DLC WAVE 6 Gameplay, New Characters & Courses! | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 

In case you were curious Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's nephew, im almost entirely sure they did that so DK is literally a Monkey's Uncle. Funky Kong also isn't related to DK at all he's just a good family friend

Gonna buy my friend who has the game the booster pass now so I can enjoy the content without buying the game myself

12:18 Pauline is around Rosalina's height if you can believe it (in Odyssey she towers over Mario). In Strikers she has more strength than both Bowser and Donkey Kong

31:01 that was clean!! Maybe faster not sure

It's so awesome how these tracks from older games even have the bright and vibrant colors! The atmosphere of them alone makes me feel like I'm back in the 2000's!

One subtle thing I realised is that for the characters like yoshi and shy guy who have multiple colours, the small character selection screen icon will be the colour you last chose. Neat little detail I thought I’d share

Hello Shortcat. I just want to say I love your videos and am always excited when a new video comes out.

Now that all the waves are out I would love to see a course tier list.

Daisy has gotten a rare bit of love this year. First Daisy Cruiser, then Daisy Circuit, and she has become a playable character in a mainline Mario game for the first time with Mario Wonder.

Dude pauline is so sick. I love her animations and design and her voice is beautiful!! Definitely my new main in this game for sure

“You get the Wii Rainbow Road sort of thing!” “This feels like iconic Rainbow road music to me.” -Shortcat, while playing Wii Rainbow Road.

16:08 People were making their guesses based on mainly 2 factors. 1: Back around the time of wave one (I think around then) there was a prefix leak, so people had a rough idea of which games all the courses would come from. The other factor is which courses made it into tour since most (if not all) of the courses are ported in from tour, so people could just make predictions on what was being added to that game.

im so happy for all the attention this guy has got over a couple months

As very likely the last update of Mario Kart 8 deluxe, I think this was a more than great send off! Fan favorites, a new track, and WII RAINBOW ROAD is more than a perfect set of content for me. I’ve also very much enjoyed watching your content for this last while I’ve been watching you, Shortcat! Your commentary, editing, and gameplay is really fun to watch and to this day I can call you one of my favorite RU-vidrs :3 Here’s to more MK8 memories ❤️

bought mk8DX just for the finished booster course pass, it's been a LONG time and i've mostly been playing F-Zero 99, so there was a lot of adjusting to be done. that said, i'm digging all of these courses! i think SNES Bowser Castle 3 is really gonna shine during races. lots of split second decisions to look out for (going for the thin ramparts to get extra items, tricking off the thwomps at the end), really dynamic course!

"arranged marriage from birth" lmaooo dude you're such a natural at live commentary

Peachette is actually Toadette on a mushroom 😊

You can do this snow track shortcat shroomless I made it second try with an mini turbo you don't need smart steering ether

For some info peachette is toadette in disguise. In New super marios bros for nintendo switch there is an powerup specifically made for toadette when you play her called the peach crown and it basically turns toadette into a peach lookalike hence the pigtails indicating it's toadette

Really wanted Airship Fortress from the DS but this is also extremely awesome.

Diddy is an adult of a completely different species (as seen in DK. Jr) but it's weird because all of the Kongs share the same last name. Maybe they're a clan in the traditional sense of the word?

Your nostalgia trip on Wii Rainbow Road was pretty much my response to Super Nintendo Rainbow Road and the F-Zero GX tracks. ... Man, I would love to see all of Super Mario Kart 3Dified.

Ever since I started watching your videos I have been getting much better at Mario Kart 8!

Nah that was quite literally the exact Peachette combo I used 😭. It just fits her perfectly

i'm so excited to play the new tracks tonight w/ my roommate ! he's way better than me, but i've improved so much since i started watching your videos I finally beat him a couple days ago ! can't wait to use this shortcut knowledge to my advantage 😈

This wave is so exciting dude, and yeah I was honestly not excited that they brought back daisy circuit instead of dry dry ruins from Wii but once I got to actually play it I LOVED it!

I didn't expect much from Peachette but she actually turned out to be my favourite character. Her voice just makes it sound like Peach is on drugs and i just find her voicelines so hilarious while playing. She is also really cute. Also, THEY NERFED BAGGING!!!

You’re the only person I’ve seen successfully figure out that shortcut on Rosalina’s Ice World, so far. 👏🏼

Thanks you so much for this awesome content you've helped me hit so many awesome shortcuts that I never knew they were there. Thanks so much, keep up the awesome content.❤

This update is the biggest one yet, adding a soundtrack menu was cool now that it’s easier to listen to music in-game without the engine noises while driving. MK8DX has come a long way and while this was the last wave, it will always remain an amazing game for a long time.

What I would have wanted for Dk mountain is having the old texture and color for more nostalgia

The DK barrels can drop bananas 5:58

As an Italian, I was so glad when you pronounced the word "Avanti" correctly

The fact that the final track would be Wii Rainbow Road was fairly obvious from the very start. With Wave 1 came quite the datamining and people figured out the game that each future track would be from. Considering what they did in the base MK8 game was put Rainbow Roads at the end of cup rows… that’s just what made the most sense, given the last track was known to be a Wii track and it’s a fan favorite. 2022 coming with 3DS Rainbow Road as its final track of the year just strengthened that already not-so-far-fetched guess.

Hey Shortcat! How do you feel about bagging being nerfed/removed from the game?

Gotta comment on how awesome the trick animations are on the new cast! Pauline and Toadette were surprisingly great standouts.

Now that the final part is out, I think I’ll totally go get the booster course pass now

Funky Kong Flame Rider seems really good. It’s my main now

That peachette combo was the cutest thing I've ever seen

4 games have made me cry in the past: Metal Gear Solid 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, VA11-HA11A and Mafia Definitive. *_Now bloodeh Mario Kart 8 with Wii Raindow Road!_*

This game can never run out of content in my opinion. There’s so many karts and characters and even outfits for characters that they can add😭

0:31 since I have no knowledge of mario kart, I don't know if this was intentional of him to point out that combo. Anyway I just love how entertaining these videos are regardless. So I hope this channel grows!

OMG that Rosalina Ice World cut is gonna be so satisfying to pull off with the smart steering LOL

Your performance on Wii Rainbow Road was alright, but I remember seeing a certain RU-vidr solve SIX Rubik’s Cubes while also getting first place. Maybe one day you’ll be able to do something like that 🤔. Love your videos though keep up the good work!

A moment of silence for Piranha Plant Pipeline, forever trapped on mobile ;-;

When your shorts first started coming up on my RU-vid I knew I recognized your voice and now I figured it out Jan

Oh man im starting to imagine my dad realizing those tracks dropped and tells me to play Mario Kart with him

0:38 I actually found I pretty decent Funky Kong inward drift combo, it’s the Jet Bike, Roller Tires, and the Cloud Glider

im from Spain and ive visited Madrid a lot of times now, this map is absolutely beautifull and full of references to the city I love it

Yes, on Daisy Circuit the red and blue shells WILL travel on the sidewalk. I was playing with a friend today and was knocked off of the sidewalk on the final turn when the blue shell went to go hit him.

28.30 Looks like bowser kidnapped the wrong Peach.

Pauline equals Rosalina's stats Peachette equals Yoshi's stats Funky Kong equals Wario's stats Diddy Kong equals Inkling girl's stats

It’s interesting that bagging got nerfed with this update. Looking forward to playing as the new characters!

Technically, piranha plant cove is the second non-city course from tour that is different each lap. They had two versions of Kalimari desert and combined the two with the booster course.

They also added some new Mii racing suits, one for the daisy amiibo, and the others are simply unlocked immediately... I noticed something interesting while racing in the dolphin suit though: 1/15 of my tricks had a new dolphin-like trick alongside the default mii tricks... is this the same for the rest I wonder? Imagine if they update the Animal Crossing mii suit to use the villager tricks. Edit: the best way to see the new tricks is to truck off the blue boost panels on DK Summit or any other track that has them.

It's funny I also really loved DK mountain in Wii and was secretly hoping for it to come to the DLC and it actually came and looks amazing!!! Don't know if there have been any balance changes but if so I would love to see a video on them, also featuring the most optimal combos for the new characters. I wanna go back to my Funky Kong main days but I still want to be optimal!!!

At 26:17 you can skip the panel by going a little over the yellow ring and jump to the other side idk if it's faster but it's cool

24:57 fr though, it’d be so cool to have a Shortcat character added to this game or the next mk game. After all, you’ve had a big role in the mk8dx experience for a lot of people. You make it possible for us to get more enjoyment out of the game by teaching us useful skills and creating a fun community, and your cheerful and funny commentary has drawn people to the game who otherwise wouldn’t have played it. Somebody’s gotta start a petition for a Shortcat character because I’d totally sign that

The suits are for people with the BCP only, just letting ya know.

love to see that after this wave dropped everyone tried to remake the flamerider and played as funky. the hivemind

WAKE UP SHORTCAT UPLOADED🗣️

I main Rosalina and definitely going to use Pauline!! Thank you shortcat for showing these tracks and new dlcs

i don’t play a lot of mario kart myself but i gotta say it’s always lovely to see how much fun you’re having with the game

I’m interested to see a video of your thoughts on the Anti Bagging patch they made

The fact that Wii rainbow road is in wave 6 is definitely gonna make me buy the game AND the dlc. Really good job on this video btw.

When I played funky for the first time I did the same thing, but I used sport bike because it has a similar shape to the flame runner and it's inside drift

As someone who lives in Madrid it's really cool to see such a funny track with so many iconic places. Great job Nintendo, I love it.

Pauline: *sings * High up in the sky! Shortcat: *caught off guard * Did she just sing?! Me: Dude yes she’s a singer. 😂🤣

“I can’t hit my brother” -Shortcat 2023

I like how you came to the same conclusion i did with peachette and city tripper

At 13:12 where you said if you could still see the dlc if you haven’t payed for it and the answer is yes. My brother has Mario kart and hasn’t payed for the dlc yet, but me and my sisters have. But when we’re doing a gameplay by ourselves and we choose the new dlc levels, my brother can still race on those tracks and can see them even if he didn’t pay for it :)

DK lore: Donkey Kong (Cranky Kong) from the arcade game is the modern donkey Kong's gradfather Donkey Kong Jr. is Donkey Kongs father Diddy and Funky are just random unrelated kongs, though Diddy was at some point going to be just a redesign of DK Jr. before the family tree was made

shortcat i've watched your journey from 40k all the way to now! love you man

27:30 when Paulina sang, you can hear an echo too!

Peach’s garden changes each lap a well

Hey man I love your videos, but I always wonder do you play with the joystick or with the motion control?

The fact that you meteor fall in rainbow road just like in the Wii and it’s the only exclusive fall animation in the game revived my entire childhood, I am definitely buying the entire thing now

omgggg peachettes animations are so fluid and cute I love her

I forgot to engage with this when I first watched it, sooooo LOVE your stuff shortcat!!

I'm just letting you know that you can trick off of the Thwomps at the end of Bowser's Castle 3.

So this is what it’s like while preparing to make the “every shortcut” shorts (can’t wait for the new ones) Also not sure if you already knew this or if like 10 other comments are spamming it lol, but in Rome you can trick off of those monty moles at the ends of lap 1 and 3

Wii Rainbow Road looks just like what I thought it looked like on Wii when I was 10 years old, it's amazing

These tracks were really fun for me too!

"Is this the first non-city track to be different every lap?" Kalimari Desert:

NGL Peachette is so cute, I want her. I still don't have the Booster Pass though. 😭

14:03 HOW DID HE DODGE THE RED SHELL WITH A MUSHROOM?! Shortcat please give us your wisdom P.S. Also by any chance would you perhaps know a the best combo for shy guy

I am competing at Mario Kart, because you taught me so much

The credits theme is way better than the original

The Baby Luigi and Baby Daisy statues are so cute.

"I want to bite my dad" -Shortcat

Congratulations you just earned yourself a sub (game music)

For the gap jump on the ice map, you can do it without a mushroom and smart steering while landing safely, just have to get a good drift boost or two beforehand.

I find it funny that me and my friend was hyped for Funky to be in the game, yet we never use him.

I feel like that meme with Robin from the bad version of teen titans “SMALL UNDERWATER SECTION! STEEL DRIVER AND PIPE FRAME, GO!”

This video made me so happy!

It’s crazy how troyd tried the same thing out on DK Mountain

Got me both back into Mario kart and cubing, tysm ❤.

I haven't had a chance to play it yet but im so excited. All these tracks look so good

10:53 I guess you don't count tracks like N64 RR or Mount Wario since it's not technically laps?

yo peachette kinda got it goin on back there