It’s back! And this time, it has two exclamation points!! The latest in this series of classic racers sees two characters on each vehicle. Both pick up different weapons, so you can swap at any time depending on how you want to play. There are dozens of dazzling tracks, and the play gets fast, manic and difficult, but somehow always retains a magically fun ingredient. Just like our “special” brownies. (The magic ingredient is “walnuts.”) Dash has intelligent opponents, crazy power-ups and perfect controls. The downside? While you can hook this up to other GameCubes for eight-player action, you can’t play it on the Internet. Is that messed up or what?!

HINT: Avoid red shell: spot its shadow behind you, release banana or green shell.