Game entry

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

2003 · Racing, Arcade · GameCube · Nintendo

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is ranked no. 187 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,792 and 70% of duels won. Grand Theft Auto V is the rival it has faced most: 11 duels, 4 wins and 7 losses. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 4 out of 258 (Racing).

World rank

no. 187 =

ELO score

1,792

Wins

70%

Duels played

242

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About Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

The Mushroom Kingdom just got a whole lot more hectic as Mario and friends double up for furious kart racing. This time around, each kart holds two racers that can switch places at any time, so choose from a huge cast of favorites and pair them up any way you see fit. The character in front handles the driving duties, while the character in the rear doles out damage with six normal items and eight special items that only specific characters can use. Get ready for some intense multiplayer mayhem with your favorite characters, including Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Peach, Bowser, and Koopa.

The community says

I've clocked something like 300 races in this and the double character swap still feels unique among racers. Compare it to the GTA games it keeps facing in…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,792 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Grand Theft Auto V 36% 11 duels played · 84 points behind
against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 20% 10 duels played · 69 points ahead
against Grand Theft Auto III 43% 7 duels played · 19 points behind
against Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 75% 4 duels played · 330 points ahead
against Euro Truck Simulator 2 75% 4 duels played · 38 points ahead

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Around this spot

The games Mario Kart: Double Dash!! sits between in the world ranking.

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The standing

Where Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Mario Kart: Double Dash!! stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 4 out of 258 (Racing).

Where Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ranks
Ranking	Position	Games competing
World ranking	187	5,035
Racing	4	258
2000s	53	1,308
2003	5	127

The community

The debate

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GlitchBard3

I've clocked something like 300 races in this and the double character swap still feels unique among racers. Compare it to the GTA games it keeps facing in duels, totally different lane obviously, but I get why people put them side by side, both are about freedom of movement in their own way, one just has shells instead of guns. Still think this one ages better for pure replay value.
heller_brain

It wins races on charm alone honestly. The rubber banding gets brutal near the end though and that drags it down for me.

IronPilot

The rubber banding thing, is that worse than San Andreas cops or am I misremembering how brutal those chases got?
McClure30

bro nobody split screened harder than this, four of us crammed on one couch every friday

HaileyKnight

Every duel same story, everyone brings up the couch memories and nobody talks about how thin the roster balance actually is.

IronRider

siempre me pregunto por que este duelo compara karts con gta, alguien me explica esa logica algun dia?

FramePlayer

Couch chaos aside, next to the GTA games it faces the karts feel tiny in scope, but try getting four people invested in a GTA campaign the same way.
FrameKid

no entiendo por que sigue tan alto, las pistas se sienten repetitivas despues de un rato...
GhostLegend98

Le vrai problème c'est l'équilibrage des personnages, certains duos sont clairement INUTILES face aux mêmes combos.

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