This isn’t the first time a leak has come from a development build of MK8D. Dataminers unearthed the whole content plan for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s Booster Course Pass almost soon after the DLC was revealed earlier this year. The judgement is still out on the legitimacy of that leak, however, the first three waves of MK8D DLC courses published so far have aligned with the datamined track list, with the remaining courses set to launch in three more waves over the next year.
Meanwhile, while Nintendo is clearly working on next-generation hardware, its core R&D team has a much tighter ship in the past, thus insider rumours regarding the Switch 2 are few. Furthermore, it is unknown whether the firm would upgrade its popular console with the long-rumoured Switch Pro revision before committing to a totally new system.
