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 aF Villager Icon.png Bunnie

• Mitzi aF Villager Icon.png Mitzi

• Chief aF Villager Icon.png Chief

• Lobo aF Villager Icon.png Lobo

• Wolfgang aF Villager Icon.png Wolfgang

• Fang aF Villager Icon.png Fang

• Dotty aF Villager Icon.png Dotty

• Static aF Villager Icon.png Static

• Rosie aF Villager Icon.png Rosie

• Blathers aF Character Icon.png Blathers

• Celeste aF Character Icon.png Celeste

• Tom Nook aF Character Icon.png Tom Nook

• K.K. aF Character Icon.png K.K. Slider

• Sable aF Character Icon.png Sable

• Mabel aF Character Icon.png Mabel

• Resetti aF Character Icon.png Mr. Resetti

• Bob aF Villager Icon.png Bob

• Ruby aF Villager Icon.png Ruby

• Marshal aF Villager Icon.png Marshal

• Peanut aF Villager Icon.png Peanut

• Filbert aF Villager Icon.png Filbert

• Whitney aF Villager Icon.png Whitney

• Cyrus aF Character Icon.png Cyrus

• Reese aF Character Icon.png Reese

• Chrissy aF Villager Icon.png Chrissy

• Francine aF Villager Icon.png Francine

• Poppy aF Villager Icon.png Poppy

• Rover aF Character Icon.png Rover

• Punchy aF Villager Icon.png Punchy

• Snowboy NL.png Snowboy