Changes: Diddy Kong Racing

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Diddy Kong Racing was a popular racing game for the Nintendo 64. It involved various characters from the Donkey Kong series such as Diddy Kong and Krunch, as well as Rare mascots Banjo and Conker.

Gameplay

Modes

There are three ways to race: airplane, car, and hovercraft. Each track requires a different vehicle. Tracks can only be accessed through the acquisition of golden balloons by winning races or completing tasks. Once each race in an area is completed, a bonus challenge will be accessed, such as racing a triceratops. To access each world and its tracks, you must drive, fly, or sail to the desired area.

Playable Characters

There were at least nine playable characters in the Nintendo 64 version, and unlockable characters could also be unlocked via Password entry.

Rare characters could not be transferred to the DS port, Diddy Kong Racing DS, because Microsoft had bought rights to Rare before the game was made.

Tracks

Dino Domain	Snowflake Mountain	Sherbert Island	Dragon Forest	Future Fun Land
Ancient Lake	Everfrost Peak	Whale Bay	Windmill Plains	Spacedust Alley
Fossil Canyon	Walrus Cove	Crescent Island	Greenwood Village	Darkmoon Caverns
Jungle Falls	Snowball Valley	Pirate Lagoon	Boulder Canyon	Spaceport Alpha
Hot Top Volcano	Frosty Village	Treasure Caves	Haunted Woods	Star City

Legacy

The characters Banjo the Bear and Conker the Squirrel both made their debut in this video game. Banjo would become the star of the family friendly Nintendo 64 adventures Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, both published by Nintendo. Meanwhile, Conker would appear in the Game Boy Color game Conker's Pocket Tales, and subsequently in the mature rated Conker's Bad Fur Day. Diddy Kong Racing would later be remade for the Nintendo DS under the name Diddy Kong Racing DS.

Virtual Console

Diddy Kong Racing is one of the most popular N64 games not available on the Virtual Console, mostly due to issues with Rare, which now is owned by Microsoft. It is because of this that Banjo and Conker were replaced by Tiny and Dixie in the remake. However, because Nintendo holds exclusive rights to the Donkey Kong franchise, the game could be released if the Rare characters were removed. Though because of the costs to adjust the game, a release still is unlikely.

Donkey Kong series
Arcade series	Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr • Donkey Kong Jr. Math • Donkey Kong 3 • Donkey Kong '94
Donkey Kong Country series	Donkey Kong Country • Country 2 • Country 3 • Land • Land 2 • Land III • Donkey Kong 64 Country Returns (3D) • Tropical Freeze
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series	Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch) • March of the Minis • Mini-Land Mayhem! • Minis March Again! Minis on the Move • Tipping Stars
Bongo series	Donkey Konga • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat • Donkey Konga 2 • Donkey Konga 3: Tabe-houdai! Haru Mogitate 50 Kyoku
Other games	Diddy Kong Racing (DS) • King of Swing • Jungle Climber • Barrel Blast • Jungle Fever • Banana Kingdom
Related	Nintendo (Shigeru Miyamoto) • Mario • Mario Kart • Mario Party • Super Smash Bros. Rare • Retro Studios

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 | developer = [[Rare]]
 | publisher = [[Nintendo]]
-| released = JP: November 21, [[1997]]<br>NA: November 24, [[1997]]<br>PAL: November 21, [[1997]]
+| released = '''JP:''' November 21, [[1997]]<br>'''NA:''' November 24, [[1997]]<br>'''EU:''' November 21, [[1997]]
 | platform = [[Nintendo 64]]
 | genre = Racing
 | ratings = [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]: Kids to Adults<br>[[Pan European Game Information|PEGI]]: 3+
 }}
-'''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' was a popular racing game for the [[Nintendo 64]].  It involved various characters from the [[Donkey Kong]] series such as [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Krunch]], as well as Rare mascots [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]].
+'''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' was a popular racing game for the [[Nintendo 64]]. It involved various characters from the [[Donkey Kong]] series such as [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Krunch]], as well as Rare mascots [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]].
 ==Gameplay==
 ===Modes===