Diddy Kong Racing (series)

Diddy Kong Racing (series)
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First installment	Diddy Kong Racing
Latest installment	Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Number of installments	3
Parent franchise	Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Racing games have been produced since 1997 with Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64. In the vein of other Donkey Kong/Diddy Kong sport games, it features Donkey Kong/Diddy Kong and his all-star cast competing in a racing game.

Since its first generation on the Nintendo 64, a long hiatus was caused by Rare's buy-out by Microsoft, and two DKR games that had been in production had to be cancelled. In 2007, two games of the series were eventually released and brought the series back to life.

List of Games

Title, Original Release and System	Synopsis and Ratings
Diddy Kong Racing File:Diddysracing.jpg	Featuring ten playable characters (two of which would later both receive their own games, Banjo and Conker) and 25 different racecourses, Diddy Kong Racing was a success receiving the Player's Choice title.
Template:ReleasedateNintendo 64	IGN – N/A • Gamespot – N/A
Diddy Kong Racing DS File:Cover DKRDS.png	Years later, after Microsoft bought out Rare, two planned Diddy Kong Racing games had to be cancelled. Nintendo and Rare teamed up again to create Diddy Kong Racing DS, a remake of the original with many notable differences, including Tiny Kong and Dixie Kong replacing Banjo and Conker, and Wi-Fi matches.
Template:ReleasedateNintendo DS	IGN – N/A • Gamespot – N/A
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast File:Cover DKBB.jpg	Known as Donkey Kong Jet Race in Europe, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast was made for the Wii. Instead of vehicles, the characters ride on rocket-powered Bongos. The game was originally intended for release on the Gamecube, but was moved to the Wii. The game includes Miis.
Template:ReleasedateWii	IGN – N/A • Gamespot – N/A

Cancelled Games

Title and System	Synopsis
Diddy Kong Pilot File:DiddyKongPilot.jpg	Diddy Kong Pilot was the planned sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, but instead focusing only on flying and nothing else. Due to Rare being acquired by Microsoft, Rare was already far at work into the game and instead of scrapping it altogether, the game was removed of all Donkey Kong references and was turned into Banjo-Pilot.
Game Boy Advance	Was originally unveiled at E3 2001.
Donkey Kong Racing File:DKRacing.jpg	Donkey Kong Racing is another cancelled game, this one focusing on Donkey Kong instead of Diddy Kong. It would feature new Animal Buddies such as a gigantic Rambi and a purple Enguarde. After the buy out of Rare, the game was seen as vaporware.
Nintendo Gamecube	Was originally unveiled at E3 2001.

Playable Characters

With six Mario Kart titles, the list of characters that can be found from within these games is quite large. Below is a list of all the characters found in each game.

Character	DiKR	DiKP	DoKR	DiKRDS	DoKBB
Banjo	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
Bumper	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Conker	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
Cranky Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Diddy Kong	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Dixie Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Donkey Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Drumstick	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Funky Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kalypso	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kass	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kazooie	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
Kip	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kiddy Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
King K. Rool	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kludge	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Klump	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Kopter	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Krunch/Kritter	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Funky Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Lanky Kong	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Pipsy	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Redneck Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png
T.T.	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Taj	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Timber	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Tiny Kong	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png	File:Check small.png
Tiptup	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Wizpig	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png	File:X mark.png
Wrinkly Kong	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png
Ultra Barrel DK	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:X mark.png	File:Check small.png

See also

• Mario Kart series

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