Editing Diddy Kong Racing

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{{Infobox game
|image = DKR box art.jpg
|developer = [[Rareware]]
|publisher = Rareware
|designer = Kevin Bayliss
|console = [[Nintendo 64]]
|released = <small>[[wikipedia:North America|NA]]:</small> November 24, 1997<br><small>[[wikipedia:Europe|EU]]:</small> November 21, 1997<br><small>[[wikipedia:Japan|JA]]:</small> November 21, 1997
|genre = Racing, adventure
|mode = Single player<br>2-4 multiplayer
|rating = [[wikipedia:ESRB|ESRB]]: K-A (Kids to Adults)<br>[[wikipedia:OFLC|OFLC]]: G
|media = 128 Megabit Cartridge
|input = [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64 controller|Nintendo 64 controller]]
}}
'''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' is a video game developed by [[Rareware]] and released for the [[Nintendo 64]] in 1997. Although it is not of the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, ''Diddy Kong Racing'' is the first game to include [[Banjo]], which was done to familiarize players with him before receiving his own debut title, ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. [[Tiptup]] also makes his first appearance in the game.

==Playable Characters==
*Diddy Kong is the game's namesake and all-around in terms of stats. He is a monkey from the ''Donkey Kong series''.
*[[Banjo]] is a honey bear that premiered in ''Diddy Kong Racing'', a year before his own series kicked off in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. He is the second-heaviest racer.
*Conker is a squirrel that makes his first appearance in this game; his first appearance in his own franchise would be ''Conker's Pocket Tales''. He acts as a middleweight racer.
*Krunch is a Kremling from the ''Donkey Kong series''. He acts as the fastest heavyweight, but the least agile racer.
*Tiptup is a lightweight character that would later appear in both ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' and ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''.
*Timber is the son of the owners of the island Wizpig attacks. He acts as a middleweight racer.
*Bumper is a badger that is a semi-heavyweight but otherwise has no traits as a character. However, according to interview, he is now incarcerated.
*Pipsy the mouse is the lightest racer, but also has no characterization and has never appeared in any other game, but was based loosely off a character from a previous canceled Rare game.
*T.T. (unlockable)
*Drumstick (unlockable)

==Trivia==
*[[Banjo]] mentions racing a genie and a giant pig at some point in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts]]''. This is a reference to ''Diddy Kong Racing'' with Wizpig being the pig and Taj being the genie.
*Although Banjo wears the blue backpack which [[Kazooie]] uses in the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]], Kazooie is never mentioned nor seen in the game. She is, however, mentioned in the game's instruction manual, and music related to Banjo includes both a Banjo and a Kazoo-like instrument.

==See also==
*The ''[[mariowiki:Diddy Kong Racing|Diddy Kong Racing]]'' article on [[mariowiki:Main Page|Super Mario Wiki]].
*The ''[[mariowiki:Diddy Kong Racing DS|Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'' article on [[mariowiki:Main Page|Super Mario Wiki]].
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