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Mario Kart: Double Dash's innovative two-player driving mechanic almost didn't happen


I can't even imagine it not happening, but believe it or not, Mario Kart: Double Dash's two player driving mechanic almost didn't happen!

Watch on YouTube That's according to a 2003 interview with Mario Kart: Double Dash's developers, which first featured in Nintendo Dream magazine but has been freshly translated by Shmuplations. | Image credit:@deiji-zeruda Our Tom has already taken the upcoming game for a whirl, calling Mario Kart World "undoubtedly Switch 2's killer app" and one he can't wait to play more of. With a web of possible routes and hours of time likely to be spent exploring every corner of its highways, deserts and mountains - or racing to stay ahead of the competition in Knockout Tour - it's just as well the game's a Switch 2 launch title," he wrote in Eurogamer's Mario Kart World preview.

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