
An enhanced remake for the Nintendo DS titled Diddy Kong Racing DS was released on February 7, 2007.

It is the first game to spin off from the Donkey Kong Country series. 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. To see the Diddy Kong gallery, click here.Diddy Kong Racing is a 1997 racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware. Dino Dino Jungle ( Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, him and Donkey Kong on the DK Jumbo).Here, he was a starter character and his Final Smash was Rocketbarrel Barrage, where he wielded both his Peanut Popgun and Rocketbarrel Boost. Diddy Kong's most recent appearance has been in Super Smash Bros. These games include DK Jungle Climber and Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast. However, it had a story mode where the evil Wizpig was attacking Timber's Island, and Diddy Kong and friends had to stop him.ĭiddy Kong appeared in few games on the Nintendo Gamecube, such as Donkey Konga, but this chimp is being seen on more and more games for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. It included items, different vehicles, different tracks, and many different racers to choose from. This game was very similar to the Mario Kart series. It wasn't until Diddy Kong Racing that Diddy had his own game. Rool kidnapped four of the Kongs, including Diddy, forcing Donkey Kong to save them first. Rool once again stole the Kong's Golden Banana hoard, but this was merely a distraction to give the Kremling King and his crew time to build a massive gun that would destroy DK Isles. Diddy Kong returned in the next Donkey Kong Country games along with Dixie Kong and Kiddie Kong.ĭiddy Kong returned again to the Nintendo 64 console and was a playable character in the game Donkey Kong 64. He debuted in the game Donkey Kong Country, where he and his ape uncle had to get back their banana hoard that was stolen by the evil kremling king, K. His special item is the Banana Barrels, which is also Funky Kong's special item.ĭiddy Kong hasn't appeared in many Mario games, but has certainly played many important roles in the Donkey Kong series. He, along with Donkey Kong and Funky Kong, is one of the three Kong members to appear in this game.ĭiddy Kong, Funky Kong, and Birdo are the only playable characters in Mario Kart Wii to not return in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.Īfter a long absence, Diddy Kong returns in Mario Kart Tour where he is classified as a Super character. Diddy Kong is the staff ghost for the Maple Treeway course, where uses both the Classic Dragster (Nin*pico) and the Sneakster (Nin*MUGI).įor his stats, Diddy gets a small acceleration and drift bonus while getting a strong mini-turbo bonus. He is unlocked after the player wins the 50cc Lightning Cup or after the player has participated in 450 races. Diddy Kong's personal kart is the Barrel Train, a fast lightweight kart with bad acceleration.ĭiddy Kong makes a background appearance in the arcade game Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, where he is seen in the crowd from the previous game.ĭiddy Kong reappears as an unlockable middleweight character in Mario Kart Wii. His special item is, along with his partner Donkey Kong, the Giant Banana, a large, angry Banana peel that separates into three separate Bananas when hit.
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series, he was given brown eyes.ĭiddy Kong's clothing consists of a red cap with the Nintendo logo on the front and a red tank top with two yellow stars on it.Īlthough Diddy Kong does not physically appear in Mario Kart 64, a silhouette of him driving a yellow bus can be seen from the front in Toad's Turnpike.ĭiddy Kong's physical debut in the Mario Kart series was Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where he appears as a lightweight character alongside Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Paratroopa, Bowser Jr., Toad, and Toadette. Diddy Kong normally has black eyes, but in other games such as Diddy Kong Racing and Donkey Kong 64, he has blue eyes.
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His ears are a bit big, but just about the same size of his eyes.

Diddy Kong's face is slightly similar to Donkey Kong's face, but he has big eyes and a less frowned space between the eyebrows, with are covered in fur as opposed to Donkey Kong's. He has versatile feet and is the only member of the Kong family to possess a tail, which he uses to hang onto objects, hold small items, or attack his foes. In appearance, Diddy Kong shares several traits similar to that of a spider monkey.
