigi or amiibo Super Mario Luigi
  • Peach ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Peach, amiibo Super Mario Peach or amiibo Super Mario Odyssey Wedding Peach
  • Yoshi ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. , Yoshi, Super Mario Yoshi amiibo, or Yoshi’s Green Yarn, Yoshi’s Pink Yarn, Yoshi’s Blue Yarn or Yoshi’s Mega Yarn from the collection Yoshi’s Woolly World
  • Donkey Kong ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Donkey Kong, amiibo Super Mario Donkey Kong, or amiibo Turbo Charge Donkey Kong or Turbo Charge Donkey Kong Dark from Skylanders Superchargers
  • ndash link; Link (Archer), Link ( Link Awakening ), Link ( Majora’s Mask ), Link ( Ocarina of Time ), Link (Rider), Link ( Skyward Sword ), Link ( The Legend of Zelda ) , Link ( Twilight Princess ) or Toon Link ( The Wind Waker ) amiibo from The Legend of Zelda collection or amiibo Link, Toon Link or Young Link from Super Smash Bros. Collection
  • Captain Falcon ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Captain Falcon
  • Kirby ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Kirby or amiibo Kirby from the Kirby

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  • Samus ndash; amiibo Samus or Zero Suit Samus from collection Super Smash Bros. or amiibo Metroid Samus
  • Foxndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Fox
  • Toad ndash; amiibo Super Mario Bros. Toad
  • Bowser ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Bowser, amiibo Super Mario Bowser, amiibo Super Mario Odyssey Wedding Bowser or Skylanders SuperCharger Hammer Slammer Bowser amiibo
  • Vario ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. or amiibo Super Mario Wario
  • Rosalina ndash; game Super Smash Bros. Rosalina & Amiibo Luma or amiibo Super Mario Rosalina
  • Pikminndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Olimar or amiibo Pikmin from collection Pikmin
  • Animal Crossing ndash; any Animal Crossing amiibo , any Animal Crossing series 1 ndash amiibo card; 4, any amiibo card Animal Crossing: New Leaf , any Animal Crossing: New Leaf ndash; An amiibo card from the Sanrio Collaboration Pack or amiibo Super Smash Bros. Villager
  • Mega Manndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Mega Man
  • Pac-Man ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Pac-Man
  • Sonic the Hedgehog ndash; amiibo Super Smash Bros. Sonic
  • Splatoon ndash; Callie, Marie, Inkling Girl, Inkling Boy, Inkling Squid, Octoling Girl, Octoling Boy, or Octoling Octopus amiibo from Collection Splatoon or Super Smash Bros . Inkling amiibo

Some amiibo launched after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are unfortunately incompatible with the game, even if they depict one of the above characters. This includes amiibo Samus from Metroid Dread and the fifth series of amiibo Animal Crossing cards.

How to unlock car parts

Instead of offering specific kart builds, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe allows players to customize their vehicle, whether it’s a kart, bike or ATV, with three different parts: body, wheels and airframe. The characteristics of the car will change depending on the selected parts, which allows for balanced parameters or something well-versed in a particular area, such as speed or handling.

Most of these parts must be unlocked by collecting coins while racing. . They can be found scattered around the racetracks or in item boxes, so players will pick them up naturally, especially since they also increase the racer’s top speed.

However, there is no shop in the game to spend them on. Instead, collecting coins increases the total amount, which gradually rewards you with randomly selected pieces at certain stages. Parts will begin to open for every 30 coins collected. Upon reaching 450 coins, they are unlocked for every 50 coins collected. When the total reaches 1500 coins, details will only be unlocked for every 100 coins collected.

This means that it takes 3100 coins to unlock (almost) every part. It’s also worth mentioning that any vehicle parts that were DLC for the original Mario Kart 8 are included in the base game and will be unlocked naturally. In fact, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe does not come with any paid DLC, which is a missed opportunity, to be honest.

How to Get Gold Vehicle Parts

There are three special gold vehicle parts that are much harder to unlock. Of the three, Gold Glider is perhaps the easiest, as it only requires you to collect more coins. However, 5000 is needed, so it will take a long time.

The other two are much more difficult. The Gold Standard body requires players to achieve a 1-star rating (minimum 54 points) on all 12 Grand Prix Cups in Mirror Mode, where racetracks flip vertically. The mirrored cups also boast tougher AI, so that might take some time too.

As for Gold Wheels, players must defeat all 48 staff ghosts in a 150cc time trial. While players don’t have to worry about interference from other racers like in a Grand Prix, anyone who wants to get their hands on every detail of the car will need to master drifting, learn race tracks inside out, know where the best shortcuts are and when is the best time to use the limited number of mushrooms. provided at the beginning, which give a slight boost in speed.

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