

True to the kart-racing genre, each track features a wealth of game-changing items, such as power-ups and speed-boost pads known as zippers.ĭiddy Kong Racing’s item system is a tad uninspired in terms of item selection and design (rockets, energy fields and mines seem out of place in the Diddy Kong universe), but this is somewhat made up for by a nifty upgrade system.ĭrive through a coloured balloon to collect an item drive through another balloon of the same colour and you’ll receive a more powerful version of that item. In total, there are 20 tracks split up into five themed worlds. There aren’t many secrets to find or activities to do, but they’re nevertheless a nice distraction to pursue in between the core races. The island is beautifully designed, featuring different biomes to explore. Winning a race awards you with a gold balloon, and you need an increasing number of these to continue unlocking tracks and progress through the game. It’s clear that this game was a labour of love for the team at Rare, featuring a number of subtle touches – such as the music adapting to reflect different characters in the select screen – that make it that little bit more special.Ĭlearly inspired by Super Mario 64, Diddy Kong Racing incorporates a hub world (the island), which you explore in search of races and events. Moreover, it’s all delivered at a consistently smooth frame rate alongside quite possibly the catchiest soundtrack of all N64 games.
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It’s hardly a gripping narrative, but it at least does a serviceable job of piecing together the gameplay challenges into a somewhat coherent series of events.ĭiddy Kong Racing is a graphical tour de force on N64, sporting fully 3D character and vehicle models (except for the wheels!) and fun track designs that utilise ascending and descending landscapes to great effect. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.This adventure mode involves Diddy Kong and a cast of anthropomorphised animal friends (including Banjo and Conker) competing in races to rid an island of the evil-intergalactic pig-wizard, Wizpig. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic.

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