
It normally retails for $60, so that's $30 in savings or 50% off its regular price. Go-to video game retailers, Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, and Walmart offer Mario Day deals right now.įor example, you can get Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope for just $29.99 (opens in new tab) at Amazon. Meanwhile, the Boomerang Cup includes Bangkok Rush from Mario Kart Tour, Mario Circuit from Mario Kart DS, Waluigi Stadium from Mario Kart Double Dash and Singapore Speedway from Mario Kart Tour.Mario Day game deals are ramping up as March 10 or "Mar10 Day" approaches. The Fruit Cup includes Amsterdam Drift from Mario Kart Tour, Riverside Park from Mario Kart Super Circuit, DK Summit from Mario Kart Wii, and an original course set in Yoshi’s Island.

These changes appear to be an attempt to balance the game more, as many expert players tend to choose heavier characters since their much higher top speed makes up for their slow acceleration.Īs well as Birdo, Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass DLC adds two new Cups and eight new courses. Some of the lighter characters have also had their mini-turbo stats boosted slightly.

The character select screen now has five slots for new characters

This means the only characters whose stats haven’t been increased are Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, Roy, Wario, Dry Bowser, Bowser and Morton. The new gaps in the character select screen, then, suggest that at least five new characters are coming, with only two Waves of DLC remaining.Īs well as the addition of Birdo and the new character select slots, Japanese Mario Kart tournament website Mario Kart Blog has noted that some of the characters’ stats have been upgraded in the new update.Īccording to the site, every character except for the ‘Metal’, ‘Cruiser’, ‘Heavy’ and ‘Super Heavy’ classes have had their ground, water, air, and anti-gravity speed stats increased by one point. In a press release regarding Wave 4 and Birdo following last month’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo stated: “Returning characters from the Mario Kart series will be added in future waves.”
