Episode 127: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Double Trouble

'''Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | Double Trouble''' is the 27th episode of Scott The Woz Season 3 and overall the 127th episode, as well as the 4th episode of Mario Kart. The video was uploaded on July 28, 2019, by Scott Wozniak on Scott The Woz.

Description
Scott takes a look at the best Mario Kart: Double Dash yet!!

Characters

 * Scott Wozniak

Credits

 * Scott Wozniak as Scott Wozniak

Plot
At the beginning of the episode, Scott wonders why there's only one video game called Mario Kart Double Dash!! He then finds out that there are two trademarks on the logo and assumes that if this wasn't the case there would be 9 games called Mario Kart Double Dash!!

Scott says how Mario Kart Double Dash is not just the only Mario Kart game with two exclamation marks, but the only one with a single exclamation mark. Scott takes a look at the lead-up to Mario Kart Double Dash because it was the fourth game in the series. From Mario Kart 64 to Mario Kart Super Circuit it didn't look like a true evolution because it was on a handheld, but Double Dash did. Even though it looked like a true successor to Mario Kart 64, critics at the time had mixed feelings about the game. So Scott decides to take a look at the game to see why people had mixed thoughts.

Mario Kart Double Dash was announced in 2001 as just "Mario Kart for GameCube," but they used Super Smash Bros Melee models and it had nothing to do with the actual game. later in 2003 the game was officially revealed showing off two characters in one cart and character specific items. The game was released in November of 2003 and Scott starts to talk about the bonus disc. He talks about demos for Mario Party 5, F-Zero GX, Sonic Heroes, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and watches some of the trailers. Before Scott starts to play the game he notices the L on Luigi's hat is backwards.

Scott says how Mario Kart Double Dash lets you pick two characters per race, yet it doesn't affect the gameplay too much. One person drives and the other throws items, but now you can hold two items at a time. You can't hold things behind you anymore so you're more vulnerable to attacks. The co-op mode has you both drive in the same cart, but to Scott this makes gameplay less fun.

Scott was preparing to whine about a Mario Kart's controls but he actually really likes the drifting and driving in this game. The rocket start is different, because you have to accelerate the exact same time the light turns green which makes it way harder. He then talks about the 20 characters in the game. He talks about the new roster and how there are more new characters than returning ones. Toadette is an original character created for this game so that Toad could have a partner.

There is actually a strategy to picking characters, because of their own special items. Scott talks about the different special items, and how there are no new items besides them. Also, some items are exclusive to certain characters but were used by everyone in past titles like the golden mushroom and the triple green shells. The game can be pretty insane with all of the special items, which makes it one of the more fun Mario Kart games. It makes it frustrating to play it single player, but a blast to play in multiplayer.

Scott then talks about the tracks in the game and how there are 16 tracks and 4 cups. After getting 1st place overall in all the cups on 150cc gets you a new cup which is every single track in the game. Afterwards he talks about the unlockable characters, which there are only two. Toad and Toadette are unlocked by beating Special Cup on 100cc and King Boo and Petey Piranha are unlocked by getting 1st place in mirror mode.

After the grand prix, Scott talks about battle mode. There are some new tracks and also some new modes, these include bob-omb blast where you try and blow up your opponents a certain amount of times, and shine thief where you try and hold onto a shine sprite until the timer goes down. He then talks about Lan play which could let you play with 16 people by connecting 8 GameCube's together.

Scott feels like Mario Kart Double Dash is the first game in the series that hasn't aged. He feels like there's more reason to go back to it because with the other Mario Kart games, he'd rather just play the newest game. It might have been looked down upon as time went on and he understands why some people don't like it, he feels that the polish of it makes the game a joy to play to this very day. After talking about this he says that what made the whole game for him was the bonus disc.

Music

 * Lonely Stranger - Laurie Johnson
 * Game Select - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Results (4th-8th Place) - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Circuit - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Main Theme - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Waluigi Stadium/Wario Colosseum - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Sherbet Land - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Baby Park - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * DK Mountain/Dino Dino Jungle - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Battle - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Dry Dry Desert - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Mushroom Bridge/Mushroom City - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Rainbow Road - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Battle (Shine Crown) - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Staff Credits - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Breakout - 3D Dot Game Heroes

End Cards

 * Cancelled Games
 * Mario Kart 64 | The Original King of Kart
 * Mario Kart: Super Circuit | Oh Yeah, That One

Gallery
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Transcript
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Trivia

 * The Spanish subtitles in the video were created by Yolo Player.