There are 20 characters to select from in total, each of which with a special item, and with eleven characters being new to the series.ĭouble Dash!! received positive reviews from critics it attained an aggregated score of 87 out of 100 on Metacritic. Double Dash!! supports LAN play using the Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter, allowing up to 16 players to compete simultaneously. Double Dash!! is the only game in the Mario Kart series to allow cooperative gameplay so far. One player drives the kart and the other uses items, hence the game's title. The game introduced a number of new gameplay features, such as supporting co-op gameplay with two riders per kart. Similar to the previous titles, Double Dash!! challenges Mario series player characters to race against each other on Mario-themed tracks. It is the first game in the series to use 3D polygon graphics for the racers, as opposed to sprites, after Mario Kart 64 (1996) only used polygons for the environments, and 2D sprites for the racers. This game is the fourth main entry in the Mario Kart series, succeeding Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001). Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a 2003 kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube (GCN).