Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Update Adds Switch 2 Improvements - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2026 / 2,852 Views
Nintendo has released update 4.0.0 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
The update adds Switch 2 improvements that includes higher resolutions, shorter load times, support for up to eight players in multiplayer, CameraPlay support, and more.
Read the patch notes below:
Support for the Nintendo Switch 2 system
- Added support for the Nintendo Switch 2 display and high-resolution TVs, allowing for clearer visuals.
- Shortened the loading time before races and battles begin.
- Added support for 5–8 players in Multiplayer.
- You can connect up to seven Nintendo Switch controllers (Joy-Con or Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers) to the Nintendo Switch 2 system. In order to play with eight people, you need at least one Joy-Con 2 controller or a Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller.
- Added CameraPlay support.
- A USB camera (sold separately) is required to use CameraPlay.
- Players can turn camera ON or OFF in Multiplayer (2-4 players) and Online Play modes.
- In order to use a camera on the internet, players must participate in a GameChat session. The camera footage and microphone audio will be sent only to GameChat members.
- When the camera is ON, the player’s face is displayed during the race.
General
- Increased player speed during races by the equivalent of one coin.
- Players will not slow down while using Boo to become invisible, even when entering an offroad area.
- Players with access to the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass will have “96 Races” added to the “VS Race” rule settings.
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What’s crazy about MK8 is how at 4K resolution, I’d say the visually do come close to legitimately rivaling that of MKWorld. Of course, World is far better looking IMO (especially when consider it is an open world game, and not simply a collection of linear race courses), but definitely not a complete blow out.
MK8 > MK7 > MKW
Support this 100%...
Would happily pay for more courses that use the full MK8 feature set (not the bs Tour courses)
best MK game there is!
no ultra wide support and no 120fps support, watch the PC space for how it should be done, Nintendo is getting too lazy
just in the last week
- Mario Kart Wii with all tracks from all Mario Kart games released on PC via WheelWizard
- Star Fox SNES with high refresh rate and high resolution released in Alpha
-
Donkey Kong Rekongpiled also released on PC
quite a great week for Nintendo fans on PC
Oof, Mario Kart 8 DX has always been a popular choice as a party game during friends gatherings, now having up to 8 players local multiplayer is straight up nuts. Incredible update.
8 player split screen looks ridiculous......
....should've made it 16 player split screen so at least everyone can have the same widescreen view :P
Does the TV be sectioned in 8 tiles for the 8 player, or can only do remote?
Edit: Yep saw on another site that it indeed has 8 player splitscreen on the same TV. Cannot recall seeing that before for any game.
