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Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
	; For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Release date	November 7, 2003[?]; November 14, 2003; November 14, 2003[?]; November 17, 2003; 2003;
Language(s)	English (United States); French (France); German; Spanish (Spain); Italian; Japanese;
Genre	Racing
ESRB:	- Everyone
PEGI:	- Three years and older
CERO:	- All ages
ACB:	- General
USK:	- All ages
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Format	Nintendo GameCube: Optical disc
Input	Nintendo GameCube: Nintendo GameCube Controller
Serial code(s)	DOL-GM4J-JPN; DOL-GM4E-KOR; DOL-GM4E-USA; DOL-GM4P-EUR;

Latest revision as of 22:40, November 17, 2024

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and the fourth main entry in the Mario Kart series. It was released in November 2003 worldwide, being released in Japan first and later being rereleased as a Player's Choice title in Australia and New Zealand.^[4] The game, while retaining many aspects of the previous Mario Kart games, such as selecting a Super Mario franchise character as the player's driver and the familiar item-based weaponry that the series employs, introduces a feature that is unique to this entry in the Mario Kart series: the two-person karts, hence the title of the game. Two characters handle a single kart, where one character drives and the other uses items, and they can switch positions at any time if necessary. This is the only game in the franchise where two players can play cooperatively in one kart, with each player handling a single character, though the option to play in separate 2-person karts for each player is still available. In addition, the game introduces Special Items, items that are exclusive to a pair of characters. The game is one of the few games to take advantage of LAN Mode via the Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter, which allows up to sixteen players to participate in a single race.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is the first Mario Kart game in the series to employ 3D graphics for characters and items, as opposed to Mario Kart 64 using pre-rendered sprites to display these objects. The game also introduces a larger variety of karts to select from depending on the character combo's weight class rather than the standard go-kart being the sole vehicle all racers use, and this variety of vehicles has been retained in all the Mario Kart games since.

New features[edit]

As with every new Mario Kart game, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! incorporates several new features, granting a new style of playing for the users. Apart from that, there are two characters per kart; the number of playable characters was increased to join the race. As implied in various Super Mario franchise games, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! contains many elements to unlock as well. By beating the cups available in every engine level, the player unveils other hidden levels, karts, and other playable characters in the game. Furthermore, there is a very dynamic selection of karts: every kart has specific stats that distinguishes from the others, as well as capturing their respective character's style; for instance, Mario's kart, the Red Fire. In the first three games, there was only one kart that the players could use, which was what Mario Kart 7 and games after this would eventually call the Pipe Frame.

When breaking Item Boxes, characters can receive any standard item or a Special Item, a new type of item unique to a specific pair of characters. Additionally, items dropped on the course, including Bananas, Shells, Mushrooms, and Stars, instantly affect the first kart that touches it. The effects of certain items have changed considerably as well.

Another notable change featured in the game is the point system given to the racers after a competition in Grand Prix mode. It resembles a hybrid of the point systems used for Formula One from 1991-2002 (10-6-4-3-2-1) and from 2003 onwards (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1), whereas earlier Mario Kart games use a point system resembling the one used for Formula One from 1962-1990 (9-6-4-3-2-1). Additionally, players cannot retry a failed race in Grand Prix mode, as opposed to the first three games. Users have to continue racing until finishing a cup to see the overall results. This new system is used for all Mario Kart installments since this game. The following chart shows the difference of the point spreads from the previous games to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Point spread comparisons
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Super Mario Kart Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart: Super Circuit	9	6	3	1	0	0	0	0
*Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	0

This is also the first Mario Kart game that can be played in multiple languages, besides English and Japanese, and to feature live-rendered 3D models for the characters and items instead of the pre-rendered sprites seen in previous installments.

However, more than the new point system, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! also added important features that would become mainstays of the future Mario Kart titles. For example, before the start of every race, a short overview of the track, lasting a few seconds, shows all of the big features of the track, such as obstacles, scenery, and the characters at the finish line. Also, the countdown to the start of the race lasts for one second longer; in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the countdown is "3, 2, 1, START," (with the start signal being horizontal instead of vertical, its red lights turning on from left to right, and all lights turning green on "START") while in the first three games, it is represented by three lights and three counts (in Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64, the first two lights are red, while the third light is green or blue, respectively, while in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the first two lights are yellow and the third light is blue; the lights also turn on from top to bottom). Also, when the player crosses the finish line to begin the next lap, Lakitu will appear either on the left side or the right side of the player depending on the direction of the final turn of the course to the finish line, holding the lap count signs (if the race finishes with a left turn, Lakitu will appear on the right side of the player; if the race finishes with a right turn, Lakitu will appear on the left side of the player). Also, when the player goes into the last lap of the race, the background music increases its pitch by a semitone.

Controls[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! has various controls for racing and menus. Each button on the controller represents a different ability while the player is racing or battling.

Menu controls[edit]

- Move
- Accept option/Save Game (at the Options Screen)
- Go back
+ - Random selection (at the character select screen)
- Open Start Menu (at title screen)

Race controls[edit]

Single play controls in the pause screen.

The controls for single play, and co-op play, respectively in the pause menu.

Single play[edit]

- Accelerate/Rocket Start
- Brake/Reverse
- Steer
/ - Drift/Power slide (Hold)/Mini-Turbo (Release)
/ - Use item/Stop Item Roulette/Sound horn
/ + - Throw item forward or backward
- Switch characters
- Pause/Resume

Co-op play[edit]

- Double Dash
/// - Use item/Stop Item Roulette/Sound horn
/ - Slide Attack
- Switch characters (both players must hit the switch button at the same time)

Game modes[edit]

Up to four players can play in all the modes, excluding Time Trial mode, where only one is permitted. In addition, the users can play independently or in cooperative mode, a unique style of gameplay only featured in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Grand Prix[edit]

In Grand Prix Mode, the player needs to win the cups against computer-controlled opponents. The difficulty level against CPU racers changes in each of the four engine classes, which are the following:

50cc - Easy. The minimum top speed is low for all karts and CPU racers have a very limited selection of items. Any kart takes the 1st and 2nd place positions.
100cc - Normal. The minimum top speed is fairly average, while CPU drivers have a wider selection of items: they may throw Red Shells at players. Lightweight karts are almost never in the top positions (when controlled by CPU).
150cc - Hard. The minimum top speed in the karts is high, and CPU drivers have a wider selection of Items, most notably, the Spiny Shell's addition. In this level, CPU drivers can take down players using the items against them. Additionally, all the characters race in mixed teams. CPU-controlled heavyweight karts usually take the top positions, with middleweight cars very rarely taking the top positions (when controlled by CPU).
Mirror - Very Hard. Similar to 150cc engine class, however, all the tracks are mirrored. CPU-controlled heavyweight karts usually take the top positions, with middleweight cars very rarely taking the top positions (when controlled by CPU). This engine class is not unlocked until players beat the All-Cup Tour in 150cc.

There are mainly four cups in Grand Prix mode, each one with four tracks to race. These cups bear their difficulty levels as well as the race courses within. The most basic is Mushroom Cup with simple courses and few gimmicks. Special Cup, on the other hand, contains long and gimmicky race courses. All the race courses have three laps, except Baby Park, which has seven because of its short length, and Wario Colosseum, which has two because of its long length.

Special Cup is unlocked when players beat 100cc Star Cup. A fifth cup, the All-Cup Tour, is the conglomeration of all four cups in the game. It is unlocked after players beat the Special Cup in 150cc. All sixteen courses of the game are played through one after another in random order, with the exceptions of Luigi Circuit always appearing first and Rainbow Road always appearing last. This cup does not appear in other racing modes.

In GP Mode, two players can join a race, as themselves or in Co-op play. Players can play Grand Prix mode with two players in different karts or in co-op mode with two to four players.

Time Trial[edit]

In Time Trial, a single player races courses over a set number of laps to record the fastest completion time. Before racing, adding the player's name entry registers their records available. When a race starts, the characters have two Mushrooms in hand for speed boost. The best time elapsed in a lap and a race on a specific track is saved after completing the race. Once a race is completed on a course, the user is able to compete against either their Ghost from the current Ghost data or, once unlocked, the Staff Ghost within the stage. Otherwise, if a race is failed, the Ghost data is not saved. The Ghost data recording can be disabled in the Options screen menu. Each Ghost save is worth five blocks on the GameCube Memory Card.

In Japan, players were able to submit special codes in Time Trial mode as part of a contest. The contest never existed outside of Japan, but the results of the code can still be accessed in all versions of the game.

Battle[edit]

In Battle Mode, two to four players can compete against each other using a variety of items (including all the special items) on courses made specifically for battles.

Battle Mode contains three different sub-modes:

Battle	Description
Balloon Battle	The classic battle style which consists of popping opponents' balloons to score, using the items from the Item Boxes. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the players can even "steal" balloons from their rivals, using a Mushroom to dash into them or hitting with a star. This new feature has been kept for future Mario Kart games. In Co-op play, the rear player can also take away opponents' balloons while doing a Slide Attack. Unlike Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the players no longer transform into Mini Bomb Karts or Bob-ombs after being taken out, and instead just vanish.
Shine Thief	In Shine Thief, players must retrieve a Shine Sprite dropped on the course and keep it in hand until time runs out. On the other hand, players who did not retrieve the treasure can use items against whoever has the Shine to force them to drop it. If using a Mushroom, a Star or a Slide Attack (Co-op Play), a Shineless player can steal the Shine directly from its owner. The Battle mode Shine Runners from Mario Kart DS was based on this sub-mode.
Bob-omb Blast	Characters use Bob-ombs to hit their opponents and score stars to win. The bombs can be obtained by running over an Item Box, which only contains Bob-ombs. Every character can hold up to five of these explosives, and can throw them forwards or drop them backwards. Any kart that makes contact with an opponent's bomb or gets blown up by the explosion loses stars. For two players, competitors need three stars to win the battle, while for three or four players, they need four.

Versus[edit]

Characters racing in Versus mode.

Versus (for two to four players) allows racers to select their characters and karts, and compete among themselves on the tracks. It is also possible to play in versus mode through a LAN connection where more than four players can join a competition. Additionally, there are some versus options found in the Option menu to change the mode's gameplay:

Number of Laps: The number of laps set over all tracks, ranging from one to nine. If one lap is chosen, the beginning of the race starts as a Final Lap with Final Lap fanfare music.
Items: The variety of items given to the racers can be changed to:
- Recommended: Default way in obtaining certain item by racer's place.
- Basic: Powerful items such as Lightning and Stars are rarely obtainable.
- Frantic: Basic items such as Fake Items, Bananas, and Green Shells are rarely obtainable.
- None: No items to use at all.

Co-op play[edit]

Supporting the main feature in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! upon two-racers-one-kart, Cooperative Play (also said Co-op Play) lets two players control their respective character in a kart, one being the driver and the other as the item thrower. While playing in Co-op mode, the players' characters can perform special moves that a single player cannot make. The rear character can perform a Slide Attack to steal an item from their rivals while messing up the rival's vehicle's controls. Both players can even double the power of the Rocket Start by pressing the button at the same time. This special boost is the Double Dash.

The following table below excludes Time Trial as it is a single player exclusive mode.

Co-op Play Modes
Players	Grand Prix	Versus	Battle
P1 & P2 vs P3 (& P4 if doing 4 players)
P1 & P2
P1 & P2 vs P3 vs P4

Characters[edit]

Drivers[edit]

The complete roster for Mario Kart Double Dash!!.

The character select screen, with all characters unlocked. Here, Koopa and Bowser have been selected.

Because of the team mechanic, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! includes twenty playable characters, with nine returning characters and eleven newcomers. New characters include Daisy, Birdo, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Paratroopa, Diddy Kong, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Toadette, Petey Piranha, and King Boo, with Baby Luigi, Toadette, and King Boo also making their overall playable debuts, and Toadette making her first appearance in any game. It is also Koopa Troopa's first playable appearance in the series since Super Mario Kart. This is the only Mario Kart game to feature more playable characters than it does race courses. Characters are divided into three classes depending on their weight: Light, Medium, and Heavy. There are eight default teams and two unlockable teams, a total of ten teams and twenty individual characters which can be combined in any way, giving 190 possible character combinations. Pressing and together before selecting any character chooses a random pair of characters and a random kart to play as. In multiplayer mode, it randomizes everyone's character and kart.

Default drivers[edit]

	Weight	Default kart	Special item
Mario	Medium	Red Fire	Fireball
Luigi	Medium	Green Fire	Fireball
Peach	Medium	Heart Coach	Heart
Daisy^(new)	Medium	Bloom Coach	Heart
Yoshi	Medium	Turbo Yoshi	Yoshi's Egg
Birdo^(new)	Medium	Turbo Birdo	Birdo's Egg
Baby Mario^(new)	Light	Goo-Goo Buggy	Chain Chomp
Baby Luigi^(new)	Light	Rattle Buggy	Chain Chomp
Koopa	Light	Koopa Dasher	Triple Green Shells and Triple Red Shells
Paratroopa^(new)	Light	Para-Wing	Triple Green Shells and Triple Red Shells
Donkey Kong	Heavy	DK Jumbo	Giant Banana
Diddy Kong^(new)	Light	Barrel Train	Giant Banana
Bowser	Heavy	Koopa King	Bowser's Shell
Bowser Jr.^(new)	Light	Bullet Blaster	Bowser's Shell
Wario	Heavy	Wario Car	Bob-omb
Waluigi^(new)	Medium	Waluigi Racer	Bob-omb

Unlockable drivers[edit]

	Weight	Default kart	Special item	Unlock method
Toad	Light	Toad Kart	Golden Mushroom	Win the 100cc Special Cup
Toadette^(new)	Light	Toadette Kart	Golden Mushroom	Win the 100cc Special Cup
Petey Piranha^(new)	Heavy	Piranha Pipes	All (excluding green fireballs and Birdo's egg)	Win the Mirror Star Cup
King Boo^(new)	Heavy	Boo Pipes	All (excluding green fireballs and Birdo's egg)	Win the Mirror Star Cup

Supporting characters[edit]

Lakitu as the referee and Toadsworth driving on the Parade Kart in the Award Ceremony.

In addition to the playable drivers, numerous other Super Mario franchise characters play supporting roles in the game as well. Lakitu reprises his role as the referee, meaning that he signals the start of each and every race and battle with his starting lights, alerts players when they complete a lap around the course, tells the drivers when they are going in the wrong direction, waves the checkered flag to finish the race at the finish line, and returns drivers to the track if they land themselves in a dangerous predicament (i.e. falling off the course). Other characters who make cameos include Shy Guys, Piranha Plants, Cataquacks, and Dinosaurs. Toadsworth drives the winners of a cup around Peach Beach in the Parade Kart. Piantas and Nokis from Super Mario Sunshine cheer the racers on in some courses and join them during the Award Ceremony.

Karts[edit]

Scan from page 22 of the instruction booklet.

Twenty-one karts are available in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, notable for having different designs and appearances. There is one kart for each character, plus the Parade Kart. Every kart has three ratings, rated by the number of stars. The maximum amount is five.

Acceleration: How quickly a kart can achieve its top speed.
Speed: The level of top speed when the kart goes forward.
Weight: The weight of the kart.

Just as the characters are classified according to their weights, karts are split into three groups in size with some general characteristics:

Light: Lightweight karts show good acceleration but poor top speed and low weight. They can be easily bumped away by heavier karts. They do not lose a lot of speed when they go off course, but their turning is too wide.
Medium: Medium-weight vehicles show average top speed and acceleration. Some karts within this group have slightly varied stats, however.
Heavy: Heavyweight karts have the highest level of weight among the karts, capable of knocking away most light and some medium-weight vehicles/characters away. Many of these show high top speed, although their acceleration and off-road are fairly poor. They also have tighter turning.

As shown from the image, each combination of characters also determines the class of kart that is used for the race. The Parade Kart, unlocked by completing All-Cup Tour in Mirror Mode, however, can be driven by any combination of characters.

Default karts[edit]

These are the kart stats that are displayed in-game.

Vehicle	Owner	Class	Speed	Acceleration	Weight
Red Fire	Mario	Medium	3 ★★★☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆
Heart Coach	Peach	Medium	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	3 ★★★☆☆
Turbo Yoshi	Yoshi	Medium	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	3 ★★★☆☆
Goo-Goo Buggy	Baby Mario	Light	1 ★☆☆☆☆	5 ★★★★★	2 ★★☆☆☆
Koopa Dasher	Koopa	Light	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆
DK Jumbo	Donkey Kong	Heavy	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆
Koopa King	Bowser	Heavy	5 ★★★★★	1 ★☆☆☆☆	5 ★★★★★
Wario Car	Wario	Heavy	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆

Unlockable karts[edit]

Vehicle	Owner	Class	Speed	Acceleration	Weight	Unlock method
Green Fire	Luigi	Medium	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	Win the 50cc Mushroom Cup
Bloom Coach	Daisy	Medium	3 ★★★☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	Win the 50cc Flower Cup
Turbo Birdo	Birdo	Medium	3 ★★★☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	Win the 150cc Flower Cup
Rattle Buggy	Baby Luigi	Light	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	Win the 100cc Mushroom Cup
Toad Kart	Toad	Light	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	Win the 100cc Special Cup (unlocked alongside Toad and Toadette)
Toadette Kart	Toadette	Light	1 ★☆☆☆☆	5 ★★★★★	2 ★★☆☆☆	Win the Mirror Mushroom Cup
Para-Wing	Paratroopa	Light	1 ★☆☆☆☆	5 ★★★★★	2 ★★☆☆☆	Win the 50cc Star Cup
Barrel Train	Diddy Kong	Light	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆	Win the 150cc Star Cup
Bullet Blaster	Bowser Jr.	Light	4 ★★★★☆	3 ★★★☆☆	1 ★☆☆☆☆	Win the 50cc Special Cup
Waluigi Racer	Waluigi	Medium	3 ★★★☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆	3 ★★★☆☆	Win the 100cc Flower Cup
Piranha Pipes	Petey Piranha	Heavy	4 ★★★★☆	2 ★★☆☆☆	5 ★★★★★	Win the Mirror Star Cup (unlocked alongside Petey Piranha and King Boo)
Boo Pipes	King Boo	Heavy	2 ★★☆☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	5 ★★★★★	Win the Mirror Special Cup
Parade Kart	None	Any weight	4 ★★★★☆	3 ★★★☆☆	4 ★★★★☆	Win the Mirror All-Cup Tour

Actual stats[edit]

The stars shown on the vehicle selection screen are less precise than the actual values used by the game;^[5] Speed and Weight each have 9 distinct values rather than 5, and the differences in Acceleration are mainly due to two values, generating 9 possible combinations that do not necessarily line up with the menu stats: the first value affects mainly the first phase of acceleration while starting from a standstill, the second affects acceleration when the speed is higher than around 50% of the maximum speed.^[6]^[7]^[8] When drifting, acceleration depends on values that are the same for all karts. Drifting itself can begin when the speed of the kart is at least 15 km/h (26 units). When the speed is lower than that, trying to drift results in the kart having an acceleration value proportional to the first acceleration value, but considerably smaller than that.^[6]^[9] The values determine acceleration in terms of increase of relative speed, the fraction of current speed to top speed, over time.^[10]
Speed is reported in units, from which the values in the speedometer are calculated using the following conversion factors:^[6] S_km/h = S_units / 1.75
S_mph = S_units / 2.5 Speed is actually capped at 175 units (100 km/h, 70 mph).^[11]
Furthermore, there is a hidden Off-Road stat that determines a vehicle's top speed in most off-road terrains, such as grass. Weak off-road patches, like the yellow sand in Dry Dry Desert, reduce the kart's top speed by a fixed 20 units (~11 km/h, 8 mph). On the other hand, middle off-road patches, such as the grassy and sandy part where the Chain Chomp lies in Luigi Circuit, reduce speed to a value dependent on the kart chosen. Finally, heavy Off-Road areas such as the reddish sand in Dry Dry Desert or underwater parts, slow down all karts to a fixed 40 units speed (23 km/h, 16 mph).^[6]
When shrunken by Lightning, the top speed in normal roads and weak off-road sections goes down by 20 units, while the top speed in medium off-road sections goes down by 10 units. The top speed in heavy off-road sections stays unaltered.^[5]
All karts have their own Mini-Turbo value, however all light karts have a Mini-Turbo boost that lasts 30 frames, all medium karts have a 20 frames Mini-Turbo boost, and all heavy karts have a 10 frames Mini-Turbo boost. The Parade Kart also has a Mini-Turbo boost that lasts 30 frames.^[6]

Conventional Classification
Vehicle	Top Speed	Off-Road	Acceleration	Weight	Mini-Turbo
Red Fire	5	5	4	5	2
Green Fire	7	4	3	4	2
Heart Coach	4	6	6	5	2
Bloom Coach	6	4	5	3	2
Turbo Yoshi	4	5	6	6	2
Turbo Birdo	6	4	4	7	2
Goo-Goo Buggy	1	9	9	2^{[stats 1]}	3
Rattle Buggy	2	9	8	2	3
Toad Kart	3	9	7	2	3
Toadette Kart	1	9	9	2	3
Koopa Dasher	2	8	8	3	3
Para-Wing	1	8	9	3	3
DK Jumbo	8	2	2	8	1
Barrel Train	8	7	3	5	3
Koopa King	9	1	1	9	1
Bullet Blaster	8	1	4	1	3
Wario Car	7	3	3	7	1
Waluigi Racer	5	9	5	6	2
Piranha Pipes	8	7	2	9	1
Boo Pipes	2	9	8	9	1
Parade Kart	7	3	4	7	3

^ In Battle Mode, the Goo-Goo Buggy's weight value is 1.

Actual Data
Vehicle	Top Speed^{[stats2 1]}			Weak Off-Road^{[stats2 1]}			Medium Off-Road^{[stats2 1]}			Acceleration		Weight	Mini-Turbo
Vehicle	units	km/h	mph	units	km/h	mph	units	km/h	mph	First Value	Second Value	Weight	frames
Red Fire	140	80	56	120	68.6	48	80	45.7	32	0.3	0.005	2	20
Green Fire	142	81.1	56.8	122	69.7	48.8	77	44	30.8	0.15	0.005	1.75	20
Heart Coach	139	79.4	55.6	119	68	47.6	83	47.4	33.2	1	0.005	2	20
Bloom Coach	141	80.6	56.4	121	69.1	48.4	77	44	30.8	0.5	0.005	1.5	20
Turbo Yoshi	139	79.4	55.6	119	68	47.6	80	45.7	32	1	0.005	2.25	20
Turbo Birdo	141	80.6	56.4	121	69.1	48.4	77	44	30.8	0.3	0.005	2.5	20
Goo-Goo Buggy	136	77.7	54.4	116	66.3	46.4	92	52.6	36.8	3	0.01	1.25	30
Rattle Buggy	137	78.3	54.8	117	66.9	46.8	92	52.6	36.8	2	0.01	1.25	30
Toad Kart	138	78.9	55.2	118	67.4	47.2	92	52.6	36.8	1	0.01	1.25	30
Toadette Kart	136	77.7	54.4	116	66.3	46.4	92	52.6	36.8	3	0.01	1.25	30
Koopa Dasher	137	78.3	54.8	117	66.9	46.8	89	50.9	35.6	2	0.01	1.5	30
Para-Wing	136	77.7	54.4	116	66.3	46.4	89	50.9	35.6	3	0.01	1.5	30
DK Jumbo	143	81.7	57.2	123	70.3	49.2	71	40.6	28.4	0.1	0.005	2.75	10
Barrel Train	143	81.7	57.2	123	70.3	49.2	86	49.1	34.4	0.15	0.005	2	30
Koopa King	144	82.3	57.6	124	70.9	49.6	68	38.9	27.2	0.08	0.005	3	10
Bullet Blaster	143	81.7	57.2	123	70.3	49.2	68	38.9	27.2	0.3	0.005	1	30
Wario Car	142	81.1	56.8	122	69.7	48.8	74	42.3	29.6	0.15	0.005	2.5	10
Waluigi Racer	140	80	56	120	68.6	48	92	52.6	36.8	0.5	0.005	2.25	20
Piranha Pipes	143	81.7	57.2	123	70.3	49.2	86	49.1	34.4	0.1	0.005	3	10
Boo Pipes	137	78.3	54.8	117	66.9	46.8	92	52.6	36.8	2	0.01	3	10
Parade Kart	142	81.1	56.8	122	69.7	48.8	74	42.3	29.6	0.3	0.005	2.5	30

^ ^a ^b ^c Top speed values in various conditions are relative to the 150cc class.

Courses[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! contains sixteen new racing courses added to the series, along with six new battle courses. Each racecourse contains its own difficulty and gimmicks.

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

Battle courses[edit]

Default

Unlockable

Luigi's Mansion is unlocked by winning the 150cc Mushroom Cup, and Tilt-a-Kart is unlocked by winning the Mirror Flower Cup.

Staff Ghosts[edit]

This game follows Mario Kart 64 in including the possibility to race against Staff Ghosts, ghosts created by Nintendo staff as the main ghosts of the course. They can be unlocked by achieving a certain time on the respective course. Below is a table showing all Staff Ghosts and their respective times.^[12]

Generally, the driver is the same character that the course is themed after according to the course's internal name, while the rider is their pair and the kart is the default-unlocked one shared between them; the exceptions are Baby Park, which is named after Baby Luigi internally yet has him as the rider while Baby Mario is the driver, Dry Dry Desert and Sherbet Land, which do not have character theming, and Rainbow Road, which also lacks character theming and also has an atypical pair of Mario and Peach on the Red Fire. Bowser Jr. is the only default character to not be a driver in any staff ghost, Bowser is the only one to not be a rider, and Mario and Peach are the only ones to have the same role twice, once with their respective standard partner and once with each other.

Course	Driver	Rider	Kart	Time
Luigi Circuit	Luigi	Mario	Red Fire	1:26.277
Peach Beach	Peach	Daisy	Heart Coach	1:20.404
Baby Park	Baby Mario	Baby Luigi	Goo-Goo Buggy	1:11.108
Dry Dry Desert	Birdo	Yoshi	Turbo Yoshi	1:50.755
Mushroom Bridge	Koopa	Paratroopa	Koopa Dasher	1:31.458
Mario Circuit	Mario	Luigi	Red Fire	1:41.384
Daisy Cruiser	Daisy	Peach	Heart Coach	1:52.207
Waluigi Stadium	Waluigi	Wario	Wario Car	1:59.658
Sherbet Land	Baby Luigi	Baby Mario	Goo-Goo Buggy	1:25.904
Mushroom City	Paratroopa	Koopa	Koopa Dasher	1:50.663
Yoshi Circuit	Yoshi	Birdo	Turbo Yoshi	1:59.866
DK Mountain	Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong	DK Jumbo	2:12.639
Wario Colosseum	Wario	Waluigi	Wario Car	2:21.106
Dino Dino Jungle	Diddy Kong	Donkey Kong	DK Jumbo	2:00.908
Bowser's Castle	Bowser	Bowser Jr.	Koopa King	2:44.690
Rainbow Road	Mario	Peach	Red Fire	3:16.476

Items[edit]

Upon running over a single Item Box or Double Item Box, the characters receive a power-up.

Traditional items from Super Mario Kart through Mario Kart: Super Circuit appear in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with a bunch of new power-ups to change a race drastically, such as stealing the opponent's place or item by using a Mushroom or reducing the racers to small size with the rare Lightning. The rear character obtains a determinate item by running into an Item Box. However, Double Item Boxes give items to both the rear character and driver. The variety of items depends on the kart's place. Leader racers tend to receive basic items such as Bananas or Green Shells, while those going under fourth place can receive rare items like a Star or a Spiny Shell.

Items are classified in two forms:

Standard: Drivers can obtain these types of items when they go through an Item Box or Double Item Box.
Special: Some drivers obtain a special item that other drivers cannot obtain by an Item Box. When a character holds a special item, the second character cannot obtain another special item via Item Box.

Standard Items[edit]

Image	Name	Instruction Booklet Description
	Green Shell	Green Shells move in straight lines when thrown and knock karts for a loop if they hit.
	Red Shell	Red Shells seek out karts in front of you and flip them over when they strike.
	Spiny Shell	This winged wonder heads straight for the leader of the pack and explodes on impact. Any kart caught in the blast area will flip.
	Mushroom	These turbo toadstools give karts brief speed bursts.
	Triple Mushrooms	Triple Mushrooms allow you to dash three times in a row.
	Banana	These slippery skins can be dropped or thrown in strategic spots to send rivals into sudden spins.
	Fake Item	These items of deception look just like real Item Boxes, so place them where your opponents won't expect.
	Star	Stars make karts temporarily invincible and increase their top speed by a hair. Karts hit by Star-wielding karts will go flying.
	Lightning	This mighty bolt strikes all opponents at the same time, causing them to spin out, drop their items, and shrink in size, which reduces their max speeds.

Special Items[edit]

Main article: Special Item (Mario Kart series)

Name	Characters	Instruction Booklet Description
Fireballs	Mario & Luigi	They split up after they're thrown and go sliding ahead. These powerful pyrotechnics can take out multiple opponents at once.
Heart (new)	Peach & Daisy	Flying hearts surround the royal ladies' karts, and any item that hits them becomes theirs to use. A cute and handy item.
Yoshi's Egg (Birdo's Egg) (new)	Yoshi & Birdo	These eggs roll down the road and home in on opponents. When they hit and break, they'll drop three more items.
Chain Chomp (new)	Baby Mario & Baby Luigi	This fearsome beast chases karts with reckless abandon, pulling the babies behind it at breakneck speeds.
Golden Mushroom	Toad & Toadette	N/A (Temporarily allows consecutive speed boosts)
Triple Green Shells and Triple Red Shells	Koopa & Paratroopa	Don't let Koopa and Paratroopa worry about not having enough shells. Get three at a time!
Giant Banana (new)	Donkey Kong & Diddy Kong	Only DK and Diddy know where these monstrous fruit can be found. Once they're in the road, they're tough to manoeuvre around.
Bowser's Shell (new)	Bowser & Bowser Jr.	An awe-inspiring giant shell! As it careens down the road, slamming and ramming into karts, it's the very image of Bowser himself.
Bob-omb (new)	Wario & Waluigi	Take aim and give your opponents an explosive surprise. Mess up, and you might just hit yourself! This item's dangerous...

Petey Piranha and King Boo have the ability to obtain any special item, excluding green Fireballs and Birdo's Egg.
Note: Although special items can only be obtained by the characters they are assigned to, if a player is holding a special item, another player can steal it by colliding with the player holding the item while under the influence of a Mushroom, Star, or Slide Attack. Also, any character can get any special item in Battle Mode. Finally, in Co-Op Mode, the driver can pass a special item to the person in the back.

Unlocking matrix[edit]

Winning first on most cups for each difficulty unlocks a specific reward. The easier versions of the All-Cup Tour do not, but they are still required to unlock the special ending picture and title screen.

Class	Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Star Cup	Special Cup	All-Cup Tour
50cc	Green Fire	Bloom Coach	Para-Wing	Bullet Blaster	N/A
100cc	Rattle Buggy	Waluigi Racer	Special Cup	Toad, Toadette, and Toad Kart	N/A
150cc	Luigi's Mansion	Turbo Birdo	Barrel Train	All-Cup Tour	Mirror
Mirror	Toadette Kart	Tilt-a-Kart	Petey Piranha, King Boo, and Piranha Pipes	Boo Pipes	Parade Kart

Driving techniques[edit]

Drifting and mini turbo[edit]

Main article: Drift

Drifting prevents racers from losing speed in turns or from going off the course. By keeping the controller's (or ) button pressed, and tilting the stick to either side, racers make the kart begin a turn. While drifting, racers can gain a momentary speed boost by tilting the control stick to either side, opposite to a corner's direction. The kart then starts to produce sparks on its wheels. Doing this two times more, racers make the sparks become orange, then blue. Then, a mini turbo can be released right after the racer lets go of the (or ) button.

This tactic can be used to perform "snaking" (continuous power sliding) and elude homing hazards such as Red Shells.

Rocket Start[edit]

Main article: Rocket Start

The Rocket Start in action at Baby Park

A Rocket Start is a speed boost given to a kart when a race starts out. To perform, racers have to press the button to accelerate right when Lakitu's lights turn green or by tapping the button repeatedly while Lakitu counts down.

Double Dash[edit]

Main article: Rocket Start § Double Dash

The Double Dash in action at Mushroom Bridge

The Double Dash is similar to the Rocket Start. Although it is more powerful, it can only be performed in Co-op play. Both team members can press the button at the same time when Lakitu's light turns green. Upon being done perfectly, the kart bolts farther, leaving out a blue flame as a result. This technique is named after the game's subtitle.

Item steal[edit]

Donkey Kong uses the Slide Attack, which can be used to steal items from opposing racers.

Item stealing is snatching a power-up directly from the rival's hands in a kart. There are three ways to steal an item as long as the player's rear character holds no items. Items can be stolen when the rear racer uses a mushroom or a star to hit an opposing kart and snatch the item that one of the rivals have. In Co-op Mode, the player's rear character can use the Slide Attack to knock other rivals and take their items away. However, if the rear character knocks a rival kart with two players holding an item, the character can get the rival rear character's item, while the rival driver drops the other item onto the track.

LAN Mode[edit]

Title screen in LAN play

Using the Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter (sold separately) attached to the game system, in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! it is possible to play via Local Area Network (LAN), using up to eight Nintendo GameCube systems connected to a hub device, or also using two consoles connected together through a cross-cable, where more than four players can join a race locally. This means that up to sixteen users can play at the same time with their friends using two or more GameCube systems with the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! game discs on.

After connecting the systems to the hub, the players should turn the systems' power button to begin. The LAN Mode option appears on screen to confirm the selection. Once LAN Mode is selected and confirmed on all participating game systems and the connections have been established, the Select Mode displays. Players may proceed by pressing the controller's button, the LAN Mode title screen displays to enter to play.

LAN Mode does not work on the Wii, as the system disables the Ethernet port when it switches to play GameCube games and the GameCube Broadband adapter is not compatible.

On the LAN Mode title screen, there are three options:

Start Game: Begin Versus LAN play.
Select Mode: Adjust LAN setup options. This allows users to choose the modes of play:
- Game Mode: Select one of these game modes available: Versus, Balloon Battle, or Shine Thief. Bob-omb Blast cannot be played in the LAN setup. Only in Versus mode can the number of laps on the tracks and the engine classes be changed.
- Order of Courses: Choose the way in which courses or stages are selected: Random, All courses, one course or All-cups (only for Versus).
- Co-op: Enable or Disable Cooperative Mode.
- Screen Division: Split the screen. This option applies to all TVs and is not available if there are more than four Nintendo GameCube systems in use.
Quit LAN Mode: Stop playing LAN Mode.

Unlike the local multiplayer, the players' characters are chosen at random each time a race begins.

Toad and Toadette can be selected, providing they have been unlocked on one of the Memory Cards. Petey Piranha and King Boo however are never picked, even if they have been unlocked on one of the Memory Cards.

The kart that is picked is the one that belongs to the driver, unless either their respective kart has not been unlocked on any of the Memory Cards or the partner is a bigger weight class than the driver. This means that the Piranha Pipes, Boo Pipes, and Parade Kart cannot be used in LAN mode.

LAN connection[edit]

In this way, two to eight Nintendo GameCube systems are connected to an over-the-counter 10BASE-T hub. The LAN cables used to connect every game system to the hub must be compatible, otherwise, the connection is not carried out. Every Nintendo GameCube system has to have attached their Nintendo Broadband Adapter, and the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! game disc in hand, one per system. At last, the number of GameCube controllers used depends on the number of players present.

Cross-cable connection[edit]

Unlike LAN connection, where it uses a hub to connect GameCube systems to it, the Cross-cable connection requires of only two GameCube game systems connected between themselves, through a 10BASE-T hub-compatible cross-cable. The rest of the required equipment is similar: A Mario Kart: Double Dash!! game disc per system, the Nintendo Broadband Adapter attached to the game system, and the number of GameCube controllers regarding how many players participate.

Troubleshooting[edit]

Occasionally the users may experience malfunctions or be unable to connect due to technical problems.

When using an incompatible LAN cable with the Hub in use, or using another type of cable different to the cross-cable to connect two systems directly.
A LAN cable is not fully inserted into the Hub or any game system.
A LAN cable was removed during the transfer of data.
Any game system was turned off or the game system's RESET button was pressed in the process.
When some device other than a Nintendo GameCube is connected to the Hub.
When a Hub or LAN cable not compatible with the 10BASE-T standard is being used.
When more than eight Nintendo GameCube systems have been connected.

Differences in split-screen races[edit]

Split-screen races typically have less features for maintaining game performance such as consistent load times and a stable frame-rate.

All courses

Item Boxes have a brighter checkerboard texture, as opposed to clearer checkerboard texture.
Dash Panels look slightly different.

Luigi Circuit

The flowers on the grass are missing.
The two blimps that fly above the track are also missing.

Peach Beach

The Daisy Cruiser in the background is absent.
The Piantas are absent.
Before the finish line, the Pianta statue fountain is replaced by a Power Star. The fountain is also not active.

Baby Park

The Yoshi helicopter is removed.

Dry Dry Desert

Just before the finish line, the Item Boxes are removed from the three small hills.
The smaller Pokeys are missing.

Mushroom Bridge

There are no whirlpools in the water.
There are only two trucks, three regular cars, four buses, two moving Item Boxes, one Mushroom-shaped car, and two Bomb-cars.
Mushroom City and Peach's Castle do not appear in the background.
The advertisement signs after the green tunnel are missing.
The Wiggler Wagon on Mushroom Bridge is only five body segments long, as opposed to being ten body segments long.
All shadows except vehicles and the player karts are missing.

Mario Circuit

There are fewer Goombas and Piranha Plants.

Daisy Cruiser

The umbrellas are absent.
The Piantas are absent.
Areas normally blocked off by traffic cones are instead blocked off by barriers.
The moving Item Boxes do not move and can spawn Double Item Boxes.
The colorful banners above the curved staircase are removed.
There are no shadows at Daisy Cruiser.
The inside of the ship has no lights on the ceiling.
There are less Item Boxes in the dining area.
In the dining area, the tables that are not used as obstacles are absent.
In the dining area, the items on top of the pillars were removed.
There is no trapdoor over the entrance to the alternate route.
In the alternate route under the floor, there is no fan in the tube, nor are there any colored pipes on the ceiling.
The gears near the front of the ship are missing.
Near the end, there are no life rings.

Waluigi Stadium

The rings of fireballs on the ramps are absent.
Except in VS mode, the metal Piranha Plants do not move their jaws.
The moving arrow signs are absent.
The Jumbotron is absent.

Sherbet Land

There are only two moving Item Boxes at each end of the tunnel, as opposed to three.
Only two Blue Shy Guys appear before the tunnel as opposed to three.

Mushroom City

The traffic lights are absent.
There are only four moving Item Boxes, two Mushroom-shaped cars, four regular cars, two Bomb-cars, one bus, and one truck.
Mushroom Bridge is not seen in the background.
All shadows except vehicles and the player karts are missing.

Yoshi Circuit

Some of the Piranha Plants are missing.
The Sunshine, the Daisy Cruiser, and the Yoshi Helicopter do not appear.

DK Mountain

Boulders are less common.
At the cliff area, one of the Item Boxes is absent.

Wario Colosseum

The rings of fireballs on the ramps are absent.
Coming off the first jump ramp after entering the dome, there are only four item boxes as opposed to five.

Dino Dino Jungle

The volcanoes in the background of the track near the finish line, including the volcano from DK Mountain, are absent.
In the area where there are Item Boxes on the trunks, the Item Boxes are removed.
In the area between Nossie's feet, there are only two Item boxes, rather than four.
There are fewer dinosaurs.
In the first alternate route area where the bridge splits, there is only one Double Item Box instead of two.
Near the end, before the finish line, there are only two moving Item Boxes instead of four.
The crystals and pillar formations in the tunnels are removed.

Bowser's Castle

Only two of the Thwomps are present.
The Podoboos are removed.
In the circular room with fireballs revolving around a pillar in the center, three of the six rotating fireballs are removed.
The Bowser statue shoots fireballs at a slower rate.

Rainbow Road

At the second sharp turn area, one of the Item Boxes is removed.
Mushroom City is absent.
All the floating items are removed.

Bonus disc[edit]

Title screen

Cover art for the bonus disc box

Preorders for Mario Kart: Double Dash!! also gave customers a bonus disc containing playable demos, game trailers, and content that can be transferred to Fire Emblem on the Game Boy Advance. The disc came in a special two-disc game box, and the cover for the game had the line "Includes BONUS DISC with playable demos!" written across the bottom right.

Content for the bonus disc includes:

Mario Party 5 demo - Five minigames can be played with up to four players: Coney Island, Button Mashers, Shy Guy Showdown, Dinger Derby, and Pushy Penguins.
F-Zero GX demo
Sonic Heroes demo
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike demo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles demo
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles trailer
1080° Avalanche trailer
Pokémon Colosseum Japanese pre-release trailer
Kirby Air Ride trailer, with a trailer for the Kirby: Right Back At Ya! cartoon playing before it
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup trailer
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom trailer
NBA Live 2004 trailer
Two soundtrack pieces and various items for Fire Emblem

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! staff

Yasuyuki Oyagi was one of directors of the game along with Futoshi Shirai and Daiji Imai. Oyagi previously served as the assisant director of Mario Kart 64 and would later take the role of director in future Mario Kart titles. Shinobu Nagata, who composed some of the songs in Super Mario Sunshine, did the composition and arrangement of Peach Beach's music. In his first credited role under a Super Mario game, Ichiro Suzuki served as debug support.

Pre-release and unused content[edit]

Main article: List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! pre-release and unused content

The models of the characters are from Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Mario and Luigi are seen in this trailer of a very early build of the game, driving separately, each in a simple, blue kart.

Mario and Luigi in a very early Mario Kart: Double Dash. (E3 2001)
Another image of the karts. (E3 2001)

Donkey Kong Jr. was also seen in an early build of the character selection screen, but was scrapped in the end, likely replaced with Diddy Kong.

In the data of a demo version, there are references to a Reverse Cup, which may have had courses played backwards. There is a texture and 3D models of the trophies for this cup. Racing on courses in the reverse direction would not be fully implemented until Mario Kart Tour.

Glitches[edit]

The glitch in effect

Main article: List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! glitches

Permanent upside-down car[edit]

This glitch only works with the Parade Kart. To perform the glitch, the player should go to a place where they can get smashed by a course obstacle, such as the Thwomps in Bowser's Castle or the blue dinosaur in Dino Dino Jungle (Bowser's Castle is preferred because the Thwomps are stationary). This glitch best works for two players, as timing is needed. One player should drive underneath a Thwomp, while the other should receive an explosive power-up, either a Spiny Shell or a Bob-omb. When received, the player should fire the item at the correct moment, blasting the kart into the air and getting smashed under the floating Thwomp. After falling down, if done correctly, the player remains upside down. Note that the player is invincible in this position and the player can only revert to a normal position if Lightning strikes them and a Thwomp afterward.

Reception[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

The game received favorable reviews, attaining an average score of 87.20% on GameRankings based on 73 reviews and an average score of 87 on Metacritic based on 58 reviews.^[13]^[14]

Spencer McIlvaine of Nintendo Life gave the game 9 stars out of 10, praising the game as being a worthy successor to the Mario Kart franchise, despite that it has less innovation than the other games. He concluded with "Nevertheless, the game has lost some of the edge that it had in its first two outings and shows fewer innovative ideas here. This time around the game was mostly about better graphics and less buggy programming with a few gimmicks thrown in like having two drivers instead of one. As a result, Double Dash is not the most recommended Mario Kart game in the franchise. But compared to other games in general it's still one heck of a ride."^[15] Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer gave the game a score of 9 out of 10. He praised the game for adding more content, especially the online LAN mode. He wrote, "In my opinion, it's not a better game than the original Super Mario Kart, but it is the closest anyone's ever come, and one of the finest pieces of electronic entertainment ever developed." He also stated that rating Mario Kart Double Dash!! was the hardest thing he did because he always wanted to write about it.^[16]

On the contrast, Edge Magazine UK gave the game a 5 out of 10, criticizing the game of "not being a racing game any more".^[17] Fran Mirabella III of IGN gave the game a score of 7.9 out of 10. He criticized that Mario Kart Double Dash!! felt very similar to Mario Kart 64 and although it gets the job done that it felt that it had wasted potential. He praised the multiplayer for being superb.^[18]

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo GameCube	Spencer McIlvaine, Nintendo Life	9/10	"Mario Kart is a staple in the Nintendo library and Double Dash is a worthy successor to that tradition. This franchise pre-dates the Smash Bros. franchise and for many Nintendo fans this is the must have multi-player title on any system. As a result, Mario Kart Double Dash enjoyed tremendous success on the Gamecube and was even included in a bundle with the system at one point. Nevertheless, the game has lost some of the edge that it had in its first two outings and shows fewer innovative ideas here. This time around the game was mostly about better graphics and less buggy programming with a few gimmicks thrown in like having two drivers instead of one. As a result, Double Dash is not the most recommended Mario Kart game in the franchise. But compared to other games in general it's still one heck of a ride."
Nintendo GameCube	Tom Bramwell, Eurogamer	9/10	"In my opinion, it's not a better game than the original Super Mario Kart, but it is the closest anyone's ever come, and one of the finest pieces of electronic entertainment ever developed."
Nintendo GameCube	Fran Mirabella III, IGN	7.9/10	"I only hope that Nintendo pours more production into the sequel and remembers that just because Mario Kart was once designed for the younger crowd, doesn't mean it can't become an everyone title with some complexity to it."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		87
GameRankings		87.20%

Sales[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is the second best-selling game for the Nintendo GameCube, right behind Super Smash Bros. Melee, with approximately 7 million copies sold, including 3.8 million copies in the United States,^[19] and over 802,000 units in Japan, as of December 31, 2009.^[20]

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario and Luigi on the Red Fire.
Bowser and Bowser Jr. on the Koopa King
Mixed teams racing on Luigi Circuit.
Default teams racing on DK Mountain

Media[edit]

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! media.

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References to other games[edit]

A Yoshi Helicopter's model from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.

The model of Helicopter Yoshi found in Yoshi Circuit and Baby Park

Super Mario Bros.: The music for "Tilt-a-Kart" starts out with the famous ground theme, and it features Mario's 8-bit sprite from this game. The Warp Pipe in Mushroom Bridge is modeled after the Warp Pipes that appear in this game's underground level cutscenes.
Yoshi's Cookie: In the battle stage Cookie Land, cookies are seen from this game in the background. The level itself is also based off this game.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Baby Luigi reappears as a playable character. Yoshi Circuit has a helicopter modelled after Helicopter Yoshi.
Super Mario 64: When an item hits the player's heart barrier, a sound similar to that of the Spinning Heart from this game can be heard.
Super Mario Kart: The logo of this game can be seen in Mushroom City and Dry Dry Desert.
Mario Kart 64: The name "Sherbet Land" is taken from this game. Also, Waluigi Stadium resembles Wario Stadium and the horn used on the Bloom Coach is the same horn used by the white cars from Toad's Turnpike. Also, the Heart Coach, Bloom Coach, Piranha Pipes, and Boo Pipes share an engine sound similar to Peach's and Yoshi's karts from Mario Kart 64. The music for Rainbow Road contains a segment of Mario Kart 64's Rainbow Road music.
Super Smash Bros.: Mario's red Fireballs and Luigi's green Fireballs were reused as Mario and Luigi's special items in this game.
Luigi's Mansion: The battle course Luigi's Mansion is based on this game, and the A Rank Mansion from this game's ending can be seen in the background of Luigi Circuit. King Boo returns from this game as well.
Wario Land 4: The Wario Car is taken from this game.
Super Mario Sunshine: Peach Beach is heavily influenced by Gelato Beach. Shine Sprites appear on many billboards in the courses, as well as Shine Thief. Toadsworth, Piantas and Nokis appear in Peach Beach as well as the Award Ceremony. Additionally, a portion of the Award Ceremony's music incorporates the main theme from this game. The tracks have similar connections as some tracks can be seen in other tracks (e.g. DK Mountain can be seen at Baby Park). Also, in Yoshi Circuit, the Shadow Mario "M" sign appears on the first sign in the course, near the first turn. Bowser Jr. and Petey Piranha appear as playable characters.
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour: The countdown sound effect from Speed Golf and the artwork for the Chain Chomp item are recycled from this game.

References in later media[edit]

Nossie in DK's Treetop Temple

Later Mario Kart games: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is known to have set the standards for later games in many ways. The 3-second countdown, which was introduced in this game, was reused in all later Mario Kart games. This is also the first game in which, when the player starts another lap, Lakitu will hold the lap count signs with a fishing pole and appear on the left/right side of the player. This is also the first game to have its final lap music one semitone higher. This also marks the first time the player loses an item after falling off the course or being hit by certain items or obstacles. The Bob-omb item that was introduced as a Special Item for Wario and Waluigi in this game became a regular item in later games. The Chain Chomp item for Baby Mario and Baby Luigi was re-worked into the Bullet Bill item.
Mario Power Tennis: The item boxes are identical to the ones in this game, and so are the items themselves and the item boxes' sound effects. Toadette makes a cameo appearance during the game's opening cutscene. The 3-second countdown sound effect is used when a round of Artist On the Court is about to begin.
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix: The songs "Rollercoasting" and "Bowser's Castle" are remixes of songs from Luigi Circuit, Mario Circuit, Yoshi Circuit and Bowser's Castle.
Mario Superstar Baseball: Mario's Red Fireballs and Luigi's Green Fireballs were used as their special shots.
Mario Kart DS: The character profile sprites of characters that reappeared in this game were reused, although mirrored. Also, Luigi Circuit, Baby Park, Mushroom Bridge, Yoshi Circuit, and the battle course Pipe Plaza reappear in this game. The Toad Kart resembles the Standard Kart. The Chain Chomp theme is used in one of the missions in this game.
Mario Party 8: The Nossie seen in Dino Dino Jungle makes as a cameo in the background of the DK's Treetop Temple board.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: The arrangement of "Invincibility BGM" is reused in this game. In the Nintendo DS version, the theme for Mario Circuit, Yoshi Circuit and Luigi Circuit appears as a selectable song in the Gallery under the name "Mario Bros. Circuits".
Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: The trees and flowers in the Mario Circuit stage take their design from this game. Also, the music for Rainbow Road appears in this stage, and several stickers and trophies reference Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as well.
Mario Kart Wii: The standing character models and animation in the character select screen of characters that reappear in this game are shown again here, except for the newcomers for that installment. Also, Peach Beach, Waluigi Stadium, Mario Circuit, DK Mountain, and the battle course Cookie Land reappear in this game. The Grand Prix starting jingle is recycled to this game for both the Grand Prix and VS Race.
Mario Kart 7: Daisy Cruiser and Dino Dino Jungle reappear in this game, and a modified version of the Barrel Train is an unlockable kart frame. A section of the music for this game's Bowser's Castle covers the main theme of Bowser's Castle.
Mario Party 9: The track from this game, "Pandemonium", is an arrangement of the Battle Mode theme from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: The Fusion Kart mechanic is most likely inspired by the two-person kart feature of this game.
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: Mushroom Bridge appears as the location for Groove Pipe Snowboard.
Mario Kart 8: Characters physically hold items. Dry Dry Desert and Sherbet Land return as retro courses, while Yoshi Circuit and Baby Park return as DLC.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Double Item Boxes and the Bob-omb Blast and Shine Thief battle sub-modes return. Luigi's Mansion reappears as a retro battle course. Waluigi Stadium, Daisy Cruiser, and DK Mountain return as part of the Booster Course Pass DLC.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: The Rainbow Road music returns as a track that can be played in battles on any Mario Kart stage. Additionally, the Barrel Train, Goo-Goo Buggy, Turbo Yoshi, and Bloom Coach appear as spirits, using their artwork from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart Tour: Special Items return. Baby Park, Mushroom Bridge, Daisy Cruiser, Waluigi Stadium, Yoshi Circuit, DK Mountain, and Dino Dino Jungle appear as returning race courses. Cookie Land appears as a returning battle course. The Turbo Yoshi, Koopa Dasher, Bullet Blaster, Turbo Birdo, Goo-Goo Buggy, Para-Wing, DK Jumbo, Barrel Train, Koopa King, Piranha Pipes, and Boo Pipes return as karts. Additionally, a new kart, the Waluigi Racer Mk. 2, is a successor to the Waluigi Racer.
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit: The Chain Chomp returns as an item.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: The race start countdown sequence in the Illumination logo is based on the starting lights in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! held by Lakitu.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マリオカート　ダブルダッシュ！！^[?] Mario Kāto Daburu Dasshu!!	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Chinese (traditional)	瑪利歐賽車 Double Dash!!^[21] Mǎlì'ōu Sàichē Double Dash!!	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
French	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!^[?]	-
German	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!^[?]	-
Italian	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!^[?]	-
Korean	마리오카트 더블대시!!^[?] Mario Kateu Deobeul Daesi!!	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Spanish	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!^[?]	-

Trivia[edit]

This is the last main Mario Kart game to use the original series' logo for its box art and title screen. The next installment would introduce the new and current logo on the box art and title screen, though the original logo would still be used on courses' starting banners until Mario Kart 7.
On the box art for the International releases, the "L" on Luigi's cap is backwards.
Mario's reflection in one of the promotional renders does not match Mario's expression. This is because at the time, 3D game artists relied on using environment mapping to mimic the reflective effects of metal. The environment map is a separate 2D image used to approximate a reflection. It is likely the environment map is used from another promotional render where it would match the facial expression of Mario's reflection.

References[edit]

^ (November 14, 2003). DASH INTO STORES NOW!! Nintendo Australia. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Consolidated Subsidiaries. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^ Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (KR). Scanlines16.com. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
^ Vuckovic, D. Mario Kart Double Dash now Players Choice. Vooks. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b A transcription of the actual stats of the vehicles used in the game.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Observations on how to read the transcribed in-game data.
^ Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (November 22, 2015). MKDD - A more thorough acceleration test. YouTube. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (February 1, 2016). MKDD - The second acceleration parameter. YouTube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
^ Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (December 8, 2015). MKDD - acceleration while drifting test. YouTube. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
^ Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (February 1, 2016). MKDD - The acceleration determined by the acceleration parameters is relative. YouTube. Retrieved May 9,2016.
^ Thomas Beumann (April 2012). MKDD for Noobs - Techniques. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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^ http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/516710-mario-kart-double-dash/index.html
^ http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/mario-kart-double-dash!!/
^ http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/gamecube/mario_kart_double_dash
^ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mariokartdd_gc
^ Edge, page 98
^ http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/11/mario-kart-double-dash-2
^ http://web.archive.org/web/20070106203333/www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml
^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050225220704/www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/gcrank.html
^ Official Chinese website for the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

External links[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! coverage on other NIWA wikis:

Fire Emblem Wiki

StrategyWiki

The Cutting Room Floor has an article on Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

[12] In Battle Mode, the Goo-Goo Buggy's weight value is 1.

[speed-13] Top speed values in various conditions are relative to the 150cc class.

[1] (November 14, 2003). DASH INTO STORES NOW!! Nintendo Australia. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[2] CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Consolidated Subsidiaries. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

[3] Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (KR). Scanlines16.com. Retrieved April 29, 2018.

[4] Vuckovic, D. Mario Kart Double Dash now Players Choice. Vooks. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

[data-5] A transcription of the actual stats of the vehicles used in the game.

[interpretation-6] Observations on how to read the transcribed in-game data.

[7] Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (November 22, 2015). MKDD - A more thorough acceleration test. YouTube. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

[8] Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (February 1, 2016). MKDD - The second acceleration parameter. YouTube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

[9] Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (December 8, 2015). MKDD - acceleration while drifting test. YouTube. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

[10] Mister Wu's raw Mario Kart data (February 1, 2016). MKDD - The acceleration determined by the acceleration parameters is relative. YouTube. Retrieved May 9,2016.

[11] Thomas Beumann (April 2012). MKDD for Noobs - Techniques. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

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[15] ttp://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/516710-mario-kart-double-dash/index.html

[16] ttp://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/mario-kart-double-dash!!/

[17] ttp://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/gamecube/mario_kart_double_dash

[18] ttp://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mariokartdd_gc

[19] Edge, page 98

[20] ttp://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/11/mario-kart-double-dash-2

[21] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20070106203333/www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml

[22] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20050225220704/www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/gcrank.html

[23] Official Chinese website for the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

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[Edit] Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Drivers	Light	Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Toad • Toadette • Koopa • Paratroopa • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
	Medium	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Waluigi
	Heavy	Donkey Kong • Bowser • Wario • Petey Piranha • King Boo
Karts	Light	Goo-Goo Buggy • Rattle Buggy • Toad Kart • Toadette Kart • Koopa Dasher • Para-Wing • Barrel Train • Bullet Blaster
	Medium	Red Fire • Green Fire • Heart Coach • Bloom Coach • Turbo Yoshi • Turbo Birdo • Waluigi Racer
	Heavy	DK Jumbo • Koopa King • Wario Car • Piranha Pipes • Boo Pipes
	Any	Parade Kart
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 • DK Mountain
	Special Cup	Wario Colosseum • Dino Dino Jungle • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
	Battle courses	Cookie Land • Block City • Luigi's Mansion • Nintendo GameCube • Pipe Plaza • Tilt-a-Kart
Objects	Standard items	Banana • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Star • Triple Mushrooms • Trophy
	Special items	Birdo's Egg • Bob-omb • Bowser's Shell • Chain Chomp • Giant Banana • Golden Mushroom • Green Fireball • Heart • Red Fireball • Red Shell • Triple Green Shells • Triple Red Shells • Yoshi's Egg
	Course objects	Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Car (Mushroom-shaped) • Dash Panel • Item Box • Kart • Ramp • Yoshi Cookie
Background characters and species		Baby Bowser • Boo • Donkey Kong Jr. • Hammer Bro • Helicopter Yoshi • Kamek • Lakitu • Noki • Koopa Paratroopa • Pianta • Poochy • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Train • Toadsworth
Enemies and obstacles		Big Pokey • Bomb-car • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cargo truck • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Freezie • Ghost • Goomba • Lava • Mechanical Bowser • Mechanical Piranha Plant • Noshi • Piranha Plant • Pit Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Skating Shy Guy • Snowman • Table • Thwomp • Warp Pipe • Wiggler Wagon
Techniques		Double Dash • Drift • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide Attack
Miscellaneous		All-Cup Tour • Daisy Cruiser • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! matching game • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Scene of the Crime • Sponsors • Staff

[Edit] Super Mario games
Platformers	Super Mario series	Main	Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, DS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/iPadOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, Switch) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, Switch) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023, Switch)
		Reissues	VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, VS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, G&W) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1989, NGW) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NGW) • Super Mario World (1991, NGW) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, DS) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, Switch) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020, Switch) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, G&W) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Related games	Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, computer) • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020, Switch) • Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Canceled games	Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (CD-i) • Mario Takes America (CD-i) • VB Mario Land (VB) • Super Mario 64 2 (N64DD)
	Donkey Kong series		Donkey Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB)
	Mario vs. Donkey Kong series		Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
	Mario Bros. series		Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)
	Wrecking Crew series		VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, VS) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC)
	Other		Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, CD-i) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024, Switch)
	Reissues		Crazy Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Mario Bros. Returns (1988, FDS) • Donkey Kong (1994, NGW) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros. (2004, arcade) • Virtual Console (2006-2016, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, Switch/3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		Super Mario 128 (2000, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (2011, Wii U)
Mario Kart series	Main		Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Arcade		Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, arcade)
	Other		Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)
	Ports		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
Mario Party series	Main		Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch) • Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024, Switch)
	Handheld		Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Mario Party DS (2007, DS) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)
	Arcade		Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, arcade) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, arcade)
	Other		Mario Party 4 (2002, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA)
Sports games	Mario Golf series		Golf (1984, NES) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984, VS. System) • Golf: Japan Course (1987, FDS) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FDS) • Golf (1989, GB) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021, Switch)
	Mario Tennis series		Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) (Bicep Pump [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Reflex Rally [Unknown, Adobe Flash]) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, Switch)
	Super Mario Stadium series		Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
	Mario Strikers series		Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch)
	Famicom Grand Prix series		Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987, FDS) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988, FDS)
	Other		Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Baseball (1989, GB) • Super Mario Race (1992, GwB) • Easy Racer (1996, SNES) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, DS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS) • LEGO Super Mario Goal (2024, Sky Italia)
	Canceled games		Super Mario Spikers (Wii)
Role-playing games	Paper Mario series		Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
	Mario & Luigi series		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024, Switch)
	Other		Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
	Remakes		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS) • Super Mario RPG (2023, Switch) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024, Switch)
Dr. Mario series	Main		Dr. Mario (1990, NES/GB) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Other		Dr. Mario (1993, GwB)
	Remakes		Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Luigi's Mansion series	Main		Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)
	Arcade		Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, arcade)
	Remakes		Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024, Switch)
Educational games	Mario Discovery Series		Mario is Missing! (1992, MS-DOS) • Mario is Missing! (1993, SNES) • Mario is Missing! (1993, NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, SNES) • Mario's Time Machine (1994, NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
	Mario Teaches Typing series		Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
	Other		Family BASIC (1984, FC) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS)
	Ports		Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, MS-DOS)
Art utilities	Mario Artist series		Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
Art utilities	Other		I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Family (2001, GBC)
Miscellaneous	Picross series		Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Picross NP Vol. 6 (2000, SFC)
	LCD handhelds		Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario's Egg Catch (1990, SMBW) • Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990, SMBW) • Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990, SMBW) • Mario the Juggler (1991, G&W)
	Pinball		Pinball (1984, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1992, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992, arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA)
	Arcade		Mario Roulette (1991, arcade) • Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, arcade) • Mario World (1991, arcade) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Super Mario World Popcorn (1992, arcade) • Pika Pika Mario (1992, arcade) • Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Koopa Taiji (1993, arcade) • Būbū Mario (1993, arcade) • Mario Undōkai (1993, arcade) • Super Mario World (1993, arcade) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994, arcade) • Mario Bowl (1995, arcade) • Super Mario Attack (1996, arcade) • Super Donkey Kong 2 Swanky no Bonus Slot (1996, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, arcade) • Super Mario 64 (1997, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario World (Unknown, arcade) • Guru Guru Mario (Unknown, arcade) • Dokidoki Mario Chance! (2003, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, arcade) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011, arcade)
	Browser		Mario Net Quest (1997, Adobe Shockwave) • Mario's Memory Madness (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Crazy Counting (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Dinky Rinky (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Goodness Rakes (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Melon Mayhem (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Nomiss (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • The Lab (The Bookshelf • The Drafting Table • PolterCue • Ask Madame Clairvoya) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Mario Trivia (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mario Memory (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Virus Attack! (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Bill Bounce (2004, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party 7 Bon Voyage Quiz (2005, Adobe Flash) • Super Mario Strikers (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss (2005, Adobe Flash) • Bowser's Lair Hockey (2005, Adobe Flash) • Heads-Up (2005, Adobe Flash) • Parasol Fall (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dribble Skillz (2006, Adobe Flash) • Superstar Shootout (2006, Adobe Flash) • Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • 1-Up Hunt! (2006, Adobe Flash) • Super Paper Mario Memory Match (2007, Adobe Flash) • Are You Smarter Than Mario? (2008, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
	DSiWare applications		Mario Calculator (2009, DSiWare) • Mario Clock (2009, DSiWare)
	Other games		Alleyway (1989, GB) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • UNDAKE30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Yakuman DS (2005, DS)
	Tech demos		NDDEMO (2001, GCN) • Mario's Face (Unknown, DS)
Crossovers	Game & Watch Gallery series		Game & Watch Gallery (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999, GBC) • Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002, GBA)
	Super Smash Bros. series		Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
	Itadaki Street series		Itadaki Street DS (2007, DS) • Fortune Street (2011, Wii)
	Mario & Sonic series		Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Switch) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020, arcade)
	NES Remix series	Main	NES Remix (2013, Wii U) • NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
	NES Remix series	Reissues	NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014, 3DS)
	Mario + Rabbids series		Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, Switch) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022, Switch)
	Other		Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997, SNES) • NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Tetris DS (2006, DS) • Captain Rainbow (2008, Wii) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009, DSiWare) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024, Switch)

[Edit] Nintendo GameCube games
Super Mario franchise	Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Power Tennis (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005) • Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) • Mario Party 7 (2005) • Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Konga (2003) • Donkey Konga 2 (2004) • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004) • Donkey Konga 3 JP (2005)
Wario franchise	Wario World (2003) • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003)
Other	Super Mario 128 (2000, demo) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) • NBA Street V3 (2005) • SSX on Tour (Nintendo Village) (2005) • Donkey Kong Racing (cancelled) • Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (cancelled)

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-|image = [[Image:Mk doubledash.jpg|200px|Mario Kart: Double Dash&#33;&#33; U.S. Box cover]]
+{{FA}}
-|developer = [[Nintendo]]
+{{game infobox
-|publisher = [[Nintendo]]
+|title=Mario Kart: Double Dash<nowiki>!!</nowiki>
-|designer =
+|image=[[File:Mario Kart Double Dash!!.jpg|255px]]
-|engine =
+|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]
-|released = November 7, 2003
+|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
-|genre = Racing game
+|release={{flag list|Japan|November 7, 2003|Australia|November 14, 2003<ref>(November 14, 2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20031202222005/http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php DASH INTO STORES NOW!!] ''Nintendo Australia''. Retrieved May 27, 2024.</ref>|Europe|November 14, 2003|USA|November 17, 2003<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2004/040129e.pdf CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Consolidated Subsidiaries]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved April 5, 2020.</ref>|South Korea|2003<ref>[http://scanlines16.com/collection/mario-kart-double-dash-kor/ ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' (KR)]. ''Scanlines16.com''. Retrieved April 29, 2018.</ref>}}
-|modes = Single player, multiplayer
+|languages={{languages|en_us=y|es_es=y|fr_fr=y|de=y|it=y|jp=y}}
-|ratings = [[ESRB]]: [[Image:ESRB_E.png|12px]] Everyone <br /> PEGI: 3+
+|genre=[[Genre#Racing|Racing]]
-|platforms = [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]
+|modes=Single-player, multiplayer
-|media = 1.5 gigabyte optical disc
+|ratings={{ratings|esrb=E|pegi=3|cero=A|usk=0|acb=g}}
-|requirements =
+|platforms=[[Nintendo GameCube]]
-|input =
+|format={{format|gcn=1}}
+|input={{input|gcn=1}}
+|serials={{flag list|Japan|DOL-GM4J-JPN|South Korea|DOL-GM4E-KOR|USA|DOL-GM4E-USA|Europe|DOL-GM4P-EUR}}
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-'''''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''''' is a video game developed and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[GameCube]]. It combines features from earlier [[Mario Kart]] games (''[[Super Mario Kart]], [[Mario Kart 64]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Super Circuit]]''). The game features the ability for two players to ride on a kart: one to drive and one to use items. It was one of the most popular console games of [[2003]]. Although Nintendo does not have online support for the game, players can connect up to eight GameCubes together using a LAN to have up to sixteen players (two in each kart) in one game. ''Double Dash!!'' has five different cups and new karts and characters to unlock. When the game launched back in November 2003, those who pre-ordered received a special Bonus Disc containing movies, demos, and other features.
+'''''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''''' is a [[Genre#Racing|racing]] game developed and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] and the fourth main entry in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. It was released in November 2003 worldwide, being released in Japan first and later being rereleased as a [[Player's Choice]] title in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>Vuckovic, D. [https://www.vooks.net/mario-kart-double-dash-now-players-choice/amp/ Mario Kart Double Dash now Players Choice]. ''Vooks''. Retrieved January 9, 2022.</ref> The game, while retaining many aspects of the previous ''Mario Kart'' games, such as selecting a [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] character as the player's driver and the familiar item-based weaponry that the series employs, introduces a feature that is unique to this entry in the ''Mario Kart'' series: the two-person karts, hence the title of the game. Two characters handle a single kart, where one character drives and the other uses items, and they can switch positions at any time if necessary. This is the only game in the franchise where two players can play cooperatively in one kart, with each player handling a single character, though the option to play in separate 2-person karts for each player is still available. In addition, the game introduces [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special Items]], items that are exclusive to a pair of characters. The game is one of the few games to take advantage of LAN Mode via the [[Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter]], which allows up to sixteen players to participate in a single race.
+''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' is the first ''Mario Kart'' game in the series to employ 3D graphics for characters and items, as opposed to ''Mario Kart 64'' using pre-rendered sprites to display these objects. The game also introduces a larger variety of karts to select from depending on the character combo's weight class rather than the standard [[Pipe Frame|go-kart]] being the sole vehicle all racers use, and this variety of vehicles has been retained in all the ''Mario Kart'' games since.
 ==New features==
-*''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' has several new features different from previous Mario Kart games:
+As with every new ''Mario Kart'' game, ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' incorporates several new features, granting a new style of playing for the users. Apart from that, there are two characters per kart; the number of playable characters was increased to join the race. As implied in various ''Super Mario'' franchise games, ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' contains many elements to unlock as well. By beating the cups available in every engine level, the player unveils other hidden levels, [[kart]]s, and other playable characters in the game. Furthermore, there is a very dynamic selection of karts: every kart has specific stats that distinguishes from the others, as well as capturing their respective character's style; for instance, [[Mario]]'s kart, the [[Red Fire]]. In the first three games, there was only one kart that the players could use, which was what ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and games after this would eventually call the [[Pipe Frame]].
-*There are now two characters in one kart.
-*Instead of just having eight characters, all available from the start, there are now twenty, four of which have to be unlocked.
+When breaking [[Item Box]]es, characters can receive any standard [[List of items|item]] or a [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special Item]], a new type of item unique to a specific pair of characters. Additionally, items dropped on the course, including Bananas, Shells, Mushrooms, and Stars, instantly affect the first kart that touches it. The effects of certain items have changed considerably as well.
-*Unlike previous [[Mario Kart]] games, where there were only a few unlockables, ''Double Dash!!'' has many; the player unlocks something for winning nearly every cup.
-*Instead of the 9-6-3-1-0-0-0-0 points system of previous Mario Kart games, Double Dash!! features a new 10-8-6-4-3-2-1-0 system. This has been kept for ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. Also, players move on to the next race regardless of their finishing position, as opposed to ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.
+Another notable change featured in the game is the point system given to the racers after a competition in Grand Prix mode. It resembles a hybrid of the point systems used for {{wp|Formula One}} from 1991-2002 (10-6-4-3-2-1) and from 2003 onwards (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1), whereas earlier ''Mario Kart'' games use a point system resembling the one used for Formula One from 1962-1990 (9-6-4-3-2-1). Additionally, players cannot retry a failed race in Grand Prix mode, as opposed to the first three games. Users have to continue racing until finishing a cup to see the overall results. This new system is used for all ''Mario Kart'' installments since this game. The following chart shows the difference of the point spreads from the previous games to ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
-*There is now an [[#Tracks|All-Cup Tour]] with every track in the game. The first race is always Luigi Circuit and the last race is always Rainbow Road, but the other tracks are randomly placed.
+{|class="wikitable"style="text-align:center;max-width:60em;margin:1em auto"
-*Instead of every kart looking like a normal go-kart, and it being the character that affected the performance, there is now a [[#Karts|huge variety of karts]] each with its own stats which affect the performance, with the character not making a difference other than weight class.
+|-
-*Special items from the original [[Super Mario Kart]] have returned; however, the player can now use them and CPU racers do not have an infinite amount.
+!colspan="9"style="background:#e0e0e0"|Point spread comparisons
-*Items can be left stationary on the course, either by the course itself or by a player dropping them by being hit. If the item is a helpful item, like a mushroom, the player that drives into it will instantly activate its effects; likewise if the item is harmful, such as a shell, the player will feel the detrimental effects. Conversely to logic, hitting a Thunder Bolt on the track will seem like the hitter picked it up and used it on everyone else.
+|-
-[[Image:Mriokrt-01.jpg|right|200px|thumb| And They're Off!]]
+!||1st!!style="width:2.5em"|2nd!!style="width:2.5em"|3rd!!style="width:2.5em"|4th!!style="width:2.5em"|5th!!style="width:2.5em"|6th!!style="width:2.5em"|7th!!style="width:2.5em"|8th
+|-
+|'''''Super Mario Kart''<br>''Mario Kart 64''<br>''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'''''||style="background:#096;color:white;font-weight:bold"|9||style="background:#CF0"|6||style="background:#CF0"|3||style="background:#CF0"|1||0||0||0||0
+|-
+|'''''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''||style="background:#096;color:white;font-weight:bold"|10||style="background:#CF0"|8||style="background:#CF0"|6||4||3||2||1||0
+|}
+This is also the first ''Mario Kart'' game that can be played in multiple languages, besides English and Japanese, and to feature live-rendered 3D models for the characters and items instead of the pre-rendered sprites seen in previous installments.
+However, more than the new point system, ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' also added important features that would become mainstays of the future ''Mario Kart'' titles. For example, before the start of every race, a short overview of the track, lasting a few seconds, shows all of the big features of the track, such as obstacles, scenery, and the characters at the [[Finish Line (object)|finish line]]. Also, the countdown to the start of the race lasts for one second longer; in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', the countdown is "3, 2, 1, START," (with the start signal being horizontal instead of vertical, its red lights turning on from left to right, and all lights turning green on "START") while in the first three games, it is represented by three lights and three counts (in ''Super Mario Kart'' and ''Mario Kart 64'', the first two lights are red, while the third light is green or blue, respectively, while in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', the first two lights are yellow and the third light is blue; the lights also turn on from top to bottom). Also, when the player crosses the finish line to begin the next lap, [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]] will appear either on the left side or the right side of the player depending on the direction of the final turn of the course to the finish line, holding the lap count signs (if the race finishes with a left turn, Lakitu will appear on the right side of the player; if the race finishes with a right turn, Lakitu will appear on the left side of the player). Also, when the player goes into the last lap of the race, the background music increases its pitch by a semitone.
+==Controls==
+''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' has various controls for racing and menus. Each button on the controller represents a different ability while the player is racing or battling.
+===Menu controls===
+*{{button|gcn|Stick}} - Move
+*{{button|gcn|A}} - Accept option/Save Game (at the Options Screen)
+*{{button|gcn|B}} - Go back
+*{{button|gcn|L}}+{{button|gcn|R}} - Random selection (at the character select screen)
+*{{button|gcn|Start}} - Open Start Menu (at title screen)
+===Race controls===
+{{multiframe
+|[[File:SinglePlayControls-MKDD.png|200px]] [[File:MKDD Multiplayer Controls.png|200px]]
+|The controls for single play, and co-op play, respectively in the pause menu.
+|align=right
+|size=420
+}}
+====Single play====
+*{{button|gcn|A}} - Accelerate/[[Rocket Start]]
+*{{button|gcn|B}} - Brake/Reverse
+*{{button|gcn|Stick}} - Steer
+*{{button|gcn|L}}/{{button|gcn|R}} - [[Drift]]/Power slide (Hold)/[[Mini-Turbo]] (Release)
+*{{button|gcn|X}}/{{button|gcn|Y}} - Use item/Stop Item Roulette/Sound horn
+*{{button|gcn|X}}/{{button|gcn|Y}} + {{button|gcn|Stick}} - Throw item forward or backward
+*{{button|gcn|Z}} - Switch characters
+*{{button|gcn|Start}} - Pause/Resume
+====Co-op play====
+*{{button|gcn|A}} - [[Rocket Start#Double Dash|Double Dash]]
+*{{button|gcn|A}}/{{button|gcn|B}}/{{button|gcn|X}}/{{button|gcn|Y}} - Use item/Stop Item Roulette/Sound horn
+*{{button|gcn|L}}/{{button|gcn|R}} - [[Slide Attack]]
+*{{button|gcn|Z}} - Switch characters (both players must hit the switch button at the same time)
+==Game modes==
+Up to four players can play in all the modes, excluding [[#Time Trial|Time Trial]] mode, where only one is permitted. In addition, the users can play independently or in [[#Co-op Play|cooperative]] mode, a unique style of gameplay only featured in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
+===Grand Prix===
+In Grand Prix Mode, the player needs to win the cups against computer-controlled opponents. The difficulty level against CPU racers changes in each of the four engine classes, which are the following:
+*'''50cc''' - Easy. The minimum top speed is low for all karts and CPU racers have a very limited selection of items. Any kart takes the 1st and 2nd place positions.
+*'''100cc''' - Normal. The minimum top speed is fairly average, while CPU drivers have a wider selection of items: they may throw [[Red Shell#Mario Kart series|Red Shells]] at players. Lightweight karts are almost never in the top positions (when controlled by CPU).
+*'''150cc''' - Hard. The minimum top speed in the karts is high, and CPU drivers have a wider selection of Items, most notably, the [[Spiny Shell]]'s addition. In this level, CPU drivers can take down players using the items against them. Additionally, all the characters race in mixed teams. CPU-controlled heavyweight karts usually take the top positions, with middleweight cars very rarely taking the top positions (when controlled by CPU).
+*'''Mirror''' - Very Hard. Similar to 150cc engine class, however, all the tracks are mirrored. CPU-controlled heavyweight karts usually take the top positions, with middleweight cars very rarely taking the top positions (when controlled by CPU). This engine class is not unlocked until players beat the All-Cup Tour in 150cc.
+There are mainly four cups in Grand Prix mode, each one with four tracks to race. These cups bear their difficulty levels as well as the race courses within. The most basic is Mushroom Cup with simple courses and few gimmicks. Special Cup, on the other hand, contains long and gimmicky race courses. All the race courses have three laps, except Baby Park, which has seven because of its short length, and Wario Colosseum, which has two because of its long length.
+Special Cup is unlocked when players beat 100cc Star Cup. A fifth cup, the [[All-Cup Tour]], is the conglomeration of all four cups in the game. It is unlocked after players beat the Special Cup in 150cc. All sixteen courses of the game are played through one after another in random order, with the exceptions of Luigi Circuit always appearing first and Rainbow Road always appearing last. This cup does not appear in other racing modes.
+In GP Mode, two players can join a race, as themselves or in Co-op play. Players can play Grand Prix mode with two players in different karts or in co-op mode with two to four players.
+===Time Trial===
+In Time Trial, a single player races courses over a set number of laps to record the fastest completion time. Before racing, adding the player's name entry registers their records available. When a race starts, the characters have two [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]]s in hand for speed boost. The best time elapsed in a lap and a race on a specific track is saved after completing the race. Once a race is completed on a course, the user is able to compete against either their [[Ghost (Mario Kart series)|Ghost]] from the current Ghost data or, once unlocked, the Staff Ghost within the stage. Otherwise, if a race is failed, the Ghost data is not saved. The Ghost data recording can be disabled in the Options screen menu. Each Ghost save is worth five blocks on the GameCube Memory Card.
+In Japan, players were able to submit special codes in Time Trial mode as part of a contest. The contest never existed outside of Japan, but the results of the code [[cheat code#Mario Kart: Double Dash!!|can still be accessed in all versions of the game]].
+===Battle===
+In [[Battle Mode]], two to four players can compete against each other using a variety of items (including all the special items) on courses made specifically for battles.
+Battle Mode contains three different sub-modes:
+{|class="wikitable"style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin:0 auto;border-collapse:collapse"border="1"cellpadding="1"cellspacing="1"
+|-
+!Battle
+!Description
+|-
+|align="center"|[[File:MKDD Balloon Battle icon.png|250px]]<br>Balloon Battle
+|align="left"|The classic battle style which consists of popping opponents' balloons to score, using the items from the Item Boxes. In ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', the players can even "steal" balloons from their rivals, using a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] to dash into them or hitting with a [[star]]. This new feature has been kept for future ''Mario Kart'' games. In Co-op play, the rear player can also take away opponents' balloons while doing a Slide Attack. Unlike ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', the players no longer transform into [[Mini Bomb Kart]]s or [[Bob-omb]]s after being taken out, and instead just vanish.
+|-
+|align="center"|[[File:MKDD Shine Thief icon.png|250px]]<br>Shine Thief
+|align="left"|In Shine Thief, players must retrieve a [[Shine Sprite]] dropped on the course and keep it in hand until time runs out. On the other hand, players who did not retrieve the treasure can use items against whoever has the Shine to force them to drop it. If using a Mushroom, a Star or a Slide Attack (Co-op Play), a Shineless player can steal the Shine directly from its owner. The Battle mode [[Mario Kart DS#Shine Runners|Shine Runners]] from ''Mario Kart DS'' was based on this sub-mode.
+|-
+|align="center"|[[File:MKDD Bob-omb Blast icon.png|250px]]<br>Bob-omb Blast
+|align="left"|Characters use [[Bob-omb]]s to hit their opponents and score stars to win. The bombs can be obtained by running over an Item Box, which only contains Bob-ombs. Every character can hold up to five of these explosives, and can throw them forwards or drop them backwards. Any kart that makes contact with an opponent's bomb or gets blown up by the explosion loses stars. For two players, competitors need three stars to win the battle, while for three or four players, they need four.
+|}
+===Versus===
+[[File:WaluigiStadium-Multiplayer1-MKDD.png|200px|thumb|Characters racing in Versus mode.]]
+Versus (for two to four players) allows racers to select their characters and karts, and compete among themselves on the tracks. It is also possible to play in versus mode through a LAN connection where more than four players can join a competition. Additionally, there are some versus options found in the Option menu to change the mode's gameplay:
+*'''Number of Laps:''' The number of laps set over all tracks, ranging from one to nine. If one lap is chosen, the beginning of the race starts as a Final Lap with Final Lap fanfare music.
+*'''Items:''' The variety of items given to the racers can be changed to:
+**'''Recommended:''' Default way in obtaining certain item by racer's place.
+**'''Basic:''' Powerful items such as [[Lightning]] and [[Super Star|Stars]] are rarely obtainable.
+**'''Frantic:''' Basic items such as [[Fake Item Box|Fake Items]], [[Banana]]s, and [[Green Shell]]s are rarely obtainable.
+**'''None:''' No items to use at all.
+===Co-op play===
+Supporting the main feature in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' upon two-racers-one-kart, Cooperative Play (also said Co-op Play) lets two players control their respective character in a kart, one being the driver and the other as the item thrower. While playing in Co-op mode, the players' characters can perform special moves that a single player cannot make. The rear character can perform a Slide Attack to steal an item from their rivals while messing up the rival's vehicle's controls. Both players can even double the power of the [[Rocket Start]] by pressing the {{button|gcn|A}} button at the same time. This special boost is the [[Rocket Start#Double Dash|Double Dash]].
+The following table below excludes Time Trial as it is a single player exclusive mode.
+{|class="wikitable"style="text-align:center;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100em;margin:1em auto"border="1"
+|-
+!style="background:#d0d0d0"colspan=5|Co-op Play Modes
+|-
+!Players
+!Grand Prix
+!Versus
+!Battle
+|-
+|{{color|red|P1}} & {{color|red|P2}} vs {{color|green|P3}} (& {{color|green|P4}} if doing 4 players)
+|[[File:check mark.svg|13px]]
+|[[File:check mark.svg|13px]]
+|[[File:check mark.svg|13px]]
+|-
+|{{color|red|P1}} & {{color|red|P2}}
+|[[File:check mark.svg|13px]]
+|[[File:X mark.svg|13px]]
+|[[File:X mark.svg|13px]]
+|-
+|{{color|red|P1}} & {{color|red|P2}} vs {{color|green|P3}} vs {{color|gold|P4}}
+|[[File:X mark.svg|13px]]
+|[[File:check mark.svg|13px]]
+|[[File:check mark.svg|13px]]
+|}
 ==Characters==
-All of the characters have been featured in other popular Nintendo games. Each character also has special weapons like Yoshi and Birdo's exploding egg or Wario and Waluigi's [[Bob-omb]]. There are twenty characters, which can be combined in any way, giving 190 possible character combinations.
+===Drivers===
-<gallery>
+[[File:CharacterSelect2-MarioKartDoubleDash.png|thumb|200px|The character select screen, with all characters unlocked. Here, Koopa and Bowser have been selected.]]
-Image:Mariokartart.jpg|'''[[Mario]]'''  and '''[[Luigi]]'''
+Because of the team mechanic, ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' includes twenty playable characters, with nine returning characters and eleven newcomers. New characters include [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], [[Birdo]], [[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Waluigi]], [[Toadette]], [[Petey Piranha]], and [[King Boo]], with Baby Luigi, Toadette, and King Boo also making their overall playable debuts, and Toadette making her first appearance in any game. It is also [[Koopa Troopa]]'s first playable appearance in the series since ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. This is the only ''Mario Kart'' game to feature more playable characters than it does race courses. Characters are divided into three classes depending on their weight: <font color=blue>Light</font>, <font color=green>Medium</font>, and <font color=red>Heavy</font>. There are eight default teams and two unlockable teams, a total of ten teams and twenty individual characters which can be combined in any way, giving 190 possible character combinations. Pressing {{button|gcn|L}} and {{button|gcn|R}} together before selecting any character chooses a random pair of characters and a random kart to play as. In multiplayer mode, it randomizes everyone's character and kart.
-Image:Normal wariowaluigi.jpeg|'''[[Wario]]''' and '''[[Waluigi]]'''
-Image:Normal yoshibirdo.jpeg|'''[[Yoshi]]'' and '''[[Birdo]]'''
+====Default drivers====
-Image:Normal peachdaisy.jpeg|'''[[Princess Peach]]''' and '''[[Princess Daisy]]'''
+{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable"
-Image:DKDD.JPG|'''[[Donkey Kong]]''' and '''[[Diddy Kong]]'''
+!colspan=2|Drivers
-Image:BMKDD.JPG|'''[[Bowser]]''' and '''[[Bowser Jr.]]'''
+!Weight
-Image:BabyDD.JPG|'''[[Baby Mario]]''' and '''[[Baby Luigi]]'''
+!Default kart
-Image:Koopaparatroopa.jpeg|'''[[Koopa Troopa]]''' and '''[[Koopa_Troopa#Paratroopas|Paratroopa]]'''
+!Special item
-Image:Toadtoadette.jpeg|'''[[Toad]]''' and '''[[Toadette]]'''
+|-
-Image:Peteyboo.jpeg|'''[[Petey Piranha]]''' and '''[[King Boo]]'''
+|rowspan=2|[[File:MarioLuigiDD4.png|200px]]
+|[[Mario]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Red Fire]]
+|[[Fireball]]
+|-
+|[[Luigi]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Green Fire]]
+|[[Green Fireball|Fireball]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:PeachDaisyDoubleDash.png|200px]]
+|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Heart Coach]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Heart (item)|Heart]]
+|-
+|[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Bloom Coach]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:MKDD Yoshi and Birdo Artwork.png|200px]]
+|[[Yoshi]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Turbo Yoshi]]
+|[[Yoshi's Egg]]
+|-
+|[[Birdo]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Turbo Birdo]]
+|[[Birdo's Egg]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:BabyDD.png|200px]]
+|[[Baby Mario]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Goo-Goo Buggy]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Chain Chomp]]
+|-
+|[[Baby Luigi]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Rattle Buggy]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Koopa Troopa and Paratroopa - MKDD.png|200px]]
+|[[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Koopa Dasher]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Triple Green Shells]] and [[Triple Red Shells]]
+|-
+|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Para-Wing]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Donkey Kong and Diddy - Mario Kart Double Dash.png|200px]]
+|[[Donkey Kong]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|[[DK Jumbo]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Giant Banana]]
+|-
+|[[Diddy Kong]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Barrel Train]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Bowser and Bowser Jr - Mario Kart Double Dash.png|200px]]
+|[[Bowser]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|[[Koopa King]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Bowser's Shell]]
+|-
+|[[Bowser Jr.]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Bullet Blaster]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Wario and Waluigi - MKDD.png|200px]]
+|[[Wario]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|[[Wario Car]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Bob-omb]]
+|-
+|[[Waluigi]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|[[Waluigi Racer]]
+|}
+====Unlockable drivers====
+{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable"
+!colspan=2|Drivers
+!Weight
+!Default kart
+!Special item
+!Unlock method
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Toad and Toadette - Mario Kart Double Dash.png|200px]]
+|[[Toad]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Toad Kart]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Golden Dash Mushroom|Golden Mushroom]]
+|rowspan=2|Win the 100cc [[Special Cup]]
+|-
+|[[Toadette]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|[[Toadette Kart]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Petey Piranha and King Boo - Mario Kart Double Dash.png|200px]]
+|[[Petey Piranha]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|[[Piranha Pipes]]
+|rowspan=2|All (excluding green fireballs and Birdo's egg)
+|rowspan=2|Win the Mirror [[Star Cup]]
+|-
+|[[King Boo]]<sup>(new)</sup>
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|[[Boo Pipes]]
+|}
+===Supporting characters===
+{{multiple image
+|align=right
+|direction=horizontal
+|footer=Lakitu as the referee and Toadsworth driving on the Parade Kart in the Award Ceremony.
+|image1=LuigiCircuitMKDD.png
+|width1=200
+|image2=GPWinners-MKDD.png
+|width2=200
+}}
+In addition to the playable drivers, numerous other ''Super Mario'' franchise characters play supporting roles in the game as well. [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]] reprises his role as the referee, meaning that he signals the start of each and every race and battle with his starting lights, alerts players when they complete a lap around the course, tells the drivers when they are going in the wrong direction, waves the checkered flag to finish the race at the [[Finish Line (object)|finish line]], and returns drivers to the track if they land themselves in a dangerous predicament (i.e. falling off the course). Other characters who make cameos include [[Shy Guy]]s, [[Piranha Plant]]s, [[Cataquack]]s, and [[Dinosaur]]s. [[Toadsworth]] drives the winners of a cup around [[GCN Peach Beach|Peach Beach]] in the [[Parade Kart]]. [[Pianta]]s and [[Noki]]s from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' cheer the racers on in some courses and join them during the Award Ceremony.
+{{br}}
+==Karts==
+[[File:MKDD Kart Compatibility.png|thumb|350px|Scan from page 22 of the instruction booklet.]]
+Twenty-one karts are available in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', notable for having different designs and appearances. There is one kart for each character, plus the [[Parade Kart]]. Every kart has three ratings, rated by the number of stars. The maximum amount is five.
+*'''Acceleration:''' How quickly a kart can achieve its top speed.
+*'''Speed:''' The level of top speed when the kart goes forward.
+*'''Weight:''' The weight of the kart.
+Just as the characters are classified according to their weights, karts are split into three groups in size with some general characteristics:
+*'''{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}''': Lightweight karts show good acceleration but poor top speed and low weight. They can be easily bumped away by heavier karts. They do not lose a lot of speed when they go off course, but their turning is too wide.
+*'''{{color|green|Medium}}''': Medium-weight vehicles show average top speed and acceleration. Some karts within this group have slightly varied stats, however.
+*'''{{color|red|Heavy}}''': Heavyweight karts have the highest level of weight among the karts, capable of knocking away most light and some medium-weight vehicles/characters away. Many of these show high top speed, although their acceleration and off-road are fairly poor. They also have tighter turning.
+As shown from the image, each combination of characters also determines the class of kart that is used for the race. The Parade Kart, unlocked by completing All-Cup Tour in Mirror Mode, however, can be driven by any combination of characters.
+===Default karts===
+These are the kart stats that are displayed in-game.
+{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
+!Vehicle
+!Owner
+!Class
+!Speed
+!Acceleration
+!Weight
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Red|[[File:RedFire.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Red Fire]]
+|[[Mario]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Heart|[[File:Mkdd heart coach.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Heart Coach]]
+|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Turbo|[[File:Mkdd turbo yoshi.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Turbo Yoshi]]
+|[[Yoshi]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Goo|[[File:GooGoobuggy.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Goo-Goo Buggy]]
+|[[Baby Mario]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|1<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|red|★☆☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=KoopaDasher|[[File:Mkdd koopa dasher.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Koopa Dasher]]
+|[[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=DK|[[File:Mkdd dk jumbo.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[DK Jumbo]]
+|[[Donkey Kong]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=KoopaKing|[[File:Mkdd koopa king.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Koopa King]]
+|[[Bowser]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|1<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|red|★☆☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Wario|[[File:Wario Car MKDD art.jpg|150x125px]]<br>[[Wario Car]]
+|[[Wario]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|}
+===Unlockable karts===
+{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
+!Vehicle
+!Owner
+!Class
+!Speed
+!Acceleration
+!Weight
+!Unlock method
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Wario|[[File:MKDD Green Fire.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Green Fire]]
+|[[Luigi]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 50cc Mushroom Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Bloom|[[File:Bloom Coach MKDD artwork.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Bloom Coach]]
+|[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 50cc Flower Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Turbo|[[File:MKDD Turbo Birdo.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Turbo Birdo]]
+|[[Birdo]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 150cc Flower Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Rattle|[[File:MKDD Rattle Buggy.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Rattle Buggy]]
+|[[Baby Luigi]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 100cc Mushroom Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Toad|[[File:MKDD Toad Kart.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Toad Kart]]
+|[[Toad]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 100cc Special Cup (unlocked alongside Toad and Toadette)
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Toadette|[[File:MKDD Toadette Kart.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Toadette Kart]]
+|[[Toadette]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|1<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|red|★☆☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the Mirror Mushroom Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Para|[[File:MKDD Para-Wing.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Para-Wing]]
+|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|1<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|red|★☆☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 50cc Star Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Barrel|[[File:Barrel Train MKDD artwork.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Barrel Train]]
+|[[Diddy Kong]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 150cc Star Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Bullet|[[File:MKDD Bullet Blaster.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Bullet Blaster]]
+|[[Bowser Jr.]]
+|{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|1<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|red|★☆☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 50cc Special Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Waluigi|[[File:MKDD Waluigi Racer.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Waluigi Racer]]
+|[[Waluigi]]
+|{{color|green|Medium}}
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the 100cc Flower Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Piranha|[[File:MKDD Piranha Pipes.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Piranha Pipes]]
+|[[Petey Piranha]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|Win the Mirror Star Cup (unlocked alongside Petey Piranha and King Boo)
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Boo|[[File:MKDD Boo Pipes.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Boo Pipes]]
+|[[King Boo]]
+|{{color|red|Heavy}}
+|2<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|darkorange|★★☆☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|5<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|dodgerblue|★★★★★}}}}</big>
+|Win the Mirror Special Cup
+|-
+|data-sort-value=Parade|[[File:MKDD Parade Kart.png|150x125px]]<br>[[Parade Kart]]
+|None
+|Any weight
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|3<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|gold|★★★☆☆}}}}</big>
+|4<br><big>{{text outline|{{color|green|★★★★☆}}}}</big>
+|Win the Mirror All-Cup Tour
+|}
+===Actual stats===
+The stars shown on the vehicle selection screen are less precise than the actual values used by the game;<ref name="data">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IRxK5lKZooopd3vx6mb069I414UsucaQFntal3L2cTA/edit?usp=sharing A transcription of the actual stats of the vehicles used in the game.]</ref> Speed and Weight each have 9 distinct values rather than 5, and the differences in Acceleration are mainly due to two values, generating 9 possible combinations that do not necessarily line up with the menu stats: the first value affects mainly the first phase of acceleration while starting from a standstill, the second affects acceleration when the speed is higher than around 50% of the maximum speed.<ref name="interpretation">[https://web.archive.org/web/20181021022350/https://forums.mkboards.com/threads/how-to-read-the-transcribed-in-game-values-of-mario-kart-double-dash.20413/ Observations on how to read the transcribed in-game data.]</ref><ref>Mister Wu's raw ''Mario Kart'' data (November 22, 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjbSuoPBpU ''MKDD'' - A more thorough acceleration test]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Mister Wu's raw ''Mario Kart'' data (February 1, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeYsBfb0yQE ''MKDD'' - The second acceleration parameter]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 9, 2016.</ref> When drifting, acceleration depends on values that are the same for all karts. Drifting itself can begin when the speed of the kart is at least 15 km/h (26 units). When the speed is lower than that, trying to drift results in the kart having an acceleration value proportional to the first acceleration value, but considerably smaller than that.<ref name="interpretation"/><ref>Mister Wu's raw ''Mario Kart'' data (December 8, 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBfsuv8wjAg ''MKDD'' - acceleration while drifting test]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved March 23, 2016.</ref> The values determine acceleration in terms of increase of relative speed, the fraction of current speed to top speed, over time.<ref>Mister Wu's raw ''Mario Kart'' data (February 1, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_Zm3wz0ZQ ''MKDD'' - The acceleration determined by the acceleration parameters is relative]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 9,2016.</ref><br>
+Speed is reported in units, from which the values in the speedometer are calculated using the following conversion factors:<ref name="interpretation"/>
+S<sub>km/h</sub> = S<sub>units</sub> / 1.75<br>
+S<sub>mph</sub> = S<sub>units</sub> / 2.5
+Speed is actually capped at 175 units (100 km/h, 70 mph).<ref>Thomas Beumann (April 2012). [http://home.online.nl/tbeuman/mkdd/techs.html ''MKDD'' for Noobs - Techniques]. Retrieved November 2, 2015.</ref><br>
+Furthermore, there is a hidden Off-Road stat that determines a vehicle's top speed in most off-road terrains, such as grass. Weak off-road patches, like the yellow sand in [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]], reduce the kart's top speed by a fixed 20 units (~11 km/h, 8 mph). On the other hand, middle off-road patches, such as the grassy and sandy part where the [[Chain Chomp]] lies in [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]], reduce speed to a value dependent on the kart chosen. Finally, heavy Off-Road areas such as the reddish sand in ''Dry Dry Desert'' or underwater parts, slow down all karts to a fixed 40 units speed (23 km/h, 16 mph).<ref name="interpretation"/><br>
+When shrunken by [[Lightning]], the top speed in normal roads and weak off-road sections goes down by 20 units, while the top speed in medium off-road sections goes down by 10 units. The top speed in heavy off-road sections stays unaltered.<ref name="data"/><br>
+All karts have their own Mini-Turbo value, however all light karts have a Mini-Turbo boost that lasts 30 frames, all medium karts have a 20 frames Mini-Turbo boost, and all heavy karts have a 10 frames Mini-Turbo boost. The [[Parade Kart]] also has a Mini-Turbo boost that lasts 30 frames.<ref name="interpretation"/>
+{|class="wikitable sortable"style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto"
+|-
+!colspan="6"|Conventional Classification
+|-
+!Vehicle
+!Top Speed
+!Off-Road
+!style="background:#EAECF0"|Acceleration
+!style="background:#EAECF0"|Weight
+!Mini-Turbo
+|-
+|[[File:RedFireIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Red Fire'''||5||5||4||5||2
+|-
+|[[File:GreenFireIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Green Fire'''||7||4||3||4||2
+|-
+|[[File:HeartCoachIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Heart Coach'''||4||6||6||5||2
+|-
+|[[File:BloomCoachIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Bloom Coach'''||6||4||5||3||2
+|-
+|[[File:TurboYoshiIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Turbo Yoshi'''||4||5||6||6||2
+|-
+|[[File:TurboBirdoIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Turbo Birdo'''||6||4||4||7||2
+|-
+|[[File:GooGooBuggyIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Goo-Goo Buggy'''||1||9||9||2<ref group=stats>In Battle Mode, the Goo-Goo Buggy's weight value is 1.</ref>||3
+|-
+|[[File:RattleBuggyIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Rattle Buggy'''||2||9||8||2||3
+|-
+|[[File:ToadKartIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Toad Kart'''||3||9||7||2||3
+|-
+|[[File:ToadetteKartIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Toadette Kart'''||1||9||9||2||3
+|-
+|[[File:KoopaDasherIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Koopa Dasher'''||2||8||8||3||3
+|-
+|[[File:ParaWingIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Para-Wing'''||1||8||9||3||3
+|-
+|[[File:DKJumboIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''DK Jumbo'''||8||2||2||8||1
+|-
+|[[File:BarrelTrainIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Barrel Train'''||8||7||3||5||3
+|-
+|[[File:KoopaKingIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Koopa King'''||9||1||1||9||1
+|-
+|[[File:BulletBlasterIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Bullet Blaster'''||8||1||4||1||3
+|-
+|[[File:WarioCarIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Wario Car'''||7||3||3||7||1
+|-
+|[[File:WaluigiRacerIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Waluigi Racer'''||5||9||5||6||2
+|-
+|[[File:PiranhaPipesIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Piranha Pipes'''||8||7||2||9||1
+|-
+|[[File:BooPipesIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Boo Pipes'''||2||9||8||9||1
+|-
+|[[File:ParadeKartIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Parade Kart'''||7||3||4||7||3
+|}
+<references group=stats/>
+{|class="wikitable sortable"style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto" width="90%"
+|-
+!colspan="15"|Actual Data
+|-
+!rowspan="2"|Vehicle
+!colspan="3"|Top Speed<ref group=stats2 name="speed">Top speed values in various conditions are relative to the 150cc class.</ref>
+!colspan="3"|Weak Off-Road<ref group=stats2 name="speed"/>
+!colspan="3"|Medium Off-Road<ref group=stats2 name="speed"/>
+!colspan="2"|Acceleration
+!rowspan="2"|Weight
+!Mini-Turbo
+|-
+!units
+!km/h
+!mph
+!units
+!km/h
+!mph
+!units
+!km/h
+!mph
+!First Value
+!Second Value
+!frames
+|-
+|[[File:RedFireIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Red Fire'''||140||80||56||120||68.6||48||80||45.7||32||0.3||0.005||2||20
+|-
+|[[File:GreenFireIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Green Fire'''||142||81.1||56.8||122||69.7||48.8||77||44||30.8||0.15||0.005||1.75||20
+|-
+|[[File:HeartCoachIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Heart Coach'''||139||79.4||55.6||119||68||47.6||83||47.4||33.2||1||0.005||2||20
+|-
+|[[File:BloomCoachIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Bloom Coach'''||141||80.6||56.4||121||69.1||48.4||77||44||30.8||0.5||0.005||1.5||20
+|-
+|[[File:TurboYoshiIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Turbo Yoshi'''||139||79.4||55.6||119||68||47.6||80||45.7||32||1||0.005||2.25||20
+|-
+|[[File:TurboBirdoIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Turbo Birdo'''||141||80.6||56.4||121||69.1||48.4||77||44||30.8||0.3||0.005||2.5||20
+|-
+|[[File:GooGooBuggyIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Goo-Goo Buggy'''||136||77.7||54.4||116||66.3||46.4||92||52.6||36.8||3||0.01||1.25||30
+|-
+|[[File:RattleBuggyIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Rattle Buggy'''||137||78.3||54.8||117||66.9||46.8||92||52.6||36.8||2||0.01||1.25||30
+|-
+|[[File:ToadKartIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Toad Kart'''||138||78.9||55.2||118||67.4||47.2||92||52.6||36.8||1||0.01||1.25||30
+|-
+|[[File:ToadetteKartIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Toadette Kart'''||136||77.7||54.4||116||66.3||46.4||92||52.6||36.8||3||0.01||1.25||30
+|-
+|[[File:KoopaDasherIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Koopa Dasher'''||137||78.3||54.8||117||66.9||46.8||89||50.9||35.6||2||0.01||1.5||30
+|-
+|[[File:ParaWingIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Para-Wing'''||136||77.7||54.4||116||66.3||46.4||89||50.9||35.6||3||0.01||1.5||30
+|-
+|[[File:DKJumboIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''DK Jumbo'''||143||81.7||57.2||123||70.3||49.2||71||40.6||28.4||0.1||0.005||2.75||10
+|-
+|[[File:BarrelTrainIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Barrel Train'''||143||81.7||57.2||123||70.3||49.2||86||49.1||34.4||0.15||0.005||2||30
+|-
+|[[File:KoopaKingIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Koopa King'''||144||82.3||57.6||124||70.9||49.6||68||38.9||27.2||0.08||0.005||3||10
+|-
+|[[File:BulletBlasterIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Bullet Blaster'''||143||81.7||57.2||123||70.3||49.2||68||38.9||27.2||0.3||0.005||1||30
+|-
+|[[File:WarioCarIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Wario Car'''||142||81.1||56.8||122||69.7||48.8||74||42.3||29.6||0.15||0.005||2.5||10
+|-
+|[[File:WaluigiRacerIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Waluigi Racer'''||140||80||56||120||68.6||48||92||52.6||36.8||0.5||0.005||2.25||20
+|-
+|[[File:PiranhaPipesIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Piranha Pipes'''||143||81.7||57.2||123||70.3||49.2||86||49.1||34.4||0.1||0.005||3||10
+|-
+|[[File:BooPipesIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Boo Pipes'''||137||78.3||54.8||117||66.9||46.8||92||52.6||36.8||2||0.01||3||10
+|-
+|[[File:ParadeKartIcon-MKDD.png]]<br>'''Parade Kart'''||142||81.1||56.8||122||69.7||48.8||74||42.3||29.6||0.3||0.005||2.5||30
+|}
+<references group=stats2/>
+==Courses==
+''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' contains sixteen new racing courses added to the series, along with six new battle courses. Each racecourse contains its own difficulty and gimmicks.
+{|style="width:800px;margin:auto;text-align:center"class="wikitable"
+|-
+![[File:MushroomCupLogo MKDD.png]]<br>[[Mushroom Cup]]
+|[[File:LuigiCircuitIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]]
+|[[File:PeachBeachIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Peach Beach|Peach Beach]]
+|[[File:BabyParkIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]]
+|[[File:DryDryDesertIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]]
+|-
+![[File:FlowerCupLogo MKDD.png]]<br>[[Flower Cup]]
+|[[File:MushroomBridgeIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]]
+|[[File:MarioCircuitIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]]
+|[[File:DaisyCruiserIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Daisy Cruiser|Daisy Cruiser]]
+|[[File:WaluigiStadiumIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]]
+|-
+![[File:StarCupLogo MKDD.png]]<br>[[Star Cup]]
+|[[File:SherbetLandIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]]
+|[[File:MushroomCityIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[Mushroom City]]
+|[[File:YoshiCircuitIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]]
+|[[File:DKMountainIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]]
+|-
+![[File:SpecialCupLogo MKDD.png]]<br>[[Special Cup]]
+|[[File:WarioColosseumIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[Wario Colosseum]]
+|[[File:DinoDinoJungleIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[GCN Dino Dino Jungle|Dino Dino Jungle]]
+|[[File:BowserCastleIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Bowser's Castle]]
+|[[File:RainbowRoadIcon-MKDD.png|150px]]<br>[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]]
+|}
+===Battle courses===
+;Default
+<gallery widths="150">
+CookieLandIcon-MKDD.png|[[GCN Cookie Land|Cookie Land]]
+BlockCityIcon-MKDD.png|[[Block City]]
+NintendoGameCubeIcon-MKDD.png|[[Nintendo GameCube (battle course)|Nintendo GameCube]]
+PipePlazaIcon-MKDD.png|[[Pipe Plaza]]
+</gallery>
+;Unlockable
+<gallery widths="150">
+LuigiMansionIcon-MKDD.png|[[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]]
+Tilt-a-KartIcon-MKDD.png|[[Tilt-a-Kart]]
 </gallery>
+Luigi's Mansion is unlocked by winning the 150cc Mushroom Cup, and Tilt-a-Kart is unlocked by winning the Mirror Flower Cup.
+==Staff Ghosts==
+This game follows ''Mario Kart 64'' in including the possibility to race against Staff Ghosts, ghosts created by Nintendo staff as the main ghosts of the course. They can be unlocked by achieving a certain time on the respective course. Below is a table showing all Staff Ghosts and their respective times.<ref>[http://www.gamesradar.com/mario-kart-double-dash/cheats/]</ref>
-In addition, numerous other Nintendo characters play minor roles in the game. [[Lakitu]] reprises his role as the racetrack keeper, meaning that he signals the start of each race, alerts players when they complete a lap, tells people when they're going in the wrong way, and returns drivers to the racetrack when they fall into dangerous areas. Other characters who make cameos include [[Shy Guy]]s, [[Piranha Plant|Piranha Plants]], and [[Wiggler|Wigglers]]. [[Toadsworth]] drives the winners of a cup around Peach Beach in the Parade Kart, which can later be unlocked by the player. [[Pianta]]s and [[Noki]]s from Super Mario Sunshine also cheer players on, and are the crowd at victory ceremonies.
+Generally, the driver is the same character that the course is themed after according to the course's internal name, while the rider is their pair and the kart is the default-unlocked one shared between them; the exceptions are [[Baby Park]], which is named after [[Baby Luigi]] internally yet has him as the rider while [[Baby Mario]] is the driver, [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] and [[GCN Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]], which do not have character theming, and [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]], which also lacks character theming and also has an atypical pair of [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] on the [[Red Fire]]. [[Bowser Jr.]] is the only default character to not be a driver in any staff ghost, [[Bowser]] is the only one to not be a rider, and Mario and Peach are the only ones to have the same role twice, once with their respective standard partner and once with each other.
-[[Image:4player DD.jpg|left|250pxs|thumb|Four Player Split Screen]]
+{|style="text-align:center" class=wikitable
-==Karts==
+!Course
-There are 21 karts in all, each has a rating out of five for speed, acceleration, and weight. It also has a class; Light, Medium, or Heavy (L = Light, M = Medium, H = Heavy). Players must choose a kart to fit their heaviest character (if their heaviest character is a Lightweight, they must choose a Light kart, if their heaviest character is a Middleweight, they must choose a Medium kart, if their
+!Driver
-heaviest character is a Heavyweight, they must choose a Heavy kart.) The only exception is the Parade Kart, which isn't bound to weight restrictions, therefore in the "all" class (A = All). <br><br>
+!Rider
+!Kart
+!Time
+|-
+|[[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]]
+|[[Luigi]]
+|[[Mario]]
+|[[Red Fire]]
+|1:26.277
+|-
+|[[GCN Peach Beach|Peach Beach]]
+|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]
+|[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
+|[[Heart Coach]]
+|1:20.404
+|-
+|[[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]]
+|[[Baby Mario]]
+|[[Baby Luigi]]
+|[[Goo-Goo Buggy]]
+|1:11.108
+|-
+|[[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]]
+|[[Birdo]]
+|[[Yoshi]]
+|[[Turbo Yoshi]]
+|1:50.755
+|-
+|[[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]]
+|[[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]
+|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]
+|[[Koopa Dasher]]
+|1:31.458
+|-
+|[[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]]
+|[[Mario]]
+|[[Luigi]]
+|[[Red Fire]]
+|1:41.384
+|-
+|[[GCN Daisy Cruiser|Daisy Cruiser]]
+|[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
+|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]
+|[[Heart Coach]]
+|1:52.207
+|-
+|[[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]]
+|[[Waluigi]]
+|[[Wario]]
+|[[Wario Car]]
+|1:59.658
+|-
+|[[GCN Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]]
+|[[Baby Luigi]]
+|[[Baby Mario]]
+|[[Goo-Goo Buggy]]
+|1:25.904
+|-
+|[[Mushroom City]]
+|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]
+|[[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]
+|[[Koopa Dasher]]
+|1:50.663
+|-
+|[[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]]
+|[[Yoshi]]
+|[[Birdo]]
+|[[Turbo Yoshi]]
+|1:59.866
+|-
+|[[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]]
+|[[Donkey Kong]]
+|[[Diddy Kong]]
+|[[DK Jumbo]]
+|2:12.639
+|-
+|[[Wario Colosseum]]
+|[[Wario]]
+|[[Waluigi]]
+|[[Wario Car]]
+|2:21.106
+|-
+|[[GCN Dino Dino Jungle|Dino Dino Jungle]]
+|[[Diddy Kong]]
+|[[Donkey Kong]]
+|[[DK Jumbo]]
+|2:00.908
+|-
+|[[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Bowser's Castle]]
+|[[Bowser]]
+|[[Bowser Jr.]]
+|[[Koopa King]]
+|2:44.690
+|-
+|[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]]
+|[[Mario]]
+|[[Princess Peach|Peach]]
+|[[Red Fire]]
+|3:16.476
+|}
-'''[[Red Fire]]''' (Mario): Speed:3, Accel.:3, Weight:3 M
+==Items==
+{{multiple image
+|align=right
+|direction=horizontal
+|image1=MKDD ItemBox.png
+|width1=142
+|image2=MKDD Double Item Box.png
+|width2=85
+|footer=Upon running over a single Item Box or Double Item Box, the characters receive a power-up.
+}}
+Traditional items from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' through ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' appear in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' with a bunch of new power-ups to change a race drastically, such as stealing the opponent's place or item by using a Mushroom or reducing the racers to small size with the rare Lightning. The rear character obtains a determinate item by running into an [[Item Box]]. However, [[Double Item Box]]es give items to both the rear character and driver. The variety of items depends on the kart's place. Leader racers tend to receive basic items such as Bananas or Green Shells, while those going under fourth place can receive rare items like a Star or a Spiny Shell.
-'''[[Green Fire]]''' (Luigi): Speed:4, Accel.:2, Weight:2 M
+Items are classified in two forms:
+*'''Standard:''' Drivers can obtain these types of items when they go through an Item Box or Double Item Box.
+*'''Special:''' Some drivers obtain a special item that other drivers cannot obtain by an Item Box. When a character holds a special item, the second character cannot obtain another special item via Item Box.
+{{br|right}}
+===Standard Items===
+{|class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Image
+!Name
+!align="center"|Instruction Booklet Description
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD GreenShell.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Green Shell]]
+|''Green Shells move in straight lines when thrown and knock karts for a loop if they hit.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD RedShell.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Red Shell]]
+|''Red Shells seek out karts in front of you and flip them over when they strike.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD SpinyShell.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]]
+|''This winged wonder heads straight for the leader of the pack and explodes on impact. Any kart caught in the blast area will flip.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDDMushroom.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]]
+|''These turbo toadstools give karts brief speed bursts.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Triple Mushrooms.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Triple Mushrooms]]
+|''Triple Mushrooms allow you to dash three times in a row.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD BananaPeel.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Banana]]
+|''These slippery skins can be dropped or thrown in strategic spots to send rivals into sudden spins.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Fake Item Box.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Fake Item Box|Fake Item]]
+|''These items of deception look just like real Item Boxes, so place them where your opponents won't expect.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Star.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Super Star|Star]]
+|''Stars make karts temporarily invincible and increase their top speed by a hair. Karts hit by Star-wielding karts will go flying.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Thunderbolt Artwork.png|100px]]
+|align="center"|[[Lightning]]
+|''This mighty bolt strikes all opponents at the same time, causing them to spin out, drop their items, and shrink in size, which reduces their max speeds.''
+|}
-'''[[DK Jumbo]]''' (Donkey Kong): Speed:4, Accel.:2, Weight:4 H
+===Special Items===
+{{main|Special Item (Mario Kart series)}}
+{|class="wikitable"style="text-align:center"
+|-
+!Image
+!Name
+!Characters
+!Instruction Booklet Description
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Fireball M.png|100px]][[File:MKDD Fireball L.png|100px]]
+|[[Fireball]]s
+|[[Mario]] & [[Luigi]]
+|align="left"|''They split up after they're thrown and go sliding ahead. These powerful pyrotechnics can take out multiple opponents at once.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Heart.png|100px]]
+|[[Heart (item)|Heart]]<br>(new)
+|[[Princess Peach|Peach]] & [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
+|align="left"|''Flying hearts surround the royal ladies' karts, and any item that hits them becomes theirs to use. A cute and handy item.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Yoshi Egg.png|100px]][[File:MKDD Birdo Egg.png|100px]]
+|[[Yoshi's Egg]]<br>([[Birdo's Egg]])<br>(new)
+|[[Yoshi]] & [[Birdo]]
+|align="left"|''These eggs roll down the road and home in on opponents. When they hit and break, they'll drop three more items.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Chain Chomp.png|100px]]
+|[[Chain Chomp]]<br>(new)
+|[[Baby Mario]] & [[Baby Luigi]]
+|align="left"|''This fearsome beast chases karts with reckless abandon, pulling the babies behind it at breakneck speeds.''
+|-
+|[[File:Golden Mushroom.png|100px]]
+|[[Golden Dash Mushroom|Golden Mushroom]]
+|[[Toad]] & [[Toadette]]
+|align="left"|N/A<br>(Temporarily allows consecutive speed boosts)
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Triple Green Shells.png|100px]][[File:MKDD Triple Red Shells.png|100px]]
+|[[Triple Green Shells]] and [[Triple Red Shells]]
+|[[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] & [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]
+|align="left"|''Don't let Koopa and Paratroopa worry about not having enough shells. Get three at a time!''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Giant Banana.png|100px]]
+|[[Giant Banana]]<br>(new)
+|[[Donkey Kong]] & [[Diddy Kong]]
+|align="left"|''Only DK and Diddy know where these monstrous fruit can be found. Once they're in the road, they're tough to manoeuvre around.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Bowser's Shell.png|100px]]
+|[[Bowser's Shell]]<br>(new)
+|[[Bowser]] & [[Bowser Jr.]]
+|align="left"|''An awe-inspiring giant shell! As it careens down the road, slamming and ramming into karts, it's the very image of Bowser himself.''
+|-
+|[[File:MKDD Bob-omb.png|100px]]
+|[[Bob-omb]]<br>(new)
+|[[Wario]] & [[Waluigi]]
+|align="left"|''Take aim and give your opponents an explosive surprise. Mess up, and you might just hit yourself! This item's dangerous...''
+|}
+*[[Petey Piranha]] and [[King Boo]] have the ability to obtain any special item, excluding [[green Fireball]]s and Birdo's Egg.
+*Note: Although special items can only be obtained by the characters they are assigned to, if a player is holding a special item, another player can steal it by colliding with the player holding the item while under the influence of a Mushroom, Star, or Slide Attack. Also, any character can get any special item in Battle Mode. Finally, in Co-Op Mode, the driver can pass a special item to the person in the back.
-'''[[Barrel Train]]''' (Diddy): Speed:4, Accel.:2 Weight:3 L
+==Unlocking matrix==
+Winning first on most cups for each difficulty unlocks a specific reward. The easier versions of the All-Cup Tour do not, but they are still required to unlock the special ending picture and title screen.
-'''[[Heart Coach]]''' (Peach): Speed:2, Accel.:4, Weight:3 M
+{|class="wikitable"style="text-align:center"
+!Class
+![[Mushroom Cup]]
+![[Flower Cup]]
+![[Star Cup]]
+![[Special Cup]]
+![[All-Cup Tour]]
+|-
+!50cc
+|[[Green Fire]]
+|[[Bloom Coach]]
+|[[Para-Wing]]
+|[[Bullet Blaster]]
+|N/A
+|-
+!100cc
+|[[Rattle Buggy]]
+|[[Waluigi Racer]]
+|[[Special Cup]]
+|[[Toad]], [[Toadette]], and [[Toad Kart]]
+|N/A
+|-
+!150cc
+|[[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]]
+|[[Turbo Birdo]]
+|[[Barrel Train]]
+|[[All-Cup Tour]]
+|Mirror
+|-
+!Mirror
+|[[Toadette Kart]]
+|[[Tilt-a-Kart]]
+|[[Petey Piranha]], [[King Boo]], and [[Piranha Pipes]]
+|[[Boo Pipes]]
+|[[Parade Kart]]
+|}
-'''[[Bloom Coach]]''' (Daisy): Speed:3, Accel.:3,  Weight:2 M
+==Driving techniques==
+===Drifting and mini turbo===
+{{main|Drift}}
+Drifting prevents racers from losing speed in turns or from going off the course. By keeping the controller's {{button|gcn|R}} (or {{button|gcn|L}}) button pressed, and tilting the stick to either side, racers make the kart begin a turn. While drifting, racers can gain a momentary speed boost by tilting the control stick to either side, opposite to a corner's direction. The kart then starts to produce sparks on its wheels. Doing this two times more, racers make the sparks become orange, then blue. Then, a mini turbo can be released right after the racer lets go of the {{button|gcn|R}} (or {{button|gcn|L}}) button.
-[[Image:F 924dd3db63d7.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Heavyweights, [[Wario]] and [[King Boo]], are one of many duos you can mix-and-match. They are shown here in the Wario Car.]]
+This tactic can be used to perform "snaking" (continuous power sliding) and elude homing hazards such as Red Shells.
-'''[[Wario Car]]''': Speed:4, Accel.:2, Weight:4 H
+===Rocket Start===
+{{main|Rocket Start}}
+[[File:MKDD Rocket Start.png|thumb|upright=1.1|left|The Rocket Start in action at [[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]]]]
+A Rocket Start is a speed boost given to a kart when a race starts out. To perform, racers have to press the {{button|gcn|A}} button to accelerate right when Lakitu's lights turn green or by tapping the button repeatedly while Lakitu counts down.
+{{br}}
-'''[[Waluigi Racer]]''': Speed:3 Accel.:3, Weight:3 M
+===Double Dash===
+{{main|Rocket Start#Double Dash}}
+[[File:DoubleDash-MKDD.png|thumb|upright=1.1|The Double Dash in action at [[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]]]]
+The Double Dash is similar to the Rocket Start. Although it is more powerful, it can only be performed in [[#Co-op play|Co-op play]]. Both team members can press the {{button|gcn|A}} button at the same time when Lakitu's light turns green. Upon being done perfectly, the kart bolts farther, leaving out a blue flame as a result. This technique is named after the game's subtitle.
+{{br}}
-'''[[Turbo Yoshi]]''': Speed:2, Accel.:4, Weight:3 M
+===Item steal===
+[[File:Slide Attack.png|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Donkey Kong uses the [[Slide Attack]], which can be used to steal items from opposing racers.]]
+Item stealing is snatching a power-up directly from the rival's hands in a kart. There are three ways to steal an item as long as the player's rear character holds no items. Items can be stolen when the rear racer uses a mushroom or a star to hit an opposing kart and snatch the item that one of the rivals have. In Co-op Mode, the player's rear character can use the Slide Attack to knock other rivals and take their items away. However, if the rear character knocks a rival kart with two players holding an item, the character can get the rival rear character's item, while the rival driver drops the other item onto the track.
+{{br}}
-'''[[Turbo Birdo]]''': Speed:3, Accel.:3, Weight:4 M
+==LAN Mode==
+[[File:LANmodeMKDD.png|thumb|Title screen in LAN play]]
+Using the [[Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter]] (sold separately) attached to the game system, in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' it is possible to play via Local Area Network (LAN), using up to eight Nintendo GameCube systems connected to a hub device, or also using two consoles connected together through a cross-cable, where more than four players can join a race locally. This means that up to sixteen users can play at the same time with their friends using two or more GameCube systems with the ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' game discs on.
-'''[[Goo-Goo Buggy]]''' (Baby Mario): Speed:1, Accel.:5, Weight:2 L
+After connecting the systems to the hub, the players should turn the systems' power button to begin. The LAN Mode option appears on screen to confirm the selection. Once LAN Mode is selected and confirmed on all participating game systems and the connections have been established, the Select Mode displays. Players may proceed by pressing the controller's {{button|gcn|A}} button, the LAN Mode title screen displays to enter to play.
-'''[[Rattle Buggy]]''' (Baby Luigi): Speed:2, Accel.:4, Weight:2 L
+LAN Mode does not work on the [[Wii]], as the system disables the Ethernet port when it switches to play GameCube games and the GameCube Broadband adapter is not compatible.
-'''[[Koopa King]]''' (Bowser): Speed:5, Accel.:1, Weight:5 H
+On the LAN Mode title screen, there are three options:
+*'''Start Game:''' Begin Versus LAN play.
+*'''Select Mode:''' Adjust LAN setup options. This allows users to choose the modes of play:
+**'''Game Mode:''' Select one of these game modes available: Versus, Balloon Battle, or Shine Thief. Bob-omb Blast cannot be played in the LAN setup. Only in Versus mode can the number of laps on the tracks and the engine classes be changed.
+**'''Order of Courses:''' Choose the way in which courses or stages are selected: Random, All courses, one course or All-cups (only for Versus).
+**'''Co-op:''' Enable or Disable Cooperative Mode.
+**'''Screen Division:''' Split the screen. This option applies to all TVs and is not available if there are more than four Nintendo GameCube systems in use.
+*'''Quit LAN Mode:''' Stop playing LAN Mode.
+Unlike the local multiplayer, the players' characters are chosen at random each time a race begins.
-'''[[Bullet Blaster]]''' (Bowser Jr.): Speed:4, Accel.:3, Weight:1 L
+Toad and Toadette can be selected, providing they have been unlocked on one of the Memory Cards. Petey Piranha and King Boo however are never picked, even if they have been unlocked on one of the Memory Cards.
-'''[[Koopa Dasher]]''': Speed:2, Accel.:4, Weight:2 L
+The kart that is picked is the one that belongs to the driver, unless either their respective kart has not been unlocked on any of the Memory Cards or the partner is a bigger weight class than the driver. This means that the Piranha Pipes, Boo Pipes, and Parade Kart cannot be used in LAN mode.
-'''[[Para Wing]]''' (Paratroopa): Speed:1, Accel.:5, Weight:2 L
+===LAN connection===
+In this way, two to eight Nintendo GameCube systems are connected to an over-the-counter {{wp|Ethernet over twisted pair|10BASE-T}} hub. The LAN cables used to connect every game system to the hub must be compatible, otherwise, the connection is not carried out. Every Nintendo GameCube system has to have attached their Nintendo Broadband Adapter, and the ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' game disc in hand, one per system. At last, the number of GameCube controllers used depends on the number of players present.
-'''[[Toad Kart]]''': Speed:2, Accel.:4, Weight :2 L
+===Cross-cable connection===
+Unlike LAN connection, where it uses a hub to connect GameCube systems to it, the Cross-cable connection requires of only two GameCube game systems connected between themselves, through a 10BASE-T hub-compatible cross-cable. The rest of the required equipment is similar: A ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' game disc per system, the Nintendo Broadband Adapter attached to the game system, and the number of GameCube controllers regarding how many players participate.
-'''[[Toadette Kart]]''': Speed:1, Accel.:5, Weight:2 L
+===Troubleshooting===
+Occasionally the users may experience malfunctions or be unable to connect due to technical problems.
+*When using an incompatible LAN cable with the Hub in use, or using another type of cable different to the cross-cable to connect two systems directly.
+*A LAN cable is not fully inserted into the Hub or any game system.
+*A LAN cable was removed during the transfer of data.
+*Any game system was turned off or the game system's RESET button was pressed in the process.
+*When some device other than a Nintendo GameCube is connected to the Hub.
+*When a Hub or LAN cable not compatible with the 10BASE-T standard is being used.
+*When more than eight Nintendo GameCube systems have been connected.
-'''[[Pirahna Pipes]]''' (Petey): Speed:4, Accel.:2, Weight:5 H
+==Differences in split-screen races==
+Split-screen races typically have less features for maintaining game performance such as consistent load times and a stable frame-rate.
-'''[[Boo Pipes]]''' (King Boo): Speed:2, Accel.:4, Weight:5 H
+'''All courses'''
+*Item Boxes have a brighter checkerboard texture, as opposed to clearer checkerboard texture.
+*Dash Panels look slightly different.
+'''Luigi Circuit'''
+*The flowers on the grass are missing.
+*The two blimps that fly above the track are also missing.
+'''Peach Beach'''
+*The Daisy Cruiser in the background is absent.
+*The Piantas are absent.
+*Before the finish line, the Pianta statue fountain is replaced by a Power Star. The fountain is also not active.
+'''Baby Park'''
+*The Yoshi helicopter is removed.
+'''Dry Dry Desert'''
+*Just before the finish line, the Item Boxes are removed from the three small hills.
+*The smaller Pokeys are missing.
+'''Mushroom Bridge'''
+*There are no whirlpools in the water.
+*There are only two [[truck]]s, three regular [[Car (obstacle)|cars]], four buses, two moving Item Boxes, one Mushroom-shaped car, and two [[Bob-omb Car|Bomb-cars]].
+*[[Mushroom City]] and [[Peach's Castle]] do not appear in the background.
+*The advertisement signs after the green tunnel are missing.
+*The [[Wiggler Wagon]] on Mushroom Bridge is only five body segments long, as opposed to being ten body segments long.
+*All shadows except vehicles and the player karts are missing.
+'''Mario Circuit'''
+*There are fewer Goombas and Piranha Plants.
+'''Daisy Cruiser'''
+*The umbrellas are absent.
+*The Piantas are absent.
+*Areas normally blocked off by traffic cones are instead blocked off by barriers.
+*The moving Item Boxes do not move and can spawn Double Item Boxes.
+*The colorful banners above the curved staircase are removed.
+*There are no shadows at Daisy Cruiser.
+*The inside of the ship has no lights on the ceiling.
+*There are less Item Boxes in the dining area.
+*In the dining area, the tables that are not used as obstacles are absent.
+*In the dining area, the items on top of the pillars were removed.
+*There is no trapdoor over the entrance to the alternate route.
+*In the alternate route under the floor, there is no fan in the tube, nor are there any colored pipes on the ceiling.
+*The gears near the front of the ship are missing.
+*Near the end, there are no life rings.
+'''Waluigi Stadium'''
+*The rings of fireballs on the ramps are absent.
+*Except in VS mode, the metal Piranha Plants do not move their jaws.
+*The moving arrow signs are absent.
+*The Jumbotron is absent.
+'''Sherbet Land'''
+*There are only two moving Item Boxes at each end of the tunnel, as opposed to three.
+*Only two Blue Shy Guys appear before the tunnel as opposed to three.
+'''Mushroom City'''
+*The traffic lights are absent.
+*There are only four moving Item Boxes, two Mushroom-shaped cars, four regular cars, two Bomb-cars, one bus, and one truck.
+*Mushroom Bridge is not seen in the background.
+*All shadows except vehicles and the player karts are missing.
+'''Yoshi Circuit'''
+*Some of the Piranha Plants are missing.
+*The Sunshine, the Daisy Cruiser, and the Yoshi Helicopter do not appear.
+'''DK Mountain'''
+*Boulders are less common.
+*At the cliff area, one of the Item Boxes is absent.
+'''Wario Colosseum'''
+*The rings of fireballs on the ramps are absent.
+*Coming off the first jump ramp after entering the dome, there are only four item boxes as opposed to five.
+'''Dino Dino Jungle'''
+*The volcanoes in the background of the track near the finish line, including the volcano from DK Mountain, are absent.
+*In the area where there are Item Boxes on the trunks, the Item Boxes are removed.
+*In the area between [[Noshi|Nossie]]'s feet, there are only two Item boxes, rather than four.
+*There are fewer dinosaurs.
+*In the first alternate route area where the bridge splits, there is only one Double Item Box instead of two.
+*Near the end, before the finish line, there are only two moving Item Boxes instead of four.
+*The crystals and pillar formations in the tunnels are removed.
+'''Bowser's Castle'''
+*Only two of the Thwomps are present.
+*The [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s are removed.
+*In the circular room with fireballs revolving around a pillar in the center, three of the six rotating fireballs are removed.
+*The Bowser statue shoots fireballs at a slower rate.
+'''Rainbow Road'''
+*At the second sharp turn area, one of the Item Boxes is removed.
+*Mushroom City is absent.
+*All the floating items are removed.
-'''[[Parade Kart]]''' (Toadsworth): Speed:4, Accel.:3, Weight:4 A
+==Bonus disc==
+[[File:MKDDBonusDiscTitle.png|thumb|left|Title screen]]
+[[File:MKDD Special.jpg|thumb|Cover art for the bonus disc box]]
+Preorders for ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' also gave customers a bonus disc containing playable demos, game trailers, and content that can be transferred to ''[[fireemblem:Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade|Fire Emblem]]'' on the [[Game Boy Advance]]. The disc came in a special two-disc game box, and the cover for the game had the line "Includes BONUS DISC with playable demos!" written across the bottom right.
-==Tracks==
+Content for the bonus disc includes:
-All the tracks have three laps, except For Baby Park (the  shortest track), which has seven laps and Wario Colosseum (the longest track), which has two laps.
+*''[[Mario Party 5]]'' demo - Five minigames can be played with up to four players: [[Coney Island (minigame)|Coney Island]], [[Button Mashers]], [[Shy Guy Showdown]], [[Dinger Derby]], and [[Pushy Penguins]].
+*''[[fzerowiki:F-Zero GX|F-Zero GX]]'' demo
+*[[sonicretro:Sonic Heroes|''Sonic Heroes'']] demo
+*''{{wp|Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike}}'' demo
+*''{{wp|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 video game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' demo
+*''{{wp|Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles}}'' trailer
+*''{{wp|1080° Avalanche}}'' trailer
+*''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Colosseum|Pokémon Colosseum]]'' Japanese pre-release trailer
+*''[[wikirby:Kirby Air Ride|Kirby Air Ride]]'' trailer, with a trailer for the ''[[wikirby:Kirby: Right Back At Ya!|Kirby: Right Back At Ya!]]'' cartoon playing before it
+*''{{wp|Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup}}'' trailer
+*''{{wp|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom}}'' trailer
+*''{{wp|NBA Live 2004}}'' trailer
+*Two soundtrack pieces and [[fireemblem:Mario Kart: Double Dash!! bonus disc|various items]] for ''[[fireemblem:Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade|Fire Emblem]]''
+{{br}}
-'''[[Mushroom Cup]]'''
+==Staff==
-*[[Luigi Circuit]]
+{{main|List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! staff}}
-*[[Peach Beach]]
+Yasuyuki Oyagi was one of directors of the game along with Futoshi Shirai and Daiji Imai. Oyagi previously served as the assisant director of ''Mario Kart 64'' and would later take the role of director in future ''Mario Kart'' titles. [[Shinobu Nagata]], who composed some of the songs in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', did the composition and arrangement of Peach Beach's music. In his first credited role under a ''Super Mario'' game, Ichiro Suzuki served as debug support.
-*[[Baby Park]]
-*[[Dry Dry Desert]]
-'''[[Flower Cup]]'''
+==Pre-release and unused content==
-*[[Mushroom Bridge]]
+{{main|List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! pre-release and unused content}}
-*[[Mario Circuit]]
+The models of the characters are from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', and Mario and Luigi are seen in this trailer of a very early build of the game, driving separately, each in a simple, blue kart.
-*[[Daisy Cruiser]]
+<gallery>
-*[[Waluigi Stadium]]
+Mariokartproto02.jpg|Mario and Luigi in a very early ''Mario Kart: Double Dash''. (E3 2001)
+Mariokartproto03.jpg|Another image of the karts. (E3 2001)
+</gallery>
+[[Donkey Kong Jr.]] was also seen in an early build of the character selection screen, but was scrapped in the end, likely replaced with Diddy Kong.
-'''[[Star Cup]]'''
+In the data of a demo version, there are references to a Reverse Cup, which may have had courses played backwards. There is a texture and 3D models of the trophies for this cup. Racing on courses in the reverse direction would not be fully implemented until ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.
-*[[Sherbet Land]]
-*[[Mushroom City]]
-*[[Yoshi Circuit]]
-*[[DK Mountain]]
-'''[[Special Cup]]'''
+==Glitches==
-*[[Wario Colosseum]]
+[[File:MKDD Upside Down Car Glitch.png|thumb|The glitch in effect]]
-*[[Dino Dino Jungle]]
+{{main|List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! glitches}}
-*[[Bowser's Castle]]
+====Permanent upside-down car====
-*[[Rainbow Road]]
+This glitch only works with the [[Parade Kart]]. To perform the glitch, the player should go to a place where they can get smashed by a course obstacle, such as the [[Thwomp]]s in [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Bowser's Castle]] or the blue [[dinosaur]] in [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle|Dino Dino Jungle]] (Bowser's Castle is preferred because the Thwomps are stationary). This glitch best works for two players, as timing is needed. One player should drive underneath a Thwomp, while the other should receive an explosive power-up, either a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]] or a [[Bob-omb]]. When received, the player should fire the item at the correct moment, blasting the kart into the air and getting smashed under the floating Thwomp. After falling down, if done correctly, the player remains upside down. Note that the player is invincible in this position and the player can only revert to a normal position if [[Lightning]] strikes them and a Thwomp afterward.
-[[Image:DD Screen shot.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Screenshot of [[Dry Dry Desert]]]]
+==Reception==
+===Critical reception===
+The game received favorable reviews, attaining an average score of 87.20% on GameRankings based on 73 reviews and an average score of 87 on Metacritic based on 58 reviews.<ref>http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/516710-mario-kart-double-dash/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/mario-kart-double-dash!!/</ref>
-==Difficulty Levels==
+Spencer McIlvaine of Nintendo Life gave the game 9 stars out of 10, praising the game as being a worthy successor to the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' franchise, despite that it has less innovation than the other games. He concluded with "Nevertheless, the game has lost some of the edge that it had in its first two outings and shows fewer innovative ideas here. This time around the game was mostly about better graphics and less buggy programming with a few gimmicks thrown in like having two drivers instead of one. As a result, ''Double Dash'' is not the most recommended ''Mario Kart'' game in the franchise. But compared to other games in general it's still one heck of a ride."<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/gamecube/mario_kart_double_dash</ref> Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer gave the game a score of 9 out of 10. He praised the game for adding more content, especially the online LAN mode. He wrote, "In my opinion, it's not a better game than the original ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', but it is the closest anyone's ever come, and one of the finest pieces of electronic entertainment ever developed." He also stated that rating ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'' was the hardest thing he did because he always wanted to write about it.<ref>http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mariokartdd_gc</ref>
-*50cc (easiest)
-*100cc (medium difficulty)
-*150cc (hard)
-*Mirror (hardest; all tracks are mirror versions of their original counterparts. All vehicles go as fast as in 150cc mode).
-==Battle Mode==
+On the contrast, Edge Magazine UK gave the game a 5 out of 10, criticizing the game of "not being a racing game any more".<ref>Edge, page 98</ref> Fran Mirabella III of IGN gave the game a score of 7.9 out of 10. He criticized that ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'' felt very similar to ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' and although it gets the job done that it felt that it had wasted potential. He praised the multiplayer for being superb.<ref>http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/11/mario-kart-double-dash-2</ref>
-There are three battle mode options: Balloon Battle, Shine Thief, and Bob-omb Blast. The six arenas are:
+{| class="wikitable reviews"
+!colspan="4"style="font-size:120%; text-align:center; background-color:silver;"|Reviews
+|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
+|Release
+|Reviewer, Publication
+|Score
+|Comment
+|-
+|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
+|Spencer McIlvaine, [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/gamecube/mario_kart_double_dash Nintendo Life]
+|9/10
+|"''Mario Kart is a staple in the Nintendo library and Double Dash is a worthy successor to that tradition. This franchise pre-dates the Smash Bros. franchise and for many Nintendo fans this is the must have multi-player title on any system. As a result, Mario Kart Double Dash enjoyed tremendous success on the Gamecube and was even included in a bundle with the system at one point. Nevertheless, the game has lost some of the edge that it had in its first two outings and shows fewer innovative ideas here. This time around the game was mostly about better graphics and less buggy programming with a few gimmicks thrown in like having two drivers instead of one. As a result, Double Dash is not the most recommended Mario Kart game in the franchise. But compared to other games in general it's still one heck of a ride.''"
+|-
+|Nintendo GameCube
+|Tom Bramwell, [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mariokartdd_gc Eurogamer]
+|9/10
+|"''In my opinion, it's not a better game than the original Super Mario Kart, but it '''is''' the closest anyone's ever come, and one of the finest pieces of electronic entertainment ever developed.''"
+|-
+|Nintendo GameCube
+|Fran Mirabella III, [http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/11/mario-kart-double-dash-2 IGN]
+|7.9/10
+|"''I only hope that Nintendo pours more production into [[Mario Kart DS|the sequel]] and remembers that just because Mario Kart was once designed for the younger crowd, doesn't mean it can't become an everyone title with some complexity to it.''"
+|-
+!colspan="4"style="font-size:120%; text-align:center; background-color:silver;"|Aggregators
+|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
+|colspan=2|Compiler
+|colspan=2|{{nw|Platform / Score}}
+|-
+|colspan=2|Metacritic
+|colspan=2 style="background-color:limegreen"|[http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/mario-kart-double-dash!!/ 87]
+|-
+|colspan=2|GameRankings
+|colspan=2|[https://web.archive.org/web/20150908221936/http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/516710-mario-kart-double-dash/index.html 87.20%]
+|}
-*[[Cookie Land]]
+===Sales===
-*[[Block City]]
+''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' is the second best-selling game for the Nintendo GameCube, right behind ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', with approximately 7 million copies sold, including 3.8 million copies in the United States,<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070106203333/www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml</ref> and over 802,000 units in Japan, as of December 31, 2009.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050225220704/www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/gcrank.html</ref>
-*[[Nintendo GameCube (course)|Nintendo GameCube]]
-*[[Pipe Plaza]]
-*[[Luigi's Mansion (course)|Luigi's Mansion]] (unlockable)
-*[[Tilt-a-Kart]] (unlockable)
-==Items==
+==Gallery==
-The available items are split into four types, with few exceptions.
+{{main-gallery}}
+<gallery>
+Mario Bros Bob-Omb Blast - MKDD.png|[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] on the [[Red Fire]].
+Bowser and Bowser Jr Bob-Omb Blast - MKDD.png|[[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]] on the [[Koopa King]]
+MKDD Luigi Circuit Artwork.jpg|Mixed teams racing on [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]].
+MKDD DK Mountain Artwork.jpg|Default teams racing on [[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]]
+</gallery>
+==Media==
+{{main-media}}
+{{media table
+|file1=MKDD-Music-TitleTheme.oga
+|title1=Title Theme
+|description1=The title theme
+|length1=0:29
+|file2=MKDD-Music-MainMenu.oga
+|title2=Main Menu
+|description2=The main menu theme
+|length2=0:29
+}}
-*'''Projectile''': can be fired ahead of the player (by hitting X or Y) or behind (by pulling back on the control stick while hitting X or Y).
+==References to other games==
-*'''Stationary weapon''': can be fired ahead of or behind the player. Stays stationary once it hits the ground.
+[[File:MKDDYoshiHelicopterModel.png|thumb|The model of Helicopter Yoshi found in Yoshi Circuit and Baby Park]]
-*'''Performance booster''': helps the current player. All boosters can also be used as weapons when used correctly.
+*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': The music for "[[Tilt-a-Kart]]" starts out with the famous ground theme, and it features Mario's 8-bit sprite from this game. The [[Warp Pipe]] in [[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]] is modeled after the Warp Pipes that appear in this game's underground level cutscenes.
-*'''Other''': May be a special item. (See booklet for more information).
+*''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'': In the battle stage [[GCN Cookie Land|Cookie Land]], cookies are seen from this game in the background. The level itself is also based off this game.
+*''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'': [[Baby Luigi]] reappears as a playable character. [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]] has a helicopter modelled after [[Helicopter Yoshi]].
+*''[[Super Mario 64]]'': When an item hits the player's heart barrier, a sound similar to that of the [[Spinning Heart]] from this game can be heard.
+*''[[Super Mario Kart]]'': The logo of this game can be seen in [[Mushroom City]] and [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]].
+*''[[Mario Kart 64]]'': The name "[[N64 Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]]" is taken from this game. Also, [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]] resembles [[Wario Stadium]] and the horn used on the Bloom Coach is the same horn used by the white cars from [[N64 Toad's Turnpike|Toad's Turnpike]]. Also, the [[Heart Coach]], [[Bloom Coach]], [[Piranha Pipes]], and [[Boo Pipes]] share an engine sound similar to Peach's and Yoshi's karts from ''Mario Kart 64''. The music for Rainbow Road contains a segment of ''Mario Kart 64''{{'}}s [[N64 Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]] music.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'': Mario's red Fireballs and Luigi's green Fireballs were reused as Mario and Luigi's special items in this game.
+*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'': The battle course [[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] is based on this game, and the A Rank Mansion from this game's ending can be seen in the background of [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]]. [[King Boo]] returns from this game as well.
+*''[[Wario Land 4]]'': The [[Wario Car]] is taken from this game.
+*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'': [[GCN Peach Beach|Peach Beach]] is heavily influenced by [[Gelato Beach]]. [[Shine Sprite]]s appear on many billboards in the courses, as well as [[Mario Kart (series)#Battle Mode#Shine Thief|Shine Thief]]. [[Toadsworth]], [[Pianta|Piantas]] and [[Noki|Nokis]] appear in Peach Beach as well as the Award Ceremony. Additionally, a portion of the Award Ceremony's music incorporates the main theme from this game. The tracks have similar connections as some tracks can be seen in other tracks (e.g. DK Mountain can be seen at Baby Park). Also, in [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]], the [[Shadow Mario]] "M" sign appears on the first sign in the course, near the first turn. [[Bowser Jr.]] and [[Petey Piranha]] appear as playable characters.
+*''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'': The countdown sound effect from Speed Golf and the artwork for the [[Chain Chomp]] item are recycled from this game.
-===Standard items===
+==References in later media==
-*'''Green Shell''' - simple projectile. Breaks after ten collisions with walls (VS mode) or three wall hits (Battle Mode). Also breaks when it hits another Koopa Shell, Banana, or racer.
+[[File:MP8 Nossie.png|thumb|Nossie in DK's Treetop Temple]]
-*'''Red shell''' - homing projectile. Can be fired either ahead or behind the racers, though will lose its homing capacities when launched behind. Otherwise homes in tightly on the nearest player at the time of use. Breaks on a single collision (racer or otherwise) and can't get over all ramps and jumps. It can be willingly avoided if a turbo boost is timed right.
+*[[Mario Kart (series)|Later ''Mario Kart'' games]]: ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' is known to have set the standards for later games in many ways. The 3-second countdown, which was introduced in this game, was reused in all later ''Mario Kart'' games. This is also the first game in which, when the player starts another lap, Lakitu will hold the lap count signs with a fishing pole and appear on the left/right side of the player. This is also the first game to have its final lap music one semitone higher. This also marks the first time the player loses an item after falling off the course or being hit by certain items or obstacles. The [[Bob-omb]] item that was introduced as a [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special Item]] for [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]] in this game became a regular item in later games. The [[Chain Chomp]] item for [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] was re-worked into the [[Bullet Bill]] item.
-*'''Spiny Shell''' - homing projectile. Blue with spikes and wings, but sized similarly to Green and Red Shells. Homes in quickly on the current leader and causes a large explosion which can also take out nearby racers. Not as rare as previous games, and can be obtained from any position from fourth down in GP mode. Has 99.9% accuracy.
+*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'': The item boxes are identical to the ones in this game, and so are the items themselves and the item boxes' sound effects. Toadette makes a cameo appearance during the game's opening cutscene. The 3-second countdown sound effect is used when a round of [[Artist On the Court]] is about to begin.
-*'''[[Super Mushroom|Mushroom]]''' - performance booster. Boosts the player's speed greatly for a short time. Necessary to clear some (optional) jumps.  Hitting another player during the boost allows players to steal any items (or a balloon in Battle Mode's Balloon Battle  the other kart may be carrying (if both characters have something, then the player will steal the back and have the front one drop).
+*''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'': The songs "[[Rollercoasting]]" and "[[Bowser's Castle (Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix)|Bowser's Castle]]" are remixes of songs from [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]], [[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]], [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]] and [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Bowser's Castle]].
-*'''Triple Mushrooms''' - performance booster. A set of three Mushrooms, used the same way. Rarely acquired above fifth place, but common under fifth. If players get hit with something while carrying these, then they drop all except one.
+*''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'': Mario's Red Fireballs and Luigi's Green Fireballs were used as their special shots.
-*'''Banana''' - stationary weapon. A banana peel. Collision causes the racer to skid and lose control of the vehicle for a second. Unlike in Mario Kart 64, the player cannot regain control under any circumstances; forward momentum, however, is not affected nearly as much. Can be used for protection against incoming Red Shells.
+*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'': The character profile sprites of characters that reappeared in this game were reused, although mirrored. Also, [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]], [[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]], [[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]], [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]], and the battle course [[Pipe Plaza]] reappear in this game. The [[Toad Kart]] resembles the [[Standard Kart]]. The Chain Chomp theme is used in one of the missions in this game.
-*'''[[Star (item)|Star]]''' - performance booster. A gold star - the Invincibility Starman.  Collision with any racer will cause them to flip out; collision with any weapon and some course obstacles will immediately destroy it. Invincible racers also receive a constant speed boost throughout the Star's duration. Only given to racers in lower positions.
+*''[[Mario Party 8]]'': The Nossie seen in [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle|Dino Dino Jungle]] makes as a cameo in the background of the [[DK's Treetop Temple]] board.
-*'''Thunderbolt''' - global weapon. On use, all other racers will shrink approximately fourfold after a brief loss of control, and slow down greatly, This won't affect racers if they have a Star when the Thunderbolt is used, or if they are not in control of their kart, e.g. if they're spinning out of control, if they have fallen off the track, or being transported through the automatic travel points on DK Mountain or Rainbow Road. If a racer falls from the track while small, they will always be returned at normal size. Given only to racers in the last few positions (usually eighth) and only very rarely.
+*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'': The arrangement of "[[Invincibility BGM]]" is reused in this game. In the [[Nintendo DS]] [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|version]], the theme for Mario Circuit, Yoshi Circuit and Luigi Circuit appears as a selectable song in the Gallery under the name "Mario Bros. Circuits".
-*'''Fake Item''' - stationary weapon. Similar in appearance to Item Boxes, but can be identified by the upside-down question mark and red color when approached. Causes the player to flip over several times, seriously reducing momentum. Unlike other Mario Kart games, Koopa Shells pass through them and therefore cannot be used to block them.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'': The trees and flowers in the [[Figure-8 Circuit (stage)|Mario Circuit]] stage take their design from this game. Also, the music for [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]] appears in this stage, and several [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|stickers]] and [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophies]] reference ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' as well.
-[[Image:DDSS.jpg|thumb|Bowser Jr., with his special item, the Bowser Shell]]
+*''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'': The standing character models and animation in the character select screen of characters that reappear in this game are shown again here, except for the newcomers for that installment. Also, [[GCN Peach Beach|Peach Beach]], [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]], [[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]], [[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]], and the battle course [[GCN Cookie Land|Cookie Land]] reappear in this game. The Grand Prix starting jingle is recycled to this game for both the Grand Prix and VS Race.
+*''[[Mario Kart 7]]'': [[GCN Daisy Cruiser|Daisy Cruiser]] and [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle|Dino Dino Jungle]] reappear in this game, and a modified version of the [[Barrel Train]] is an unlockable kart frame. A section of the music for this game's [[3DS Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Castle]] covers the main theme of [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Bowser's Castle]].
+*''[[Mario Party 9]]'': The track from this game, "Pandemonium", is an arrangement of the Battle Mode theme from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
+*''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'': The [[Fusion Kart]] mechanic is most likely inspired by the two-person kart feature of this game.
+*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'': Mushroom Bridge appears as the location for [[Groove Pipe Snowboard]].
+*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'': Characters physically hold items. [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] and [[GCN Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]] return as retro courses, while [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]] and [[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]] return as DLC.
+**''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'': [[Item Box#Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe|Double Item Boxes]] and the Bob-omb Blast and Shine Thief battle sub-modes return. [[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] reappears as a retro battle course. Waluigi Stadium, Daisy Cruiser, and DK Mountain return as part of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' DLC.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'': The Rainbow Road music returns as a track that can be played in battles on any ''Mario Kart'' stage. Additionally, the Barrel Train, Goo-Goo Buggy, Turbo Yoshi, and Bloom Coach appear as spirits, using their artwork from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
+*''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'': Special Items return. [[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]], [[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]], [[GCN Daisy Cruiser|Daisy Cruiser]], [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]], [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]], [[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]], and [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle|Dino Dino Jungle]] appear as returning race courses. [[GCN Cookie Land|Cookie Land]] appears as a returning battle course. The Turbo Yoshi, Koopa Dasher, Bullet Blaster, Turbo Birdo, Goo-Goo Buggy, Para-Wing, DK Jumbo, Barrel Train, Koopa King, Piranha Pipes, and Boo Pipes return as karts. Additionally, a new kart, the [[Waluigi Racer Mk. 2]], is a successor to the Waluigi Racer.
+*''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'': The [[Chain Chomp]] returns as an item.
+*''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'': The race start countdown sequence in the [[Illumination]] logo is based on the starting lights in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' held by Lakitu.
-===Special items===
+==Names in other languages==
-*'''Fireballs''' ([[Mario]]/[[Luigi]]) - projectile. A set of five orange (Mario) or green (Luigi) fireballs capable of ricocheting off walls. Collision causes the racers to spin out. Fizzle out after a short time.
+{{foreign names
-*'''Heart''' ([[Princess Peach]]/[[Princess Daisy]]) - performance booster. A set of two pink hearts surround the racers (similar to the triple shell items in Mario Kart 64); collision with most weapons on the course will give that weapon to the racers if they don't hold any already, and a heart is lost. Spiny Shells penetrate the barrier, and Thunderbolts and falling off the course destroy it.
+|Jap=マリオカート　ダブルダッシュ！！
-*'''Yoshi's Egg''' / '''Birdo's Egg''' ([[Yoshi]] / [[Birdo]]) - projectile.  A green (Yoshi) or pink (Birdo) egg. Collision causes the player to crash, and spills three random items onto the track. This can include Green Shells, Mushrooms, Bananas, and maybe a Star or Bob-omb. This weapon has better homing abilities than a Red Shell, and will follow the course ahead even if there is no racer ahead. Unlike a Red Shell, it breaks after a certain amount of time if it doesn't get to its target.
+|JapR=Mario Kāto Daburu Dasshu!!
-*'''[[Chain Chomp]]''' ([[Mario#Baby Mario|Baby Mario]] / [[Luigi#Baby Luigi|Baby Luigi]]) - performance booster. A giant Chain Chomp, attached to the current vehicle. Collision with the Chain Chomp causes a flip out. The Chain Chomp pulls the vehicle along the main path at an increased speed, with no input from the player. The Chain Chomp eventually stops pulling the racer, returning control to the player without warning. The Chain Chomp will also abandon the player if the player is struck by an item. Very rare and only given to players in sixth place or worse.
+|JapM=Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
-*'''Triple Shells''' ([[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] / [[Koopa Troopa#Paratroopas|Paratroopa]]) - projectile. A set of three Green or Red Shells. Works the same as single Green and Red Shells. The color of the Koopa who gets the item has no effect on the color of the shells, for example, the green Koopa can get both Green and Red Triple Shells. Like Triple Mushrooms, getting hit while holding this item will cause all but one to spill onto the track.
+|ChiT=瑪利歐賽車 Double Dash!!<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/mario/history/index.html Official Chinese website for the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary]. Retrieved October 23, 2020.</ref>
-*'''Giant Banana''' ([[Donkey Kong]] / [[Diddy Kong]]) - stationary weapon. A giant banana peel. Works the same as a normal Banana, large size notwithstanding. Collision also causes three normal-sized Bananas to appear. It is the only item that can deflect a Bowser Shell, and only karts, Bowser Shells, or Yoshi and Birdo Eggs can destroy it. After it is destroyed, it will split into three regular bananas around its original position.
+|ChiTR=Mǎlì'ōu Sàichē Double Dash!!
-*'''Bowser's Shell''' ([[Bowser]] / [[Koopa Kid#Bowser Jr.|Bowser Jr.]]) - projectile. A giant shell, spiked and colored like Bowser's own shell. Works like a Green Shell, with the difference of longevity: Bowser's Shell lasts for a given time, regardless of collisions. Collision with movable obstacles (the cars in Mushroom Bridge, for example) and racers do not destroy it or change its trajectory. The only exception is a Giant Banana, which will cause the Bowser Shell to bounce off, and travel back in the direction from which it approached. When players are hit by Bowser Shell, they lose any items they may have had. Since a head-on hit from Bowser Shell will cause the player to be pushed back, this head-on hit is often known as "being rolled."
+|ChiTM=Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
-*'''[[Bob-omb]]''' ([[Wario]] / [[Waluigi]]) - projectile.  A standard Bob-omb: a black spherical bomb with brown feet and white eyes. Explodes either three seconds after being thrown or when hit by something, whichever happens first. All racers caught within the blast are launched upwards, including the thrower, and even racers who drive into the Bob-omb's fallout can spin out.
+|Fre=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
-*'''[[Golden Mushroom]]''' ([[Toad]] and [[Toadette]]) - performance booster. A racer with the Golden Mushroom can obtain a boost equivalent to a normal Mushroom as many times as they wish to, for a period of about ten seconds from their first boost.
+|Ger=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
-*[[Petey Piranha]] and [[King Boo]] can get any of the specials.
+|Ita=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
+|Kor=마리오카트 더블대시!!
+|KorR=Mario Kateu Deobeul Daesi!!
+|KorM=Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
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+}}
-(Note: Although special items can only be obtained by the characters they are assigned to, if a player is holding a special item another player can steal it by colliding with the player holding the item while under the influence of a Mushroom, Star, or Slide-Attack. Also, any character can get any special item in Battle Mode. Thirdly, in Co-Op Mode, the driver can pass a special item to the backseater.)
+==Trivia==
+*This is the last main ''Mario Kart'' game to use the original series' logo for its box art and title screen. The [[Mario Kart DS|next installment]] would introduce the new and current logo on the box art and title screen, though the original logo would still be used on courses' starting banners until ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''.
+*On the box art for the International releases, the "L" on [[Luigi Cap|Luigi's cap]] is backwards.
+*Mario's reflection in [[:File:MarioLuigiDD4.png|one of the promotional renders]] does not match Mario's expression. This is because at the time, 3D game artists relied on using {{wp|Reflection mapping|environment mapping}} to mimic the reflective effects of metal. The environment map is a separate 2D image used to approximate a reflection. It is likely the environment map is used from [[:File:MarioLuigiDD3.png|another promotional render]] where it would match the facial expression of Mario's reflection.
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+==References==
+<references/>
+==External links==
+{{NIWA|FireEmblem=Mario Kart: Double Dash!! bonus disc|StrategyWiki=1}}
+{{TCRF}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124042429/http://www.mariokart.com/doubledash/launch/index.html Official North American website] (archive)
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gm4j/index.html Official Japanese website]
+*[http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/mariokartdoubledash/enGB/ Official European (UK) microsite]{{dead link}}
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Mario-Kart-Double-Dash--268269.html Official European (UK) website]
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