- The packaging is in French, the game takes over the language of the console and can therefore also be played in German.
- With Nintendo Switch fans in the definitive version of Mario Kart 8 whenever and wherever they want exciting races even with up to eight friends in local multiplayer mode. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe includes all routes and characters from the Wii U version, all routes and characters previously only available as downloadable content.
- In addition, a few new characters also enter into the driving fun: the Beginning Boy and the Incoming M girl from Splatoon, K nig Buu Huu, bone dry and Bowser Jr.
- For this purpose, the battle mode has been revised and can now also come with balloon battle and Bob omb throw, with new routes such as Deca station and battle arena and recurring routes such as Luigi s Mansion from Mario Kart: Double Dash for Nintendo GameCube and Battle Course 1 from Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.