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on 20/05/2005 at 10:36:55PM
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Rapidly becoming my favourite Gamecube game this. I know it has recieved a lot of stick, especially for the battle mode, but the single race experience is second to none.
I've been playing it with a bunch of my brother's mates for the past 2 hours and I'm getting a few mates over to play it in a moment.
Ah I love it so, a true Gamecube memory.
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Chr1s
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on 20/05/2005 at 11:08:41PM
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Those blue shells are horribly unfair. They pretty much ruin your race and it's damn near impossible to avoid them.
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Dringo
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on 20/05/2005 at 11:24:05PM
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It is impossible to avoid them.
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gerrid
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on 20/05/2005 at 11:31:23PM
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No, you can avoid them, it's just extremely difficult.
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Monkey_With_At...
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on 20/05/2005 at 11:45:23PM
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I was playing it with my Girlfriend today. She really liked it and I though it was good fun.
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gerrid
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on 20/05/2005 at 11:46:44PM
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Yeah there's something about the simplicity of the game that appeals to girls.
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Tphi
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on 21/05/2005 at 12:13:25AM
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square nose wrote:
> gerrid wrote:
> Yeah there's something about the simplicity of the game that appeals
> to girls.
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> Which is why of course dringo loves it lol!
Oh my god! gerrid will be gutted when he finds out his comment can also mean that, lol!!!
.. But I like it. Play it every week against my mate who comes round, s'good fun.
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gerrid
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on 21/05/2005 at 12:14:46AM
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AfroJoe
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:16:30AM
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Dringo, play Mario Kart 64.
Then play Double Dash again.
Then weep in dismay.
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The-IronFlame
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:22:03AM
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Actually racing in Double Dash is better but the battle mode is better in the 64 version..
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AfroJoe
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:24:59AM
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I don't think the racing is better at all.
Powersliding was removed, the courses are extremely short and on the whole not as good, and controlling the karts has changed so much it just feels wrong.
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or†ega
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:32:00AM
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They got rid of powersliding?!?!
glad i never got round to buying it! i know the powersliding was dumbed down for the n64 version compared to the SNES version...but to get rid of of it totally?
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AfroJoe
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:33:02AM
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Well, they didn't get rid of it completely. They just removed the jump function so that it felt really weird and crappy.
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Dringo
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on 21/05/2005 at 11:59:57AM
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Powerslide is in it.
Mario Kart doesn't feel the same with just one character. The Dual characters add such a new dimension to the franchise... It's just so much fun. I always have a character that has a defensive special and one that has an offensive one. And I switch between them depending on position.
Love the game.
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TaMi-Jr
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on 21/05/2005 at 12:50:06PM
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unfortunately, it's no mario kart 64 =(
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AfroJoe
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:16:24PM
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Dringo wrote:
> Powerslide is in it.
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> Mario Kart doesn't feel the same with just one character. The Dual
> characters add such a new dimension to the franchise... It's just so
> much fun. I always have a character that has a defensive special and
> one that has an offensive one. And I switch between them depending on
> position.
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> Love the game.
Yes, powersliding is still there. But it's rubbish. Powersliding in previous versions is so much better it's unbelievable.
And no, Mario Kart doesn't feel the same with just one character in the karts. It feels so much better. Two characters was a good novelty idea, but considering the fact that Double Dash is easily the weakest of all the Mario Kart games, then it shows that it's not a feature that Nintendo should even be considering again. Yeah, it can be a laugh for some time, but being quite honest I'd much rather have one character per kart, as I'm sure I'm not the only one who was left very disappointed following Double Dash.
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mattributé
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:38:48PM
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THe two per cart mechanism added verylittle to the gameplay. At all.
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N64 Fan
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:46:21PM
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Am I the only person here who thinks Double Dash was 'the dogs'?
I have played Mario Kart 64 once since I've had Double Dash and I prob won't play it again. It is so boring compared to DD!
It makes me laugh reading all of these because when MK64 was out everyone kept harping on about how bad it was compared to the SNES version!
Now, all of a sudden its the bees knees again!
Talk about fickle!
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Tphi
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on 21/05/2005 at 1:47:37PM
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mattributé wrote:
> THe two per cart mechanism added verylittle to the gameplay. At all.
Co-Op play is infrequently a laugh if drunk.
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Strafio
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on 21/05/2005 at 3:14:57PM
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Double Dash was alright... but...
too hyped...
and not as good as Mario Kart 64 anyway!
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Alfonse
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on 21/05/2005 at 4:18:27PM
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I played it and Koed the game on every setting. I have to say the best characters for weapons are probably the little people.
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Whitestripes D...
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Too slow, too easy, multiplayer arenas sucked, hard.
That said, it's still a lot of fun to stick an album on loud and spend 40 minutes doing the all star cup.
But it should have been better, much better. Removing the crappy karts and sticking to the old ones would be a good start.
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Legendary Link
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:01:10PM
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You can win a race to easily by taking advantage of power slide boosts in places where the computer doesnt, howevor still fun.
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Walrus
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:09:08PM
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AfroJoe wrote:
> Dringo, play Mario Kart 64.
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> Then play Double Dash again.
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> Then weep in dismay.
I bought my Gamecube because of Double Dash since I had enjoyed MK64 so much. I was however dissapointed because it felt inferior to MK64.It is not a bad game it just isn't as good.In MK64 the courses were much better and I think the whole experience was much better.It was the first time I had played a Mario Kart game and it was amazing but the next game in the series did not live up to it.It was a good thing I had got Sunshine,Prime and Windwaker with my Gamecube because then I would have got bored quickly.
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Tphi
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:17:01PM
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Legendary Link wrote:
> You can win a race to easily by taking advantage of power slide boosts
> in places where the computer doesnt, howevor still fun.
If you want a challenge go and beat all the Staff Ghosts.
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Hedfix
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Herr Dark Wolf
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:25:58PM
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It is a great game. My only complaint is the lack of the hop.
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Hedfix
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:28:50PM
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AfroJoe wrote:
> Dringo, play Mario Kart 64.
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> Then play Double Dash again.
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> Then weep in dismay.
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Herr Dark Wolf
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:31:08PM
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Hedfix wrote:
> AfroJoe wrote:
> Dringo, play Mario Kart 64.
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> Then play Double Dash again.
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> Then weep in dismay.
I have played Mario Kart 64. Have you played it recently, the graphics and frame rate are appalling, especially on the Donkey Kong one. Still, a great game. Fantastic multiplayer. Though PD had the best multiplayer ever.
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Hedfix
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on 21/05/2005 at 6:46:14PM
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And it actually had multiplayer that me and my friends wanted to play.
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Rai
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on 21/05/2005 at 7:36:25PM
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Hedfix wrote:
> And it actually had multiplayer that me and my undead slaves wanted to play.
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AfroJoe
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on 21/05/2005 at 8:26:41PM
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Herr Dark Wolf wrote:
> I have played Mario Kart 64. Have you played it recently, the
> graphics and frame rate are appalling, especially on the Donkey Kong
> one. Still, a great game. Fantastic multiplayer. Though PD had the
> best multiplayer ever.
I actually played it yesterday. :-)
That was 4 player battle with mates.
The graphics and frame rate are actually perfectly acceptable for a 4 player battle on the Block Fort, actually. I think visually it's still a fine game. There are a couple of frame rate issues on some courses, but they really don't make much of a difference.
MK64 > Double Dash
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Dringo
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on 21/05/2005 at 8:31:42PM
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Hedfix wrote:
> AfroJoe wrote:
> Dringo, play Mario Kart 64.
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> Then play Double Dash again.
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> Then weep in dismay.
I have played Mario Kart 64 since, got bored and went back to Double Dash!!
Much better.
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munn
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on 21/05/2005 at 9:29:15PM
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit > All
It's a shame that battel mode wasn't as great, as the actual racing is second to none.
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Miserableman
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on 22/05/2005 at 3:42:52AM
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Mario Kart lived and died on the SNES, where it was one of the very best games on a system that could drown in amazing games. The N64 version was merely pretty good, and Double Dash is just an awful game and imo one of the biggest disappointments this generation (especially compared with the electrifying GC version of F-Zero).
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The-IronFlame
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on 22/05/2005 at 4:09:31AM
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So you prefer F Zero GX? I found that alright but I'm moving away from playing racing games right now.
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Hedfix
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on 22/05/2005 at 5:36:31AM
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I played F-Zero GX once and then never again.
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N64 Fan
"'ahh a nice sweety!"
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on 22/05/2005 at 10:53:50AM
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Miserableman wrote:
> Mario Kart lived and died on the SNES, where it was one of the very
> best games on a system that could drown in amazing games. The N64
> version was merely pretty good, and Double Dash is just an awful game
> and imo one of the biggest disappointments this generation (especially
> compared with the electrifying GC version of F-Zero).
Give over. I've not heard so much tosh for a long time!
DD was and is a great game. F Zero on the Cube sucked too. I bought it and it was back at the shop the following day. Extreme G 3 was better and faster!
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N64 Fan
"'ahh a nice sweety!"
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on 22/05/2005 at 10:54:55AM
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Mind you, XGRA was awful!
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Mav
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on 22/05/2005 at 11:01:10AM
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I thought it was pretty good.
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