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Mario Kart: Double Dash Details

30th October 2003, 11:02am
Nintendo today released full details on Characters and Courses featured in Mario Kart: Double Dash.

CHARACTERS

Mario & Luigi
Everyone's favorite plumbers are back and ready for some serious racing action. This time they're literally playing with fire. Mario and Luigi's weapons of choice are red and green fireballs.

Diddy Kong & Donkey Kong
Straight from the jungle with attitude to match! Using their simian strengths to beat the opposition. Fruit is their weapon of choice, so watch out for those huge bananas!

Daisy & Peach
Princess Peach is a veteran of the tracks, but new to kart racing is Princess Daisy. Flying hearts surround the royal ladies' karts and any item that hits them becomes theirs to use!

Paratroopa & Koopa
Armoured and aggravated, the loyal foot soldiers of Bowser are out for themselves this time round. Throwing triple red and green shells from their kart, these two are best avoided!

Baby Mario & Baby Luigi
They may be the two youngest competitors, but don't underestimate their desire to win! Watch out for Chain Chomp, their fiercesome and hungry accomplice who pulls them along at breakneck speeds!

Yoshi & Birdo
No ones riding them this time, they've got their own kart and they mean business. Their rolling eggs home in on opponents, and crack to reveal three more items!

Bowser Jr. & Bowser
Mario's arch-nemesis and his unruly son are spiny shelled and aching to cause trouble on the tracks. An awe-inspiring giant shell is their special item, creating a path of destruction when thrown!

Waluigi & Wario
Ever fond of sneaky and underhanded tactics, it's best to keep your eyes on these two! Armed with exploding bombs that catapult their opponents aside these two are possibly the most determined duo of all the racers!

There are three main events in Mario Kart: DD: Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup and the Star Cup. Each Cup contains four completely different karting tracks to compete in. Here's the circuit breakdown for each Cup:

MUSHROOM CUP

Luigi Circuit
A relatively quiet start to the mayhem, the Luigi Circuit features long straights and speed boosting panels galore. Watch out for the Chain Chomp guarding the short cut! He's noisy and always hungry!

Peach Beach
Princess Peach's favourite resort is also a sandy racing track with hazards galore! Dodge the Cataquacks and look out for the tide as you seek that elusive shortcut across the sandy bay!

Baby Park
A deceptively straight-forward oval circuit set in a theme park complete with its own rollercoaster! You've got to make sure you take each corner just right and use your power-up items for maximum effect if you plan on winning this race!

Dry Dry Desert
A wide and open track filled with ancient monuments and temples. There's no time for sight-seeing here as you'll be avoiding whirling tornados and escaping from quicksand in this fun desert-themed track.

FLOWER CUP

Mushroom Bridge
One of Mushroom Kingdom's most famous landmarks! This track has plenty of room to maneuver...if you can avoid all the traffic that is. Keep your eyes open for mushroom carrying motors!

Mario Circuit
A glorious circuit full of famous landmarks and characters. There's plenty of twists and turns on this course so be sure you've mastered your drifting skills!

Daisy Cruiser
All aboard Daisy's luxury liner for a manic race above and below decks. Speed around the swimming pool and dining room, just don't hit any of the tables!

Waluigi Stadium
Waluigi Stadium is an off-road track filled with bumps, mud and big jumps, and as if that isn't enough, you've also got to watch out for Piranha Plants and fireballs! This is one race that is definitely going to get dirty!

STAR CUP

Sherbet Land
Don't let the ice and snow lull your senses, this is one treacherous course! Careless driving here will end in kart pileups and collisions with all sorts of nasties!

Mushroom City
Avoid the late night traffic in downtown Mushroom City by choosing your route carefully and you're bound to come up in first place! Don't get lost in there!

Yoshi Circuit
What could be better than a circuit in the shape of Yoshi? Not much! This circuit will really test your Mario Kart mettle with its tricky corners, bends and straights. You're going to have to push your kart to the limit if you want to finish in 1st place!

DK Mountain
Shoot yourself to the top of DK Mountain using Donkey Cannon and hurtle down the side avoiding large boulders and gaping chasms. But once at the bottom, you're not safe yet, you've still got to cross the perilous rope bridge to get to the winning line!

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! features several modes. In Grand Prix mode, you can race against all your favorite Nintendo characters. Time Trial mode is self-explanatory. And of course, Vs mode lets you battle your friends. One of the more interesting modes is Mario Kart Battle Mode, which is essentially three different modes on four different stages. You can take on your friends and enemies in battle mode arenas to determine who is the ultimate kart master.

Mario Kart: Double Dash will be available nationwide on November 14 here in Australia. David and Ben recently went to the Mario Kart day at Melbourne and have been kind enough to write up a full hands on preview as well as a wrap-up of the day.
by Damien