Diddy Kong Racing

Box Art of Diddy Kong Racing.

Diddy Kong Racing is a game for Nintendo 64. Like the Mario Kart series, Diddy Kong Racing is a racing game, but made use of airplanes, hovercrafts, and wheeled vehicles. The game had a story mode, muliplayer modes, and a variety of characters, (many from the Rare Series) such as Diddy Kong, Banjo, Tiptup, and Conker. The game takes place on Timber's Island. Unlike most video games with Diddy Kong, the player can't play as Donkey Kong.This is also the first game of the Donkey Kong Racing (series)

Playable Characters

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  Diddy Kong
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  Banjo
• DKRconker.jpg

  Conker
• Hoveringtimber.jpg

  Timber
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  Tiptup
• Pipsie.JPG

  Pipsy
• Bumperman.jpg

  Bumper
• Bigkrunch.jpg

  Krunch

Unlockables

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  Drumstick
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  T.T.

Non Playable Characters

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  Wizpig
• Taj3.JPG

  Taj the Genie
• Trixy.JPG

  Tricky the Triceratops
• Bluie.jpg

  Bluey the Walrus
• Bubbler.jpg

  Bubbler the Octopus
• Dragon.JPG

  Smokey the Dragon

Areas

Key:

• C = Car
• H = Hovercraft
• P = Plane

Timber's Island Areas
Dino Domain
#	Track	Balloon Amount	Silver Coin Challenge Balloon Amount	Types of Transportation Available
1	Ancient Lake	1	6	C , H , P
2	Fossil Canyon	2	7	C , H , P
3	Jungle Falls	3	8	C , H , P
4	Hot Top Volcano	5	10	H , P
5	Boss - Tricky the Triceratops	5 or more once all 4 are beaten	10 or more once all 4 are beaten	C
Snowflake Mountain
#	Track	Balloon Amount	Silver Coin Challenge Balloon Amount	Types of Transportation Available
1	Everfrost Peak	2	10	C , H , P
2	Walrus Cove	3	11	C , H
3	Snowball Valley	6	14	C , H
4	Frosty Village	9	16	C , H
5	Boss - Bluey the Walrus	9 or more once all 4 are beaten	16 or more once all 4 are beaten	H
Sherbet Island
#	Track	Balloon Amount	Silver Coin Challenge Balloon Amount	Types of Transportation Available
1	Whale Bay	10	17	H
2	Crescent Island	11	18	C , H
3	Pirate Lagoon	13	20	H
4	Treasure Caves	16	22	C , H , P
5	Boss - Bubbler the Octopus	16 or more once all 4 are beaten	22 or more once all 4 are beaten	H
Dragon Forest
#	Track	Balloon Amount	Silver Coin Challenge Balloon Amount	Types of Transportation Available
1	Windmill Plains	16	23	C , H , P
2	Greenwood Village	17	24	C , H
3	Boulder Canyon	20	30	H
4	Haunted Woods	22	37	C , H
5	Boss - Smokey the Dragon	22 or more once all 4 are beaten	37 or more once all 4 are beaten	P

First Wizpig Battle

Once the racer defeats all levels and challenges, they fly up into the newly opened mouth of the Wizpig Head in the courtyard of the Island and defeat Wizpig.

Wizpig's Kingdom

Future Fun Land
#	Track	Balloon Amount	Silver Coin Challenge Balloon Amount	Types of Transportation Available
1	Spacedust Alley	39	43	C , H , P
2	Darkmoon Carvern	40	44	C , H , P
3	Spaceport Alpha	41	45	C , H , P
4	Star City	42	46	C , H , P
5	Boss - Wizpig	---	46 or more once all 4 are beaten	P

Sequels

Rare planned to make a sequel for Diddy Kong Racing entitled Diddy Kong Pilot, but the game was canceled and replaced by Banjo Pilot.

Rare and Nintendo also planned to make a game called Donkey Kong Racing for the Nintendo GameCube, but this game was apparently canceled as well.

Finally, a remake for Nintendo DS was released, Diddy Kong Racing DS.

References to Other Games

• Banjo-Kazooie- Banjo was made playable so that players would be used to him by the time this game came out.
• Conker's Pocket Tales- Conker was made playable so players would be used to him by the time this game came out.
• Donkey Kong Country- Squawks a character from this game is mentioned in the intruction booklet as having sent a letter to gather all the main playable characters.