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New Mario Kart Double Dash Footage
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.
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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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.
Hell, even if they could, why would they want to?
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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.
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).
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...
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.
Anyone have a mirror for the DivX file? The one from their site will not download; gets about 60% and restarts..
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.
Intelligent responses welcome, flames will be met with marshmallows.