Mario Kart Double Dash

[bowser123]

I'm with Manta Ray on this one. Waluigi is class, his celebrations in Mario Golf are class. Like you say the upside down L is genius too with those bandy legs at right angles.
That kart is class too.

the name. wtf is that? WAluigi. can't believe somebody, somewhere, thought that was a good idea. wario kicks ass, but i'v always seen waluigi as a cheap imitation

Could be wrong but I'm sure I read somewhere that "wa" in Japanese means "evil". Thats why wario is an evil clone of mario and waluigi is an evil clone of luigi.
Bowser was always the best though, I mean he got Princess Peach pregnant

[Max M]

Yeah - a cheap imitation of a cheap imitation.

I think Wario's became more of a character in his own right in recent years.

Birdo is easily the most ****ed up character in the Mario universe.



*Shudders*

[RLench]

Waluigi is a great character. It's a shame he isn't in his own game because he has so much potential.

He's hilarious in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

[Max M]

So which characters are you all gonna put together? I'm thinking of using Baby Bowser because he just looks hilarious in the videos, especially when he pushes the kart at the start of the race then leaps on... maybe put him with Diddy Kong. I like playing as the under-dogs.

By the way I saw it running in Skill yesterday and the videos online don't even do it justice. Everything just looks so alive and full of life.

Anyway, here's some new screesn to whet your appetite. Not exactly great screen grabs.

[Smeghead]

whet your appetite?

that jus makes me soil my pants

[Max M]

Hey, apparently the PAL version works with Action Replay, but not Freeloader. Tested on a modded JAP Cube.

[FreelancePolice]

does anyone think that 12 tracks is not that many ? i know there will probably be a secret cup bah maybe i'm just spoiled from mario kart super circuit

[Max M]

does anyone think that 12 tracks is not that many ? i know there will probably be a secret cup bah maybe i'm just spoiled from mario kart super circuit

There's 16 tracks and you can play them all in reverse.

[makkuwata]

yeah, with the not so secret 'special' cup there are 16, but the lack of a 'ghost track' among that lot is suspicious. a super secret fifth cup perhaps?

doubtful at this stage i suppose

[FreelancePolice]

i'm sure we would of heard of it. Maybe they decieded to scrap the ghost levels

[Papercut]

Heres some details about whats in the game.

Modes:

Grand Prix
- 50cc
- 100cc
- 150cc

- Mirror (unlockable)

Time Trial
- Play any unlocked single course and save ghosts, best lap time, best race time. You start with two mushrooms.

Versus
- 50cc
- 100cc
- 150cc

- Mirror (unlockable)

- Any combination upto 8 Karts, 16 players Co-op over a lan.

Battle
- Balloon Battle, the original battle game.
- Shine Thief, hold a shine for 60 secs
- Bob-Omb Blast [sic], throw grenade like Bomb-Ombs at each other. Three lives.
- Any combination upto 8 Karts, 16 players Co-op over a lan.

Courses:

Mushroom Cup
Luigi Circuit
Peach Beach
Baby Park
Dry Dry Desert

Flower Cup
Mushroom Bridge
Mario Circuit
Daisy Cruiser
Waluigi Stadium

Star Cup
Sherbet Land
Mushroom City
Yoshi Circuit

Special Cup
Wario Colosseum
Dino Dino Jungle
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road

All Cup Tour
All 16 courses in random order, ending with Rainbow Road

Battle Mode Courses
Cookie Land
Nintendo GameCube
Block City
Pipe Plaza

Luigi's Mansion
Tilt-A-Kart

Karts

Mario Kart (medium)
Peach Kart (medium)
Yoshi Kart (medium)

Luigi Kart (medium, unlockable)
Daisy Kart (medium, unlockable)
Birdo Kart (medium, unlockable)

Baby Mario Kart (light)
Koopa Kart (light)

Toad Kart (light, unlockable)
Toadette Kart (light, unlockable)
Baby Luigi Kart (light, unlockable)
ParaTroopa Kart (light, unlockable)
Diddy Kong/Train Kart (light, unlockable)
Baby Bowser/Rocket Kart (light unlockable)

Kong Kart (heavy)
Bowser Kart (heavy)
Wario Kart (heavy)

Petey Pirhana/Pipes Kart (heavy, unlockable)
King Boo/Pipes Kart (heavy, unlockable)
Toadsworth Kart (all weights, unlockable)

Characters

Mario (medium)
Luigi (medium)
Peach (medium)
Daisy (medium)
Yoshi (medium)
Birdo (medium)
Baby Mario (light)
Baby Luigi (light)
Koopa (light)
ParaTroopa (light)

Toad (light, unlockable)
Toadette (light, unlockable)

Donkey Kong (heavy)
Diddy Kong (light)
Bowser (heavy)
Baby Bowser (light)
Wario (heavy)
Waluigi (medium)

Petey Pirhana (heavy, unlockable)
King Boo (medium, unlockable)

Riders can't use Karts smaller than themselves. The combination of rider weight, thower weight and Kart determines the acceleration, top speed, and handling. You can choose any two characters. Each character can use a specific special item.

All unlockables are obtained by finishing Grand Prix mode and getting gold. There doesn't seem to be any Time Trial unlockables.

[RLench]

Brilliant, thanks Papercut.

One question: can you play battle mode in single player, or is it multi-player only?

[MonkeyWrench]

Hey, apparently the PAL version works with Action Replay, but not Freeloader. Tested on a modded JAP Cube.

Bollocks. Guess I'll have to snag myself an import copy.

[Papercut]

One question: can you play battle mode in single player, or is it multi-player only?

Multi only.

[RLench]

Bugger. Oh well, plenty to keep me amused by the sound of it