Mario Kart 8 Wiki Guide

DLC

Mario Kart 8 supports multiple DLC add-ons. So far, outside of an Amiibo update, one piece of free DLC and two paid DLC packs have been announced.

Mercedes-Benz DLC

Release Date
Cost
August 27, 2014
Free

Nintendo added three Mercedes-Benz GLA as karts on August 27 of 2014. This promotional DLC is free.

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The Legend of Zelda X Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack

Release Date
Cost
November 13, 2014
$7.99, $11.99 in bundle

The first of two DLC packs, The Legend of Zelda X Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack came out on November 13, 2014. The content pack contains Link from the Legend of Zelda series as a playable character, alongside Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach. The pack also contains four new vehicles (like F-Zero's Blue Falcon) and two race cups (with four tracks each). Tracks include Hyrule Circuit, Mute City (from F-Zero), and a stage based on Excitebike. Purchasing this DLC pack or the other - or both as a bundle - will also get players additional color skins for Yoshi and Shy Guy. See the course list for the cups, and new characters below:

DLC Characters
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Tanooki Mario (DLC)
Cat Peach (DLC) Link (DLC)
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Egg Cup

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GCN Yoshi's Circuit
Excitebike Arena
Dragon Driftway
Mute City
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Triforce Cup

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Wii Wario's Gold Mine
SNES Rainbow Road
Ice Ice Outpost
Hyrule Circuit

The DLC also includes the following karts and accessories:

Animal Crossing X Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack

Release Date
Cost
April 23rd, 2015
$7.99, $11.99 in bundle

The second of two DLC packs, the Animal Crossing X Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack will be available in May 2015 for around 12 dollars. The content pack contains the Villager and Isabelle from the Animal Crossing series as playable characters, as well as Dry Bowser. The pack also contains four new vehicles and two race cups (with four tracks each). Purchasing this DLC pack or the other - or both as a bundle - will also get players additional color skins for Yoshi and Shy Guy. See the course list for the cups, and the new characters below:

DLC Characters
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Isabelle (DLC) Dry Bowser (DLC)
Villager (DLC)
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Bell Cup

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3DS Neo Bowser City
GBA Ribbon Road
Super Bell Subway
Big Blue
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Crossing Cup

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GCN Baby Park
GBA Cheese Land
Wild Woods
Animal Crossing

The DLC also includes the following karts and accessories:

In This Wiki Guide

Mario Kart 8

Mario Kart 8

Summary:
The exciting racing action of Mario Kart comes to the Wii U in Mario Kart 8! Introduced here are new racing circuit designs and anti-gravity karts that will have players driving upside down.
Franchises:Mario
Genres:Action, Racing
Comic Mischief, Includes online features that may expose players to unrated user-generated content
Platforms:Wii U
Developers:Nintendo
Publishers:Nintendo
Features:Offline Versus Multiplayer, Online Versus Multiplayer, amiibo
Release Date:May 30, 2014