Jirard praises the presentation as well as the overworld and different vehicles available to the player, something most other kart racers don't offer. Completionist artist Carlos Padilla makes a cameo appearance during this opening bit. Greg is able to calm him by letting him know that he's live on Twitch however, which is how much of the episode was recorded.
The video starts with Jirard ranting over the completion bonus for Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow: a certificate. Jirard reviewed Diddy Kong Racing for the thirty-ninth episode of The Completionist. In Diddy Kong Racing, a player can choose to drive a car, hovercraft, or aeroplane, though a certain level may require that the player picks one of these.Īn enhanced remake for the Nintendo DS titled Diddy Kong Racing DS was released on 5 February 2007. The game was partially intended to introduce these future franchise characters so that gamers would recognise them when these games were released. Some of the playable characters would later appear in their own franchise titles. It was the first game to spin off from the Donkey Kong Country series and stands as the Nintendo 64's sixth best-selling game.Ī racing game like Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing also has a distinctive adventure mode. 800,000 copies were ordered in the two weeks before Christmas 1997, making it the fastest selling video game at the time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Because we love explosions."ĭiddy Kong Racing is a 1997 kart racing video game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware. Most of the track is flooded, so the car can't be used in this track.Durdley Kerg Racing - The Completionist Episode 39 Strangled Shrine: featuring ancient temples, it seems to be based on temple levels from Donkey Kong Country.Splashdown Pass: featuring caves and waterfalls.Meandering Mount: featuring mostly jungle with two mine shaft, likely based on the mine levels from Donkey Kong Country.Thunder Cove: a regular jungle with several trees and a short, bridged area of water.Each one of them can be bought from Taj for 80 coins, and are: The game also features an animated introduction based on the story originally only written in the game's manual, so Diddy Kong's treehouse on Donkey Kong Island as well as Squawks make an actual appearance in-game.Īnother change is the Bananas not being in the game anymore and being replaced by collectable coins, used to buy unlockables, rather than to speed up the vehicles.Īdditionally the game features four new unlockable jungle-themed tracks, that seem to be based on Donkey Kong Country. This marks the first time the two sisters appear together in the same game, altough Tiny Kong was heavily redesigned for this game, being given an older teenage look. Note however that they were given the same stats as Diddy Kong, with average acceleration, handling and top speed, so their role in the game is different than Banjo and Conker, that had high top speed with low handling and acceleration (the stats for all characters had some minor changes though). In this Nintendo DS remake of Diddy Kong Racing Banjo the Bear and Conker the Squirrel were removed and replaced by Dixie Kong, originally from Donkey Kong Country 2 and Country 3 and by Tiny Kong, originally from Donkey Kong 64. Dixie is in the upper right spot, while Tiny is in the second column of the second row. Diddy Kong Racing DSĬharacter select screen. Taj the Genie riding alongside Donkey Kong. They're also used in battle stages as lives (Icicle Pyramid, Darkwater Beach) or treasures (Smokey Castle).
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The manual also cites Diddy Kong's treehouse in the story section, and names Squawks, the Animal Buddy from Donkey Kong Country games, as "his ownįinally, the game features bananas as collectable items to increase the vehicles top speed, possibly based on the collectable bananas from Donkey Kong Country games. The game also features a crocodile character, Krunch, that is stated in the game's manual to be a Kremling, and that he followed Diddy to make sure that he wasn't preparing any anti-Kremling plan. Character select screen with Diddy Kong selected and Krunch next to him.Īs its title indicates, Diddy Kong Racing is a racing game starring Diddy Kong, originally Donkey Kong's sidekick in Donkey Kong Country, so it's considered a spin-off of the Donkey Kong series.
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