Summary

Hands down the best racing game ever. Period. Dot. I'm very much happy I got this wonderful game on my birthday. (February 10) Everyone's all here, with a very unique level design. All people who own a Gamecube must buy this game.

Sound

Great. Ecspecially when you hear one of your characters scream as you literally drag them behind your kart.

Gameplay

Flawless. Power-sliding is effortless because it wasn't as hard as the previous Mario Karts, and you don't have to jump anymore. There are a lot more dash panels. But as the name implies, you have two riders per kart. This makes choosing your team much more important. You might want to ride in a certain kart. Or you might want a characters special item(An item unique to that character). You can even steal items, or pick them up of the track. It's very interesting. One minor flaw though. They could've added a new single player mode. Or let you race on a certain track with all the racers. Or let you alter the laps on some courses. Maybe they'll add that to the next Mario Kart.....

Summary

Mario, Wario, Luigi, Waluigi, Princess Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Bowser, and more of the wacky Mario crew all star in Mario Kart Double Dash, the latest installment of the Mario Kart series. The handling is tight and the music is colorful like the wild scenery of the racetracks, so it is time to start your engines because Mario is racing into your Gamecube.

Sound

The audio, especially the music, captivates me. The piano riff and the occasional whistling really gives the game a happy go lucky feeling. It is never dark and gloomy but always upbeat, which makes this game very enjoyable. The use of trumpets and piano really help this game pull together to make the experience complete.

Gameplay

First off, the gameplay is most important. This is unlike other Mario games since it is the first series to start the kart-racing genre. There are 3 modes, GP Racing, Time Trial, and Battles. Of course, the GP has the 50 CC, the 100 CC, and the 150 CC. From there, you can choose up to two of the characters, each with their own special item. Each character can receive items from the item boxes such as banana peels, red shells, green shells, or mushrooms. Depending on the character, you can receive a special item, for example, Donkey Kong has a large banana peel and Toad has the golden mushroom. They are exclusive to the character. Also, depending on your character's weight class, you can choose different vehicles. After choosing your characters, you can pick either the Mushroom, Flower or Star Cup. Each Cup consists of 4 courses. You can unlock more courses later by finishing the cups. Time Trial is when you choose two characters and a vehicle to beat the clock and unlock staff ghosts on individual courses. Of course, you can always save your ghost and race against yourself. In battle mode, you need 2 or more people. You can play either the classic balloon battle, shine thief, or Bob-omb blast. In balloon battle, each player has three balloons and last kart with balloons left wins! In shine thief, there is a shine star and the kart holding it when the clock hits 0 wins! For Bob-omb Blast, you can only pick up bombs as items. You get a point for each kart blown up and you need 4 to win. Keep in mind that each time you get blown up, you lose a point. There is even a feature to play two people in one kart to play GP together. With the ability to hook up four GCNs with the LAN cables, you can play with up to 16 people in the same game! This is probably the feature that ties the knot for the perfect gameplay in Mario Kart. During the driving, with the addition of dodging shells and shooting them, you can execute a special boost. By holding down either shoulder button, you can shake the control stick from left to right three times to make the sparks coming out of your kart blue. Then, when you release the shoulder button and exit the power slide, you should get a boost. This is very useful in the game and is easily mastered unlike Mario Kart 64 where you must wag the control stick from left to right several times. The replay value is very high considering how you can beat your friends over and over again in battle or GP. You can even play with your friends in the same kart in a GP match! It's so fun playing against 16 people, with all the people hustling and bustling about, shooting shells at one another. Warp Pipe, an independent company, actually is trying to bring Double Dash online and have made their dreams come true. Double Dash is online and with the help of Warp Pipe, it is coming true. Although, sometimes, online it can be laggy, they are working hard to try and optimize the experience. There is no absolute way that this game can be beaten. The two players in one kart is so innovative making Double Dash one of the best kart racers out there.

Summary

I am only 7 years old. I think this game is really fun and me and my 4 year old sister love it. It is really easy to use the controllers and I love all the characters. The first time I played it my sister beat me 6 out of 10 games. Now I beat her regularly.

Sound

Has good sound especially when you crash.

Gameplay

I love all the different games you can play and stunts you can do with the cars. I also like the new characters that are in this game. You can go pretty fast and doesn't take long to learn how to play.