Mario Kart Bundle Announced

Nintendo of America today announced that on November 14 it would release a new GameCube bundled with a copy of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for only $99.99, the standard price of the console.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the sequel to the hit racer Mario Kart 64, has sold more than 1.6 million copies in the US since it debuted for GameCube about a year ago. The title features a wide assortment of single and multiplayer-based races whereby classic Nintendo mascots zoom across the tracks on specially outfitted karts and try to take opponents down with carefully flung power-ups.

With retailers expecting videogames to set the shopping season ablaze, Nintendo feels that the arrival of the bundle comes at a "particularly important time for shoppers and retailers alike."

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