Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8

Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 (also known as Animal Crossing: New Leaf × Mario Kart 8) is a downloadable content pack for Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U released on April 23, 2015, which contains content based on the. The content pack includes the introduction of Isabelle and the human player as playable racers. It also contains two cups, one of which is based on Animal Crossing (the Crossing Cup), and two new vehicles based on Animal Crossing, the City Tripper and the Streetle. The Crossing Cup's signature track (named 'Animal Crossing') has players racing through an Animal Crossing village whose season changes each time the course is played. Familiar faces and buildings can be found on the sidelines, and Resetti even makes an appearance as an unforeseen obstacle, popping out of the ground similar to Monty Mole. The track features newly recorded music more suited to the fast-paced Mario Kart atmosphere.

The Animal Crossing course was one of three Mario Kart 8 courses chosen for players to race on during the 2015 Nintendo World Championships on June 14, 2015.

Some later Wii U premium bundles included both the game and the DLC together. The enhanced port of the game on Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, incorporates this DLC as standard in-game content. However, unlike before, vehicles that appeared in the original pack are now unlocked at random by collecting certain amounts of coins in races.

Characters
Player (or Villager), from the

Isabelle, from

Dry Bowser, from the Mario series

Vehicles and Parts
City Tripper

Streetle

P-Wing

Bone Rattler

Paper Glider

Leaf Tires

Cameos
The following villagers and special characters can make appearances in the sidelines of the Animal Crossing course. Each character, with the exception of Snowboy, can appear in every season; however, which characters appear and their locations differ between races. • Bunnie NH Villager Icon.png Bunnie

• Mitzi NH Villager Icon.png Mitzi

• Chief NH Villager Icon.png Chief

• Lobo NH Villager Icon.png Lobo

• Wolfgang NH Villager Icon.png Wolfgang

• Fang NH Villager Icon.png Fang

• Dotty NH Villager Icon.png Dotty

• Static NH Villager Icon.png Static

• Rosie NH Villager Icon.png Rosie

• Blathers NH Character Icon.png Blathers

• Celeste NH Character Icon.png Celeste

• Tom Nook NH Character Icon.png Tom Nook

• K.K. NH Character Icon.png K.K. Slider

• Sable NH Character Icon.png Sable

• Mabel NH Character Icon.png Mabel

• Resetti NH Character Icon.png Mr. Resetti

• Bob NH Villager Icon.png Bob

• Ruby NH Villager Icon.png Ruby

• Marshal NH Villager Icon.png Marshal

• Peanut NH Villager Icon.png Peanut

• Filbert NH Villager Icon.png Filbert

• Whitney NH Villager Icon.png Whitney

• Cyrus NH Character Icon.png Cyrus

• Reese NH Character Icon.png Reese

• Chrissy NH Villager Icon.png Chrissy

• Francine NH Villager Icon.png Francine

• Poppy NH Villager Icon.png Poppy

• Vivian NH Villager Icon.pngn

• Rover NH Character Icon.png Rover

• Punchy NH Villager Icon.png Punchy

• Snowboy NL.png Snowboy