Every Mario Kart is in essence a party game. Exciting and cute courses, funny karts, your favorite characters when you were a child and crazy items that reduce the ability gap. Some, like the latest entry in the saga, are also extremely competitive experiences full of tricks and shortcuts and very demanding turns and whatnot. Double Dash is in the other end of the spectrum, fully embracing the craziness inherent in its genre, sometimes it even seems every inch is covered with banana peels and fake items. It’s just fun. The double character gimmick is curiously not the defining aspect of this entry, but rather this overabundance of things happening at all times, and a heavier more deliberate driving experience that’s perhaps not as well tuned as the newer games, but that is also more inviting to players when you already own those. It’s just more different that I would have imagined. Anyway, fun game, but I would’ve liked more content.