Mario Kart: Double Dash for Gamecube
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Mario Kart: Double Dash for Gamecube
So anyone excited about this title? I've decided to pick up a Gamecube JUST for this title alone.
Here are some screenshots
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/dri...reenindex.html
Here's an early review
http://www.planetgamecube.com/impres...profile&id=571
There's a rumour that it might include Mario Kart 64 on the same disc. Awesome!
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Here are some screenshots
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/dri...reenindex.html
Here's an early review
http://www.planetgamecube.com/impres...profile&id=571
There's a rumour that it might include Mario Kart 64 on the same disc. Awesome!
MM
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I'm gonna wait and rent this one before spending cash on it. E3 build was apparently slow and no skid boost. They have sped it up and added the skid boost. Something just irks me about the game that they didn't think to have those two things that way originally until people started complaining about the E3 build.
Also, I don't see the point in having the pre-order disc being Mario Kart 64. No one will play it heh,why would you when you have double dash?
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time pre-order disc was different in that the master quest version of the game was never released. Plus LoZ:OOT is one the greatest games of any generation when MK64 was somewhat mediocre compared to the original(IMO).
Also, I don't see the point in having the pre-order disc being Mario Kart 64. No one will play it heh,why would you when you have double dash?
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time pre-order disc was different in that the master quest version of the game was never released. Plus LoZ:OOT is one the greatest games of any generation when MK64 was somewhat mediocre compared to the original(IMO).
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Originally posted by Galanthas
I'm gonna wait and rent this one before spending cash on it. E3 build was apparently slow and no skid boost. They have sped it up and added the skid boost. Something just irks me about the game that they didn't think to have those two things that way originally until people started complaining about the E3 build.
I'm gonna wait and rent this one before spending cash on it. E3 build was apparently slow and no skid boost. They have sped it up and added the skid boost. Something just irks me about the game that they didn't think to have those two things that way originally until people started complaining about the E3 build.
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I plan on getting it. I don't see how any self-respecting college student could say otherwise.
*Based on the assumption that Nintendo delivers with the title, not to worried about that though.
*Based on the assumption that Nintendo delivers with the title, not to worried about that though.
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Originally posted by Galanthas
I'm gonna wait and rent this one before spending cash on it. E3 build was apparently slow and no skid boost. They have sped it up and added the skid boost.
I'm gonna wait and rent this one before spending cash on it. E3 build was apparently slow and no skid boost. They have sped it up and added the skid boost.
You've got to trust Nintendo on this one. They have been making Mario Kart games for years. I doubt they don't know what makes the game good.
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Originally posted by Galanthas
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time pre-order disc was different in that the master quest version of the game was never released. Plus LoZ:OOT is one the greatest games of any generation when MK64 was somewhat mediocre compared to the original(IMO).
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time pre-order disc was different in that the master quest version of the game was never released. Plus LoZ:OOT is one the greatest games of any generation when MK64 was somewhat mediocre compared to the original(IMO).
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Originally posted by Galanthas
IAlso, I don't see the point in having the pre-order disc being Mario Kart 64. No one will play it heh,why would you when you have double dash?
IAlso, I don't see the point in having the pre-order disc being Mario Kart 64. No one will play it heh,why would you when you have double dash?
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Originally posted by jeffdsmith
I plan on getting it. I don't see how any self-respecting college student could say otherwise.
*Based on the assumption that Nintendo delivers with the title, not to worried about that though.
I plan on getting it. I don't see how any self-respecting college student could say otherwise.
*Based on the assumption that Nintendo delivers with the title, not to worried about that though.
Sounds like the game is shaping up to be awesome with the speed increase and the almighty power slide .
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I am on the fence on this one. I probably won't buy it for a while, if ever. I already have a big shopping list for November: Mario Party 5 for the GC and Fire Emblem, Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Sacred Cards, River City Ransom and Mario and Luigi for the GBA.
I have Mario Kart for the GBA and I play it now and then but I just don't play it that much. I would use the multiplayer rarely so I'm looking for excellent single player replay value, which I just don't think this will have it for me. I have to spend at least 20 hours on a game to find it a worthy purchase.
I have Mario Kart for the GBA and I play it now and then but I just don't play it that much. I would use the multiplayer rarely so I'm looking for excellent single player replay value, which I just don't think this will have it for me. I have to spend at least 20 hours on a game to find it a worthy purchase.
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(though I do look forward to letting my 4 year old control the back driver).
I don't see how any self-respecting college student could say otherwise.
Anyone have a release date btw?
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But it's Nintendo Groucho hehe, they shouldnt be making mistakes like that. And from what I read at the time the skid boost wasn't a missing feature it just wasn't part of the game.
I'm not saying I hated MK64, I did like it but it just didn't feel right compared to the one on the SNES.
Also, although I love Nintendo and my Cube it's hard to have complete faith in them. I don't like the fact that they are pushing connectivity between the GBA and Cube instead of online for MK: DD for example.
I haven't jumped onto the online bandwagon this gen yet but if Nintendo made some of their games online I wouldn't have hesitated.
Originally posted by Homer Simpson
I disagree completely, MK64 was an awesome game and my kids and I still play it. The multiplayer mode on it is fantastic and easy enough for my 4 year old to play. I doubt Double Dash will be as easy to control (though I do look forward to letting my 4 year old control the back driver). It's also possible they would include a new circuit of courses, I wouldn't think it would be that hard to implement.
I disagree completely, MK64 was an awesome game and my kids and I still play it. The multiplayer mode on it is fantastic and easy enough for my 4 year old to play. I doubt Double Dash will be as easy to control (though I do look forward to letting my 4 year old control the back driver). It's also possible they would include a new circuit of courses, I wouldn't think it would be that hard to implement.
Also, although I love Nintendo and my Cube it's hard to have complete faith in them. I don't like the fact that they are pushing connectivity between the GBA and Cube instead of online for MK: DD for example.
I haven't jumped onto the online bandwagon this gen yet but if Nintendo made some of their games online I wouldn't have hesitated.
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And from what I read at the time the skid boost wasn't a missing feature it just wasn't part of the game.
Actually, I read in one of these reviews that the powerslide/skid boost had been implemented. It's now part of the game.
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Naw the original Mario Kart for the best system ever: Super Nintendo.
Naw the original Mario Kart for the best system ever: Super Nintendo.
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Yea, I know it's there now but I'm saying it gives me pause when it should have been there in the first place and it wasn't.
Yea, I know it's there now but I'm saying it gives me pause when it should have been there in the first place and it wasn't.
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I'm also of the camp that preferred the SNES version to the N64 version of Mario Kart. I just felt that damn rubber band AI was incredibly cheap, and it added much frustration for me. The multiplayer was fun though. I'm hoping that this becomes the best version though.
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Argh.
2 years ago everyone complained that Nintendo waited to long to show their games off. People called them paranoid and foolish.
Now they are knocked for showing incomplete builds of games to early.
Fact is no one here knows if Nintendo planned to leave out that aspect of gameplay or not. Regardless it's in there now.
Justice oh justice, where art thou justice?
2 years ago everyone complained that Nintendo waited to long to show their games off. People called them paranoid and foolish.
Now they are knocked for showing incomplete builds of games to early.
Fact is no one here knows if Nintendo planned to leave out that aspect of gameplay or not. Regardless it's in there now.
Justice oh justice, where art thou justice?
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