Diddy Kong Racing (series)

Donkey Kong Racing
File:Logo EN - Donkey Kong Racing.png
First installment	Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
Latest installment	Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)
Number of installments	2
Parent franchise	Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Racing games have been produced since 1997 with Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64. It features Diddy Kong and an all-star cast competing in a racing game. It is very similar to the Mario Kart series but features only Donkey Kong characters.

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, a remake of Diddy Kong Racing was eventually released on the Nintendo DS.

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 - 8.4 • Gamespot - 6.6
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 - 7.4 • Gamespot - 6.7

Cancelled Games

Title and System	Synopsis
Diddy Kong Pilot File:Diddypilot.png	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:Logo EN - Donkey Kong Racing.png	Donkey Kong Racing is another cancelled game, this one focusing on Donkey Kong instead of Diddy Kong. It would feature new Animal Friends such as a gigantic Rambi and a purple Enguarde. It was seen at E3 2001. After the buyout of Rare, the game was soon reworked into Sabreman Stampede for the Xbox 360 but, this iteration of the installment was also cancelled.
Nintendo GameCube	Was originally unveiled at E3 2001.

Playable Characters

With four Donkey Kong Racing 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
Banjo
Bowser		1
Bumper
Candy Kong		2
Conker
Cranky Kong
Diddy Kong
Dixie Kong
Donkey Kong
Drumstick
Funky Kong		13
Kiddy Kong
King K. Rool
Klaptrap		3
Klump		3
Krunch/Kritter		23
Mario		1
Peach		1
Pipsy
T.T.
Taj
Timber
Tiny Kong
Tiptup
Toad		1
Wario		1
Wizpig
Yoshi		1

¹ - Early Alpha only
² - Beta only
³ - Current only

See also

• Mario Kart series