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Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« on: February 17, 2016, 12:38:00 pm »
Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii; which is better?

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2016, 01:13:06 pm »
Wii online was killed off so a major playing part in MC Wii is gone.

i personally like DD more.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2016, 01:50:15 pm »
Mario Kart 8.


But if that's not a choice: Mario Kart Wii.   (EDIT - due to quantity of available tracks vs. DD)
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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2016, 03:12:54 pm »
Gameplay balance was way off for me in MK Wii...too many 'come from behind' wins with the Bullet Bill...not enough emphasis on skill to win. Mario Kart 8 is much better in this regard.

I definitely prefer Double Dash of those two.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2016, 03:59:57 pm »
I've enjoyed Mario Kart Wii more than any of them up to that point. I still play it at least once a week with my wife.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2016, 04:50:09 pm »
I thought Double Dash was a really lousy entry, to be honest.  Mario Kart Wii was pretty good but it was mostly the same game as the DS version.  3DS and Wii U ones bored me to tears and I won't be buying another one.




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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 04:59:34 pm »
Not sure how you didn't like 8... it's the best in the series since the Nintendo 64 version.  I wore that thing out for a solid year with online play.  I'll agree with the peanut gallery though, both the wii version and DD kind of sucked.... I would say ignoring 8 the best one is Mario Kart 64 and any entry leading up to 8 is really passable.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2016, 05:48:44 pm »
Double Dash is definitely my least favorite.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2016, 07:56:59 pm »
They should have quit after Mario Kart 64.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2016, 05:34:37 pm »
They should have quit after Mario Kart 64.
I play the Wii version way more than I do 64.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2016, 06:16:03 pm »
64 was the king... until 8 came out.  It's amazing how much they got right on that one, especially the online play.

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Re: Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2016, 09:58:54 am »
Only thing I dislike in Mario Kart 8 is the battle modes. I wish they had included real arenas, rather than reusing the normal tracks. Mario Kart Wii's battle modes were much more fun than Mario Kart 8's, in my opinion.