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)

Areas
Key:
 * C = Car
 * H = Hovercraft
 * P = Plane

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.

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 Bad Fur Day- Conker was made playable so players would be used to him by the time this game came out, although Conker would actually change his personality quite a bit.
 * 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.