Editing Diddy Kong Racing

{{Game
|name=Diddy Kong Racing
|image=[[Image:DiddyKongRacing.jpg|200px]]
|bgcolor=silver
|fgcolor=black
|developer=[[Rare Ltd.]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|system=[[Nintendo 64]]
|release='''Nintendo 64'''JP November 21,1997<br>EU November 21, 1997<br>US November 24, 1997 '''Nintendo DS'''<br>US February 5, 2007<br>EU April 20, 2007
|genre=Racing/Adventure
|gallery=[http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/index.php?cat=23 GH Gallery]
|rating= ESRB: E
|}}

'''Diddy Kong Racing''' is a racing game starring [[Diddy Kong]]. It was apparently developed in a rush to be release in the 1997 holiday season in the place of ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and ''Conker's Quest'', both of which had been delayed to the next year. Banjo and Conker appeared as playable racers in Diddy Kong Racing to endorse their games.

=Story=

Timber's Island had been invaded and conquered [[Wizpig]], an alien warlord obsessed with racing, while Timber's family was away visiting the Kongs. Wizpig brainwashed the island's four greatest warriors into being his lieutenants. A group of racers banded together and sent their champion racer, Drumstick, to race with Wizpig for the fate of the island, but Drumstick never returned. As a last-ditch effort, Timber sent a message to [[Diddy Kong]] asking for his assistance, not wanting his parents to know. Diddy Kong soon arrives with his own friends and, under the wise guidance of the genie Taj, the racers set out to defeat Wizpig.

=Gameplay=

In this racing game, the player can alternate between three different vehicles- the traditional kart as well as the plane and the hovercraft. It is one of the few racing games with a story and adventure mode. There are various goals that must be reached to collect Golden Balloons and other items. The game has an overworld, similar to [[Super Mario 64]], which acts as a hub where all the other worlds can be accessed if the proper items are presented.

=Legacy=


==Tracks==
{| style="text-align: left; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Dino Domain
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Snowflake Mountain
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Sherbert Island
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Dragon Forest
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Future Fun Land
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |*
|-
|Ancient Lake
|Everfrost Peak
|Whale Bay
|Windmill Plains
|Spacedust Alley
|Thunder Cove
|-
|Fossil Canyon
|Walrus Cove
|Crescent Island
|Greenwood Village
|Darkmoon Caverns
|Meandering Mount
|-
|Jungle Falls
|Snowball Valley
|Pirate Lagoon
|Boulder Canyon
|Spaceport Alpha
|Splashdown Pass
|-
|Hot Top Volcano
|Frosty Village
|Treasure Caves
|Haunted Woods
|Star City
|Strangled Shrine
|}

*DS remake only

==Ports/Remakes==

Diddy Kong Racing DS was made for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007. This version featured replaced Conker and Banjo (as they were owned by Rare who was bought out by Microsoft) with [[Tiny Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]]. It also added Taj and Wizpig as playable characters.

==Sequels==

Two possible sequels were developed by Rare, but both were cancelled after Rare was bought out by Microsoft. The first was ''Donkey Kong Racing'' for the [[Nintendo Gamecube]]. This one starred Donkey Kong and featured the animal buddies as steeds in place of karts and other vehicles, but Taj was shown as a playable character. 

The other was ''Diddy Kong Pilot'', which once again starred Diddy Kong and featured the planes in racing. This game was later reworked into '''Banjo Pilot'', starring Banjo-Kazooie characters instead of Donkey Kong ones.

{{Donkey Kong Series}}

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