Alright so its been a while but I decided that I was going to start back to doing video game reviews and to start that off I decided that I would do a review of the very first game on the very first system that I ever owned via bought it and that game is: Mario Kart Double Dash on the Nintendo GameCube (by the way is it spelled GameCube or Game Cube, oh well I'm just probably going to call it GCN most of the time anyways)

Like always the first thing to be talked about is the Graphics and HOT SLAM this game looks really good even for todays standards I'm not sure what it is but the GCN had the ability to make games look really good and a lot of games still look really good today. The thing that makes this game look really really good is that it has some bright colorful graphics and the worlds are greatly detailed kind of like Super Mario Sunshine (possible foreshadowing a future review), the character animations looks really nice and fluid and you could tell that Nintendo took time out to make this game great and that's nice because this was the first and I think only Mario Kart game on the lunchbox (don't quote me on that). One of my favorite areas in the game to go to just because of the fact that it showcases how well the game looks and the amount of detail that was put in is DK Mountain man does that place look good, but ya all of that gives the games Graphics a combined total of 9 out of 10.

And now is the Sound, well like most people who played this game as a kid over the years should know that the flippen title theme is a ear worm and WONT GET OUT OF MY HEAD. So ya the sound, mainly the music is really good I personally like the sound that plays when a area is being shown off before the race starts, but I also like the sound of some of the karts mainly the sound you can hear when you get the karts ready to go before the start of a race. Another sound that sounds nice is the sound of when you hit someone else's kart when you have the star power up it sounds PERFECT, I gave the sound a high rating because I know that a lot of songs are stuck in my head but I cant really say which song go to where, I know a simple YouTube search would hold all the answers but oh well. So what is the high rating I gave this game a 9 out of 10 that's what.

Next up to be told to the world is the Addictiveness of this game, well this game in the right hands can the addictiveness of the week (not sure if that made any sense........) but this game is a great game to play with a bunch of friends in one room. Mario Kart has always been a game (like Mario Party) that is best played as a party game rather then a solo game, but not saying the single player isn't fun it is but its best to have the company of other in the wake to really enjoy the true nature of this game. Here's some little trivia for all of ya out there you know how I said this game is a better multi player game then single player well this game originally had a online aspect to it Mario Kart was one of only 3 titles on the GameCube to support this kind of sorta awesomeness what's the other games to support online Kirby Air Ride and 1080 Avalanche, I have not played either one of them so don't expect a review of 'em. The online is still playable today I think you just need a LAN connection, its also fun to complete the world cups and get new characters or even try to get the best times in the time trial mode if you know your in to that kind of stuff. But ya that's the addictiveness of this game, oh and did I mention that its pretty addictive to hit someone in first place with a blue winged shell MAN that never gets old but anyways I give the Addictiveness a 7 out of 10.

There is no Story of this game NEXT (but what I want to know is how many Koopas they murdered to get all the green, red and blue shells that they have in the game 0.o)

Alrighty then so the Depth of this game this game isn't as deep as like any game ever made by Bethesda (horrible comparison) but for what Mario Kart is at its core A.K.A a racing game its pretty deep it doesn't have a high over arcing story line to offer so it can be short if your really good at racing games and like I said before its a racing game so in game there's not that much to explore but one thing that this game has that most racing game has is.......... a single player/multiplayer hybrid mode, ok this is hard to explain but ill try my best so this is where the title comes in to play (get it play haha I'm funny) Double Dash is the awesome part of this game. Mario Kart up to that point in time had only one kart race in one kart but is this game its two players per kart which means you can have two power ups at once kind of like Super Mario World which means that there is a endless combinations of items you can have from Mystery Boxes to Fire balls to HUGE CHAIN CHOMPS WHAT WRECK SPIT UP so ya there's many different things you can get it. And like I said before there's also a multi player aspect of it to as you can have another person with you that controls the other Karter, Kartist, or whatever the word would be for someone who rides/ drives in a kart, but anyways they can control the other kart person and you two can flip who drives and who uses the power ups with a push of a button. And like stated before (kind of sorta) there's a separate option to play a split screen multi player which has the basic modes like balloon pop, to split screen races, and a shine mode to see who can get and keep a shine sprite until a timer goes down. All in all this game is deep as a bottomless pit in its own right, and its rights gives it Depth rating a 8 out of 10

So how is Mario Karts Difficulty, is it as hard as F- Zero GX or as easy as driving around and taking in the sights of a GTA game well......... its kind of a bit of both really its hard on the harder difficulty, duh, but on the easier difficulties its really easy there isn't a lot of rubber banding (A.K.A the process of which a CPU keeps up on your tail to make the race a close one and not a cake walk, in which case the cake would be a lie) but there is some and its more noticeable on the higher difficulties but it can be a fairly easy game there isn't really any cheap attacks rather then of course the dreaded Blue Winged Shell and the Specials like the Chain Chomps that Chain and Chomp everything with in a hundred mile ratios of it and the moon but its a bit of a laid back game (but in a good way). And the controls arnt as cryptic so that's an even better thing so taking all that in consideration ill give the Difficulty a nice little 6 out of 10.

Whelp that's all she (or really he) wrote folks Mario Kart Double Dash is a great game that is enjoy as a single player or multi player game and is a joy just to look at this is the only Mario Kart game that I know of that has a two player per kart theme and its a shame because it works out so well and I hope Nintendo uses it again some day. But all in all Mario Kart Double Dash is a really fun game and any respectable GameCube or even Wii owner should own it to themselves and pick it up and play it, and then own it.

Wow, I never knew the game had an online aspect. I used to be addicted to Mario Kart Double Dash and even though it's lost it's glamour of the day, I still have mini cups with my friends. Great review and you were able to give out all the details of why the game is as awesome as it is. So thumbs up!

OMG Deadman Wonderland, and id tell you where I learned that Mario kart had a online aspect but honestly I cant remember 0.0