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I like how they do the background focus like GT3, that's cool. Facial Animation will be a welcome addition. Hopefully they'll put some more personality in it that the 64 version.

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i dont like the vehicles.... i miss the actual go carts.

now it looks more like. Mario SoapBox Durby. that they all made them out of differnt things.

Aside from that, it looks to be fun.

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Come on, Null. You know they had to make it look as kiddy-friendly as possible :D

All jokes aside, I am definetely buying this!

one feature i think they should add;

shooting red shell at kart in front of you, the "co-pilot" falls out, and you can run him over! Or if you fall out of the kart you can pull out a bat, and hit other riders. That would make a good 8 player game! Make it comical violence ala smash bros, but give it a GTA like feel... but will nintendo do that? Nooooooooooooo!

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I want to see Bowser driving a huge truck that just runs over everyone else.

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Looks great!

But is that an in-game screen or an FMV?

Looks in game, probably cut scene, like after you finish the race, or something.

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I have mixed feelings about it. I wished it was like secret karts you can unlock or something and that they would have bonuses, like interacting differently if you use them with different characters and the such. That would leave the normal karts there and give you the option of using them or not. But the games looks very promising and seems to carry as much fun factor as the other Mario Karts.

After seeing some gameplay videos, I've been sold already. These screenshots that are released do no justice.

I agree with Null, I miss the actual Go-Karts. Otherwise, I cant wait for it. Its been one of my most watched games for ages.

I think the game looks awsome, but i have to agree with a couple people and say that i kinda miss the old go-carts. but what can i say, they had to find a way for 2 people to fit in the kart! lol, anyways, i think ill be buyin it, specially if it comes with a preview disk.

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Remember people, the game hasn't been released yet, so maybe Nintendo will include the old fashioned carts as a special unlock. Or have a special "area" in the game dedicated to the old ones and the 2nd person can still be the person who shoots, but you won't see him/her in the kart.

I actually like the new karts in Double Dash!! (they give each Nintendo character a lot more personality). No matter what though, I am going to get this game.

I've been waiting ages for this game and it's one of the main reasons why I bought a Gc.

I will play Lan for who knows how long. I haven't touched all 3 consoles in AGES. Finally I will play them again and maybe even stop playing Warcraft so much.

I'd figure after all of this time, someone would have said that the game now supports up to 16 players with 8 co-op teams, but I guess no one thought to mention it. It eould be a pretty cool feature, if at all possible to get 8 GCNs, 8 TVs, 8 BBA and 8 copies of the game..

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Too bad only .001% of the gaming population could do that...

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and about .001 of the people who can will want to ;)

what I think about Mario Kart goes without saying, so I won't repeat it again... oh, what the heck. Mario Kart Sucks

Ahh, that felt good ;)

WHOA WHOA WHOA! mario kart kicked and still kicks ass man. you just havent learned how to play the GAME thats it. DD is going to be great



Baitch!!

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What do you base that on?

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Even though, he has no basis to make the statement. He is somewhat correct on the assumption, one of Justin's problems with Mario Kart is that he never really got to master it, and he doesn't like games that he can't master and win at like 9 out of 10 times. =-D

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I love mario kart and always have. Some people dissed on the 64 version, but I thought it was great. Mario Kart is so easy compared to Fzero....

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i agree with this guy,Nintendo was,is,and will continue to b the best gaming system 4ever!!!! :GameCube:

Well, I guess this has become the unofficial Mario Kart thread so I might as well add these new and fun little details on the game. The more I hear about co-op, the more the game just sounds better and better.


Discussing Battle modes:

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "....Balloon Battle has always been alot of fun, that's kind of the classic." "..You can play co-op Balloon Battle, where one's controlling the driver and one's controlling the guy in back. The guy in back can drive by and punch other karts, and when he does that he steals a balloon."

Fran [IGN editor]: "Oh, so if you lose a balloon you can grab one back for your kart?"

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "Yeah, exactly. So you could be down, like - somebody could have 3 balloons to your 1, and you could swing by, punch them, they lose their balloon, and all of a sudden it's tied 2-2." "So they kind of bumped up some of the gameplay in the standard Balloon Battle. And then they went and they added the Shine Thief mode and the Bob-omb Battle. Both of which - I mean Shine Thief is kind of like the inverse of tag where one person is 'it' and everybody else is trying to get them. And you basically want to hold the Shine sprite until the time runs out." "...And then there's the Bob-omb mode which is ::breathes in an looks at Fran::...

Fran [IGN editor]: "It's crazy."

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "It IS crazy. It's totally crazy. And actually, when we got Mario Kart in the office for the first time back a few months ago we were playing it. You know, everybody kind of sat down and got into the 1-player and was playing the game and we were like, 'Wow, this is great. The control's great, it plays great.' And then finally after, you know, an hour or so, we're like, 'Ok, let's check out this multiplayer mode and see what it's all about.' And we cracked it open and we're like, 'Hey, [surprised look] what's this 'Bob-omb Battle' thing?' We jumped on that, and it was like, that was was the rest of the day." "The thing that amazed me was, I mean really, the Balloon Battle in N64 was so much fun. You could play it for so long. And it's like, all of a sudden you have Balloon Battle, and it was like this 'thing' that was the most fun ever it not even nearly as fun as ::laughs while saying this towards Fran:: the Bob-omb Battle."

Fran [IGN editor]: "It's a matter of preference, but yeah. We played Bob-omb Battle and it's really really fun."

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Discussing co-op modes:

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "I think it's been a really long while since we've had some serious co-op action.." "I think people are kind of looking for it." "...I know people are thinking, 'Ok, co-op mode, the guy in back, all he does is sits there and he throws items and if he doesn't have an item, he's got nothing to do,' which actually isn't the case. You got the L and R buttons so that all you have to do is pull up next to somebody and it's like ::punches his hand:: BAM!" "...The guy in front can press a button to toss the item to the guy in back."

Fran [IGN editor]: [surprised sounding] "Oh, really? How does that work, I haven't done that at all yet?"

Bill [MK: DD rep]: [explains to stupid Fran]

Bill [MK: DD rep]: And also, the guy in front is controlling the power slide where he'll hit the L or R buttons to initiate it, and the guy in back is the guy in charge of getting you the turbo boost ::mimicks tilting the control stick back and worth:: out of the power slide." "And say the guy in back has a special item that, you know, you're in the lead and you want to hold on to an item incase you're thrown back to third place or something, [Fran and him start talking about items out of nowhere]." "And actually, you guys haven't played with Princess Peach, have you?"

Fran [IGN editor]: "I have, as a matter of fact."

Bill [MK: DD rep]: ::Looks at camera:: "I kind of expected that from Fran [Fran is a guy]." "Anyways, her special item is hearts. The hearts revolve around the kart so that if any item hits the heart, she basically picks up that item and can use it."

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "So anyways, [continues from where they left off about 'holding on to an item incase you're thrown back to third place'] if you're playing co-op on the same kart and you've got this item you want to save for later, both players can hit the Z-button simultaneously, and that's how you switch spots." "Especially, I mean - I was watching you and Matt [another IGN editor that's filming the interview] play, and I know Matt wasn't very happy with your driving skills and so he kind of forced you guys to switch spots, and he took control of the wheel."

Fran [IGN editor]: "Yeah so - co-op is really cool. You can do it for Grand Prix, battle modes..."

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "Yes, you can do it for battle mode. You can even do it for LAN mode." "...So if you have the LAN...you could have a severe Mario Kart LAN party, 16-people simultaneously."

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Discussing Online:

Bill [MK: DD rep]: "It's not a question of not being able to get there. I mean the LAN technology is the same as the online technology." "Really, Nintendo's issue is, we don't want people who just payed a few dollars for our game to then have to pay us more money just to play the game." "Everybody seems to be talking about online as, you know, the next big wave in gaming. And yet everybody only seems to take a game's multiplayer and make it online. And that's all they're doing and nobody is really looking at what kind of innovation they can do with the fact that online is now doing something different with connecting distant players. And with LAN, it's just proving to people, "Hey, we have the technological capability to do online if we want to. We're just waiting to do it in a way that's going to make sense for us, and make sense for the user."

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.....see, you still don't have a point.


Or a thought for that matter.

So, to put it in a very smal summary. There are 3 battle modes that you can play one per kart, or co-op.

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lol... funny reactions...

Also, don't listen to BABs... I don't like Mario Kart because.. well, I don't like Mario Kart :)

I played it on 64... and it stank. Then everybody turns around and talks about how great it is... and er... I have seen a lot of Kart threads in my day, and I get a nice funny reaction every time I say it... so... next time don't react to me, that's the only solution ;)

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who else think I over used '...' ?

I think... well... I know I did ;)

Im looking forward to Mario Kart, specially the 8 player lan games, that will be awsome. defenitely a step in the right direction for Nintendo.

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justin, you don't have to lie, we don't think much of you to begin with, and that is the reason or one of the reasons you told me you disliked Mario Kart.

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bull****

You were trying to turn it into that... but that isn't what I said. I simply didn't like the game, period. I have loved plenty of games I have sucked at. Also, like I said before, it wasn't a case of me "sucking" at the game, but I did tell you I played with very experienced players. Don't use your little word twisting mind games as your memory ;)

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Justin, it's natural to hate what you can't beat, but Mario Kart isn't mad at you. ;)

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ROFL :rofl:

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you just owned me :(


:distress:


Good job +Rep

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There are some games that I am not good at at all in multi but I still play them just because its fun. Until recently, I sucked at multi in Red Alert 2, but now I have gotten better.

Practice man, practice;):D