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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Racing/Go-Kart Racing

RELEASE DATE

17/NOV/03

ESRB RATING

EVERYONE, Cartoon Violence

DEVELOPER

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

PUBLISHER

Nintendo of America, Inc.

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GENERAL TONE #USES

Competitive 70
fun 55
funny 28

DESCRIPTION

One of Nintendo's flagship series, which in 1992 helped spawn a new style of whimsical racing games, makes its long-awaited GameCube debut with the release of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! For those unfamiliar with the series, play involves selecting a character — each rated in such areas as acceleration, speed, and handling — and then competing against friends or computer opponents on an assortment of courses inspired by locales from previous Nintendo games. New to this installment is the addition of go-karts with two seats, allowing players to select two characters instead of one.

The character behind the wheel is responsible for steering and acceleration, while the character in back tosses out a collection of six offbeat power-ups, from banana peels to turtle shells, as well as eight character-specific items. The object is still to use these power-ups to delay the opposition long enough to reach a first-place finish. Players are also free to switch character positions at any time during the race, to take advantage of a particular character's special abilities on offense or their superior skills while driving. Featured characters in the game include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Baby Mario, Yoshi, Birdo, Wario, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Baby Luigi, Koopa, Bowser, Baby Bowser, and Paratroopa. As in previous games in the series, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! features a variety of multiplayer modes, where up to four players can race each other on a split-screen or battle it out in specially designed arenas. The courses can be played at different times of the day and feature dramatic changes in elevation as well as varied terrain. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Racing/Go-Kart Racing
RELEASE DATE:

17/NOV/03
TOP TRAITS:

Mario universe, Friends, Mario characters
DESCRIPTION:

One of Nintendo's flagship series, which in 1992 helped spawn a new style of whimsical racing games, makes its long-a... more

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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) by: MetalGanado

“A very fine sequel, but the hilarity of Mario Kart 64 is completely gone, as this game seems intentionally silly in sharp contrast to how seriously 64 took itself. The co-op features are great, as is the character selection and the special items....”

created 09/APR/2011

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) by: Wedgemaster

“Probably my favorite MarioKart game to date. Love the well designed and well balanced levels, the cool combinations of characters/carts in the races, the fun battle modes and the great progression. Fabulous game!”

created 22/JUN/2010

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) by: Dengar

“I unlocked like 99% of the game's features with my little sister when it came out. She had so much fun ^_^”

created 28/FEB/2010

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) by: gurkepepinillo

“Added some cool features. Took some getting used to, but very nice.”

created 26/FEB/2010

ComradeRavenhawk played Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on 19/JAN/10

“I'd never played double dash before, so my only experience with it was the tracks that they pulled from it for Mario Kart on the Wii. The game seems slower paced than Wii Mario Kart and a lot of the...”

created 19/JAN/2010

thats why i'm playing what i'm playing by: CyborgX7

“there were many games which influenced in what i like playing the first game i loved was mario brothers for the gbc it was great it was the second game i get and it made me addictive another very...”

created 08/OCT/2009

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) by: lisainverse

“Mo' like Double Suck. I only played this game once and hated it. Maybe it deserves another chance, but I've already played Mario Kart Wii which is awesome so why bother?”

created 07/AUG/2009

amedeus8 played Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on 17/JUL/09

“Headed over to play Double Dash!! with Mike - the guy I battled all weekend last year - after Kenny miraculously won their race and knocked him out. Got a group going and played our hearts out.”

created 20/JUL/2009

amedeus8 played Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on 08/JUL/09

“Try a 150cc All-Cup Tour, start off well, get three thirds in a row, quit.”

created 08/JUL/2009

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC) by: SGTBenton

“Too harshly compared to previous Mario Kart games in my opinion. Double Dash is a great game and contains some of my favourite ever Mario kart tracks. Five stars fully earned thanks to the excellent Multi-player fun.”

created 07/JUL/2009