Each Add On Content pack will contain two new cups, each with four courses, which, in total, increases the number of available courses by 50 percent. The Add On Content packs include classics like Wario’s Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii, as well as new courses, some taking place in the worlds of The Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing. New vehicles will also arrive with each pack, including the Blue Falcon kart representing the F-Zero franchise in the first AOC pack.
Mario Kart 8 Pack 1 - Released: November 13, 2014
Pack 1 includes:
3 Characters: Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, Link
4 Vehicles: Blue Falcon, B Dasher, Master Cycle and Tanooki Kart
1 Set of Tires: Triforce Tires
1 Glider: Hylian Glider
2 Cups: Egg Cup (GCN Yoshi Circuit, Excitebike Arena, Dragon Driftway, Mute City) and Triforce Cup (Wii Wario's Gold Mine, SNES Rainbow Road, Ice Ice Outpost, Hyrule Circuit)
Mario Kart 8 Pack 2 - Released: May 2015
Pack 2 includes:
3 Characters: Villager, Isabelle, Dry Bowser
4 Vehicles
8 Courses (includes Animal Crossing track and jungle-themed track)
As a bonus for purchasing both packs - as a bundle or separately - you can get eight different-coloured Yoshis and eight different-coloured Shy Guys that can be used right away.
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This was unexpected for me since I thought just Mario characters would be DLC. The F-Zero track along with the other new tracks look great. With that said though I would rather have Kirby and Captain Falcon over the Animal Crossing characters since they have been in racing games before.