Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)

Mario Kart: Double Dash (stylized as Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) is a kart racing video game released in 2003 for the GameCube by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development. After Mario Kart 64, this is the fourth main entry in the Mario Kart series and the third for home consoles. It was preceded by Mario Kart: Super Circuit for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, and it was followed by Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS in 2005. It is the first game in the series to use 3D polygon visuals instead of sprites for the racers.

Double Dash, like the preceding releases, pits Mario series playable characters against each other on Mario-themed tracks. The game added a lot of new gameplay elements, such as the ability to play co-op with two riders per kart. One player controls the kart, while the other utilizes items. Players can change roles at any moment. So far, Double Dash is the only game in the Mario Kart series that allows cooperative play. Double Dash features LAN play using the Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter, which allows up to 16 people to participate at the same time. There are a total of 20 characters to choose from, each with a unique item, and eleven of them are new to the series.

Double Dash received favorable reviews from critics, with an overall Metacritic score of 87 out of 100. The visuals, new gameplay features, character and item rosters, arcade look, and track design were all acclaimed by critics, however, aspects of the voice acting were panned. It was a commercial success, selling over 3.8 million copies in the United States and over 802,000 copies in Japan. It is the second best-selling GameCube game of all time, with around 7 million copies sold worldwide, after only Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Platform: GameCube

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