{"id":833831,"date":"2026-09-02T06:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833831\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T06:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:10:09","slug":"mario-kart-8-deluxe-version-4-0-0-update-now-available-adds-switch-2-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833831\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe version 4.0.0 update now available, adds Switch 2 enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Nintendo [23,696 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo<\/a> has <a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/26098\/~\/how-to-update-mario-kart-8-deluxe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released<\/a> the version 4.0.0 update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which adds <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Switch 2 [1,049 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Switch 2<\/a> improvements including clearer vsuals, shorter load times, and support for five to eight players in multiplayer. <\/p>\n<p>Here are the full patch notes:<\/p>\n<p>Support for the <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Switch [18,382 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>\u00a02 system<\/p>\n<p>Added support for the Nintendo Switch\u00a02 display and high-resolution TVs, allowing for clearer visuals.Shortened the loading time before races and battles begin.Added support for five to eight players in Multiplayer.You can connect up to seven Nintendo Switch controllers (Joy-Con or Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers) to the Nintendo Switch\u00a02 system. In order to play with eight people, you need at least one Joy-Con\u00a02 controller or a Nintendo Switch\u00a02 Pro Controller.Added CameraPlay support.<br \/>\n        A USB camera (sold separately) is required to use CameraPlay.Players can turn camera ON or <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Games &gt; OFF [2 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/games\/off\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OFF<\/a> in Multiplayer (two to four players) and Online Play modes.In order to use a camera on the internet, players must participate in a GameChat session. The camera footage and microphone audio will be sent only to GameChat members.When the camera is ON, the player\u2019s face is displayed during the race.<\/p>\n<p>General<\/p>\n<p>Increased player speed during races by the equivalent of one coin.Players will not slow down while using Boo to become invisible, even when entering an offroad area.Players with access to the\u00a0Mario Kart 8 Deluxe \u2013 Booster Course Pass\u00a0will have \u201c96 Races\u201d added to the \u201cVS Race\u201d rule settings.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is available now for Switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has released the version 4.0.0 update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which adds Switch 2 improvements including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-833831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}