Plane

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Not to be confused with Airplane.
A Plane from Diddy Kong Racing.
A yellow plane
Menu icon of the Plane in Diddy Kong Racing DS.

Planes are one of the three vehicles in Diddy Kong Racing and its Nintendo DS port, the other two being the car and hovercraft. The plane is capable of flying up to higher locations that the car or hovercraft cannot reach normally, usually higher, alternate pathways. The plane can fly across nearly any terrain or obstacle. It has its own way of making a rocket boost. The pilot starts to go slow upside-down and then flips it fast and forward, unleashing teal fire and black smoke. Green fire and rainbow smoke are released if the A button is let go. Planes do not appear in any other games, though they were planned for the 2001 and 2003 versions of Diddy Kong Pilot before becoming Banjo-Pilot.

Like the car and hovercraft, each character's plane had its own color in Diddy Kong Racing, but in the remake, every plane is colored yellow by default. In Diddy Kong Racing DS, the player can enter Taj's Wishes Menu to customize the paint color of a plane and upgrade its speed, handling, and acceleration. However, altering the acceleration has no effect, as every plane has the same rate of acceleration regardless of which character uses it. The player can also create a unique, custom emblem for the planes, similarly to Mario Kart DS. The plane colors in the original versions are as follows:

Aside from traditional courses, planes are also used in the Fire Mountain battle stage, the race against Smokey the Dragon, and the second race against Wizpig. Compared to the car and hovercraft, the plane is the least available in the courses, but is usually a default vehicle in courses where it does appear. It can only be used in 11 of the 20 courses, or 15 of the 24 courses in the Nintendo DS remake. Planes can be used in the following courses:

Course Availability Default vehicle
Dino Domain
Ancient Lake Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Fossil Canyon Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Jungle Falls Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Hot Top Volcano Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Boss level: Tricky the Triceratops X mark.svg X mark.svg
Challenge Level: Fire Mountain Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Snowflake Mountain
Everfrost Peak Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Walrus Cove X mark.svg X mark.svg
Snowball Valley X mark.svg X mark.svg
Frosty Village Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Boss level: Bluey the Walrus X mark.svg X mark.svg
Challenge Level: Icicle Pyramid X mark.svg X mark.svg
Sherbet Island
Whale Bay X mark.svg X mark.svg
Crescent Island X mark.svg X mark.svg
Pirate Lagoon X mark.svg X mark.svg
Treasure Caves Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Boss level: Bubbler the Octopus X mark.svg X mark.svg
Challenge Level: Darkwater Beach X mark.svg X mark.svg
Dragon Forest
Windmill Plains Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Greenwood Village X mark.svg X mark.svg
Boulder Canyon X mark.svg X mark.svg
Haunted Woods X mark.svg X mark.svg
Boss level: Smokey the Dragon X mark.svg X mark.svg
Challenge Level: Smokey Castle Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Future Fun Land
Space Dust Alley Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Darkmoon Caverns X mark.svg X mark.svg
Spaceport Alpha Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Star City Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Wizpig
First race X mark.svg X mark.svg
Second race Check mark.svg Check mark.svg

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