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'''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' is a racing game developed and published by [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] for [[Nintendo 64]]. Featuring gameplay elements equivalent to the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'', the game includes the use of airplanes, hovercrafts, and cars. It is the first game of the [[Diddy Kong Racing (series)|''Diddy Kong Racing'' series]]. The game features a story mode, a multiplayer mode, and two characters who would eventually receive their own spin-off franchises, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]]. It received a [[remake]] for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007, titled ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''. | '''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' is a racing game developed and published by [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] for [[Nintendo 64]]. Featuring gameplay elements equivalent to the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'', the game includes the use of airplanes, hovercrafts, and cars. It is the first game of the [[Diddy Kong Racing (series)|''Diddy Kong Racing'' series]]. The game features a story mode, a multiplayer mode, and two characters who would eventually receive their own spin-off franchises, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]]. It received a [[remake]] for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007, titled ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''. | ||
''Diddy Kong Racing'' has sold 4.5 million copies upon release. | ''Diddy Kong Racing'' has sold 4.5 million copies upon release.<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/month_of_kong_the_making_of_diddy_kong_racing Nintendo Life's Month of Kong: The Making of Diddy Kong Racing, interview with Lee Musgrave]</ref> It even got in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest-selling game of the time, with 800,000 copies before Christmas 1997. The game was even successful enough to become a [[Player's Choice]] title. | ||
Two sequels were planned but both were subsequently canceled. The titles are ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]], which was eventually converted into the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' title, ''[[Wikipedia:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''. At around 2004, Climax pitched their own sequel idea to Nintendo, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing Adventure]]'', but it was ultimately rejected. | Two sequels were planned but both were subsequently canceled. The titles are ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]], which was eventually converted into the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' title, ''[[Wikipedia:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''. At around 2004, Climax pitched their own sequel idea to Nintendo, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing Adventure]]'', but it was ultimately rejected. | ||