I don't think that Funky will share a spot with DK because their trick animations and voice clips are different unlike other skins. Further more, we can even see DK in the trailer and 2 of the same character can't be racing at the same time when offline. Therefore, Funky Kong is NOT a skin of DK and his own separate character.
The problem with the 2nd option Is that the other characters that have alternate costumes Is that they are only recolors, not different characters like Funky and Peachette. Plus Peachette being in Peach's spot doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Yes, she Is a Peach clone, but she Is a Toadette esclusive transformation.
@@biondigiacomo7176Weight classes don’t actually matter. 8DX considers alts as entirely separate characters in the files, meaning Dry Bowser could technically become Baby Rosalina’s alt without any issues! However, it’s more likely the fursuits are replaced.
Frrr im tired of the same karts wheels and gliders. For such a big game with 96 tracks and like 50 Characters, being just like 10 karts and fewer glider and wheels its just dissapointing
If you rewatch the Wave 6 DLC announcement you can see that Diddy Kong,Funky Kong, Pauline and Peachette all have a icon on their bikes and karts so this means that it isn't an alternative and they are all separate characters. We could actually get more characters but I'm not sure about that. Just rewatch the Wave 6 and analyze
@@DevilSpider_ There are either 2 things that may happen for the Final Wave. 1) Diddy Kong and Funky Kong are alternate skins and Pauline and Peachette fill the spots Or VISE versa OR 2) There is a character Booster Course Pass that will add more characters and they will fill out the row for wave 6 and put another column slot for the Character Booster Course Pass
I noticed something, when they reveal the new characters its like this: Funky Kong (character), why would they need to specify that they are characters, my theory, we're getting costumes for other characters, exemple: Builder Mario (costume) or Captain Toad (costume)
Obviously Funky Kong will be put with DK, but Peachette since she came from New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe as only playable by Toadette, will be a definite alt costume for Toadette.
All I’m saying is that it’s possible. Unless Peachette and Funky take the slots of existing character alts, they’ll have to add them on an entirely new row, leaving four extra slots. They probably chose the four big characters to use in the trailer and saved the rest as a surprise announcement.
My guess is they had more planned all along, they just weren’t ready in time for the earlier waves. My guess is they’ll add them in a small update by themselves
here's an idea. remember back in march when wave 4 dropped and we got a leak saying we'll get 14 characters total for dlc? people didn't believe it then, but if you go by column/row you get 6 in a row, 8 in a column. add the two together and you get 14. what if instead, pauline and peachette get a new row across the bottom with 6 new characters making for 14 total? besides, adding ANOTHER row to the right will start to squish the 3d character select preview.
the 3rd option is unrealistic cuz were getting a new console soon anyway, theyre probably already working on the next mario kart game, not adding more to 8 deluxe. most likely theyll just rearrange the character select screen from an 8*6 to a 5*10 to fit in the two more characters than we thought we'd get.
No chance Nintendo would put any DLC character behind old ones as costumes. They want all the DLC characters advertised front and center on the character screen for non DLC buyers.
I think It will look like a mix between option 1 & 3. I wish there would be four remaining slot after the Booster Course Pass, and then we get some dlc for battle mode that adds the other four characters.
the horizontal lines have 8 slots, besides every horizontal line has its own theme so they will probably just move the dlc character row between de koopalings and cross over characters.
Nintendo is definitely not making funky Kong an alt for Dk,Funky and Dk is both different characters and it’s like having Luigi as an alt for Mario because they look similar and have the same face,Funky needs his own slot and so does peachette
Nintendo are not doing alts. Villager boy and use to share a slot in the original. In deluxe, they are their own characters. If they are doing alts, it would have to make sense. Other colored Yoshis: yes. Funky being an alt for DK: no.
Well they may rearrange the roster again, just to put the DLC characters in the left and right corner, leaving the first and last rows intact while the left corner is formed by Birdo, Wiggler, Diddy Kong and Pauline, and the right corner is formed by Petey Piranha, Kamek, Funky Kong and Peachette
If 👏🏻 they 👏🏻 have 👏🏻 their 👏🏻 own 👏🏻 animations 👏🏻 they 👏🏻 are 👏🏻 unique 👏🏻 characters 👏🏻 No other costume in MK8 changes the animations for tricking. Yoshi and Birdo all have the same animations regardless of color. Metal and Gold Mario both share trick animations, while Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach are unique… this is what determines costume from unique character slot along with stats.
What they could is make Toadette have the option as a costume for Peachette, and then also have Villager Boy and Girl as costumes like they did on Wii U, and then Funky and Pauline would have there two available spots
Tbh this would be a great way to do unlockables unlock character alts, i would really like it if they make the tour characters unlockables. But if not that alts should be considered.
The reason that yoshi, inkling, link, etc have costumes is because they share the same animations and voice clip. In the reveal we see that funky has different animations and voice clips, so i think he'll be his own character. For the same reason, i dont think he'll replace tanooki mario and cat peach due to them having different animations. We DEFINITELY aren't getting more characters, they revealed most of the heavy hitters. Online, I've seen a lot of wishlists and most of them included one of the following: Diddy, Funky, Pauline, and ROB. If they were to add 4 more characters, it would probably be ROB, Hammer, Boomerang, Fire, and Ice Bro (all costumes), DK Jr., and King Bob-Omb. I feel like they're just going to stick with the uneven character select screen. But, in a few months I will probably go back to this comment and see all the replies telling me how poorly this aged and that they're adding 4 more characters, but none of the ones i listed. Very cool
Bro rob and dk jr would never get added. Not only are they the hardest to port to 8d, they’re also the least relevant. Dixie/nabbit/captain toad are much more likely imo
@@sushi287 well honestly, it’d be weird if they revealed more characters and didn’t include rob. while yes he’s not very likely, imagine people’s reaction to Captain Toad and Nabbit, after the reveal of peachette, and some more popular and arguably objectively better characters didn’t make the cut.
My personal take on how this could play out (if Nintendo is trying to preserve Tour's legacy): -Tanooki Mario, Metal Mario / Gold Mario, Cat Peach, Pink Gold Peach and Dry Bowser will be reworked to have the same stats as Mario, Peach and Bowser respectively so they can become alts instead of using up character slots (this change may not be used for Dry Bones since there are many different Koopas, so they could still be different). -Peachette could be a Toadette alt (because they are still technically the same character as seen in Mario Bros. U Deluxe). -The Villagers and Inklings could be merged into one slot as well (though it wouldn't make as much sense since they are still different characters, but can be argued for since in Splatoon and Animal Crossing they are made to represent the player, like Miis, who can be changed depending on which ones the player has created in the Mii Maker app) That leaves 8 more character slots available, which allows for more characters: -Nabbit -Hammer Bro (the other Bros would be alts) -King Bob-Omb -Monty Mole -Chargin' Chuck -Donkey Kong Jr. (though he should probably get a 3D model to match the rest of the cast, similar to what he would have gotten in Double Dash were it not for him being replaced by Diddy) -Poochy -Dixie Kong And there could potentially be more characters not from Tour (I'll give every possibility for this slot): -Paratroopa (Double Dash) (would be a different slot for the same reason as Dry Bones) -Toadsworth (Drives the Gold Car in the Award Ceremony in Double Dash) -Pac-Man (Arcade) -Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade) -Blinky (Arcade) -Mametchi (Arcade) -Don-Chan (Arcade) -Robo-Mario (Arcade) -ROB (MKDS) -E. Gadd (was supposed to be in MKDS) -Honey Queen (MK7) -Cranky Kong (Newcomer) The other character costumes and Mii suits could also be added in. It could also be possible that any karts, wheels or gliders from Tour that are not yet in 8DX can be added in this wave, and the reworking of part slots could be the same way as stated for characters (example: Roller and Azure Roller tires could now be in one slot) I still hope they add to Battle Mode and give more items to use (especially with Custom Items being added in wave 3). As for the courses still only in Tour or other games, we'll see if they make a BCP2.
I honestly think they may add more stuff from tour to Mario kart , cause tour is being done in October and they can easily add all the alts ( like they have birdo , yoshi and shy guy selection screen) and bring in 4 more characters, but i really want and see all the alts in each character ( cause i really want party Pauline and aurora roselina outfit too )
All of this is great but people keep forgetting that Peachette is really Toadette so she would be under Toadette instead. I know she looks like Peach but she’s a power up not peach herself in a new mushroom crown.
The only characters that were in mainline Mario karts that aren’t in 8 deluxe are DK Jr, paratroopa, ROB, and honey queen. If they add 4 more slots to make the select screen balanced they might be the ones added.
There’s a problem with your first two theories, because the last row of the character’s select screen is special in a way that there’s only non-mario-universe related characters in it, so those theories would just completely break this rule.
They could turn Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach into costumes for Mario and Peach respectively, also they should move the Mii slot over one so it is in the bottom right.
I really hope this is true. My friends and I loved the Direct, but Dixie Kong being the one Kong in Mario Kart Tour omitted from MK8D was the biggest disappointment for us, so I hope she is added in.
I think Nintendo completely filling a new collumn in makes most sense. I doubt they actually revealed all their characters when they just revealed one character for the teaser last wave and then two other characters. It actually makes even more sense because this would mean Nintendo added two characters for each wave. Maybe people can buy single waves once the pass is finished and characters will be evenly distributed for each.
@SwitchStop What about options 4, 5, and 6? Option 4: A new row instead of a column for an additional 6 characters. Optional 5: A combination of Options 3 and 4 for a new column and a new row. Option 6: Turn the roster 10x5, and don't add more characters at all. There could also be the "Echo Racers" route where each additional character shares a slot wih a character they share traits or stats with (ex: Nabbit and Bowser Jr. both having scarves with teeth), but that sounds off and would make the mini rosters a bit awkward.
I'm pretty sure they will make all of them a seperate character because of all the different "power-up" characters like tenuki mario not being an alt but instead being his own character
What if they decided to combine the male and female versions of inkling and villager, which would leave 2 empty spots on the character select screen for the final 2 characters. Or maybe add more characters from different Nintendo games like Kirby or something.
If they add an extra column my picks would be: Dixie, Nabbit, Poochy and King Bob Omb. I think they began to add characters too late, up until wave 4, if they added new character since wave 1 we could have more characters
My guess is that Pauline and diddy Kong are new characters, funky Kong is a alternative costume for donkey Kong and peachette is an alternative costume for peach 3:29 oh
both funky and even peachette are just different people it would be weird to merge them when there's alts like cat peach and tandoori mario out there which i doubt they'd wanna merge and make less characters overall, i dont think costumes are necessary tbh another four characters to fill up another column is the best i can hope for
I can totally see Nintendo throwing a curve ball and adding more characters since it's the last wave! It's Nintendo after all .. they're full of surprises ... just look at the introduction of Peachette. I wasn't particularly wanting her, more wanting characters such as ROB and Paratroopa with em being legacy characters, but it was a nice surprise showing that they could do anything to shock us. Also, with tour coming to an end with content and eventually closing down, it's kinda a waste having all the costumes/characters that haven't been ported to 8DX not being used within the mainline console game and lost forever within pixel space. So, I could defo see them adding new content updates to the game like you said with the content, that or save them for the next mainline game. Oh yeah btw, great vid! lots of good possibilities!
I would hate it if they made Funky Kong a costume for DK. He is a original character that desserves his own roster slot unlike Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach.
Something this video did fail to recognize was the the GP rival edit. A few waves back, Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, Metal Mario, and Pink Gold Peach were all removed as rivals in Grand Prix, meaning they could not appear alongside their main counterparts. This also occurred with the Link styles, suggesting this was a change done for clone/costume characters. Thus, it’s evidently more likely that Pauline and Peachette replace Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach in the selection screen. No DLC characters can reasonably become alts as all of the DLC content needs to be available to view for the consumer. An official overview of the teaser confirmed that we are only receiving four characters this wave, and since Metal Mario has 7 going for him, it’s likely that the final outcome is the fursuits being swapped for the extra two characters.
@SwitchStop Would you do a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe video on what returning karts from the Mario Kart series (including Tour) could be added if Nintendo considers it? For example... - Wild Wing, B-Dasher Mk. II, and Flame Flyer from Mario Kart Wii - Streamliner, Poltergust 4000, Royale from Mario Kart DS - Blue 7 & Cloud 9 from Mario Kart 7 - Super Pipe Frame from Mario Kaet 64 (and a unused prototype for Mario Kart 8 for Wii U) - Comet Tail, Yellow Taxi, & Banana Master from Mario Kart Tour -Etc. After all, since Bangkok Rush in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is able to keep its cameos of Flame Flyer and Royale when traversing the Sky Train path, I don't see why additional vehicles should not be added.
@@biondigiacomo7176 When taking the upper path of the Sky Train in Bangkok Rush in Laps 1 and 3, there are 3 billboards to the right (left in mirrored track) that sponsor a "Mario Kart Motor Show". One billboard sports the P-Wing (one of two of my all-time favorite Mario Kart vehicles), and the other two sport vehicles not yet used in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Flame Flyer (from Mario Kart Wii) with Off-Road wheels and Royale (from Mario Kart DS) with Standard Wheels. With Bangkok Rush being a Mario Kart Tour track, these vehicle cameos were retainef when the track was transferred over into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
@@biondigiacomo7176 It's okay. I'm one of only a few people who bring up the cameos both in Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, because not many people talk about them or bring up the subject on them.
PIN? The chance of Peachette and Funky Kong being costumes are highly unlikely as you would need to buy DLC for the extra waves but DK and are included without DLC so it would just kinda be weird for Nintendo to do that.
Now that you say it, there are 50 characters So now it's 48 in a 8×6 rectangle But they could do a 7×7 square (=49) and put the miis at the bottom like in wii and 7. It sounds way too possible to me :( Btw, botw link and "normal" link have 2 different symbols as well
Im pretty sure they will adjust the menu. probably cut a row and add a character to column. they did this with smash to adjust to upcoming DLC characters.
Why is everyone not thinking that each row horizonally is 8 characters? They'll just make another horizontal row below the WII U DLC characters. There will not be more characters and it wont be awkward placements on the character screen. Its basic math people.
Im sorry but you Didnt mention the most obvious option, they will delete one vertical row and replace it with a horizontal one, the horizontal has 6 characters and the vertical 4 so I perfectly fits
I was expecting to for when I seen forecasters. I was so surprised and I was really like hoping. Maybe we'll see more characters heck. Maybe they'll add new carts or or they're costumes eva add more new characters
Right we need new Karts. Idk but when Nintendo gave us 2 bonus characters I feel like we will get more characters and I hope R.O.B. Will be there R.O.B. Is my child hood character is Mario kart DS but then he never came back. But obviously Mario is super old and R.O.B IS JUST UNIQUE AND SPECIAL
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Remember Wave 2? There was a bug internally that made Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario not show up as CPUs because the game recognised them as *alts for Peach and Mario* So hype responsably
I'm personally hoping that if we do get even more characters/skins, that we get King Bob-omb and Cat Mario, as they are probably my favorite Tour characters that I've unlocked. (Cat Mario could share the same stats as Tanooki Mario. It would make perfect sense if that's the case.)
Funky and DK are different characters and so are Peach and Peachette so it would be weird to make them alts. I think it would make way more sense to make tanooki Mario and cat Peach alts of mario and peach because they are the same character.
Just put them in a new row on the bottom, then you get to have Pauline and Peachette down there, then add 6 more. My choices would be Hammer Bro, King Bob-omb, Monty, DK Jr., Chuck, and Nabbit. Poochy honorable mention.
It’s pretty obvious that they’re making either Tanooki and Cat alts of Mario and Peach or they’re just gonna merge the Inklings and Villagers into two slots instead of four.
I think more characters will come with the wave. Proof? Characters weren't being added to the game until like Wave 3, skipping a couple waves, so maybe the new new characters will make up for their absence in the first 2 or so waves?
I don't think that Funky will share a spot with DK because their trick animations and voice clips are different unlike other skins. Further more, we can even see DK in the trailer and 2 of the same character can't be racing at the same time when offline. Therefore, Funky Kong is NOT a skin of DK and his own separate character.
True but other skins are alts like Yoshi and shy guy and metal Mario after u beat 200cc
Plus he was a hyped up character and it would be a waste
@@Eli_Stars1
But those alts all share the same trick animations and weight stats.
@@awkwardsilence4427 oh i don't think i read it correctly then
@@awkwardsilence4427just like link and the BOTW link,So funky Kong can have his own slot
The problem with the 2nd option Is that the other characters that have alternate costumes Is that they are only recolors, not different characters like Funky and Peachette. Plus Peachette being in Peach's spot doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Yes, she Is a Peach clone, but she Is a Toadette esclusive transformation.
What if they replaced the Gold Mario and Pink Gold Peach with them? Basically adding them to normal Mario and Peach as alts.
@@kylewood4488-b9r that is more likely, but not a lot at the same time. They are clones but they have different weight classes
also peachette has a unique voice
@@kylewood4488-b9rid say more likely they merge tanooki Mario and cat peach onto Mario and peach’s spot
@@biondigiacomo7176Weight classes don’t actually matter. 8DX considers alts as entirely separate characters in the files, meaning Dry Bowser could technically become Baby Rosalina’s alt without any issues! However, it’s more likely the fursuits are replaced.
I wonder will we get more karts and gliders. I wish we had different variants of those things.
Frrr im tired of the same karts wheels and gliders. For such a big game with 96 tracks and like 50 Characters, being just like 10 karts and fewer glider and wheels its just dissapointing
For real, using the same karts parts is getting really boring
@@boomslayer7336 not to mention there are like 2 karts that dominate the meta and very very few inside drift bikrs
@@Gomk141 yeah that's true, I keep forgetting that the meta keeps changing
@@boomslayer7336 i like that bc i was tired of seeing waluigi in the wiggler everywhere
If you rewatch the Wave 6 DLC announcement you can see that Diddy Kong,Funky Kong, Pauline and Peachette all have a icon on their bikes and karts so this means that it isn't an alternative and they are all separate characters. We could actually get more characters but I'm not sure about that. Just rewatch the Wave 6 and analyze
Yea I mention that in the vid with peachette
Having a new icon doesn't mean they can't be costumes.
Just look at Link. His two costumes have different logos
@@DevilSpider_ There are either 2 things that may happen for the Final Wave.
1) Diddy Kong and Funky Kong are alternate skins and Pauline and Peachette fill the spots Or VISE versa OR
2) There is a character Booster Course Pass that will add more characters and they will fill out the row for wave 6 and put another column slot for the Character Booster Course Pass
@@KiritoandNash2022I believe that is what they will do “most likely”. Good Catch
@@DevilSpider_ That's right. If Peachette being Toadette's alt, that's pretty make sense because they're same person
I hope they add a battle mode gamepass with Honey Queen, Dixie Kong, King Bob Omb and Nabbit
me too.
I think they should add hammer bro or montymole over honey queen and Dixie
@@EnterNickname_EnterNo. We need more females that aren’t humans
@@EnterNickname_Enter nah, horrible idea
I noticed something, when they reveal the new characters its like this: Funky Kong (character), why would they need to specify that they are characters, my theory, we're getting costumes for other characters, exemple: Builder Mario (costume) or Captain Toad (costume)
Great point!
It’s a good point but then that’s not the only thing that’s painfully obvious like Daisy Circuit (Course) you know
no they’re not doing that if they do that they’ll kill the hype of Mario kart 9
@@KingKal101 Maybe but this is similar to Super Smash Bros Ultimate, we don't even know if we'll get a new one
@@sans7342 nah they’ll do it for mk9 no point for 8
Obviously Funky Kong will be put with DK, but Peachette since she came from New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe as only playable by Toadette, will be a definite alt costume for Toadette.
All I’m saying is that it’s possible. Unless Peachette and Funky take the slots of existing character alts, they’ll have to add them on an entirely new row, leaving four extra slots. They probably chose the four big characters to use in the trailer and saved the rest as a surprise announcement.
My guess is they had more planned all along, they just weren’t ready in time for the earlier waves. My guess is they’ll add them in a small update by themselves
here's an idea. remember back in march when wave 4 dropped and we got a leak saying we'll get 14 characters total for dlc? people didn't believe it then, but if you go by column/row you get 6 in a row, 8 in a column. add the two together and you get 14. what if instead, pauline and peachette get a new row across the bottom with 6 new characters making for 14 total? besides, adding ANOTHER row to the right will start to squish the 3d character select preview.
the 3rd option is unrealistic cuz were getting a new console soon anyway, theyre probably already working on the next mario kart game, not adding more to 8 deluxe. most likely theyll just rearrange the character select screen from an 8*6 to a 5*10 to fit in the two more characters than we thought we'd get.
No chance Nintendo would put any DLC character behind old ones as costumes. They want all the DLC characters advertised front and center on the character screen for non DLC buyers.
I think It will look like a mix between option 1 & 3. I wish there would be four remaining slot after the Booster Course Pass, and then we get some dlc for battle mode that adds the other four characters.
the horizontal lines have 8 slots, besides every horizontal line has its own theme so they will probably just move the dlc character row between de koopalings and cross over characters.
Nintendo is definitely not making funky Kong an alt for Dk,Funky and Dk is both different characters and it’s like having Luigi as an alt for Mario because they look similar and have the same face,Funky needs his own slot and so does peachette
Peachette is literally toadette, but she has her own symbol...
Nintendo are not doing alts. Villager boy and use to share a slot in the original. In deluxe, they are their own characters. If they are doing alts, it would have to make sense.
Other colored Yoshis: yes.
Funky being an alt for DK: no.
Well they may rearrange the roster again, just to put the DLC characters in the left and right corner, leaving the first and last rows intact while the left corner is formed by Birdo, Wiggler, Diddy Kong and Pauline, and the right corner is formed by Petey Piranha, Kamek, Funky Kong and Peachette
Fun Fact, after wave 6 launches, we can play the entirety of the Wii Star Cup in 8 Deluxe, with any mkwii character
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No other costume in MK8 changes the animations for tricking. Yoshi and Birdo all have the same animations regardless of color. Metal and Gold Mario both share trick animations, while Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach are unique… this is what determines costume from unique character slot along with stats.
What they could is make Toadette have the option as a costume for Peachette, and then also have Villager Boy and Girl as costumes like they did on Wii U, and then Funky and Pauline would have there two available spots
Tbh this would be a great way to do unlockables unlock character alts, i would really like it if they make the tour characters unlockables. But if not that alts should be considered.
They should put builder Mario and fire and ice mario as a costume for Mario
funky deserves his own slot!
The reason that yoshi, inkling, link, etc have costumes is because they share the same animations and voice clip. In the reveal we see that funky has different animations and voice clips, so i think he'll be his own character. For the same reason, i dont think he'll replace tanooki mario and cat peach due to them having different animations. We DEFINITELY aren't getting more characters, they revealed most of the heavy hitters. Online, I've seen a lot of wishlists and most of them included one of the following: Diddy, Funky, Pauline, and ROB. If they were to add 4 more characters, it would probably be ROB, Hammer, Boomerang, Fire, and Ice Bro (all costumes), DK Jr., and King Bob-Omb. I feel like they're just going to stick with the uneven character select screen. But, in a few months I will probably go back to this comment and see all the replies telling me how poorly this aged and that they're adding 4 more characters, but none of the ones i listed. Very cool
They would probably add most of the characters you mentioned except Rob. He isn’t in Tour and can’t ride bikes. So he has like no chance
Bro rob and dk jr would never get added. Not only are they the hardest to port to 8d, they’re also the least relevant. Dixie/nabbit/captain toad are much more likely imo
@@generalcrab0009 it’s copium, let me have this. #ROBwasRobbed
@@sushi287 well honestly, it’d be weird if they revealed more characters and didn’t include rob. while yes he’s not very likely, imagine people’s reaction to Captain Toad and Nabbit, after the reveal of peachette, and some more popular and arguably objectively better characters didn’t make the cut.
@@Jujan04 the problem is that he's not in tour. And the content in tour has ended. He has no chances now
peachette should be a skin of toadette
Paratroopa and Hammer Bro 100% need a spot
My personal take on how this could play out (if Nintendo is trying to preserve Tour's legacy):
-Tanooki Mario, Metal Mario / Gold Mario, Cat Peach, Pink Gold Peach and Dry Bowser will be reworked to have the same stats as Mario, Peach and Bowser respectively so they can become alts instead of using up character slots (this change may not be used for Dry Bones since there are many different Koopas, so they could still be different).
-Peachette could be a Toadette alt (because they are still technically the same character as seen in Mario Bros. U Deluxe).
-The Villagers and Inklings could be merged into one slot as well (though it wouldn't make as much sense since they are still different characters, but can be argued for since in Splatoon and Animal Crossing they are made to represent the player, like Miis, who can be changed depending on which ones the player has created in the Mii Maker app)
That leaves 8 more character slots available, which allows for more characters:
-Nabbit
-Hammer Bro (the other Bros would be alts)
-King Bob-Omb
-Monty Mole
-Chargin' Chuck
-Donkey Kong Jr. (though he should probably get a 3D model to match the rest of the cast, similar to what he would have gotten in Double Dash were it not for him being replaced by Diddy)
-Poochy
-Dixie Kong
And there could potentially be more characters not from Tour (I'll give every possibility for this slot):
-Paratroopa (Double Dash) (would be a different slot for the same reason as Dry Bones)
-Toadsworth (Drives the Gold Car in the Award Ceremony in Double Dash)
-Pac-Man (Arcade)
-Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade)
-Blinky (Arcade)
-Mametchi (Arcade)
-Don-Chan (Arcade)
-Robo-Mario (Arcade)
-ROB (MKDS)
-E. Gadd (was supposed to be in MKDS)
-Honey Queen (MK7)
-Cranky Kong (Newcomer)
The other character costumes and Mii suits could also be added in. It could also be possible that any karts, wheels or gliders from Tour that are not yet in 8DX can be added in this wave, and the reworking of part slots could be the same way as stated for characters (example: Roller and Azure Roller tires could now be in one slot)
I still hope they add to Battle Mode and give more items to use (especially with Custom Items being added in wave 3).
As for the courses still only in Tour or other games, we'll see if they make a BCP2.
bro forgot about dixie
@@santinocermelo7330 Oh yeah right I did
I'll add that
Parabones can be a alt along with the colored ones
Ms. Pacman won't come back
Forgot honey queen
I honestly think they may add more stuff from tour to Mario kart , cause tour is being done in October and they can easily add all the alts ( like they have birdo , yoshi and shy guy selection screen) and bring in 4 more characters, but i really want and see all the alts in each character ( cause i really want party Pauline and aurora roselina outfit too )
All of this is great but people keep forgetting that Peachette is really Toadette so she would be under Toadette instead. I know she looks like Peach but she’s a power up not peach herself in a new mushroom crown.
The 4 added characters in the thumbnail are all dreams
Why not just merge the Inkling boy and girl and villager boy and girl, would be weird to make Funky a DK skin really.
My only issue with Funky being an alt is that we saw DK in the same race behind Pauline. Two alts can’t race at the same time
Yeah. I also saw DK and funky together on a screenshot in LA Laps
@@dr_wardin yup
It’s going to bother me so much if the Mii icon isn’t the last in the row of characters
I think they're going to put male and female villager/inkling together, clearing up 2 more slots.
Who cares about characters when they don’t matter. Characters only really mattered in double dash when they got unique items.
They’ll probably release the other 4 characters in booster course pass 2 or in free updates post wave 6.
The only characters that were in mainline Mario karts that aren’t in 8 deluxe are DK Jr, paratroopa, ROB, and honey queen. If they add 4 more slots to make the select screen balanced they might be the ones added.
There’s a problem with your first two theories, because the last row of the character’s select screen is special in a way that there’s only non-mario-universe related characters in it, so those theories would just completely break this rule.
They could turn Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach into costumes for Mario and Peach respectively, also they should move the Mii slot over one so it is in the bottom right.
Also peachette is not going to be with toadette. They have different weight classes.
I only needed Pauline, but having even more would be great. I imagine we could have Dixie, King Bob Omb, Nabbit and Hammer Bro to fill one more row.
Couldn't they just merge the Villagers like they did on the Wii U version and do the same with inklings to make room??? LMAO
I hope they add more characters, or at least like King Bob-Omb or maybe King boo (luigis mansion) like a skin or something
I have an idea! Just move the dlc character to the bottom!
I really hope this is true. My friends and I loved the Direct, but Dixie Kong being the one Kong in Mario Kart Tour omitted from MK8D was the biggest disappointment for us, so I hope she is added in.
I think Nintendo completely filling a new collumn in makes most sense. I doubt they actually revealed all their characters when they just revealed one character for the teaser last wave and then two other characters.
It actually makes even more sense because this would mean Nintendo added two characters for each wave. Maybe people can buy single waves once the pass is finished and characters will be evenly distributed for each.
@SwitchStop What about options 4, 5, and 6?
Option 4: A new row instead of a column for an additional 6 characters.
Optional 5: A combination of Options 3 and 4 for a new column and a new row.
Option 6: Turn the roster 10x5, and don't add more characters at all.
There could also be the "Echo Racers" route where each additional character shares a slot wih a character they share traits or stats with (ex: Nabbit and Bowser Jr. both having scarves with teeth), but that sounds off and would make the mini rosters a bit awkward.
i have researched on mario kart tour and i dont think its getting shut down. there are no new stuff coming, but the service is still intact
In the UK trailer it clearly states "Wave 6 - 8 courses + 4 characters"
Therefore, no, we are _NOT_ getting more characters.
I'm pretty sure they will make all of them a seperate character because of all the different "power-up" characters like tenuki mario not being an alt but instead being his own character
Why would Peachette be a skin for Peach when she’s a Toadette I’m pretty sure that would mean she would be a reskin of Toadette not Peach big guy
Nintendo is running out of room on the character select screen
My guess is that they will make the character roster into a 7x7 and then place the Mii slot on the bottom
What if they decided to combine the male and female versions of inkling and villager, which would leave 2 empty spots on the character select screen for the final 2 characters.
Or maybe add more characters from different Nintendo games like Kirby or something.
i think they're just gonna put the villagers and inklings into one slot like MK8U
If they add an extra column my picks would be: Dixie, Nabbit, Poochy and King Bob Omb. I think they began to add characters too late, up until wave 4, if they added new character since wave 1 we could have more characters
My guess is that Pauline and diddy Kong are new characters, funky Kong is a alternative costume for donkey Kong and peachette is an alternative costume for peach 3:29 oh
both funky and even peachette are just different people it would be weird to merge them when there's alts like cat peach and tandoori mario out there which i doubt they'd wanna merge and make less characters overall, i dont think costumes are necessary tbh another four characters to fill up another column is the best i can hope for
I can totally see Nintendo throwing a curve ball and adding more characters since it's the last wave! It's Nintendo after all .. they're full of surprises ... just look at the introduction of Peachette. I wasn't particularly wanting her, more wanting characters such as ROB and Paratroopa with em being legacy characters, but it was a nice surprise showing that they could do anything to shock us.
Also, with tour coming to an end with content and eventually closing down, it's kinda a waste having all the costumes/characters that haven't been ported to 8DX not being used within the mainline console game and lost forever within pixel space. So, I could defo see them adding new content updates to the game like you said with the content, that or save them for the next mainline game.
Oh yeah btw, great vid! lots of good possibilities!
I would hate it if they made Funky Kong a costume for DK. He is a original character that desserves his own roster slot unlike Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach.
Something this video did fail to recognize was the the GP rival edit. A few waves back, Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, Metal Mario, and Pink Gold Peach were all removed as rivals in Grand Prix, meaning they could not appear alongside their main counterparts. This also occurred with the Link styles, suggesting this was a change done for clone/costume characters.
Thus, it’s evidently more likely that Pauline and Peachette replace Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach in the selection screen. No DLC characters can reasonably become alts as all of the DLC content needs to be available to view for the consumer. An official overview of the teaser confirmed that we are only receiving four characters this wave, and since Metal Mario has 7 going for him, it’s likely that the final outcome is the fursuits being swapped for the extra two characters.
@SwitchStop Would you do a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe video on what returning karts from the Mario Kart series (including Tour) could be added if Nintendo considers it?
For example...
- Wild Wing, B-Dasher Mk. II, and Flame Flyer from Mario Kart Wii
- Streamliner, Poltergust 4000, Royale from Mario Kart DS
- Blue 7 & Cloud 9 from Mario Kart 7
- Super Pipe Frame from Mario Kaet 64 (and a unused prototype for Mario Kart 8 for Wii U)
- Comet Tail, Yellow Taxi, & Banana Master from Mario Kart Tour
-Etc.
After all, since Bangkok Rush in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is able to keep its cameos of Flame Flyer and Royale when traversing the Sky Train path, I don't see why additional vehicles should not be added.
Where are those cameos?
@@biondigiacomo7176 When taking the upper path of the Sky Train in Bangkok Rush in Laps 1 and 3, there are 3 billboards to the right (left in mirrored track) that sponsor a "Mario Kart Motor Show".
One billboard sports the P-Wing (one of two of my all-time favorite Mario Kart vehicles), and the other two sport vehicles not yet used in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Flame Flyer (from Mario Kart Wii) with Off-Road wheels and Royale (from Mario Kart DS) with Standard Wheels.
With Bangkok Rush being a Mario Kart Tour track, these vehicle cameos were retainef when the track was transferred over into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
@@TheOmniverse1 shoot you're right, i didn't notice
@@biondigiacomo7176 It's okay. I'm one of only a few people who bring up the cameos both in Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, because not many people talk about them or bring up the subject on them.
This is a great potential to get another booster course pack yay more spending money 🤩
PIN? The chance of Peachette and Funky Kong being costumes are highly unlikely as you would need to buy DLC for the extra waves but DK and are included without DLC so it would just kinda be weird for Nintendo to do that.
Funky is not an alt character he is an original character so I don’t think he will be altered version of DK
Now that you say it, there are 50 characters
So now it's 48 in a 8×6 rectangle
But they could do a 7×7 square (=49) and put the miis at the bottom like in wii and 7. It sounds way too possible to me :(
Btw, botw link and "normal" link have 2 different symbols as well
Another thing is we will probaly get something similar to the gold Mario and kart set if you get stars and complete mirror tracks for dlc tracks
The optimism and excitement here is infectious
So, did they say there are only 6 characters, or did we just assume there are only going to be 6 characters because of the new slots?
Im pretty sure they will adjust the menu. probably cut a row and add a character to column. they did this with smash to adjust to upcoming DLC characters.
So i want to believe the but then i remember the styles page on mario maker
Nintendo isn't beyond making a wonky looking selection screen
Why is everyone not thinking that each row horizonally is 8 characters? They'll just make another horizontal row below the WII U DLC characters. There will not be more characters and it wont be awkward placements on the character screen. Its basic math people.
...Does this mean there is hope for Marginally Thicker Rosalina to join the cast??
I figured that since they wouldn’t put 2 random slots anywhere 😂
Im sorry but you Didnt mention the most obvious option, they will delete one vertical row and replace it with a horizontal one, the horizontal has 6 characters and the vertical 4 so I perfectly fits
I have the characters in the two ? blocks
I was expecting to for when I seen forecasters. I was so surprised and I was really like hoping. Maybe we'll see more characters heck. Maybe they'll add new carts or or they're costumes eva add more new characters
We need more karts
Right we need new Karts. Idk but when Nintendo gave us 2 bonus characters I feel like we will get more characters and I hope R.O.B. Will be there R.O.B. Is my child hood character is Mario kart DS but then he never came back. But obviously Mario is super old and R.O.B IS JUST UNIQUE AND SPECIAL
@@toocrazy593 ROB was a wtf character that people liked. But I dont believe he will come back
@@toocrazy593 they are just porting the Mario Kart Tour content
King Bobomb would so cool
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Remember Wave 2? There was a bug internally that made Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario not show up as CPUs because the game recognised them as *alts for Peach and Mario*
So hype responsably
Mk8d + characters dlc 2.= Rob king bob sonic rabbit
Olimar captain falcon starfox sonic kirby pac-man there the best options all characters have nintendo owned rights
I mostly want olimar
My theory is that the character menu will get redone entirely so that it looks clean
I'm predicting ROB, DK Jr, Koopa Paratroopa, and Captain Falcon
Dixie Kong would be nice. The last Mario game that I played that had her in the roster was Mario Hoops 3 on 3.
Holy BALLS i hope R.O.B returns
I'm personally hoping that if we do get even more characters/skins, that we get King Bob-omb and Cat Mario, as they are probably my favorite Tour characters that I've unlocked.
(Cat Mario could share the same stats as Tanooki Mario. It would make perfect sense if that's the case.)
Honestly it’d be fine to do a 7x7 grid and make the villager girl an alt for the villager boy.
Funky and DK are different characters and so are Peach and Peachette so it would be weird to make them alts. I think it would make way more sense to make tanooki Mario and cat Peach alts of mario and peach because they are the same character.
Just put them in a new row on the bottom, then you get to have Pauline and Peachette down there, then add 6 more. My choices would be Hammer Bro, King Bob-omb, Monty, DK Jr., Chuck, and Nabbit. Poochy honorable mention.
It would be amazing if they ended up bringing R.O.B. back from MKDS!
It’s pretty obvious that they’re making either Tanooki and Cat alts of Mario and Peach or they’re just gonna merge the Inklings and Villagers into two slots instead of four.
Wow your talking fast😂
Im hoping for my guy hammer bro to get a slot, but I aint holding my breathe. Pauline makes this worth it already.
I replayed NSMBU Deluxe recently so I’m genuinely excited for Peachette. I know that *could* be a bit of a hot take to some, but I don’t really care
You replayed through that crappy game 😂
@@josephfogg2855 yeah. and I enjoyed it. Because I like that game.
I’m so pissed poochy didn’t make it in
This would be super cool to happen if it did but I’m a little sceptical of the idea
Pooch need to be added to Mario kart 8 deluxe ❤
I can’t wait to play as rob huh huh ok ROB ISN IN THE GAME!!!!
That's essentialy me until the Direct happened. No i'm not talkin about Funky, nor Pauline or Peachette
I think funky and peachette are gonna be „costumes“ but I don’t think that there is going to be more. My hopes for new kart parts is dwindling as well
I think more characters will come with the wave. Proof? Characters weren't being added to the game until like Wave 3, skipping a couple waves, so maybe the new new characters will make up for their absence in the first 2 or so waves?