Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pack Wave 4 is available now. Add in a wealth of visual references on top of that and you’ve got a one of the best tracks in the entire package. There’s a fair amount of strategy to it, with various shortcuts and tricks to take advantage of. It pays tribute to the series, while figuring out clever ways to turn platforming elements into racing obstacles. The track is short and sweet, but it does everything a great Mario Kart track should. Land on it and drift around it successfully and you’ll jump through the same goal ring found at the end of a Yoshi’s Island level. Doing so will spawn a wooden ramp on the ramp below. When descending from the clouds, players have the chance to sail into a question mark cloud if they angle their vehicle right.

Like some of the best Mario Kart tracks, it also includes an excellent Easter egg. It offers a full sightseeing tour of Yoshi’s Island, paying tribute to several levels in just one. While it starts out on a hillside, players will dive underwater (avoiding some Clawdaddies along the way) and eventually climb to the clouds before dropping back down to the starting line. What’s especially fun is how dynamic the course is. It’s a cute way to get some classic enemies represented in a way that feels consistent with both Mario Kart and Yoshi’s Island. The first leg has players avoiding Shy Guys who walk around the course on stilts attached to oversized shoes, as well as a pack of Burts anxiously circling around. The track turns some of those references into smart obstacles.

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