Diddy Kong Racing

Diddy Kong Racing is a Nintendo 64 racing video game developed and released by Rare in 1997. The game takes place on Timber's Island and follows Diddy Kong and his buddies as they strive to beat the cosmic nemesis, a wizarding pig named Wizpig, by winning a series of races. Throughout the game, the player can take control of any of the major characters. Diddy Kong Racing has five worlds each with four racetracks and the option to drive a vehicle, hovercraft, or fly aviation.

In its early phases, development began with the publication of Killer Instinct 2 which was meant to be a real-time strategy game called the Wild Cartoon Kingdom. As time passed, the focus of development evolved from a racing game inspired by Walt Disney World to a one-of-a-kind product called Pro-Am 64, in which Nintendo had no role. Due to the difficulties with Banjo-Kazooie, Rare believed that they needed a stronger intellectual property to reach a bigger audience for a game intended to release before Christmas 1997, therefore they decided to build a game around Diddy Kong.

Release date: 1997

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