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New Mario Kart Double Dash Footage

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the it'sa-me-wario dept.

StrikerObi writes "Planet GameCube has posted the first ever footage of Mario Kart Double Dash for the GameCube. It was recorded earlier off of the CNN Headline News television network. The game now has 2 characters riding on each kart, with one driving and the other using weapons. There is also some footage of the new F-Zero GX game in the reel." There's also a torrent file available from the fine folks at GameTab.

21 comments

  1. Finally by Isbiten · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just hope that they introduce something new that can be ripped off by like a million cart games :) Remeber after they released Super Mario Kart? That's right there were like a gazillion games using the same gameplay but Mario Kart will always be the best :)

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    1. Re:Finally by NanoGator · · Score: 1

      "I just hope that they introduce something new that can be ripped off by like a million cart games :) Remeber after they released Super Mario Kart? That's right there were like a gazillion games using the same gameplay but Mario Kart will always be the best :) "

      Why was this marked 'Off-topic' when the topic's about Mario Kart?

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    2. Re:Finally by Isbiten · · Score: 1

      The /. monkeys are having their fun tonight?

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  2. Yay by leifm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I got a gamecube for two reasons, Donkey Kong Racing, which is shitcanned I think, and this.. Mario Kart ruled..

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    1. Re:Yay by Clomer · · Score: 1

      When I got a GameCube, there were 2 games I had in mind: Metroid Prime and Zelda: Wind Waker. I got Metroid with the system, but I had to wait a few months for Zelda's release. I'm also considering getting Starcraft Ghost when it comes out, (because I'm a Blizzard fan) but I'm as-yet undecided.

      When it comes to Mario Kart, I still have a blast with the original SNES game. I got so good at it that nobody was willing to play with me because I always won! I have the standing record on my copy for all 20 courses for time trial (using Yoshi), even though several people have tried to take some of them over the years.

      I never really got into the N64 Mario Kart. Then again, I was unimpressed with the N64 as a whole (despite being a life-long Nintendo fan). The only N64 game I really enjoy is Zelda: Ocarina of Time. (of which I'm currently working on the Master Quest for GC)

      This game, Mario Kart Double Dash, looks really cool, though. I'm especially looking forward to being able to play with 8 players, something I really wanted in the original. It gives me an excuse to get the broadband adaptor, too. :-) I hope it supports online play, so that if it gets to the point that nobody is willing to play with me at home, I could at least still find opponents online. I wish I could go to E3 to see what they have there on it.

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  3. Am I the only one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Am I the only one that thinks this looks crappy?

    I loved Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64. The only thing I didn't like was not being able to play as Yoshi if I wanted to actually WIN a race, because Bowser, Donkey Kong, and Wario were the fastest.

    Now all the cars look really stupid and the screen is cluttered with twice as many characters and more icons than ever.

    I don't mind racing as baby mario. But I do mind racing around a track at 60mph in a baby carraige which looks like it would have no traction and a high center of gravity.

    Mario Kart's phyiscs felt right. You can't make the physics feel right if the karts are obviously violating proper physics though because they don't tip over when going around corners with such a high center of gravity!

    Besides the cars just look stupid. I mean is it really that clever or cool to make Donkey Kong's car look like a barrel? No. That is stupid. As is making Bowser's car this huge ass six wheeled vehicle. And why are the tires on almost all the cars so thin? They don't look right.

    This is Mario KART, not Mario ride around in whatever vehicle suits you.

    And I don't want Yoshi paired up with that STUPID Birdo character! UGH! Way to ruin Yoshi. Yoshi comes in six colors, why not just pair him up with ANOTHER YOSHI?

    I am not looking forward to this. It looks like it's going the same direction as stupid Diddy Kong Racing which was crap.

    1. Re:Am I the only one... by DavidLeblond · · Score: 2, Informative

      If I remember correctly, you pair the characters up with whomever you want to. The whole point is you have a driver that has certain characteristics and a weapons character, that has certain characteristics. Remember in the first Mario Kart how the NPC version of Donkey Kong could drop banana peels etc? This is along the same lines.

  4. Purple (-1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I ask myself who'd pull these purple colours out of his ass. When I think about games i think about many colours but not this purple shit...

  5. Just great... by dalamcd · · Score: 1
    A torrent of the .wmv, which not everyone (certainly not Mac users) can get to. (Windows Media Player 9 never made it.)

    Hell, even if they could, why would they want to?

    dalamcd

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    1. Re:Just great... by NanoGator · · Score: 1

      "A torrent of the .wmv, which not everyone (certainly not Mac users) can get to. (Windows Media Player 9 never made it.)

      Hell, even if they could, why would they want to? "

      You mean besides them wanting to watch the video?

      Couple of things to consider:

      1.) The WMV8 codec isn't half bad. Maybe not as good as DivX, but it's still very much watchable.

      2.) The WM Player may be a little on the 'blech' side, but arguably most players are. Real Media? Yuck. Quicktime? Yuck. DivX Playa? Yuck. Heck, just fire up MS's v6 Media Player. It's a great little player and it still plays WM9 formats if you have the codecs.

      I don't see what you're complaining about. I can understand Mac users or Linux users being annoyed, but then again intelligent gamers mainly run Windows anyway.

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    2. Re:Just great... by dalamcd · · Score: 2, Insightful
      You mean besides them wanting to watch the video?

      There is a DivX format file on the same page (without the Zero-G footage). And DivX is available for ~all platforms.

      2.) The WM Player may be a little on the 'blech' side, but arguably most players are. Real Media? Yuck. Quicktime? Yuck. DivX Playa? Yuck. Heck, just fire up MS's v6 Media Player. It's a great little player and it still plays WM9 formats if you have the codecs.

      That's your opinion. The WM Player on the Mac (what I use) is terrible.
      Quicktime (for Sorensen stuff) is fine on the Mac, and Video Lan Client and MPlayer are both very good for DivX and pretty much anything else.
      WM Player on Mac is still in a beta, hasn't been updated in probably six months, looks terrible, and runs very slowly even for small, low-quality movies.

      I don't see what you're complaining about. I can understand Mac users or Linux users being annoyed, but then again intelligent gamers mainly run Windows anyway.

      Yes, because using Windows is obviously the 'intelligent' choice when talking about a console game.

      dalamcd

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    3. Re:Just great... by thetamind_pyros · · Score: 1

      Take a look at Media Player Classic. It's a great little player modelled after the great little MS Media Player v6. Launches fast, playlist, plays DVDs and video from a video capture card.

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  6. 4 player competitive races? by Acts+of+Attrition · · Score: 1

    what I'm wondering is if you have 2 people per cart, can you still have competitive races with 4 people each on their own cart? That was one of the best parts of Mario Kart 64, just having a great time going up against your buds.

    1. Re:4 player competitive races? by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 1

      Judging from this screenshot from gamespot, I would assume that you can have four player competitive races.

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    2. Re:4 player competitive races? by ZaMoose · · Score: 4, Informative
      4 players?

      You mean 8 players on two cubes connected via LAN, don't you?

      Ganked from the above article is the list of confirmed playable characters:
      • Mario
      • Luigi
      • Peach
      • Baby Mario
      • Baby Luigi
      • Yoshi
      • Donkey Kong
      • Diddy Kong
      • Koopa
      • Koopa Jr.
      • Koopa Troopa
      • Paratroopa
      • Daisy
      • Birdo
      • Walugi
      • Wario


      Also, it's been said that you can choose any two characters to race on any given cart, as evidenced in this pic, which clearly shows Mario paired with the Princess instead of Luigi.
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  7. 'Bout time by DudemanX · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My buds and I have worn our N64 controllers to nubs playing Mario Kart. I was greatly dissapointed when Mario Kart wasn't a GCN release title. There's no finer waste of time than taking bong rips and destroying your friends with red turtle shells. I'm a little wary of the new element of two characters per kart, but knowing Nintendo's track record with great gameplay I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Once I have this and Mario Tennis in my GCN library I will finally be able toss out the ol' N64(unless someone knows where I can still get brand new Nintendo-made controllers).

    1. Re:'Bout time by devnull17 · · Score: 1

      Try bong rips and Super Smash Bros. Melee sometime. You'll have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on. It's great.

  8. Hmm by Iammadmak · · Score: 1

    This double character thing makes me think of how it will make it easier since you wouldn't have to balance out the good and bad points of each driver. I'm not sure if this change will be good, but change can be good and it may be different giving a new exciting game...

  9. You're half right... by DudemanX · · Score: 1

    While it is true that Bowser and Kong were the fastest on Super Mario Kart, they are most definatly not the fastest on MK64. Yoshi, Toad, and Peach are by far the fastest in that game. The big guys were fun because you could run into people and spin them out and what not, but it's hard to do consistantly. The light-weights are the ones with the best time trial times.

    1. Re:You're half right... by Zapman · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Both of you are kind of right (Note: I've played more MK64 than I should have).

      Bowser, Wario, and DK have the fastest top end. The problem is that they take a long time to get up there.

      Toad, Peach, and Yoshi have a slower top end, but they get up to it much much faster.

      Discounting powerslides for the moment, the heavy guys also lost a decent bit of speed in the curves. This is where the light guys really shine. Powerslides equalize things somewhat. Usually in a race, the little guy will still come out on top, but it's a narrower victory.

      Now, if we're talking battle mode, then I break out the Wario, and you're all fried. ;-)

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  10. Mirror for DivX? by {e}N0S · · Score: 1

    Anyone have a mirror for the DivX file? The one from their site will not download; gets about 60% and restarts..