Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

The Good
Graphics: The graphics have changed allot since Mario kart 64. In double dash the environment actually looks like it is part of the race instead of just a picture behind the barriers. Its good to see the characters expression change to different evens in the game as well, compared to in Mario kart 64 where no matter what happened the character still had a cheesy grin on his face through out the whole race.

Sound:There not much to say about the sound in the game. Its still pretty much got the same joyous music in all of the races which was liked by me in the 64 version anyway. So even though there may be a few new sounds, or a few changes to some of the songs it is still pretty much the same type of soundtrack.

Gameplay:The only thing that I complained about after ripping up the track in the first Mario kart was the fact that the game was way to easy and after a while of coming first with no effort it got a bit boring. But in Double dash they have obviously decided that they were not going to make beating the game a drive through the park. The AI of the computer players is 10 times better than it was in the other game. For example the players actually use the special drift method and also I have been pushed off a few bridges by an angry bower or princess peach. In battle mode they have got 2 new and exciting games for people who don't want to race but just blow each others brains out. One is you and your friends just throwing bob-ombs at each other trying to blow each other up, and the other being a kind of capture the flag type game which all multi-player games seem to be getting into these days. But the original is the best and the good old balloon bursting battle is still the best. The greatest improvement in double dash would have to be all the new weapons that the characters can have. Such as, a giant spiked turtle shell, giant banana peel that when someone slips on it changes into three normal size banana peels, and so on.

The Bad
Graphics:This is just something that annoys me and that is the cartoony graphics of the game. I always like a little bit of a realistic look. Then again it is a game where a toadstool can drive a car.

Gameplay:I said before that Double dash was a good game because of the challenge factor, but the thing is they made it a bit to hard. If an eight year old kid wanted to have some fun racing with Mario and Luigi then he would probably be throwing the control after the first few races.

The Bottom Line
Even though the characters Mario and Luigi were aimed at little kids, this is not a kids game. But on the other hand if there are any teenage players who think this is below them, then just give it a try and you will realize that toad isn't just a little wimp after all.