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Written by DXD Canada
THE GOOD:
- The new feature of two players to one kart

- New character appearances such as Waluigi, Daisy, Baby Bowser, King Boo, Petey Pirahna, and more

- New race tracks fashioned for this new type of tag team racing

- Unmistakably enhanced graphics in both the character and setting departments

- Brand new vehicles which broke the barrier between regular ho-hum go-carts in individual shades of colour preferably matching each character

THE BAD:
- The game's new form of partner racing in which it introduced can appear to be a bit of a lag in certain perspectives when compared to the previous two titles

SUMMARY:
This game really impressed me when I'd first spotted it's kind on a television commercial during the holiday season of 2003(even though...

Written by The New Era United States
Gameplay - 8.5

This year's gameplay is absolutely amazing, I just love how everything is swift and nice and everything, like if you skid around one of the turn's on baby park, skidding is aced, also, the gameplay never slows down unlike on other game series, the animations are smooth and swift, like if you throw a red shell or even a green, it moves exactly where its meant to go almost everytime, expect other times, for sometimes stupid reasons, it might miss, like if you go around a curve, it might go off straight and smash into something, but other than that, I have no choice but to give gameplay a rating of eight and a half stars

Graphics - 9.5

The graphics are absolutely amazing for a gamecube game, honestly, when I first played, I was expected some crummy character models, from selection screen and in the time during a race, but I was wrong to be honest, the graphics will surprise you, honestly, the only thing the graphics lack are overall...
THE GOOD:
All the good things...Let's see..nearly all! There's TWO characters in each
Kart, one is driving and the other is throwing all the classic items to try
mess up the other racers. All the courses have their extreme fun pattern and
will be crazy when you try out a new course for the first time, hard, ingenius,
and cool! The Characters include nearly all the Mario characters you could ever
think of.. YOU pick which team-up you want and which Kart is better fit for
characters. There's many unlockables including Karts, Characters, and courses!!
If you only want to race with one player you could always pick verses and Time
trials to challenge YOURSELF to how fast you complete a course!
Battle Mode-
These three battle modes with two new ones are the best! You can pick ballon
battle were you have to hit your opponent until they loose allt their balloons!
Pick where you leave all your items and when you send it...
Written by LZ Schneider USA
THE GOOD:
Good, colorful graphics. Boo is in the game.
Fun with 4 people.

THE BAD:
Everything else

SUMMARY:
This game strays too far away from the original on the N64. This is just a waste of money for a number of reasons...

1)The computers... only God knows how much I hate them in this game. They ALWAYS know how to line up with you juuust right to throw shell at you and hit. You can tell too; if you swerve, the comp will, 9.99 times out of 10, will follow the same movement if it has a weapon and its in front of you.
Another horrible thing about the comp is how when they get hit with something, they spin once and keep going, acting like nothing has even happened. Even with the spiky shell, they flip up in the air and land and then reach their top speed in a matter of nano-seconds.
Computers in this game are too "smart". One instance I drop a giant banana on the bridge on DK's stage. Magically, the comp was able...

Written by Insanity Prevails England
THE GOOD:
  • Big cast of drivers
  • Kart seelction system
  • Bright and colourful
  • Handles well
  • Battle mode is awesome

    THE BAD:

  • Course design needs some work
  • Too much emphasis on weapons
  • Tracks provide no real challenge
  • Lacking in content compared to other games

    SUMMARY:
    The Mario Kart series is probably one of the most successful spinoffs in video gaming history, and with only a small collection of games as well. Super Circuit showed us how good Nintendo were at taking the core concept and improving it. With Double Dash they've opted to give players a fresh experience with some new mechanics, but the result isn't what anyone may be expecting.

    Visuals

    If you've played any other Gamecube Mario game then chances are you've already experienced the style used in Double Dash, although that is by no means a bad thing.

    DD provides a...

  • THE GOOD:
    The sweet option of combining the old and new characters into newly-styled and unique racing karts!!!

    I personally like that each character has his/her own special items that only that character can use!!!

    It's fast and really fun!!!!! AND you can make any combination you want!!! There's no limit!!!!!

    THE BAD:
    The new courses are okay.....but they could be better!!(my only REAL favorite course was DK mountain. Getting blasted from that cannon, onto the mountain, then barreling down the mountain was the only successful course.) The rest are pretty lame infact!! The one player is kinda boring, too easy!!!(and there IS a limit to what size kart you can drive.)

    SUMMARY:
    I think this game is great for TWO people who have an urge for some high-paced Nintendo racing!!!

    Reccomended for any Nintendo fan!!!

    Written by Kokoro
    THE GOOD:
    You get to choose two of your favorite Mario characters to ride one kart.

    Improved graphics

    Some nice racing levels

    You can unlock trophies for beating the main mode (Forgot what it was called)

    THE BAD:
    In some levels you can fall easily

    The controls are okay but not the best.

    SUMMARY:
    Difficulty: Medium

    Well I have to say that this is my favorite racing game on the GameCube or on any Nintendo system for that matter. You get to to choose two people to ride a kart this time and you can switch the leader and the backrider to your liking. Sometimes I seem to switch alot. This game also has the best graphics in any racing game the GameCube (That I played so far).


    I would reccomend this game to fans of previous Mario Kart games or fans of Mario in general or fans of racing games in general. I think this game game costs about 30 dollars. That seems like a fair price.

    I rate this game a...

    Written by Kiker
    THE GOOD:
    Great if you have a lot of friends interested over to play this.
    You have 20 characters, you choose 2 people.
    Some courses are good.
    Some karts look cool, like Bowser's and Wario's.

    THE BAD:
    Baby Mario and Baby Luigi.
    Some levels are too easy or too frustrating.
    Some of the karts look stupid, like Baby Mario's and Mario's karts.

    SUMMARY:
    Lastability: 5/10.
    Great if you have friends over otherwise this is over a little too quickly.
    Graphics: 9/10.
    Pretty realistic. If you hate this game's graphics, then you are not supposed to be a critic.
    Sound: 7/10.
    Pretty good sounds, until you get pissed off after hearing it 500 times.
    Gameplay: 6/10.
    Other than the 2 people system and the bit where 2 people fire stuff at once, this is just Mario Kart 64 again.
    Overall: 3.9/5.0.
    Nice, but a little too slow for me. They're like 39kms/h. But that's me opinion.

    nintendo's overly popular Mario kart series is back with an unexpected and slightly unnecessary twist with Mario Kart: double dash!! The title might say double dash but there isnt anything special abput the whole double dash thing in one player mode because it still feels like youre driving a kart with one character on it. But that changes in two player mode. One can controll the kart while the other one gets the meaningless task of launching the power ups. Wich may lead to some arguements about who should drive wich track. and making getting a boost after a drift turn overly difficult because the person in the back seat has to countersteer. wich is annoying. Another thing is the sound. not very good and they use the same tune for more than one track. and thats not very pleasent. The multiplayer arenas are generic and lame. and the battle mode is pure item based luck. But the multiplayer racing delivers a sattisfying amount of fun. But the one player mode doesent. I still dont get...
    Written by Morton Koopa Jr
    THE GOOD:
    Lots of cool characters
    Can team up any two characters
    Creative race tracks
    Cool unlockables
    Fun to play (duh)

    THE BAD:
    The controls can be difficult at times, which can be annoying
    The courses in battle mode could use some slight improvement
    Not-so-good replayability

    SUMMARY:
    Just like the other Mario Kart games, I found this game fun to play, and the fact that you can team up any two characters makes it even more fun. Although, there are some courses in which the controls can be difficult, and that can be annoying sometimes. And the courses in battle mode are cool, but could still use some improvement. But for the most part I found this game quite good. Yep. Definitely a good game, even with those minor flaws that I listed. If you can tolerate those minor flaws, you'll definitely enjoy this game.

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