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cheats, cheats, cheats, period.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to start this review by expressing my displeasure again. I repeat- this game is F-U-N but it is a huge stinker for the fact that the CPU cheats like crazy. JUST TRY PLAYING 150cc- even with the Toad/Toadette combo (one of the best and fastest karters in the game) - IT SURE FEELS LIKE THE GAME WAS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A LOSER.

I mean, just for an example, put the HEAVIEST opponents i.e. Bowser and Donkey Kong into the SLOWEST and BULKIEST kart and then LET THE CPU CONTROL THEM and guess what?! They will still win and DENY YOU the No.1 placing.

No matter what you hit them with - red shells, bombs, blue shells, a supernova explosion, and they just slow down for LIKE ONE second and resume their HYPERKINETIC TURBO rush to the finish while you ARE BOMBARDED with the nuclear missiles and hydrogen bombs of the other CPU karts that will ENSURE your lousy placing unless you HAVE SUPERHUMAN reflexes, maybe and that's a BIG m-a-y-b-e you might get...uh...no.2?

And what's with the no-retry feature of this game? AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO RETRY THE COURSE IF WE ARE NOT SATISFIED with the placing?

Hey, I mean this IS THE GAMECUBE RACING GAME from NINTENDO. It's supposed to be better than great. I only wish Nintendo would listen to that tiny voice telling them - PLEASE MAKE IT PLAY FAIR.

mario kart double dash

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

it's a great game. I mean in Battle mode you can battle atop a giant cookie! If you save a ghost time you can race it. Every cup has a special trophy. And that's for starts, i don't want to give away too much. How do i know all this? I beat it all.

Very Entertaining...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun. It builds on the previous Mario Karts, MK64 and Super MK, to deliver an entertaining expierence. Most of the maps are long instead of short courses with many laps, you don't have to waste time picking up coins while the computer does not, and all the main characters are here (KOOPA TROOPA!) with some new ones as well. I like the addition of two people per Kart, and the many Karts available for driving. The graphics are also good. The game isn't as long as I would like it to be, it took a short amount of time to beat it compared to the previous two. But other than that, this game has evolved from the previous ones with good results.

The Best Racing Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am telling you the truth. This game is literally the best racing game available today. It is easy enough for everyone to learn to play and it does not get boring like other racing games would after a while. You could just spend hours unlocking things. My friend recommended this game for me to buy and all of my friends want to borrow it or buy their own. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! GET YOUR COPY OF THIS ACTION PACKED RACING GAME! Trust me, it is worth every penny.

Gotta Love this Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my daughter, who is in college... this game is a crackup, lots of fun, and a great way to get the family together for some laughs. A great game for all ages. I highly recommend it.

It's a good game...but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It doesn't have that good ol' Mario Kart feel. It's very competitive, and fast paced. I'd say it's much harder than the two before it. But you feel like you're trying too hard to win a race (which is actually a challenge here), than just having fun. I feel as though they've modified the controls a bit, the carts tend to drift around more than before, and the subtraction of the jump ability, along with modifying the power turn (to make it harder), along with Ai improvements and the good old fashioned "cheating" AI characters , this game can be very frustrating at times.
However, for you Mario Kart fans looking for a new game, look no further. I wish it had not been quite so frustrating, but I definitely recommend it.

Not a good game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 16
Date: July 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think anyone who is considering to buy this game should know this first.

This game doesnt break any new ground, neither graphics or sound fx. The duo tag-team option is new but not great. There are GC games out there, even kids games that look and sound a little better. Cel shading would have been nice. This game isn't.

The unreasonable difficulty towards the later parts is the main reason why this game fails when compared to Mario Kart 64.

1. It does not have the option to replay the course you failed in. Therefore you are forced to replay the entire cup of 4 courses. Although the game designers might have thought this would make it more difficult, yes it does make it more difficult but I think it's not a good move to piss off your consumers. Mario Kart 64 had the option to replay the course.

2. The computer karts can move faster than what is technically possible in this game. Therefore whoever you are handling will have a disadvantage against the computer. Their ability to turbo boost reminds me of the power of using game cheating devices except you, the human player is up against a bunch of cheaters controlled by a computer.

That is a major disadvantage and a turn-off. You either have to buy your own action replay or gameshark or use 4 controllers to control up to 4 karts of 8 characters leaving the rest to the computer, increasing the odds of you winning - but sadly that option is not available in this game. You can only control 2 karts up to 4 characters.

I think the game designers mistook " a difficult game" for " a great game". Granted that difficulty makes a game more challenging and replayable, Mario Kart: Double Dash is not MGS2 or Gran Turismo. There is no need to push the human players this hard. The winning point of this type of game is not in it's difficulty, it's in the simplicity and possibilities when playing this game. Game design is not all about making a game difficult by making the CPU more challenging.

We paid a bit of money to buy this game and we want something in return. If Nintendo is serious about being a key player in this market, it has to not only produce quality and variety games but also know what we want out of different genres of games. Because the Gamecube has much fewer games than the Sony PS2, each game is very important in deciding how the console will fare.

I know some will come to defend this game as a ground-breaking spectacle. That the criticisms are unfair. But think about it, this is really to help Nintendo improve. I recommend a rental to decide 4 urself. You will win and complete this game eventually but at the price of being pushed to fustration and having to replay the grand prix cups over and over again is just not consumer-friendly.

I hope that the next Mario Kart game will be a better game.

A great sequel to some awesome games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: September 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mario is back with another great racing game. Even though we can't give an honest review because the game isn't out yet, I still think this game will be so much fun to play. What really surprised me is that now you can take the Nintendo Gamecube internet adapter and hook up with 8 people for an excellent multiplayer experience. Another great advantage to this game is now you have 2 people in the car at the same time. One has driving duties, and the other provides classic Mario weapons to fire at the other drivers. If you're an avid Nintendo gamer like me, you'll love this game.

Same old...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 51
Date: September 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm pretty used to Nintendo games now. I've been playing them for far too many years. Just when they released Mario Sunshine they get the difficulty just right. Unfortunately they didn't make the game last. Sure I could get all the blue coins but why bother? The game was TOO SHORT.

Nintendo are getting in the habit of releasing these short games and Mario Kart Double Dash is no exception. You really got the feeling they put the effort into Mario Kart 64 but this just looks like a 3D/cel-shading mix up.

But lets not concentrate soully on the graphics. The gameplay. No online gaming. It was amazing how many people were outraged when they heard there was going to be no online gaming. Playing it with your friends will only last so long before they go home. There's no challenge when you're playing the CPU. The game would have lasted so much longer if it was online.

The tracks are a bit more intresting then Mario 64. There are pipes with flat piranha plants, there are flat balls of fire, there is a sphere chomp. Oh wait... the sphere chomp was also in the N64 game. Oh how technology has advanced!

The game is boring. You start it, you finish it. And all for fifty notes. So what? Wait a year until it's in the bargin bin. Maybe half a year. If this was a report card to Nintendo I'd write in red ink, "unoriginal" and "must try harder!" I expected so much from Mario Sunshine but now I've learnt better from it. Come on Nintendo, give us a long game for once that isn't on the Game Boy Advance. PLEASE!!!

A big disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: November 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game was a really big disappointment for me. I had to try this game because of all the hype and all the reviews here. Having played the Nintendo 64 game titled Mario Kart 64 I felt like it was not much of an improvement. In fact, I feel that Mario Kart 64 was a better game. The only improvement was in the graphics. Still, why do the characters not have fingers? In this stage of the game you would think that they would have fingers by now. Anyway, after I played the game I played a bit cheated. I was bored by it within ten minutes. The game is supposed to shine with multiplayer but it fizzled. There are so many GameCube racing games out there that are so much better than this game at a much lower price. One example of a better combat racing game is Burnout. If you can get any one of the games in this series you will see what a good combat racing game feels like. I feel that Mario Kart Double Dash!! is a dumbed down version of Mario Kart 64. I so much wanted it to be a great game. It no longer has the hopping ability of the previous game. For me it just wasn't very good. Double Dash!! probably would be better for very young gamers as they would probably be more forgiving of its shortcomings.

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