WAVE 6!!!

YAY we got wave 6
we still got wii rainbow road, and also dk mountain, but daisy circuit (which is still a great track btw) replaced mushroom bridge (which is a better track)
we were expecting bowser castle three and piranha plant cove, and madrid drive and rome avanti, but SERIOUSLY

NINTENDO WHY WOULD YOU PUT FUCKING ROSALINA'S ICE WORLD IN THE DLC

To be honest, I actually quite enjoy RIW. It has a unique theme, being an ice / snow course but in space and it also has some really nice music as well, even if the start of the music sounds a little depressing because of the low note piano.

Same!!! I don't know why it's hated so much!

Rosalina's ice world is my least favorite track ever ... WHY WOULD THEY REPLACE PIPELINE WITH THAT ?

But why Peachette?

Cope it's a good track

No Piranha Plant Pipeline Pipeway or whatever is it called :/
Also no DS Airship Fortress and no DS Luigi's Mansion.
(Fun Fact: We got only one Bowser Castle in the entire DLC)

Why not

Also I bet RIW will be better than DKS in this game. Fight me.

I mean, I know a bit of RIW, it is a good track, not boring af like 3DS Toad Circuit and SNES Mario Circuit 3, but better than DKS, could be.

I don't see any problems with DKS in MK8DX tbh. The track I dislike in this game compared to others is Waluigi Stadium. I don't think it plays very well in 8DX and RIW will absolutely be better

It's not bad it's just that it doesn't play very well and feels off

The actual reason?

She's tied for oldest Tour character with Pauline, so she's easiest to adapt.

For me?
1: Female representation is always good
2: They seem to be replacing majority of the VAs, and the fact that there's a Peach game next year makes me think that Samantha is gonna "close her own show" with it. So they took the one instance of her actual voice(for those who didn't know, Peachette is her real voice) & are memorializing it through this game.

That fits with the Switch's theme in general: Old endings & new beginnings.
Odyssey is the last 3D Mario like the old games. They said they wanted a new direction for the future.
Tears of the Kingdom is the end of this part of Zelda, signifying this with the emphasis on the sky, like the beginning, Skyward Sword.
Star Allies is self-explanatory, that part of the story is over. Forgotten Land starts 3D Kirby, new story.
Samus is finally done with the Metroid/X/Chozo and looking for a new bounty, for real this time. The devs have promised Metroid 6 will be a new era.
Wonder is also self-explanatory. New beginning,=.
Splatoon 3 is the end of the Octarian-Inkling War. Splatoon 4 will be different story-wise.
Xenoblade 3, Bayonetta 3, Smash Bros. Ultimate.
It's either been wrapping up a segment, or moving on.
Not to mention the new VAs joining the team.

All this is to say that they're probably showing their appreciation for her before she bows out.
Popularity wise, Samantha has always been in Kenny & Charles' shadows, even though her characters are just as important.
But hey, that's just a theory.
A Game Theory!

Extra: Apparently Peachette had unused voicelines in Mario Kart Tour, or something like that. I guess this was foreshadowing...

It comes out on November8th now

Who thought it was a good idea to put fencing over the DK Mountain gap shortcut at the last minute???

Hey, there it is! Now we can all agree that DDJ is better.

It was always better anyways

Same

they wouldnt have 'replaced' it, cause pipeline is too similar to piranha plant cove, plus nintendo suprises us a lot

That take on MB being better than DC is very controversial by now, but I still agree with you