GC: Mario Kart Double Dash - first screens

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:33 pm 0

i heard about this through Games Press but they require a user account for public v-ewe-ing.

http://www.cube-europe.com/screenshots. ... =mariokart

i'm really interested to see what the 2players per kart mechanic is.

matt

ekendrick · Post by **ekendrick** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:46 pm 0

if it's anything like real sidecar racing

then the second player will have to do a lot of leaning to help get around corners. Pretty boring really for the second player. I will presume you also get an arrangement of weapons to stop your opponents?

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:49 pm 0

ekendrick wrote:if it's anything like real sidecar racing then the second player will have to do a lot of leaning to help get around corners. Pretty boring really for the second player. I will presume you also get an arrangement of weapons to stop your opponents?

Hmm, still not convinced this would be fun, unless both teams/all four players are of equal standing, otherwise there will be greta gaps between karts.

I'm sure they'll take care of it though.

BUT will it be online?

matt

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:01 pm 0

2 Cubes linked = 8 players (as Nintendo have announced) but no online sadly. The deal also is that you can choose your driver and weapons character (because each one will have their own driving chracteristics and exclusive weapons) AND you can switch them over during the race. How cool is that?

So multiplayer aspects... you could have all 8 karts in one race under human control... or hopefully you might be able to team up and have one person driving and one doing weapons...

Rambozo · Post by **Rambozo** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 6:02 pm 0

Yes, it's online. Much as the XBox can be played online via Gamespy Tunnel or XBConnect (which simulate console LANs over the net) I'm 100% positive that such a program will be designed for Gamecube.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 6:30 pm 0

stark · Post by **stark** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 12:43 pm 0

Rambozo wrote:Yes, it's online. Much as the XBox can be played online via Gamespy Tunnel or XBConnect (which simulate console LANs over the net) I'm 100% positive that such a program will be designed for Gamecube.

yeah but xbconnect stinks, despite my love of halo i just couldnt handle playing with people who had the silly ping rates >200. it just fucked the gameplay up too much, and the users on the host box just gave you a serious thrashing because they werent suffering from lag.

Louis G · Post by **Louis G** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 1:18 pm 0

Anyone know a release date for Mario Kart

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 1:24 pm 0

According to Cube-Europe it should have a release worldwide in "Q3".
Therefore, it'll be Q3 in Japan, Q4 in the States, Q1 2004 in Australia and Q3 2004 in Europe (assuming it's a nice day).
Delays will be blamed on "localisation" yet again.

Lots of love.
An old cynic.

zbandito · Post by **zbandito** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 10:52 pm 0

looks yummy!

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:42 pm 0

Sorry I think it looks bad

Just can't help think it's not going to feel right with such tall vehicles, even if it has the same handling as previous Mario Kart games.

Good job the new F-Zero is looking good

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:24 am 0

I don't think it looks bad, but I'm not very happy with the looks either.

MK64 was fine by me, but they don't have to push the kiddy style so hard IMHO. Oh well, there's still time.

Mr Resetti · Post by **Mr Resetti** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 8:21 am 0

matt303 wrote:Good job the new F-Zero is looking good

F-Zero looks like the same game with nicer graphics and less tracks, Mario Kart looks far more interesting.