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Diddy Kong Racing is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware. It was released in 1997 and 800,000 copies were ordered in the two weeks before Christmas 1997 according to Guinness Book of World Records.

A karting game like Mario Kart 64
, DKR also has a distinctive adventure mode. The game features characters from Rare games, some of which had yet to be released at the time of this game's release. Diddy Kong Racing was partially intended to help introduce some of Rare's future franchise characters at an early time, so gamers would recognize them when they appeared in future titles later on.

In Diddy Kong Racing, a player can choose to be in either a car, hovercraft, or airplane. However certain levels have certain restrictions. For example, in the course Hot Top Volcano, a player can use an airplane or a hovercraft, but not a car.

Plot

The plot of the game centers around an evil intergalactic pig wizard named Wizpig who attempts to take over the peaceful Timber's Island.

Characters

The playable characters who reappear in other games are:

Diddy Kong the monkey from the Donkey Kong Country
series (released in 1994). His abilities are all equal, and he has no advantages nor disadvantages.
Banjo the bear from the Banjo-Kazooie
series (released in 1998). He has low acceleration, and high top speed and is the second fastest racer according to being initially available, although he can't turn very well.
Tiptup the male turtle from the Banjo-Kazooie series. Tiptup has high acceleration, low top speed, and good handling.
Conker the male squirrel from Conker's Pocket Tales
(released in 1999), Conker's Bad Fur Day
(released in 2001), and Conker: Live & Reloaded
(released in 2005). Conker has a bit low acceleration, and a bit high top speed, although he can't turn very well.
Krunch is a Kremling (the antagonists of the Donkey Kong Country series) who ends up wrapped up in the effort to kick Wizpig off the island. His clothing style was carried over to several of these enemies in Donkey Kong 64
(released in 1999). He has the most terrible acceleration, and very high top speed, and is the 3rd fastest racer, although he can't turn as well as others.

The other playable characters were:

Drumstick the rooster, a hidden character unlocked by running over a frog with a red crest on it's head after getting 4 gold trophies, and 39 gold balloons. Drumstick is the 2nd fastest character, and the fastest in the plane.
Bumper the black male badger. He a bit high acceleration, and average top speed, although he can't turn very well.
Timber the orange and black-striped male tiger. He has a bit low acceleration and slightly above average top speed, although his turning is slightly below average.
Pipsy the yellow mouse. She has high acceleration, and low top speed, and is easy to handle for beginners and professionals alike.
T.T. was the living stopwatch who helped organize Time Trials. If players beat the records of every track, he becomes a playable character. T.T. is the fastest character in the car and hovercraft, and 2nd fastest in the plane

The other non-playable characters are:

Tricky the triceratops (a boss character, boss of Dino Domain)
Bluey the walrus (a boss character, boss of Snowflake Mountain)
Bubbler the octopus (a boss character, boss of Sherbert Island)
Smokey the dragon (a boss character, boss of Dragon Forest)
Taj the elephant genie (an ally character)
Wizpig the alien pig genie (the antagonist and final boss)

One additional character, known only as "the Yellow Dinosaur", appears only in the introductory cutscene and not in the actual game, and has become a minor in-joke due to this obscurity.

None of these characters have appeared in any other Rare or Nintendo games to date, although Taj was scheduled to appear in a GameCube sequel, Donkey Kong Racing. The game was aborted when Rare was bought by Microsoft in 2002, although it is rumored to reappear as an Xbox title called Sabreman Stampede. A portable sequel to the franchise, Diddy Kong Pilot, was also in development, which would have seen the return of Krunch. It too was redesigned following Rare's buyout as Banjo Pilot, which only stars Banjo and characters from his franchise.

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