(Can be unlocked as a playable character in the Nintendo DS version) He takes over the island and challenges someone to beat him in order to reclaim it. After beating T.T's record on every course, he becomes playable, and has the best stats of any racer.
#Diddy kong racing game series#
Banjo is a honey bear that premiered in Diddy Kong Racing, a year before his own series kicked off in Banjo-Kazooie.He is a monkey from the Donkey Kong series. Diddy Kong is the game's namesake and all-around in terms of stats.When Wizpig loses the second race, the rocket he rides on malfunctions and blasts him to a distant planet and peace returns to Timber Island for good. Fearing that Wizpig would again attempt to invade Timber's Island, the islanders travel to Future Fun Land for a second challenge. Shortly afterward, Wizpig leaves for his home planet, Future Fun Land. They eventually complete all of Wizpig's challenges and confront Wizpig himself to a race and defeat him. Timber sends a letter to his friend Diddy Kong to call for help and Diddy in turn recruits his friends Banjo the bear and Conker the squirrel while Timber gathers the remaining inhabitants of the island to help. Drumstick, the best racer on the island, failed this challenge and was transformed into a frog by Wizpig's black magic.
The only solution available to the island's inhabitants is to defeat Wizpig in an elaborate series of races that involves cars, hovercrafts, and airplanes. He turns the four island's guardians: Tricky the Triceratops, Bubbler the Octopus, Bluey the Walrus and Smokey the Dragon into his henchmen. Their enjoyment is derailed when an evil, intergalactic, pig wizard named Wizpig arrives at peaceful Timber's Island and attempts to take over after he conquered his own planet's racetracks. Timber the Tiger's parents go on vacation and leave their son in charge of the island they live on, leaving him and his friends to race for fun. Diddy Kong Racing wasn’t just a Mario Kart clone it took the genre to a new level and I think it even outshined Nintendo’s own Mario Kart 64.Spoiler warning : Plot or ending details follow. The race courses are well-designed and fun to play. Players can steal other players’ eggs, and of course you can still use power-up weapons to attack each other as well. My favorite was Fire Mountain, where each player has to steal eggs and take them to their own nest. Not only was the adventure mode outstanding, but the multiplayer games are also a lot of fun. Here’s a short video to show what I mean.Īs with most of Rare’s N64 games, Diddy Kong Racing also has some great music. I had a lot of fun just playing around with the voices at the character selection scene. Some of the characters have some hilarious voices Krunch sounds just like Krusty The Clown from The Simpsons. Conker the squirrel was also included, although this was before Conker had his bad-guy makeover in Conker’s Bad Fur Day. You could choose from a number of characters, including Diddy Kong (naturally) and Banjo from Banjo-Kazooie. To change vehicles, you would honk your horn at the genie. You weren’t limited to just using a car you could also control a hovercraft or a plane. Not only are there are boss battles and many unlockables, but there is a large hub world that connects all of the courses, and it’s fun to just go around exploring. But it’s not just a typical kart racer, it has a number of adventure game elements. Today I’m taking a look back at Diddy Kong Racing, which was one of the best racing games on N64.