One of Diddy Kong Racing's main mechanics is the use of different vehicles. Right before the credits roll, one of Wizpig's spaceships appears, and Wizpig's laughter is heard, leaving the game on a cliffhanger. Once again, the characters celebrate their victory without Wizpig interfering and with the carving of Wizpig's head on the mountainside turned into a golden carving of Taj's head. After winning, Wizpig's rocket short circuits and blasts him into an unknown planet. amulet, Wizpig can be faced again, racing against him in their plane, while he rides a rocket. The lighthouse on the beach is a disguised rocket ship that takes them to Future Fun Land.Īfter the character completes all the tasks in that world and gets the whole T.T. However, Wizpig interferes in the party before a spaceship arrives and takes him into space. After beating him, the group has a party along the beach. When the first four worlds are completed, the carving of Wizpig's head on the mountainside opens and allows one of the characters to race Wizpig. Agreeing with Bumper, Timber and his friends leave, hoping that Diddy Kong does not mention this to Timber's parents.

Bumper then concludes the conversation by telling his friend that everybody needs to start practicing. The group knows they need to solve the problem before Timber's parents return. Afterwards, the group thinks about the Wizpig face that was carved onto the mountainside overnight and the race courses that were magically sealed. TipTup, confused, protests that Taj has been missing for 50 years. Meanwhile, Timber is trying to calm Pipsy, where she exclaims that she had just seen Taj, who said he would help. One Kremling, Krunch, suggests they follow Diddy, but the other Kremling ignores him Krunch eventually follows Diddy Kong. While Diddy is in the jungle, two Kremlings watch him from behind a boulder. Diddy calls Squawks to deliver the message to his friends. Diddy reads the note and invites his friends, Banjo and Conker to join him in the fight against Wizpig. The note reads, 'Dear Diddy, Help!!!' The message is from his old friend, Timber, the son of the Kongs' guests, the Tigers. Around 2004, Climax pitched their own sequel idea to Nintendo, Diddy Kong Racing Adventure, but it was ultimately rejected.Īccording to the instruction manual, the story begins with Diddy Kong sitting on the porch of his tree house opening a letter delivered by a carrier pigeon. These included Donkey Kong Racing for the Nintendo GameCube and Diddy Kong Pilot for the Game Boy Advance, the latter of which was eventually converted into the Banjo-Kazooie title, Banjo-Pilot. Two sequels were planned, but both were subsequently canceled in the aftermath of Microsoft's acquistion of Rare in 2002. The game was even successful enough to become a Player's Choice title.

It even received the Guinness World Record for the fastest-selling game of the time, with 800,000 copies before Christmas 1997. It received a remake for the Nintendo DS in 2007, titled Diddy Kong Racing DS.ĭiddy Kong Racing has sold 4.5 million copies upon release. The game features a story mode, a multiplayer mode, and two characters who would eventually receive their own franchises, Banjo and Conker. Featuring gameplay elements equivalent to the Mario Kart series, the game includes the use of airplanes, hovercrafts, and cars. Diddy Kong Racing is a racing/adventure game developed and published by Rareware for Nintendo 64.

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