Genuinely, why Peachette for the MK8 dlc??
I'm fine with Pauline, Diddy Kong, and Funky Kong, they are long established characters in the mario franchise, and more importantly, they're visually distinct from one another.
But you know who isn't? Peachette.
I'm not saying she's not an established character, she is one, but she's not very visually distinct from the other characters. Her entire point is to be a fusion of Toadette and Peach.
I don't really think she's a good fit as a separate character. If I wanted to look like Peach, I would play as Peach.
If I had the option, I would personally replace her with Captain Falcon.
Because not having him here breaks the established pattern for adding characters into the game that aren't from the mario universe.
The Inklings (Splatoon) have Urchin Underpass.
Link (The Legend of Zelda) has Hyrule Circuit alongside several kart piece sets.
Finally, the Villagers and Isabelle (Animal Crossing) have Animal Crossing (which has four seasonal variants).
In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, we have not one, but TWO tracks based off of F-Zero, Big Blue and Mute City, in addition to the Blue Falcon kart.
It feels wrong to have these things without Captain Falcon, when the other tracks based on other franchises have their own characters also in the game.
There's also the recent release of F-Zero 99, which is likely stirring up interest in the F-Zero franchise as a whole.
It just doesn't make sense for Nintendo to not capitalize on that, but that could just be me.
I know Nintendo said they'd only be adding in returning characters. I know that I can't change Nintendo's decision. I've accepted it, I'm just disappointed.