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== The MKDD connection ==

== The MKDD connection ==

The release of [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] ([[MKDD]]) in 2003 would eventually change everything, but not directly. It was not until 2005, when one of Florent’s friends bought a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_GameCube Nintendo Gamecube] with [[MKDD]], that Florent became interested in kart again. He played [[MKDD]] for 3 months and at some point he started wondering how well his times would hold up against competitors from all over the world. After a quick internet search he found the various [[Mario Kart]] websites, but more importantly this search would also lead him to the website of the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF], a French competition entirely dedicated to his old favourite [[SMK]]. This motivated him to go back to the roots and he dusted off his old [[SNES]] and plugged in [[SMK]]. As he started playing he found out that all his old PR’s were erased (something that is known to happen with cartridges over the years unfortunately), but this initial disappointment was quickly overcome when he rediscovered how much fun playing [[SMK]] actually was.

The release of [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] ([[MKDD]]) in 2003 would eventually change everything, but not directly. It was not until 2005, when Aurélien Flèche (one of Florent’s friends) bought a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_GameCube Nintendo Gamecube] with [[MKDD]], that Florent became interested in kart again. He played [[MKDD]] for 3 months and at some point he started wondering how well his times would hold up against competitors from all over the world. After a quick internet search he found the various [[Mario Kart]] websites, but more importantly this search would also lead him to the website of the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF], a French competition entirely dedicated to his old favourite [[SMK]]. This motivated him to go back to the roots and he dusted off his old [[SNES]] and plugged in [[SMK]]. As he started playing he found out that all his old PR’s were erased (something that is known to happen with cartridges over the years unfortunately), but this initial disappointment was quickly overcome when he rediscovered how much fun playing [[SMK]] actually was.