![]() ![]() There are 16 tracks, divided into four cups: Mushroom, Flower, Star and Special. Since all karts go faster when using higher engine sizes, the 4 classes serve as difficulty levels. A fourth unlockable class, Mirror Mode, allows the player to race through a mirrored version of the tracks using the 150cc engine size. The player can choose to race using 3 different engine size classes: 50 cc, 100cc, and 150cc. The Grand Prix mode has the player (or players) race against 7 (or 6) teams, which are controlled by the computer, in a series of predetermined courses. ![]() Most of the modes can be played cooperatively, while some can only be played by themselves in single-player races. There are four game modes in Double Dash!!: Grand Prix, Time Trial, Versus, and Battle. The rocket start, an action that allows the player to gain a speed boost when a race begins is also improved as the Double Dash, can only be done as a team, by both players pressing A as the race commences. If tilted enough, the sparks turn blue, and the player gains a speed boost known as a "mini-turbo". The powerslide technique, an action that allows the player to drift around turns, has been improved players can tilt the control stick while drifting to make sparks appear around their kart. This is the only game in the series in which instead of one character per kart, there are two: one to drive, and one to use items and is also the first in the series where players drop their items when hit by a weapon. Some items, such as shells and bananas, allow the player to hit others to slow them down, while other items, such as the star power-up, render them temporarily invincible to attacks. Like in the previous installments, players can pick up item boxes to receive a randomly selected item and use it to impede the opposition and gain the advantage. The game screen indicates the current standings in a race, the current speed of the player's kart (as both numbers and coloured bars) and incoming weapons. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a kart racing video game in which 2 players race in a kart against other 2-player teams in 16 different courses. Two players can ride on a kart instead of one in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! See also: Gameplay of the Mario Kart series DK and Wario racing at Luigi Circuit, the first course of the game. It also was rereleased as a player’s choice title in Australia and New Zealand. It is the second best-selling GameCube game of all-time, selling around 7 million copies worldwide, behind Super Smash Bros. It was commercially successful, with more than 3.8 million copies sold in the United States, and more than 802,000 copies sold in Japan. ![]() Reviewers praised the graphics, new gameplay features, character and item rosters, arcade aesthetic and track design, but elements of the voice acting were poorly received. There are 20 characters to select from in total, each of which with a special item, and with eleven characters being new to the series.ĭouble Dash!! received positive reviews from critics it attained an aggregated score of 87 out of 100 on Metacritic. Double Dash!! supports LAN play using the Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter, allowing up to 16 players to compete simultaneously. Double Dash!! is the only game in the Mario Kart series to allow cooperative gameplay so far. One player drives the kart and the other uses items, hence the game's title. The game introduced a number of new gameplay features, such as supporting co-op gameplay with two riders per kart. Similar to the previous titles, Double Dash!! challenges Mario series player characters to race against each other on Mario-themed tracks. It is the first game in the series to use 3D polygon graphics for the racers, as opposed to sprites, after Mario Kart 64 only used polygons for the environments, and 2D sprites for the racers. This game is the fourth main entry in the Mario Kart series, succeeding Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001). Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a 2003 kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. ![]()
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