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‘Mario Kart: Double Dash’ and the Peaks of the Early GameCube Days

‘Mario Kart 64’ was Nintendo’s first 3D racing game, but in 2003 ‘Mario Kart: Double Dash’ perfected the formula

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Ben Ulansey
Jun 23, 2025
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This was a piece I put together last year that feels like a relevant one to reshare with all of the zeitgeist around Nintendo’s new console and Mario Kart World. There’s a significant memoir component to it, so it may still be a fun read even if you’re not much of a gamer. I should also mention (and I think I may give people a more formalized tu…

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