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 clears all the levels and challenges and gets all the pieces of the Wizpig Amulet, he/she can 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

 * Donkey Kong Country- The introduction to the story found in the instruction booklet has an opening on Donkey Kong Island the setting of this game, also Squawks is netioned.
 * Mario Kart 64- This game came out a short time before Diddy Kong Racing and it seems that Diddy Kong Racing was likly inspired by it, and it has been mentioned that it's popularity rivaled that of Mario Kart 64.

References in Later Games

 * Donkey Kong 64- All Kritters in this game physically are identical to Krunch.
 * The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages- Another (Possibly the same but unlikly) island called Crescent Island appears.
 * Diddy Kong Racing DS- A remake of Diddy Kong Racing.
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl- There is an event in which the player must fight two small Diddy Kongs on a Mario Circuit stage and the little description is "What's the matter? Did he loose a race or something?" possibly a reference to Diddy Kong Racing.
 * Banjo-Kazooie- Banjo returned in this game.
 * Conker's Pocket Tales- Conker returns in this game.
 * Banjo-Tooie- An answer to a question in a quiz near the end is Diddy Kong Racing.
 * Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts- Another character named T.T. appears.