Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with Bonus Disc
by Nintendo
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Video Game Reviews of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with Bonus Disc
Customer Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the Mario Kart series but this one took a new twist. Adding a second character to your kart for extra fun. Double Dash is brilliantly crafted, awesome graphics and cool stages you'll love to play over and over again, especially Baby Park as it can get pretty wild after the first 2 laps.Tons of characters to choose from and unlock, every character has their own special weapon. The best being Bowser and Baby Bowser's Giant Bowser Shell, Donkey and Diddy's Giant Bananas and Yoshi and Birdo's Egg. Pick any of these characters and you will have a disaster path behind you.
One of the best games to play with your friends or alone, either way, a must play and a must buy.
Customer Review: A little disappointed, but still good multiplayer fun
Summary: 3 Stars
Besides the vibrant graphics, extra character/kart choices, and two item slots, I was a little disappointed with Mario Kart: Double Dash. Having spent a good part of my childhood/adolescence playing Mario Kart 64, I had high hopes that Mario Kart for Gamecube would be so much better.Instead, I found DD to be almost a remake of the old MK64 (minus the above mentioned)...and the new additions that it does have aren't exactly stellar. Remake: The courses (with the exception of a few) mirrored the courses from MK64 - where is the originality? They had similar names, terrain, everything.
Also, double dash? There really isn't a co-op mode in DD: one person is driving while the other is in the back shooting off items (boring, right?). If that doesn't call for a yelling match "THROW IT NOW!!!!!", I don't know what does. It should have been like the originals: one person per kart.
Single player is a little boring, and it takes forever to unlock all of the secret stages/characters/karts. There is the ALL CUP MODE where you race on ALL of the stages. It takes a good 45 minutes at least to complete, and you have to get 1st place in the end for 50 CC, 100 CC, and 150 CC to get any secret items. That's a little too much Mario Kart, even for me.
WHAT HAPPENED TO BATTLE MODE? Their themes sound fun - for example, Shine Thief, the Bob-Omb mode - but playing them isn't as exciting. The stages aren't as brilliant as the ones in MK64 - come on, when does a big square constitute as a stage?
However, I do like the items. There are two slots now! More stuff! Also, with each character there is a "special" item, and those range from Peach/Daisy's item-stealing hearts to Baby Luigi/Mario's Chain Chomp. Worth checking out. However, one new item - the blue spikey shell - is the cheapest item on the block. It hits whoever is in first, and there's no way to block it (even with a Star!), so it can easily knock an experienced player to a lower spot (it's hard to catch up).
I also like the new characters. It's nice to have a wide selection, and you have that in DD. New characters include Waluigi, Diddy Kong, Toad, Toadette, Baby Luigi and Baby Mario, and much more.
Mario Kart: Double Dash is still great for some multiplayer fun. Get three of your friends and just race against each other all day (or night) long. If you were expecting something better since the days of Mario Kart 64, sorry, but you'll have to lower those expectations.
Customer Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is really good! They have really added alot more than they did on the other mario kart games! Get it, it is worth your money!!! not like MARIO PARTY 5!!! AHHHHHH!!Customer Review: Mario Kart to the Max
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is so cool I'm glad I diden't order it yet because the Bonus disc just came a couple months ago. Here is the diffrence between the N64 one and the GC one.N64-The tracks were really cool but the graphics are worse of course.Their are less charactors but the battle mode is defenetly better then the ones in the GC version.All the karts are the same and only one person drives the kart and throws the items.
Gamecube-The tracks are better and the graphics are better. Their are more charactors and diffrent karts also. you can also win karts by beating diffrent things. Instead of one person their is 2 people in each kart. One person drives and the other person tosses cool items at people to stop them from winning the race. The battle modes arent as good in this one.
I would buy both of them. And if you have a brother or sister or someone to play with get 3 people. 1st player drives with a computer on the back and players 2 and 3 race with eachother on the same kart. This makes it much easier to beat the tracks.
Customer Review: Great Game!
Summary: 5 Stars
My (...) son loves this game and plays it constantly. He enjoys both the racing and battle levels and unlocks new levels by winning races. It's a lot of fun and a great buy.