Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Moby ID: 11122
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Mario Kart: Double Dash is the latest version of the game that started the "kart-racing" genre. This Mario Kart is more focused on co-op play and weapons. All the features and weapons of the previous games return: Red Shells, Stars, Mushrooms, etc. together with new character-specific weapons like Chain Chomps and Giant Koopa shells. The courses also follow the tradition with each one being faithful to the Mario universe.

This time there are two racers per kart. Much of the game's challenge lies in determining when to switch places in the kart. This game supports multiple players. Therefore, one can team up with a friend on the same kart and take on the opponents cooperatively so that one player can drive the kart and the other can use power-ups. There is also a comprehensive LAN mode, allowing up to 8 GameCubes to be connected together.

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  • マリオカート ダブルダッシュ!! - Japanese spelling
  • 마리오카트 더블대시!! - Korean spelling

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Average score: 84% (based on 47 ratings)

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Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 109 ratings with 6 reviews)

Mario Kart with two people

The Good
This game is a typical mario kart so get comfortable, firstly it's graphics are amazing completely typical of the gamecube graphics engine, next the musics and sound FX are equally good, but even better than this is all the different styles of gameplay you can play, on your own in a grand prix or time trial, race your mates in a grand prix or 1 on 1,battle each other in bomb mode, balloon mode or capture the star/shine sprite, and even both be in the same car at once, which means you can also have 2 on 2, 1 on 2 or even (1 on 1 on 2).

The Bad
The only bit that lets this game down is not having a story mode, and the AI being so simple that they pretty much let you win on 50cc and 100cc mode, but on 150cc and mirror mode its next to impossible to finish in the top 4.

The Bottom Line
Racing with either idiots or champions

GameCube · by Da-Flea (30) · 2004

A clone of the Mario Kart game for SNES

The Good
I liked that they released this game for a new system with better graphics than the original.

The Bad
This game is virtually a copy of Mario Kart 64 with different levels and new characters. The sound is the same and most of the levels are the same. The story is also the same. Nothing has really changed from Mario Kart 64.

The Bottom Line
Mario Kart Double Dash is a failed attempt at making a better Mario Kart game than Mario Kart 64. Unless your a die-hard Mario Kart fan, I wouldn't buy this game. You can get it for cheaper on Nintendo 64 with equal if not better gameplay.

GameCube · by Dark Lord (31) · 2005

A great sequel to MK64

The Good
The grafx are stunning! Each level is perfectly designed and anti-aliased, especially the new and improved Rainbow Road (which has appeared on every Mario Kart game, better each time). I love the fact that you have 2 people on the kart instead of just one! It makes the character selection huge. I play 4-player battles on this all the time.

The Bad
Waluigi. Period.

The Bottom Line
Buy it. Now. Get the 50 bucks and buy it. Stop reading this. I said stop reading this.

GameCube · by bowser724 (27) · 2004

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  • GameSpy
    • 2003 – #7 GameCube Game of the Year
    • 2003 - GameCube Racing Game of the Year
    • 2003 - Best Party Game of the Year (GameCube)
  • Golden Joystick Awards
    • 2004 - Game Cube Game of the Year

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Game added by Darkflame.

Additional contributors: gamewarrior, Patrick Bregger, piltdown_man, Rik Hideto.

Game added November 23, 2003. Last modified March 27, 2024.