How To Unlock Golden Mario

When y'all offset playing Mario Kart 8 Palatial, all of the characters (except one) are available, equally are all of the tracks — and this includes tracks from all iii downloadable content packs for the Wii U'due south Mario Kart viii. You're still going to have to collect coins to unlock the diverse karts and parts, though.

In this guide, we'll review what used to be locked or part of a DLC and show you what'due south different now. We'll also talk about the things we know have been added in the Switch version of the game, like new characters and karts.

Mario Kart 8 unlockable and DLC characters

Mario Kart 8 locked characters in two ways: xiv of which were broiled into the game and several more arrived with DLC.

Unlockable characters

On Wii U, Mario Kart 8 had 14 characters that unlocked in a random club equally you completed cups. (Technically, it wasn't completely random since the eighth character to unlock was always the Mii.)

If yous'd similar to begin Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with the previously locked characters, you can choose from Baby Rosalina and grown-upwards Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy, the Koopalings Iggy, Roy, Larry, Lemmy, Wendy, Ludwig and Morton (who doesn't get a link), Toadette, Laikitu from the general Super Mario universe, Pink Gilded Peach and Metallic Mario — metallic versions of the archetype characters, and Mii.

DLC characters

Mario Kart 8's DLC added seven playable characters. Tanooki Mario, True cat Peach and Link were part of Legend of Zelda 10 Mario Kart 8. The boy and girl villagers and Isabelle from Animal Crossing and Dry Bowser were added with Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8.

Purchasing both of these DLC packs would as well unlock viii color variants each for both Yoshi and Shy Guy.

So what'southward different in Mario Kart eight Deluxe?

Gone are the days of randomly unlocking characters. Mario Kart eight Palatial has washed abroad with that. Every character is available at the start except for one: Aureate Mario (and his gilded kart).

New and returning friends

That'southward not to say that Mario Kart viii Deluxe doesn't have any changes to the lineup (racing pun). Male monarch Boo, Dry Bones and Bowser Jr. have been added to Mario Kart 8 Palatial as playable characters. Additionally, the Inklings from Splatoon are making their debut for the first time in the Mario Kart series.

How to unlock Aureate Mario

To unlock Gold Mario, offset you'll have to progress through the 50cc, 100cc and 150cc Chiliad Prix cups normally to unlock the 200cc races. And then, you lot'll have to take first place in all of those Grand Prix cups every bit well. In one case you pull that off, Gold Mario will supercede Metal Mario on the character select screen.

How to unlock karts and parts

Unlockable karts and parts

Mario Kart eight started you off with seven bodies — four karts, two bikes and one ATV — four sets of wheels and 1 glider. You could unlock 18 more than bodies, 17 more sets of wheels and 10 additional gliders. These were unlocked every bit you nerveless coins during races — one would unlock every fifty coins until you lot reached a total of i,000 coins, at which point one would unlock every 100 coins.

There were iii more parts — the gilt standard body, gold tires and gold glider — that were unlocked while playing. You'd unlock the aureate standard body past getting a star in every Grand Prix cup in every engine class. The gold tires were unlocked by beating the staff ghosts in every time trial. Collecting 10,000 coins would unlock the gilt glider.

DLC karts and parts

The 3 DLC packs added 11 bodies, three sets of wheels, and ii gliders.

So what's unlike in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

You're nonetheless going to have to collect coins to unlock karts and parts, but all of the DLC additions are bachelor to you.

New parts

Three new bodies have been added for Mario Kart viii Deluxe: the Koopa Clown from Mario Kart 7 and the Inkstrider and Splat Buggy from Splatoon.

How to unlock gold parts

You're going to have to put in a bit of work to unlock the gold parts. To unlock the gold standard body, y'all'll demand to get a star rank in every cup in mirror fashion (which you unlock by completing all yard prix cups in all engine classes). The tires will now require you to beat out the staff ghosts in all of the 150cc time trials. The glider is still unlocked when yous collect x,000 coins.

Mario Kart viii unlockable and DLC tracks

Unlockable tracks

Yous started Mario Kart 8 with only one cup (iv tracks) available in the Mushroom Cup. Placing third or better in the loving cup would unlock the side by side cup, and and so you just repeated that process until everything was unlocked.

DLC tracks

In addition to the 32 tracks — eight cups worth — in Mario Kart eight past default, there were 16 additional tracks — four more than cups — available as DLC. The Triforce and Egg Cups were role of the Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart eight DLC and the Bell and Crossing Cups were added past Brute Crossing x Mario Kart 8.

So what's dissimilar in Mario Kart eight Deluxe?

All of these tracks (and cups) are bachelor at the outset of Mario Kart viii Deluxe — even the DLC tracks.