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{{redirect|DKR|the canceled [[Nintendo GameCube]] follow-up starring [[Donkey Kong]]|[[Donkey Kong Racing]]|the [[Wii]] game referred to as "Donkey Kong Returns" in Japan|[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]}}
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|image=[[File:Diddysracing.jpg|300px]]
|developer=[[Rare]]ware
|developer=[[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]]
|publisher=Rareware (publication)<br>[[Nintendo]] (distribution)
|publisher=Rareware (US, EU)<br>[[Nintendo]] (JP)
|release={{flag list|Europe|November 21, 1997<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-64/Diddy-Kong-Racing-269448.html|title=Diddy Kong Racing {{!}} Nintendo 64 {{!}} Games {{!}} Nintendo UK|publisher=Nintendo UK|language=en-gb|accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>|Japan|November 21, 1997<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_ndyj/index.html|title=ディディーコングレーシング|publisher=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|language=ja|accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>|USA|November 24, 1997<ref>''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' {{iw|smashwiki|Chronicle}}</ref>}}
|release={{release|Europe|November 21, 1997|Japan|November 21, 1997|USA|November 24, 1997}}
|languages={{languages|en_us=y|fr_fr=y|de=y|jp=y}}
|genre=[[Genre#Racing games|Racing]], adventure
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{{quote|A Wild Racing Adventure|Slogan}}
'''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' is a [[Genre#Racing games|racing]]/adventure game developed and published by [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] for [[Nintendo 64]]. Featuring gameplay elements equivalent to the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, the game includes the use of airplanes, hovercrafts, and cars. The game features a story mode, a multiplayer mode, and two characters who would eventually receive their own franchises, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]]. It received a [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007, titled ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''.
'''''Diddy Kong Racing''''' is a [[Genre#Racing games|racing]]/adventure game developed and published by [[Rare]]ware for the [[Nintendo 64]]. Featuring gameplay elements similar to those in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, the game includes the use of airplanes, hovercrafts, and cars. The game features a story mode and a multiplayer mode. Most of the game's playable characters besides the titular [[Diddy Kong]] are original characters, though two characters who would go on to be the main characters of their own franchises, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]], first appeared in ''Diddy Kong Racing'' while their own games were still in development.


''Diddy Kong Racing'' sold 4.5 million copies upon release<ref name="makingof">{{cite|url=www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-diddy-kong-racing-the-game-that-overtook-mario-kart|title=The Making Of Diddy Kong Racing, The Game That Overtook Mario Kart|author=Watts, Martin|date=October 8, 2022|publisher=Time Extension|accessdate=May 23, 2024}}</ref> and was recognized by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the fastest-selling game of the time, with 800,000 copies sold before Christmas 1997. The game was even successful enough to become a [[Player's Choice]] title.
''Diddy Kong Racing'' has sold 4.5 million copies upon release.<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/month_of_kong_the_making_of_diddy_kong_racing Nintendo Life's Month of Kong: The Making of ''Diddy Kong Racing'', interview with Lee Musgrave]</ref> It even received the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the fastest-selling game of the time, with 800,000 copies before Christmas 1997. The game was even successful enough to become a [[Player's Choice]] title.


Two sequels were planned, but both were subsequently canceled in the aftermath of {{wp|Microsoft}}'s acquisition of Rare in 2002. These included ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]], the latter of which was eventually reworked into the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' game ''{{wp|Banjo-Pilot}}''. Around 2004, Climax pitched its own sequel idea to Nintendo, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing Adventure]]'', but it was ultimately rejected. A [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] of the game was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007, titled ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''.
Two sequels were planned, but both were subsequently canceled in the aftermath of {{wp|Microsoft}}'s acquistion of Rare in 2002. These included ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]], the latter of which was eventually converted into the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' title, ''{{wp|Banjo-Pilot}}''. Around 2004, Climax pitched their own sequel idea to Nintendo, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing Adventure]]'', but it was ultimately rejected.
==Story==
==Story==
[[File:Taj introduction DKR.png|thumb|left|200px|Taj introduces himself to Diddy.]]
[[File:Taj introduction DKR.png|thumb|left|200px|Taj introduces himself to Diddy.]]
According to the instruction manual, the story begins with Diddy Kong sitting on the porch of his tree house, opening a letter delivered by a carrier pigeon. The note reads, "Dear Diddy, Help!!!" The message is from his old friend, [[Timber]], the son of the [[Kong]]s' guests, the Tigers. Diddy reads the note and invites his friends, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]] to join him in the fight against [[Wizpig]]. Diddy calls [[Squawks]] to deliver the message to his friends. While Diddy is in the jungle, two [[Kremling]]s watch him from behind a boulder. One Kremling, [[Krunch]], suggests they follow Diddy, but the other Kremling ignores him; Krunch eventually follows Diddy Kong.
According to the instruction manual, the story begins with [[Diddy Kong]] sitting on the porch of his tree house opening a letter delivered by a carrier pigeon. The note reads, "Dear Diddy, Help!!!" The message is from his old friend, [[Timber]], the son of the [[Kong]]s' guests, the Tigers. Diddy reads the note and invites his friends, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]] to join him in the fight against [[Wizpig]]. Diddy calls [[Squawks]] to deliver the message to his friends.


Meanwhile, Timber is trying to calm [[Pipsy]], where she exclaims that she had just seen [[Taj]], who said he would help. [[Tiptup|TipTup]], confused, protests that Taj has been missing for 50 years. Afterwards, the group thinks about the Wizpig face that was carved onto the mountainside overnight and the race courses that were magically sealed. The group knows they need to solve the problem before Timber's parents return. [[Bumper (character)|Bumper]] then concludes the conversation by telling his friend that everybody needs to start practicing. Agreeing with Bumper, Timber and his friends leave, hoping that Diddy Kong does not mention this to Timber's parents; this is where the story leads into the game's own opening, where Taj introduces himself to the player character and explains what they need to do to progress.
While Diddy is in the jungle, two [[Kremling]]s watch him from behind a boulder. One Kremling, [[Krunch]], suggests they follow Diddy, but the other Kremling ignores him; Krunch eventually follows Diddy Kong.


When the first four worlds are completed, the carving of Wizpig's head on the mountainside opens and allows one of the characters [[Wizpig's First Strike|to race Wizpig]]. After beating him, the group has a party along the beach. However, Wizpig interferes in the party before a spaceship arrives and takes him into space. The lighthouse on the beach transforms into a rocket ship that takes them to [[Future Fun Land]].  
Meanwhile, Timber is trying to calm [[Pipsy]], where she exclaims that she had just seen [[Taj the Genie]], who said he would help. [[Tiptup|TipTup]], confused, protests that Taj has been missing for 50 years. Afterwards, the group thinks about the Wizpig face that was carved onto the mountainside overnight and the race courses that were magically sealed. The group knows they need to solve the problem before Timber's parents return. [[Bumper (character)|Bumper]] then concludes the conversation by telling his friend that everybody needs to start practicing. Agreeing with Bumper, Timber and his friends leave, hoping that Diddy Kong does not mention this to Timber's parents.
 
When the first four worlds are completed, the carving of Wizpig's head on the mountainside opens and allows one of the characters [[Wizpig's First Strike|to race Wizpig]]. After beating him, the group has a party along the beach. However, Wizpig interferes in the party before a spaceship arrives and takes him into space. The lighthouse on the beach is a disguised rocket ship that takes them to [[Future Fun Land]].  


After the character completes all the tasks in that world and gets the whole [[T.T. amulet]], [[Wizpig Strikes Back|Wizpig can be faced again]], racing against him in their plane, while he rides a rocket. After winning, Wizpig's rocket short circuits and blasts him into an unknown planet. Once again, the characters celebrate their victory without Wizpig interfering and with the carving of Wizpig's head on the mountainside turned into a golden carving of Taj's head.  
After the character completes all the tasks in that world and gets the whole [[T.T. amulet]], [[Wizpig Strikes Back|Wizpig can be faced again]], racing against him in their plane, while he rides a rocket. After winning, Wizpig's rocket short circuits and blasts him into an unknown planet. Once again, the characters celebrate their victory without Wizpig interfering and with the carving of Wizpig's head on the mountainside turned into a golden carving of Taj's head.  


Right before the credits roll, one of Wizpig's spaceships appears, and Wizpig's laughter is heard, leaving the game on a cliffhanger.
Right before the credits roll, one of Wizpig's spaceships appears, and Wizpig's laughter is heard, leaving the game on a cliffhanger.
==Gameplay==
[[File:Windmill Plains.png|thumb|left|One of ''Diddy Kong Racing''{{'}}s main mechanics is the use of different vehicles. For example, [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] is riding a [[plane]].]]
''Diddy Kong Racing'' features ten playable characters—eight of which are available by default, and two unlockable—and three different types of vehicles for different terrain: [[car]]s for land, [[hovercraft]]s for water or land, and [[plane]]s for air. Each character and vehicle has different strengths and weaknesses, sometimes in combination. For example, [[Krunch]] normally has low steering, but his steering is higher in a hovercraft due to that vehicle's emphasis on weight.
In races, [[banana]]s can be picked up to increase speed, while [[Weapon Balloon]]s provide items to use in the race. The color of the Weapon Balloon determines what item it will be, and collecting multiple of the same color in sequence improves the item's effects by up to a total of three levels. Collecting a balloon of another color cancels it out and replaces it with the new item.
===Adventure Mode===
[[File:Diddy Kong Racing Overworld.png|200px|thumb|The overworld for adventure mode.]]
Adventure mode is the main mode of the game. While exploring [[Timber's Island]], the players must find a number of [[Golden Balloon]]s to access various challenges and to defeat Wizpig. There is a total of five worlds that can be accessed from the main Timber's Island hub, and each has four main racetracks, a [[trophy]] championship, a boss track, and—aside from the last one—a special battle minigame. Different vehicles are sometimes required for different tracks, and the player can change them at any time by speaking with [[Taj]], located in the center of the Timber's Island map. Each of the smaller worlds, meanwhile, instead has [[T.T.]] walking around the hub, and he tells the player's progress when approached. If the players beats the boss of the world they are given the challenge of collecting eight silver coins in each course of that world and then win simultaneously. When the challenge is complete, the player faces the boss again. After beating the boss again, the racer receives a piece of [[Wizpig amulet]], and the player can participate in a world's Grand Prix mode, the [[Trophy Race]], which the boss even suggests. The player obtains a gold trophy if they win first place, a silver one for second place, and a bronze one for third place.
Golden Balloons can be found scattered on Timber's Island or won from races, either from tracks or from Taj on the island. All of the standard tracks have two Golden Balloons available: one from a standard race, and one from completing a [[Silver Coin]] collection challenge. The standard races must be completed first to race the world's boss, who then challenges the player to complete the Silver Coin races; after they are completed as well, the player can rematch the boss for a piece of the [[Wizpig amulet]]. The boss then challenges the player to complete the Trophy Race championship. Each of the first four worlds has a [[Wish Key|key]] hidden in one track that opens a gate to the respective world's battle minigame, which awards a piece of the [[T.T. amulet]].
When all four pieces of the Wizpig amulet are gathered, the player is able to race Wizpig in [[Wizpig's First Strike]], accessed by flying into the giant stone Wizpig mouth in the central hub. Upon losing, he throws a tantrum and retreats to his own planet, [[Future Fun Land]], which is accessed by driving to where the lighthouse used to be on the beach To race him again, the player must complete all races and Silver Coin challenges, requiring every Golden Balloon in the game, and collecting all four pieces of the T.T. amulet from the Challenge levels. The adventure is complete once Wizpig is defeated here.
====Taj's challenges====
[[File:DKR TajRace.png|thumb|left|TipTup racing Taj in a plane]]
After the player collects enough Golden Balloons in Adventure Mode, Taj will appear and challenge the player to a race in a specific vehicle. The player has to race Taj, who rides a flying carpet. The racetrack is marked with red flags showing the Nintendo 64 logo and the player has to follow them. If they leave the set track by too far a margin, they will be disqualified. After Taj is beaten, he will reward the player with another Golden Balloon. There are three different challenges and each of them can be repeated at any time after they have been unlocked (the player will only obtain one Golden Balloon per challenge however).
Car Challenge is a relatively easy race done in a car. This race goes around a dirt road right in front of Dino Domain and reaches into a tunnel. This should be very easy for the player because of Taj's slow movement.
Hovercraft Challenge is the second of Taj's races and is somewhat more difficult than the Car Challenge. The track is mostly in water and begins next to the bridge which leads to Dino Domain. In the race the player will hover into a waterfall that is on the far east of the river. Here, they will be in a cave leading to Snowflake Mountain and eventually fall down two small waterfalls taking them to the ocean. Going east will take the player back on shore where they need to go through a small tunnel leading to the finish line.
Plane Challenge is considered to be the hardest of Taj's three races and a plane is used in it. This race begins at the same place where the Car Challenge begins. From the start the player must fly up to the tunnel leading to Snowflake Mountain and then move east, going over a long river. From there, the player must glide to the beach and go east again. After going through a small tunnel, the player should end up at the finish line.
===Adventure Two Mode===
Adventure Two is played the same as the standard Adventure Mode, but harder. The balloons are silver, the tracks are flipped (very similar to [[Mirror Mode]] in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]), and the locations of the silver coins are different, often in hard to reach places. It is unlocked by defeating Wizpig at Future Fun Land in Adventure Mode.
===Tracks Mode===
Players can freely play all the race tracks unlocked. Tracks with a Taj symbol are completed tracks, and players can choose any vehicle that is compatible with the track. Tracks with a Wizpig symbol have not been cleared, and players will be unable to play that track at all. The tracks are listed in the order they appear in Trophy Races, not in the order they are unlocked in Adventure Mode. At the start of the game, only the first of the tracks (as ordered by the Trophy Race) can be played from each of the main four worlds. Time Trial mode is also accessed here, where the player needs to race to beat T.T.'s best times. This is optional in the main game, but it is required to unlock T.T. himself. Additionally, "magic codes" can be used to affect the game in various ways, with one being told to the player after they complete the adventure.
Trophy Races and Challenge levels are also accessible through Tracks mode, however players always use each track's default vehicle, regardless if a Taj symbol is present.
If Adventure Mode progress is deleted via the Save Options menu, the Tracks Mode also resets its status.


==Characters==
==Characters==
===Playable characters===
===Playable characters===
[[File:Character Selection DKR.png|thumb|All of ''Diddy Kong Racing''{{'}}s playable characters unlocked]]
There are 10 playable characters in ''Diddy Kong Racing'', with 8 available from the start and 2 being unlockable. All of these characters except [[Diddy Kong]] debut in this game. Some characters have discrepancies depending on the vehicle they use; [[Tiptup|TipTup]] and [[Pipsy]] have the same speed as Diddy on a car when they have 4 to 10 bananas and have the same speed as Diddy Kong on a hovercraft and an airplane, while [[T.T.]] has the same speed and acceleration as [[Krunch]] on an airplane.<ref>William5000000 (Feb 25, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkeqPxKQ_Tk ''Diddy Kong Racing'' - Character Stats]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 5, 2020.</ref>
There are 10 playable characters in ''Diddy Kong Racing'', with eight available from the start and two being unlockable. All of these characters except [[Diddy Kong]] debut in this game. Some characters have discrepancies depending on the vehicle they use; [[Tiptup|TipTup]] and [[Pipsy]] have the same speed as Diddy on a car when they have 4 to 10 bananas and have the same speed as Diddy on a hovercraft and a plane, while [[T.T.]] has the same speed and acceleration as [[Krunch]] on a plane.<ref>{{cite|author=William5000000|date=February 25, 2017|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkeqPxKQ_Tk|title=''Diddy Kong Racing'' - Character Stats|language=en|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 5, 2020}}</ref> This is the first game to introduce [[Banjo]], [[Tiptup|TipTup]] (later renamed Tiptup), and [[Conker]], three characters who appear in other [[Rare]] games with Banjo being one of the main characters in ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' and Tiptup appearing as a minor character, returning in the sequel ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Tooie|Banjo-Tooie]]''. Conker would appear in ''Conker's Pocket Tales'' and would've appeared in ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' until it was reworked into the adult-oriented title, ''Conker's Bad Fur Day''. Banjo and Conker would be removed in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'', replaced by [[Tiny Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] respectively. However, Tiptup still appears in both versions.
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====Default characters====
|-
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!colspan=4|Default characters
!Driver
|-
!Weight
!width=25% style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Krunch-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Krunch|white}}
!Acceleration
!width=25% style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Diddy-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Diddy Kong|white}}
!Turning
!width=25% style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Bumper-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Bumper (character)|white|Bumper}}
!Top speed
!width=25% style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Banjo-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Banjo|white}}
!class=unsortable|Bio
|-
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Krunch1.png|150px]]
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Diddy0.png|150px]]
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Bumper0.png|150px]]
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Banjo0.png|150px]]
|-
|align="center"|Weight group: Heavy
|align="center"|Weight group: Middle
|align="center"|Weight group: Middle
|align="center"|Weight group: Heavy
|-
|align="center"|Acceleration: 1/5
|align="center"|Acceleration: 3/5
|align="center"|Acceleration: 2.5/5
|align="center"|Acceleration: 2/5
|-
|align="center"|Turning: 1/5
|align="center"|Turning: 3/5
|align="center"|Turning: 2.5/5
|align="center"|Turning: 2/5
|-
|align="center"|Top Speed: 4/5
|align="center"|Top Speed: 2.5/5
|align="center"|Top Speed: 3/5
|align="center"|Top Speed: 3.5/5
|-
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Orange
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Blue
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Yellow
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Teal
|-
|align="center"|A [[Kremling]] spy sent to make sure Diddy and friends are not up to anything that could threaten the [[Kremling Krew]].
|align="center"|The main character, a small but heroic monkey from [[Donkey Kong Island]]. He comes to [[Timber's Island]] to help defeat [[Wizpig]].
|align="center"|An excitable badger who joined the adventure for the thrills.
|align="center"|A Honey Bear from [[jiggywikki:Spiral Mountain|Spiral Mountain]] who was recruited by [[Squawks]] into the adventure.
|-
!style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Conker-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Conker|white}}
!style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Tiptup-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Tiptup|white|TipTup}}
!style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Pipsy-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Pipsy|white}}
!style="background:burlywood" align="center"|[[File:Timber-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Timber|white}}
|-
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Conker DKR front art.png|150px]]
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Tiptup2.png|150px]]
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:pipsy0.png|150px]]
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Timber.png|150px]]
|-
|align="center"|Weight group: Middle
|align="center"|Weight group: Light
|align="center"|Weight group: Light
|align="center"|Weight group: Middle
|-
|align="center"|Acceleration: 2.5/5
|align="center"|Acceleration: 4.5/5
|align="center"|Acceleration: 5/5
|align="center"|Acceleration: 3/5
|-
|align="center"|Turning: 2.5/5
|align="center"|Turning: 4.5/5
|align="center"|Turning: 5/5
|align="center"|Turning: 2.5/5
|-
|align="center"|Top Speed: 3/5
|align="center"|Top Speed: 1.5/5
|align="center"|Top Speed: 1/5
|align="center"|Top Speed: 3/5
|-
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: White
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Cyan
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Pink
|align="center"|Vehicle Color: Green
|-
|align="center"|An adventurous squirrel who followed Banjo to the island.
|align="center"|A timid turtle who does not especially like racing, but joins his friends regardless.
|align="center"|A mouse who lost her home on the island due to Wizpig.
|align="center"|A tiger who is the son of the island's owners and an old friend of Diddy's. He asks for help when Wizpig invades.
|-
!colspan=4|Unlockable characters
|-
!style="background:burlywood" align="center" colspan=2|[[File:Drumstick-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|Drumstick (character)|white|Drumstick}}
!style="background:burlywood" align="center" colspan=2|[[File:TT-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color-link|T.T.|white}}
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Krunch|[[File:Krunch.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Krunch]]
|align="center" colspan=2 style="background:white"|[[File:DDR Drumstick.jpg|150px]]
|'''{{color|red|Heavy}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2 style="background:white"|[[File:TickTock.jpg|150px]]
|1/5
|1/5
|4/5
|align=left|"''Seeing Diddy Kong rush off so suddenly makes the Kremlings very suspicious, so Krunch goes bounding after him to make sure there aren't any anti-Kremling plots in the works. Diddy Kong, Timber and company don't exactly trust him, but Krunch insists he's only there to lend a hand...''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Diddy|[[File:Diddywave.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Diddy Kong]]
|align="center" colspan=2|To unlock:<br>The player must get all four Grand Prix trophies, which reveals a frog with a rooster crest in Timber's Island hub. The racer must run over it to return Drumstick to normal.
|'''{{color|green|Middle}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|To unlock:<br>Completing a course in time trials within a certain time, then racing on it again and beating T.T.'s ghost. This must be done for every course with any vehicle.
|3/5
|3/5
|2.5/5
|align=left|"''Regarded as a hero after all his adventures in Kong country, the young primate is a long-time friend of Timber and doesn't think twice about responding to his call for help. With his family tending to their guests, he even manages to sneak off without their interference.''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Bumper|[[File:Bumper DKR art.png|100px]]<br>[[Bumper (character)|Bumper]]
|align="center" colspan=2|Weight group: Heavy
|'''{{color|green|Middle}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|Weight group: Middle
|2.5/5
|2.5/5
|3/5
|align=left|"''Unlike most of his kind, Bumper the badger prefers speed and thrills to a quiet nocturnal lifestyle. He gets even more worked up than his friends when he realizes how much racing and excitement will be involved in the crusade against Wizpig...''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Banjo|[[File:Carbanjo.png|100px]]<br>[[Banjo]]
|align="center" colspan=2|Acceleration: 2/5
|'''{{color|red|Heavy}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|Acceleration: 5/5
|2/5
|2/5
|4/5
|align=left|"''Even before the start of his future partnership with Kazooie, Banjo isn't one to turn down the chance of an adventure. So when Squawks brings the message from his pal Diddy Kong, the Honey Bear stuffs a few things into his trusty backpack and takes to his heels.''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Conker|[[File:Conker the Squirrel DKR artwork.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Conker]]
|align="center" colspan=2|Turning: 1.5/5
|'''{{color|green|Middle}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|Turning: 2.5/5
|2.5/5
|2.5/5
|3/5
|align=left|"''Another friend made by Diddy Kong on one of his endless adventures with Donkey Kong, Conker is also an exploration nut who'll jump at any chance to break free of a squirrel's less than exciting daily routine. He's eager to join up with Banjo as the bear passes through.''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=TipTup|[[File:Hoveringtiptup.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Tiptup|TipTup]]
|align="center" colspan=2|Top Speed: 4.5/5
|'''{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|Top Speed: 5/5
|4.5/5
|4.5/5
|1.5/5
|align=left|"''TipTup the turtle is another member of the close group of animal friends, but because of his nervous (and maybe even slightly clumsy) nature, he's never been particularly fond of the racing that the others seem to like so much. Now, though, he doesn't seem to have much choice!''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Pipsy|[[File:Pipsycar.png|100px]]<br>[[Pipsy]]
|align="center" colspan=2|Vehicle Color: Red
|'''{{color|dodgerblue|Light}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|Vehicle Color: Silver
|5/5
|5/5
|1/5
|align=left|"''Evicted from her mountain home by the wicked Wizpig, Pipsy the mouse turns to her friends for help and gives them yet another reason to want the intruder out. She might seem delicate, but take her on in a race and you'll find that she's a lot tougher than she looks!''"
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Timber|[[File:Timber Plane DKR.png|100px]]<br>[[Timber]]
|align="center" colspan=2|A rooster who is the best racer on Timber's Island, he challenged Wizpig but ended up going missing.
|'''{{color|green|Middle}}'''
|align="center" colspan=2|A living stopwatch who normally act as a lobby guide for each of the worlds, an announcer, and the one who runs the various time challenges.
|3/5
|2.5/5
|3/5
|align=left|"''A playful young tiger, Timber has been left in charge of the island while his parents visit their old friends over in Kong Country. Desperate to get Wizpig out and everything else back to normal before they return, Timber rallies his friends to join up with Taj's resistance!''"
|}
|}
</center>


====Unlockable characters====
===Non-playable characters===
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"
A single non-playable ally appears in the game; the remainder of the non-playable cast are bosses.
!Driver
<center>
!Weight
{|class="dktable-brown"width=25%
!Acceleration
|-
!Turning
!{{color-link|Taj the Genie|white}}
!Top speed
|-
!class=unsortable|Bio
|align="center" style="background:white"|[[File:Taj the Genie.png|200x200px]]
!class=unsortable|Unlock requirements
|-
|align="center"|A magical Indian elephant and the legendary guardian of Timber's Island, he was last seen 50 years before. Wizpig evicted him from his home (and with it, his lamp), so he helps Diddy and friends in various ways, such as changing the vehicle type on request and presenting [[Golden Balloon]]s the player has earned. He also has a race against him around the hub world for each vehicle type.
|}
</center>
====Bosses====
''Diddy Kong Racing'' has five bosses, all of which are raced twice. The first four, the Island Guardians, have been enchanted by the final boss, [[Wizpig]], into racing on his behalf. For the Island Guardians, the only difference between the first and second race is a slight increase in difficulty, though Wizpig's races are completely different from each other. Each boss cheats by beginning before the starting countdown ends, with this becoming more and more obvious the further into the game it happens.
<center>
{|class="dktable-brown"width=65%
!colspan="12"style="background:#000000; color:white;"|<span style="background:teal;display:inline-block;">[[File:DKR Wizpig ghost alt.png|x25px|top|link=List of bosses]]</span> Bosses <span style="background:teal;display:inline-block;">[[File:DKR Wizpig ghost alt.png|x25px|top|link=List of bosses]]</span>
|-
!width=25%|{{color-link|Tricky the Triceratops|white}}
!width=25%|{{color-link|Bluey the Walrus|white}}
!width=25%|{{color-link|Bubbler the Octopus|white}}
!width=25%|{{color-link|Smokey the Dragon|white}}
|-
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:DKR Trickythetriceratops.png|150x150px]]
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Bluey Artwork - Diddy Kong Racing.png|150x150px]]
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Bubbler DKR.png|150x150px]]
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Smokey DKR.png|150x150px]]
|-
|align=center|[[Dino Domain]] - [[Car]]
|align=center|[[Snowflake Mountain]] - [[Hovercraft]]
|align=center|[[Sherbet Island]] - [[Hovercraft]]
|align=center|[[Dragon Forest]] - [[Plane]]
|-
|align=center|The first boss, Tricky races the player character up a spiraling mountain. Beyond constantly charging forward and potentially flattening the player, he has no special behavior. [[Boulder]]s occasionally travel down the mountain. In the second race, more boulders as well as falling pillars are added.
|align=center|The second boss, Bluey races on a jagged, icy, downhill ski slope full of trees to act as obstacles. As with Tricky, his only behavior is stampeding forward, though he does not squish the player character. In the second race, a few [[snowball]]s are added as further obstacles.
|align=center|The third boss, Bubbler swims three laps circling the sea around a small island, tossing explosive [[Floating Mine|mine]]s around him. In the second race, he instead launches giant bubbles that can trap the player character.
|align=center|The fourth boss, Smokey runs and flies three laps through a series of caves and fields. He attacks by spitting clouds of hot ash to be ran into. In the second race, he spits much more.
|-
!colspan="4"width=100%|{{color-link|Wizpig|white}}
|-
|colspan="2"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Wizpig.jpg|200x200px]]
|colspan="2"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Wizpig 2.png|200x200px]]
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Drumstick|[[File:Drumstick - Plane Artwork - Diddy Kong Racing.png|100px]]<br>[[Drumstick (character)|Drumstick]]
|colspan="2"width=50% align=center|[[Timber's Island]] - [[Car]]
|'''{{color|red|Heavy}}'''
|colspan="2"width=50% align=center|[[Future Fun Land]] - [[Plane]]
|2/5
|1.5/5
|4.5/5
|align=left|"''The most experienced racer on the island, Drumstick was the animals' best hope for getting rid of the intruder. Unfortunately, something seems to have gone wrong and he hasn't been seen since he went off to make a stand. Could he have fallen afoul of one of Wizpig's spells?''"
|align=left|The player must get all four Grand Prix trophies, which reveals a frog with a rooster crest in Timber's Island hub. The racer must run over it to return Drumstick to normal.
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=T.T.|[[File:TickTock.jpg|100px]]<br>[[T.T.]]
|colspan="2"align=center|The villain of the game, Wizpig is a giant sorcerous pig-man from outer space, an interstellar conqueror, and a racing-obsessed bully. During his race, he runs and floats three laps through a stormy flooded canyon. Once he is defeated, it appears the island is saved. However, he then crashes the victory celebration before taking off in his spaceship, leading to the final world.
|'''{{color|green|Middle}}'''
|colspan="2"align=center|Wizpig's second race takes place on his homeworld, where he rides on a giant silver rocket three laps around his kingdom. Many obstacles appear here, such as floating asteroids, random laser blasts, attacking spaceships, and giant arcs of electricity. Once he is defeated, his rocket goes out of control and sends him into deep space, stranding him on an asteroid. However, the ending implies he made it back to his ship.
|5/5
|2.5/5
|5/5
|align=left|"''Like Taj, the overseer of the racetracks is less than impressed with Wizpig's behavior, but in T.T.'s case, it's because the bully has sealed off his beloved courses. He can't do much on his own, but he's certainly willing to give the animals any help he can in their mission.''"
|align=left|The player must get good enough times around tracks in Time Trials mode to unlock T.T.'s ghost for each course, and then beat each.
|}
|}
</center>


===Other important characters===
==Vehicles==
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"
There are three different vehicles:
!Name
{|class="dktable-brown"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
!Bio
!Vehicle
!Description
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR Car.png|150px]]<br>[[Car]]
|The car is a simple-to-control vehicle, and it can drift. It is affected by off-road, however, and water slows it to a crawl.
|-
|-
|[[File:Taj Walking.png|100px]]<br>[[Taj]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|130px]]<br>[[Hovercraft]]
|align=left|"''Evicted from his mountain home and cut off from his lamp, this ancient Genie isn't exactly pleased with the despicable Wizpig. Now, he's in search of a champion racer to go up against the uninvited guest and hopefully teach him a lesson in manners!''"
|The hovercraft has slippery controls, requiring players to hop to turn. The hovercraft, however, is not affected by off-road, and it can ride on water and lava without losing speed.
|-
|-
|[[File:Wizpig.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Wizpig]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR Plane.png|130px]]<br>[[Plane]]
|align=left|"''The big bad bully himself, a spiteful space traveler who hops from planet to planet looking for good places to drop in and cause havoc until there's nothing left there to amuse him. Nobody's ever managed to kick him out before he got bored, but there has to be a first time...''"
|Planes can fly over any terrain. They can turn the most sharply and players can perform stunts with them. If players are hit by items or bump into obstacles, however, the plane crashes into the ground, losing speed and altitude, making them more costly than hits on a car or hovercraft.
|}
|}
{{br|left}}


==Worlds==
==Modes==
''Diddy Kong Racing'' contains twenty race tracks split between five worlds as well as five separate challenge levels. In Adventure Mode, players can access them by driving to specific areas marked with large doors, requiring a set amount of Golden Balloons to access them. In Track Mode, racers are able to choose what type of vehicle to bring into the race if available, which can affect the paths in the course they are able to take.
===Adventure Mode===
[[File:Diddy Kong Racing Overworld.png|200px|thumb|The overworld for adventure mode.]]
Adventure mode is the main mode of the game. Here, the players must find a number of golden balloons to defeat Wizpig. In order to find them, they must win races. After the players win all the races in one of the five worlds, they will race a boss. If the players beats the boss they will be given the challenge of collecting eight coins in each course and then win. When the challenge is complete, the player will face the boss again. After beating the boss again, the racer receives a piece of [[Wizpig amulet]], and the player can participate in a world's Grand Prix mode, the [[Trophy Race]], which the boss even suggests. The player obtains a gold trophy if they win first place, a silver one for second place, and a bronze one for third place.
 
===Adventure Two Mode===
Adventure Two is played the same as the standard Adventure Mode, but harder. The balloons are silver, the tracks are flipped (very similar to [[Mirror Mode]] in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]), and the locations of the silver coins are different, often in hard to reach places. It is unlocked by defeating Wizpig at Future Fun Land in Adventure Mode.
 
===Tracks Mode===
Players can freely play all the race tracks unlocked. Tracks with a Taj symbol are completed tracks, and players can choose any vehicle that is compatible with the track. Tracks with a Wizpig symbol have not been cleared, and players will be unable to play that track at all.
 
Trophy Races and Battle Stages are also accessible through Tracks mode, however players will always use each track's default vehicle, regardless if a Taj symbol is present.
 
==Types of races and other challenges==
===Normal races===
During standard races, eight characters travel three laps around the track in the same type of vehicle as each other. Each world has four standard race tracks, and a [[Golden Balloon]] is the prize for winning.
 
===Boss races===
Races against bosses are always one-on-one, and depending on the track layout may be three laps or a single end-to-end run. The four Island Guardians must be raced twice, once after each normal race and once after each Silver Coin challenge in their world is completed; winning the second race earns a piece of the [[Wizpig amulet|amulet]] needed to reach the first [[Wizpig]] race. Both Wizpig races lead to endings when completed.
 
===Silver Coin challenges===
Silver Coin challenges are much like normal races, except that the eight [[Silver Coin]]s scattered across the track must be collected before winning. Four the first four worlds, they are recommended after the boss is defeated the first time and are necessary to rematch them. In the final world, they are simply done after all the normal races with no boss race in between. As with normal races, a Golden Balloon is earned by beating them.
 
===Trophy races===
Trophy Races are a grand prix-style challenge where the player goes through all four of a world's normal tracks back-to-back (sometimes in an order different from unlocking), trying to get a higher ranking than the opponents. Winning within the top three earns a different trophy for each placement. Collecting a trophy in each of the first four worlds is necessary to reach the final world.
 
===Challenge Levels===
[[File:DKR BattleStageDoor.png|thumb|A key unlocks a door leading to a Challenge Level]]
Challenge Levels are challenges that appear in each of the four main worlds. Each world has a single Challenge Level that matches the world's theme, and has a unique objective and layout. Each Challenge Level's door can be unlocked by a [[Wish Key|key]] located a specific course of that world. The player obtains a part of the [[T.T. amulet]] when they win at a challenge.
 
===Taj's challenges===
[[File:DKR TajRace.png|thumb|left|TipTup racing Taj the Genie in a plane]]
After the player collects enough Golden Balloons in Adventure Mode, Taj the Genie will appear and challenge the player to a race in a specific vehicle. The player has to race Taj, who rides a flying carpet. The racetrack is marked with red flags showing the Nintendo 64 logo and the player has to follow them. If they leave the set track by too far a margin, they will be disqualified. After Taj is beaten, he will reward the player with another Golden Balloon. There are three different challenges and each of them can be repeated at any time after they have been unlocked (the player will only obtain one Golden Balloon per challenge however).
 
Car Challenge is a relatively easy race done in a car. This race goes around a dirt road right in front of Dino Domain and reaches into a tunnel. This should be very easy for the player because of Taj's slow movement.


Challenge levels are unlocked when players find hidden [[Wish Key|keys]] in one track of each world. Challenge levels involve players completing tasks in an arena-like map similar to the ''Mario Kart'' series' [[Battle Mode]], and in Adventure Mode, if they are won in, pieces of the [[T.T. amulet]] are rewarded. In addition, [[Trophy Race]]s are unlocked for each world after the second boss race has been cleared. These races are played consecutively with the four race tracks of each world, and players are awarded points for their standing, making it similar to Grand Prix modes of other racing games. Trophy Races feature harder AI racers than the single races. If the players get first place overall, they win a trophy depending on their placement, with third place being a bronze T.T. trophy, second being a silver Taj trophy, and first being a gold Wizpig trophy.
Hovercraft Challenge is the second of Taj's races and is somewhat more difficult than the Car Challenge. The track is mostly in water and begins next to the bridge which leads to Dino Domain. In the race the player will hover into a waterfall that is on the far east of the river. Here, they will be in a cave leading to Snowflake Mountain and eventually fall down two small waterfalls taking them to the ocean. Going east will take the player back on shore where they need to go through a small tunnel leading to the finish line.


Vehicle availability is marked as available ([[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]) and unavailable ([[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]). An asterisk (*) next to the check mark indicates that the player uses this vehicle in races in Adventure Mode and Trophy Race.
Plane Challenge is considered to be the hardest of Taj's three races and a plane is used in it. This race begins at the same place where the Car Challenge begins. From the start the player must fly up to the tunnel leading to Snowflake Mountain and then move east, going over a long river. From there, the player must glide to the beach and go east again. After going through a small tunnel, the player should end up at the finish line.
===Dino Domain===
{{br|left}}
The [[Dino Domain]] is a prehistoric area full of [[dinosaur]]s and [[pterodactyl]]s. It is accessed across the bridge in the central part of Timber's Island and requires one balloon to enter.
 
====Tracks====
==Tracks and progression==
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"width=70%
''Diddy Kong Racing'' contains twenty race tracks split between five worlds. In most races (marked with a check mark), racers are able to choose what type of vehicle to bring into the race, which can effect the paths in the course they are able to take. For some races, there are vehicles that are not able to be taken into it (marked with a red X). Every race also has a default vehicle type to use (marked with a D), which is usually the best type of vehicle to use for the race.
!Course
{|border="1"cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 align="center"style="background:#fdfffd"width=100% class="dktable-brown"
![[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
!colspan=8 style="background:#9C6936;color:white"align=center|<big>{{color-link|Timber's Island|#FFF8DC}} Areas</big>
![[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
|-
![[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
!colspan=8 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|Dino Domain|white}}
!class=unsortable|Unlock requirements
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Ancient Lake|[[File:DKR-AncientLake.png|200px]]<br>[[Ancient Lake]]
|colspan=8 style="background:#CFBB88"align=center|[[File:Dino Domain map.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|-
|colspan=8 style="background:wheat"align=center|A prehistoric area full of [[dinosaur]]s and [[pterodactyl]]s. It is accessed across the bridge in the central part of Timber's Island and requires one balloon to enter.
|-align=center
!width=5% style=background:#CFBB88|#
!width=28% style=background:#CFBB88|Track
!width=8% style=background:#CFBB88|Map
!width=24% style=background:#CFBB88 colspan=3|Vehicles
!width=24% style=background:#CFBB88|Unlock requirements
!width=11% style=background:#CFBB88|Rewards
|-align=center
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-AncientLake.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Ancient Lake]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Ancient Lake.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|1}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}, [[Wish Key|key]]
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|6}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|1}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|6}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|[[File:DKR-FossilCanyon.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Fossil Canyon]]'''
|data-sort-value=Fossil Canyon|[[File:DKR-FossilCanyon.png|200px]]<br>[[Fossil Canyon]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Fossil Canyon.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|2}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|7}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|7}}
|rowspan=2|3
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-JungleFalls.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Jungle Falls (Diddy Kong Racing)|Jungle Falls]]'''
|data-sort-value=Fossil Canyon|[[File:DKR-JungleFalls.png|200px]]<br>[[Jungle Falls (Diddy Kong Racing)|Jungle Falls]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Jungle Falls.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|3}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|8}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|3}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|8}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|4
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|[[File:DKR-HotTopVolcano.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Hot Top Volcano]]'''
|data-sort-value=Hot Top Volcano|[[File:DKR-HotTopVolcano.png|200px]]<br>[[Hot Top Volcano]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Hot Top Volcano.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|5}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|10}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|5}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|10}}
|rowspan=2|Boss
|}
|rowspan=2|[[File:Tricky1.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''[[Tricky's Course|Tricky the Triceratops]]'''
 
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Tricky the Triceratops.png]]
====Tricky Challenge====
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
!Boss
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
!Course
|First{{br}}All four default races complete
!Vehicle
|rowspan=2|Wizpig amulet piece
!Description
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|Second{{br}}All four Silver Coin Challenges complete
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|Challenge
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|[[File:DKR-FireMountain.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Fire Mountain (battle course)|Fire Mountain]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Fire Mountain.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|Dino Domain key
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|T.T. amulet piece
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|-align=center
|Trophy Race
|[[File:WizpigGoldStatue.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''Ancient Lake, Fossil Canyon, Jungle Falls, Hot Top Volcano'''
|N/A
|colspan=3|N/A
|2nd boss race complete
|Trophy
|-
|-
|[[File:DKR Trickythetriceratops.png|100px]]<br>[[Tricky]]
!colspan=8 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|Snowflake Mountain|white}}
|[[File:Tricky's Course DKR.png|200px]]<br>[[Tricky Challenge]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
|align=left|Tricky races the player character up a spiraling mountain. Beyond constantly charging forward and potentially flattening the player, he has no special behavior. [[Boulder]]s occasionally travel down the mountain. In the second race, more boulders as well as falling pillars are added.
|}
 
====Fire Mountain====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
!Course
!Vehicle
!Description
|-
|-
|[[File:DKR-FireMountain.png|200px]]<br>[[Fire Mountain (battle course)|Fire Mountain]]
|colspan=8 style="background:#CFBB88"align=center|[[File:Snowflake Mountain DKR map.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
|align=left|The objective of this challenge level is to obtain eggs from the central lava pit, carry them to their nest, and wait for the eggs to hatch. Other players may attempt to sabotage the effort by stealing eggs or using missiles against them. The first player who hatches three eggs wins.
|}
 
===Snowflake Mountain===
[[Snowflake Mountain]] is a snowy, Christmas-themed area. It is accessed from the frosty northeast corner of Timber's Island and requires two balloons to enter.
====Tracks====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"width=70%
!Course
![[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
![[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
![[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
!class=unsortable|Unlock requirements
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Everfrost Peak|[[File:DKR-EverfrostPeak.png|200px]]<br>[[Everfrost Peak]]
|colspan=8 style="background:wheat"align=center|A snowy, Christmas-themed area. It is accessed from the frosty northeast corner of Timber's Island and requires two balloons to enter.
|-align=center
!style=background:#CFBB88|#
!style=background:#CFBB88|Track
!style=background:#CFBB88|Map
!style=background:#CFBB88 colspan=3|Vehicles
!style=background:#CFBB88|Unlock requirements
!style=background:#CFBB88|Rewards
|-align=center
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-EverfrostPeak.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Everfrost Peak]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Everfrost Peak.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|2}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|10}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|10}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-WalrusCove.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Walrus Cove]]'''
|data-sort-value=Walrus Cove|[[File:DKR-WalrusCove.png|200px]]<br>[[Walrus Cove]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Walrus Cove.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|3}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|11}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|3}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|11}}
|rowspan=2|3
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-SnowballValley.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Snowball Valley]]'''
|data-sort-value=Snowball Valley|[[File:DKR-SnowballValley.png|200px]]<br>[[Snowball Valley]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Snowball Valley.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|6}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}, key
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|14}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|6}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|14}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|4
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-FrostyVillage.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Frosty Village]]'''
|data-sort-value=Snowball Valley|[[File:DKR-FrostyVillage.png|200px]]<br>[[Frosty Village]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Frosty Village.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|9}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|16}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|9}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|16}}
|rowspan=2|Boss
|}
|rowspan=2|[[File:Bluey2.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''[[Bluey's Course|Bluey the Walrus]]'''
 
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Bluey the Walrus.png]]
====Bluey Challenge====
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
!Boss
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
!Course
|First{{br}}All four default races complete
!Vehicle
|rowspan=2|Wizpig amulet piece
!Description
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|Second{{br}}All four Silver Coin Challenges complete
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|Challenge
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-IciclePyramid.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Icicle Pyramid]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Icicle Pyramid.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|Snowflake Mountain key
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|T.T. amulet piece
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|-align=center
|Trophy Race
|[[File:WizpigGoldStatue.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''Everfrost Peak, Walrus Cove, Snowball Valley, Frosty Village'''
|N/A
|colspan=3|N/A
|2nd boss race complete
|Trophy
|-
|-
|[[File:Bluey Artwork - Diddy Kong Racing.png|100px]]<br>[[Bluey]]
!colspan=8 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|Sherbet Island|white}}
|[[File:Bluey's Course.png|200px]]<br>[[Bluey Challenge]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
|align=left|Bluey races on a jagged, icy, downhill ski slope full of trees to act as obstacles. As with Tricky, his only behavior is stampeding forward, though he does not squish the player character. In the second race, a few [[snowball]]s are added as further obstacles.
|}
 
====Icicle Pyramid====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
!Course
!Vehicle
!Description
|-
|-
|[[File:DKR-IciclePyramid.png|200px]]<br>[[Icicle Pyramid]]
|colspan=8 style="background:#CFBB88"align=center|[[File:Sherbet Island DKR artwork.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
|align=left|The objective of this challenge level is to eliminate foes by using weapons against them. Bananas represent a drivers' health and if they run out, they are eliminated. The last player standing wins the challenge.
|}
 
===Sherbet Island===
[[Sherbet Island]] is an oceanside area extensively requiring the hovercraft. It is accessed from the small island to the east of Timber's Island and requires ten balloons to enter.
====Tracks====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"width=70%
!Course
![[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
![[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
![[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
!class=unsortable|Unlock requirements
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Whale Bay|[[File:DKR-WhaleBay.png|200px]]<br>[[Whale Bay]]
|colspan=8 style="background:wheat"align=center|An oceanside area extensively requiring the hovercraft. It is accessed from the small island to the east of Timber's Island and requires ten balloons to enter.
|-align=center
!style=background:#CFBB88|#
!style=background:#CFBB88|Track
!style=background:#CFBB88|Map
!style=background:#CFBB88 colspan=3|Vehicles
!style=background:#CFBB88|Unlock requirements
!style=background:#CFBB88|Rewards
|-align=center
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-WhaleBay.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Whale Bay]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Whale Bay.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|10}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|17}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|10}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|17}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|[[File:DKR-CrescentIsland.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Crescent Island]]'''
|data-sort-value=Crescent Island|[[File:DKR-CrescentIsland.png|200px]]<br>[[Crescent Island]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Crescent Island.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|11}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|{{DKR balloons|2}}, key
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|18}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|11}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|18}}
|rowspan=2|3
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-PirateLagoon.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Pirate Lagoon]]'''
|data-sort-value=Pirate Lagoon|[[File:DKR-PirateLagoon.png|200px]]<br>[[Pirate Lagoon]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Pirate Lagoon.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|13}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|20}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|13}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|20}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|4
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|[[File:DKR-TreasureCaves.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Treasure Caves]]'''
|data-sort-value=Pirate Lagoon|[[File:DKR-TreasureCaves.png|200px]]<br>[[Treasure Caves]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Treasure Caves.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|16}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|22}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|16}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|22}}
|rowspan=2|Boss
|}
|rowspan=2|[[File:Bubbler DKR art.jpg|x107px]]{{br}}'''[[Bubbler's Course|Bubbler the Octopus]]'''
 
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Bubbler the Octopus.png]]
====Bubbler Challenge====
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
!Boss
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
!Course
|First{{br}}All four default races complete
!Vehicle
|rowspan=2|Wizpig amulet piece
!Description
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|Second{{br}}All four Silver Coin Challenges complete
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|Challenge
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|[[File:DKR-DarkwaterBeach.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Darkwater Beach]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Darkwater Beach.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|Sherbet Island key
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF8DC"|T.T. amulet piece
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|-align=center
|Trophy Race
|[[File:WizpigGoldStatue.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''Whale Bay, Pirate Lagoon, Crescent Island, Treasure Caves'''
|N/A
|colspan=3|N/A
|2nd boss race complete
|Trophy
|-
|-
|[[File:Bubbler DKR.png|100px]]<br>[[Bubbler]]
!colspan=8 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|Dragon Forest|white}}
|[[File:Bubbler's Course.png|200px]]<br>[[Bubbler Challenge]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
|align=left|Bubbler swims three laps circling the sea around a small island, tossing explosive mines around him. In the second race, he instead launches giant bubbles that can trap the player character.
|}
 
====Darkwater Beach====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
!Course
!Vehicle
!Description
|-
|-
|[[File:DKR-DarkwaterBeach.png|200px]]<br>[[Darkwater Beach]]
|colspan=8 style="background:#CFBB88"align=center|[[File:Dragon Forest DKR map artwork.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
|align=left|The objective of this challenge level is to eliminate foes by using weapons against them. Bananas represent a drivers' health and if they run out, they are eliminated. The last player standing wins the challenge.
|}
 
===Dragon Forest===
[[Dragon Forest]] is a medieval countryside. It is accessed from behind a waterfall in the central part of Timber's Island and requires sixteen balloons to enter.
====Tracks====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"width=70%
!Course
![[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
![[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
![[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
!class=unsortable|Unlock requirements
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Windmill Plains|[[File:DKR-WindmillPlains.png|200px]]<br>[[Windmill Plains]]
|colspan=8 style="background:wheat"align=center|A medieval countryside. It is accessed from behind a waterfall in the central part of Timber's Island and requires sixteen balloons to enter.
|-align=center
!style=background:#CFBB88|#
!style=background:#CFBB88|Track
!style=background:#CFBB88|Map
!style=background:#CFBB88 colspan=3|Vehicles
!style=background:#CFBB88|Unlock requirements
!style=background:#CFBB88|Rewards
|-align=center
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-WindmillPlains.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Windmill Plains]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Windmill Plains.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|16}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|23}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|16}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|23}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-GreenwoodVillage.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Greenwood Village]]'''
|data-sort-value=Greenwood Village|[[File:DKR-GreenwoodVillage.png|200px]]<br>[[Greenwood Village]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Greenwood Village.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|17}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|24}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|17}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|24}}
|rowspan=2|3
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-BoulderCanyon.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Boulder Canyon]]'''
|data-sort-value=Boulder Canyon|[[File:DKR-BoulderCanyon.png|200px]]<br>[[Boulder Canyon]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Boulder Canyon.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|20}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}, key
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|30}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|20}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|30}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|4
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-HauntedWoods.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Haunted Woods]]'''
|data-sort-value=Haunted Woods|[[File:DKR-HauntedWoods.png|200px]]<br>[[Haunted Woods]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Haunted Woods.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|22}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|37}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|22}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|37}}
|rowspan=2|Boss
|}
|rowspan=2|[[File:Smokey.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''[[Smokey's Course|Smokey the Dragon]]'''
 
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Smokey the Dragon.png]]
====Smokey Challenge====
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
!Boss
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
!Course
|First{{br}}All four default races complete
!Vehicle
|rowspan=2|Wizpig amulet piece
!Description
|-align=center
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|Second{{br}}All four Silver Coin Challenges complete
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|Challenge
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-SmokeyCastle.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Smokey Castle]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Smokey Castle.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|Dragon Forest key
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|T.T. amulet piece
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|-align=center
|Trophy Race
|[[File:WizpigGoldStatue.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''Boulder Canyon, Greenwood Village, Windmill Plains, Haunted Woods'''
|N/A
|colspan=3|N/A
|2nd boss race complete
|Trophy
|-
!colspan=8 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|Timber's Island|white}}
|-
|-
|[[File:Smokey DKR.png|100px]]<br>[[Smokey]]
|colspan=8 style="background:wheat"align=center|Once the player has obtained the full [[Wizpig amulet]] by beating all four Island Guardians twice, the giant Wizpig carving in the central part of Timber's Island opens, leading to the race against Wizpig himself.
|[[File:Smokey's Course.png|200px]]<br>[[Smokey Challenge]]
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
!style=background:#CFBB88|#
|align=left|Smokey runs and flies three laps through a series of caves and fields. He attacks by spitting clouds of hot ash to be ran into. In the second race, he spits much more. 
!style=background:#CFBB88|Track
|}
!style=background:#CFBB88|Map
 
!style=background:#CFBB88 colspan=3|Vehicles
====Smokey Castle====
!style=background:#CFBB88|Unlock requirements
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
!style=background:#CFBB88|Rewards
!Course
|-align=center
!Vehicle
|rowspan=2|Boss
!Description
|rowspan=2|[[File:Wizpig.jpg|x107px]]{{br}}'''[[Wizpig's First Strike]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Wizpig's First Strike.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|rowspan=2|All four pieces of the [[Wizpig amulet]]
|rowspan=2|Ending 1
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|-
|-
|[[File:DKR-SmokeyCastle.png|200px]]<br>[[Smokey Castle]]
!colspan=8 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|Future Fun Land|white}}
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
|align=left|The objective of this challenge level is to collect bananas and store them in large treasure chests in the central area. Players can disrupt other players' efforts by using weapons against each other. The first racer who puts ten bananas in their treasure chest wins.
|}
 
===Wizpig Head===
After the Wizpig amulet has been completed by obtaining all four pieces, players can face off against Wizpig for the first time in Timber's Island. His boss fight can be accessed by flying into the mouth of the giant stone Wizpig head, which will now be open.
====Wizpig's First Strike====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
!Boss
!Course
!Vehicle
!Description
|-
|-
|[[File:Wizpig.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Wizpig]]
|colspan=8 style="background:#CFBB88"align=center|[[File:Future Fun Land DKR map.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:Wizpig's First Strike.png|200px]]<br>[[Wizpig's First Strike]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
|align=left|Wizpig's first race takes place on a stormy road, where he runs on foot three laps around the circuit. Water is the primary obstacle here, and the player needs to make use of various Zippers to drive through the terrain.
|}
 
===Future Fun Land===
[[Future Fun Land]] is Wizpig's homeworld, accessed from the lighthouse in the southeastern corner of Timber's Island. To reach it, the player needs to complete the four previous trophy races in a high enough position to earn a trophy in each, then approach the sign near the lighthouse after Wizpig's first race has been beaten. Future Fun Land is the only world in the game that does not have a challenge level.
====Tracks====
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk sortable"width=70%
!Course
![[File:Car DKR art.png|76x38px|Car|link=Car]]<br>Car
![[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|76x38px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]<br>Hovercraft
![[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
!class=unsortable|Unlock requirements
|-
|-
|data-sort-value=Spacedust Alley|[[File:DKR-SpacedustAlley.png|200px]]<br>[[Spacedust Alley]]
|colspan=8 style="background:wheat"align=center|Wizpig's homeworld, accessed from the lighthouse in the southeastern corner of Timber's Island. To reach it, the player needs to complete the four previous trophy races in a high enough position to earn a trophy in each, then approach the sign near the lighthouse after Wizpig's first race has been beaten.
|-align=center
!style=background:#CFBB88|#
!style=background:#CFBB88|Track
!style=background:#CFBB88|Map
!style=background:#CFBB88 colspan=3|Vehicles
!style=background:#CFBB88|Unlock requirements
!style=background:#CFBB88|Rewards
|-align=center
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-SpacedustAlley.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Spacedust Alley]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Spacedust Alley.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|39}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|43}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|39}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|43}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-DarkmoonCaverns.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Darkmoon Caverns]]'''
|data-sort-value=Darkmoon Caverns|[[File:DKR-DarkmoonCaverns.png|200px]]<br>[[Darkmoon Caverns]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Darkmoon Caverns.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|40}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|44}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|40}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|44}}
|rowspan=2|3
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:DKR-SpaceportAlpha.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Spaceport Alpha]]'''
|data-sort-value=Spaceport Alpha|[[File:DKR-SpaceportAlpha.png|200px]]<br>[[Spaceport Alpha]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Spaceport Alpha.png]]
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|41}}
|rowspan=2|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|45}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|41}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|45}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|4
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|[[File:DKR-StarCity.png|150px]]{{br}}'''[[Star City]]'''
|data-sort-value=Spaceport Alpha|[[File:DKR-StarCity.png|200px]]<br>[[Star City]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BE9966"|[[File:DKR Map Star City.png]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]*
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
|Default{{br}}{{DKR balloons|42}}
|rowspan=2 style="background:wheat"|{{DKR balloons|2}}
|-align=center
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|[[File:Check mark.svg|x27px|Yes]]
|
|Silver Coin Challenge{{br}}{{DKR balloons|46}}
*Default: {{DKR balloons|42}}
|-align=center
*Silver Coin Challenge: {{DKR balloons|46}}
|rowspan=2|Boss
|}
|rowspan=2|[[File:Wizpig 2.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''[[Wizpig Strikes Back]]'''
 
|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFBB88"|[[File:DKR Map Wizpig Strikes Back.png]]
====Wizpig Strikes Back====
|[[File:Car DKR art.png|82x40px|Car|link=Car]]
{|style="text-align:center"class="wikitable dk"width=70%
|[[File:DKR Hovercraft.png|82x40px|Hovercraft|link=Hovercraft]]
!Boss
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|82x40px|Plane|link=Plane]]
!Course
|rowspan=2|All 4 pieces of the [[T.T. amulet]] and all four Silver Coin Challenges complete
!Vehicle
|rowspan=2|Ending 2
!Description
|-align=center
|-
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:Wizpig 2.png|100px]]<br>[[Wizpig]]
|[[File:X mark.svg|x27px|No]]
|[[File:Wizpig Strikes Back.png|200px]]<br>[[Wizpig Strikes Back]]
|[[File:DKR D.png|Default]]
|[[File:DKR Plane.png|76x38px|Plane|link=Plane]]<br>Plane
|-align=center
|align=left|Wizpig's second race takes place on his homeworld, where he rides on a giant silver rocket three laps around his kingdom. Many obstacles appear here, such as floating asteroids, random laser blasts, attacking spaceships, and giant arcs of electricity.
|style="background:wheat"|Trophy Race
|}
|style="background:wheat"|[[File:WizpigGoldStatue.png|x107px]]{{br}}'''Spacedust Alley, Darkmoon Caverns, Star City, Spaceport Alpha'''
 
|style="background:wheat"|N/A
===Staff ghosts===
|colspan=3 style="background:wheat"|N/A
{|class="wikitable dk"style="text-align:center"
|style="background:wheat"|Boss race complete
|-
|style="background:wheat"|Trophy
!colspan=3 style="background:saddlebrown; color:white"|[[File:TT-CSS-DKR.png]]<br>{{color link|white|T.T.}}'s ghosts
|-
!Course
!Unlock time
!Ghost time
|-
|[[Ancient Lake]]
|1:07.00
|1:01.28
|-
|[[Fossil Canyon]]
|1:37.00
|1:30.16
|-
|[[Jungle Falls (Diddy Kong Racing)|Jungle Falls]]
|1:08.00
|1:02.50
|-
|[[Hot Top Volcano]]
|1:35.00
|1:30.71
|-
|[[Everfrost Peak]]
|1:53.00
|1:48.00
|-
|[[Walrus Cove]]
|2:10.00
|2:06.28
|-
|[[Snowball Valley]]
|1:13.00
|1:06.41
|-
|[[Frosty Village]]
|1:44.00
|1:39.40
|-
|[[Whale Bay]]
|1:19.00
|1:13.11
|-
|[[Pirate Lagoon]]
|1:34.00
|1:28.56
|-
|[[Crescent Island]]
|1:39.00
|1:33.16
|-
|[[Treasure Caves]]
|1:10.00
|1:05.63
|-
|[[Boulder Canyon]]
|2:11.00
|2:02.35
|-
|[[Greenwood Village]]
|1.46:00
|1:40.61
|-
|[[Windmill Plains]]
|2:22.00
|2:13.13
|-
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|1:22.00
|1:09.51
|-
|[[Spacedust Alley]]
|2:12.00
|2:06.16
|-
|[[Darkmoon Caverns]]
|2:20.00
|2:12.05
|-
|[[Star City]]
|2:07.00
|2:01.45
|-
|[[Spaceport Alpha]]
|2:16.00
|2:09.03
|}
|}


==Items and objects==
==Items and objects==
{|class="wikitable dk"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
{|class="dktable-brown"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
!width=20%|Item/object
!width=20%|Item/object
!Description
!Description
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR Banana.png]]<br>[[Banana]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR Banana.png]]<br>[[Banana]]
|Bananas are scattered in every course. By collecting them, the player is able to increase the top-speed of his or her vehicle until the banana counter reaches ten (with the exception of the VITAMINB magic code that enables bananas to infinitely boost any character's top speed). After that, the bananas do not affect the vehicle any further. If players get hit (by a level 1-3 red balloon or level 2-3 green balloon), they lose some bananas. Additionally, bananas play a key role in the battle games of Icicle Pyramid and Darkwater Beach, where they act as the player's life gauge, and in Smokey Castle, where they need to be collected and stored in a treasure chest. If the BOGUSBANANAS magic code is in use, bananas will reduce speed rather than increase it.
|Bananas are scattered in every course. By collecting them, the player is able to increase the top-speed of his or her vehicle until the banana counter reaches ten. After that, the bananas do not affect the vehicle any further. If players get hit, they lose some bananas. Additionally, bananas play a key role in the battle games of Icicle Pyramid and Darkwater Beach, where they act as the player's life gauge, and in Smokey Castle, where they need to be collected and stored in a treasure chest.
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR Egg.png]]<br>Egg
|align=center|[[File:DKR Egg.png]]<br>Egg
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|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR Flag.png]]<br>Flag
|align=center|[[File:DKR Flag.png]]<br>Flag
|Flags mark the path around [[Timber's Island]] during [[Taj]]'s races.
|Flags mark the path around [[Timber's Island]] during [[Taj the Genie|Taj]]'s races.
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:Golden Balloon DKR64.png]] [[File:Silver Balloon DKR64.png]] <br>[[Golden Balloon|Golden Balloon / Silver Balloon]]
|align=center|[[File:Golden Balloon DKR64.png]]<br>[[Golden Balloon]]
|Golden Balloons are the key items in the game. The player must collect a specified amount access each course and world. After the player's character wins at a race, [[Taj]] gives them a Golden Balloon. A total of 47 Golden Balloons appear in the game. In Adventure Two, they are replaced by Silver Balloons, which function identically in this Adventure, differing only in physical appearance.
|Golden Balloons are the key items in the game. The player must collect a specified amount access each course and world. After the player's character wins at a race, [[Taj]] gives them a Golden Balloon. A total of 47 Golden Balloons appear in the game.
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR Wish Key model.png|40px]]<br>[[Wish Key|Key]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR Wish Key model.png|40px]]<br>[[Wish Key|Key]]
|The game features four keys. One is hidden in a race course of each world. Their purpose is to unlock the door to the Challenge level in the corresponding world's hub, where the racer can compete against CPUs or other players. A key appears in [[Ancient Lake]] of the [[Dino Domain]], [[Snowball Valley]] of [[Snowflake Mountain]], [[Crescent Island]] of [[Sherbet Island]], and, lastly, [[Boulder Canyon]] of [[Dragon Forest]].
|The game features four keys. One is hidden in a race course of each world. Their purpose is to unlock the door to the Challenge Level in the corresponding world's hub, where the racer can compete against CPUs or other players. A key appears in [[Ancient Lake]] of [[Dino Domain]], [[Snowball Valley]] of [[Snowflake Mountain]], [[Crescent Island]] of [[Sherbet Island]], and lastly, [[Boulder Canyon]] of [[Dragon Forest]].
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR Silver Coin.png]]<br>[[Silver Coin]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR Silver Coin.png]]<br>[[Silver Coin]]
|Eight Silver Coins appear in each standard race course for their Coin Challenges.
|Eight Silver Coins appear in each standard race rourse for their Coin Challenges.
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:Zipper Ground DKRDS.png|75px]] [[File:DKR Zipper hovercraft model.png|75px]] [[File:DKR Zipper plane model.png|75px]]<br>[[Dash Panel|Zipper]]
|align=center|[[File:Zipper Ground DKRDS.png|75px]] [[File:DKR Zipper hovercraft model.png|75px]] [[File:DKR Zipper plane model.png|75px]]<br>[[Dash Panel|Zipper]]
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During the challenges on the different race tracks throughout the game the player can find these [[Weapon Balloon]]s on the track. Similar to the [[Item Box]]es of the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]], these objects will give the player an Item when they break them. There are five different types of Weapon Balloons, each with a unique color and a specific type of Item. A special feature of the Weapon Balloons is their ability to power up, meaning that the player will receive stronger items if they collect more balloons of one color. An item can be upgraded two times, making a total of three items obtainable from one type of balloon.
During the challenges on the different race tracks throughout the game the player can find these [[Weapon Balloon]]s on the track. Similar to the [[Item Box]]es of the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]], these objects will give the player an Item when they break them. There are five different types of Weapon Balloons, each with a unique color and a specific type of Item. A special feature of the Weapon Balloons is their ability to power up, meaning that the player will receive stronger items if they collect more balloons of one color. An item can be upgraded two times, making a total of three items obtainable from one type of balloon.
{{br}}
{{br}}
{|class="wikitable dk"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
{|class="dktable-brown"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
|-  
|-  
!rowspan="2" style="width:19%"|Type of Balloon
!rowspan="2" style="width:19%"|Type of Balloon
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===Special rewards===
===Special rewards===
{|class="wikitable dk"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
{|class="dktable-brown"style="vertical-align:center;width:85%;margin:auto"
!width=15%|Reward
!width=15%|Reward
!Description
!Description
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:DKR TrophyRaceTrophy.png|160px]]<br>[[Trophy Race#Trophies|Trophy]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR TrophyRaceTrophy.png|160px]]<br>[[Trophy Race#Trophies|Trophy]]
|Trophies can be gained by placing high enough in a world's [[Trophy Race]], racing through the world's four tracks back-to-back to accumulate the most points. First place earns a golden [[Wizpig]] trophy, second place earns a silver [[Taj]] trophy, and third place earns a bronze [[T.T.]] trophy. Four trophies are needed to access [[Future Fun Land]].
|Trophies can be gained by placing high enough in a world's [[Trophy Race]], racing through the world's four tracks back-to-back to accumulate the most points. First place earns a golden [[Wizpig]] trophy, second place earns a silver [[Taj the Genie]] trophy, and third place earns a bronze [[T.T.]] trophy.
|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:Wizpig Amulet.png|160px]]<br>[[Wizpig amulet]]
|align=center|[[File:Wizpig Amulet.png|160px]]<br>[[Wizpig amulet]]
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|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:TT Amulet.png|160px]]<br>[[T.T. amulet]]
|align=center|[[File:TT Amulet.png|160px]]<br>[[T.T. amulet]]
|One fourth of the T.T. amulet can be found by beating each of the four Challenge levels around the island. Collecting them all is needed to open [[Wizpig Strikes Back]].
|One fourth of the T.T. amulet can be found by beating each of the four Challenge Levels around the island. Collecting them all is needed to open [[Wizpig Strikes Back]].
|}
|}


==Magic Codes==
==Magic Codes==
[[File:Magic Codes Menu DKR.png|thumb|200px|The Magic Codes menu.]]
[[File:Magic Codes Menu DKR.png|thumb|200px|The Magic Codes menu.]]
[[Cheat code#Diddy Kong Racing|Magic Code]]s are game cheats, always accessible in the options menu. These cheats mostly alter only the tracks mode rather than the Adventure mode, while some others do miscellaneous tasks such as allowing players to listen to music in the game. At the end of the game credits, a random magic code is given to players. The "Clear All Codes" option only deletes the codes from the Code List that the player has entered; the ones that are earned from progression, such as "Control Drumstick," do not get deleted.
[[Cheat code#Diddy Kong Racing|Magic Code]]s are game cheats, always accessible in the options menu. These cheats mostly alter only the tracks mode rather than the Adventure mode, while some others do miscellaneous tasks such as allowing players to listen to music in the game. At the end of the game credits, a random magic code is given to players.
{|class="wikitable dk"width=40%
{|class="dktable-brown"width=40%
|-
|-
!Code
!Code
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|-
|-
|ARNOLD
|ARNOLD
|Large players (code is named after {{wp|Arnold Schwarzenegger}})
|Large players
|-
|-
|BLABBERMOUTH
|BLABBERMOUTH
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|-
|-
|EOLAOBFENRLONE
|EOLAOBFENRLONE
|Free balloon (code is an anagram of "one free balloon")
|Free balloon
|-
|-
|EPC
|EPC
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|-
|-
|TOXICOFFENDER
|TOXICOFFENDER
|All balloons are green (code is named after ''{{wp|The Toxic Avenger (1984 film)|The Toxic Avenger}}'')
|All balloons are green
|-
|-
|VITAMINB
|VITAMINB
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|caption2=Japan
|caption2=Japan
}}
}}
The Japanese version of ''Diddy Kong Racing'' redesigned the [[font]] for the English text. One example is the start-up screen for the Rareware logo, which uses a different and larger font for the copyright information.
The Japanese version of ''Diddy Kong Racing'' redesigned the font for the English text. One example is the start-up screen for the Rareware logo, which uses a different and larger font for the copyright information.
{{multiple image
{{multiple image
|align=center
|align=center
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==Development==
==Development==
[[File:Diddy-kong-racing-beta-01.jpg|thumb|100px|A mammoth character repurposed from the RTS build.]]
[[File:Diddy-kong-racing-beta-01.jpg|thumb|100px|A mammoth character repurposed from the RTS build.]]
''Diddy Kong Racing'' found its root in a short-lived prototype. According to Lead Designer Lee Schuneman, a team of four at [[Rareware]] was developing a caveman/time travel-themed real time strategy game for the [[Nintendo 64]]<ref name=GamesTM>{{cite|title=''GamesTM'', Issue 79 - "Behind the Scenes of Diddy Kong Racing"|publisher=GamesTM|date=January 2009}}</ref>; however, the idea was quickly abandoned and the developers decided to create a "fun" racing game named ''Wild Cartoon Kingdom'' using assets from the canceled RTS (3D artist Lee Musgrave denies, however, that the two projects were ever related).<ref name="makingof"/>
''Diddy Kong Racing'' found its root in a short-lived prototype. According to Lead Designer Lee Schuneman, a team of four at [[Rareware]] was developing a caveman/time travel-themed real time strategy game for the [[Nintendo 64]]<ref name="GamesTM">''GamesTM'', Issue 79, ''Behind the Scenes of Diddy Kong Racing''</ref>; however, the idea was quickly abandoned and the developers decided to create a "fun" racing game named ''Wild Cartoon Kingdom'' using assets from the canceled RTS (3D artist Lee Musgrave denies, however, that the two projects were ever related).<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/month_of_kong_the_making_of_diddy_kong_racing Nintendo Life: Month Of Kong: The Making Of ''Diddy Kong Racing'']</ref>


The racing aspect was heavily inspired by ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' while the concept of an "adventure" mode  was inspired by {{wp|Disney World}} according to Schumenam.<ref name=GamesTM/> The initial concept featured a hub world based on theme parks.  Development was initially slow until a larger team was brought in to help accelerate the project, and the game was renamed to ''Adventure Racers''.
The racing aspect was heavily inspired by ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' while the concept of an "adventure" mode  was inspired by {{wp|Disney World}} according to Schumenam.<ref name="GamesTM" /> The initial concept featured a hub world based on theme parks.  Development was initially slow until a larger team was brought in to help accelerate the project, and the game was renamed to ''Adventure Racers''.
 
The project was renamed ''Pro Am 64'' (in reference to Rare's [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] hit ''{{wp|R.C. Pro-Am|R.C. Pro-AM}}'') later in development and briefly featured the characters using three-wheeled {{wp|trike}}-like vehicles.<ref name="GamesTM" /> The game was demoed to [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] in June 1997, who approved of it and suggested that it should feature [[Diddy Kong]].<ref name="GamesTM" /> The development team initially hated the idea,<ref name="GamesTM" /> but eventually agreed with Miyamoto's suggestion as featuring Diddy Kong brought stronger marketing from [[Nintendo]] and greater visibility to the game due to the popularity of the ''Donkey Kong'' brand.


The project was renamed ''Pro Am 64'' (in reference to Rare's [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] hit ''{{wp|R.C. Pro-Am|R.C. Pro-AM}}'') later in development and briefly featured the characters using three-wheeled {{wp|trike}}-like vehicles.<ref name=GamesTM/> The game was demoed to [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] in June 1997, who approved of it and suggested that it should feature [[Diddy Kong]].<ref name=GamesTM/> The development team initially hated the idea,<ref name=GamesTM/> but eventually agreed with Miyamoto's suggestion as featuring Diddy Kong brought stronger marketing from [[Nintendo]] and greater visibility to the game due to the popularity of the ''Donkey Kong'' brand.
===Pre-release and unused content===
===Pre-release and unused content===
{{main|List of Diddy Kong Racing pre-release and unused content}}
{{main|List of Diddy Kong Racing pre-release and unused content}}
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==Reception==
==Reception==
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|align="left"|"''Diddy Kong Racing is a game that shouldn't have been released for at least another six months. The foul taste left behind by Mario Kart 64 is still too fresh in my mind to accept a game as similar as this, even though this is a much better game than [[Mario Kart 64|Kart 64]] ever was. Also, the game could have used a few more worlds and more tracks, as the repetitiveness of DKR is what ultimately kills it.'"
|align="left"|"''Diddy Kong Racing is a game that shouldn't have been released for at least another six months. The foul taste left behind by Mario Kart 64 is still too fresh in my mind to accept a game as similar as this, even though this is a much better game than [[Mario Kart 64|Kart 64]] ever was. Also, the game could have used a few more worlds and more tracks, as the repetitiveness of DKR is what ultimately kills it.'"
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==Canceled sequels==
==Canceled sequels==
Owing to the game's success, numerous attempts at sequels were made. However, each ended up canceled due to [[Rare]]'s sale to {{wp|Microsoft}} in 2002, among other reasons.
Owing to the game's success, numerous attempts at sequels were made. However, each ended up canceled due to [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]]'s sale to {{wp|Microsoft}} in 2002, among other reasons.
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!Game
!Game
!Description
!Description
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<gallery>
<gallery>
Diddy car.jpg|[[Diddy Kong]]
Diddy car.jpg|[[Diddy Kong]]
Banjo DKR art.jpg|[[Banjo]]
Carbanjo.png|[[Banjo]]
DKR Conker artwork.png|[[Conker]]
Conker the Squirrel DKR artwork.jpg|[[Conker]]
Timber Hovercraft DKR.png|[[Timber]]
Timber Plane DKR.png|[[Timber]]
CarTiptup.jpg|[[Tiptup|TipTup]]
Hoveringtiptup.jpg|[[Tiptup|TipTup]]
Taj the Genie.png|[[Taj]]
Taj Walking.png|[[Taj the Genie]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
{{main|List of Diddy Kong Racing quotes}}
{{main|List of Diddy Kong Racing quotes}}
==Glitches==
{{main|List of Diddy Kong Racing glitches}}


==Media==
==Media==
{{media missing|more=yes|section=yes|More music samples}}
{{more media|section=yes|More music samples}}
{{main-media|List of Diddy Kong Racing media}}
{{media table
{{media table
|file1=DK (Diddy Kong Racing).oga
|file1=DK (Diddy Kong Racing).oga
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==References in later games==
==References in later games==
*''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'': The [[Kritter]]s in this game are physically similar to [[Krunch]].
*''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'': The [[Kritter]]s in this game are physically similar to [[Krunch]].
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)]]'': Krunch's sound effects were reused at a different pitch for [[Kritter]], as was Diddy's.
*''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2001)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'': Krunch's sound effects were reused, as was Diddy's. T.T.'s voice is also used.
*''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)]]'': Krunch's sound effects were reused for [[Kannon]], as was Diddy's.
*''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'': [[Dino Dino Jungle]], internally considered Diddy's course, seems to take several cues from [[Dino Domain]].
*''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)]]'': Krunch's sound effects were reused for [[Rekoil]], as was Diddy's.
*''[[DK: King of Swing]]'': Diddy's sound effects were reused.


==Staff==
==Staff==
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ディディーコングレーシング
|Jap=ディディーコングレーシング
|JpnR=Didī Kongu Rēshingu
|JapR=Didī Kongu Rēshingu
|JpnM=Diddy Kong Racing
|JapM=Diddy Kong Racing
|Kor=디디콩 레이싱
|KorR=Didikong Reising
|KorM=
|Chi=迪迪剛的赛车
|ChiR=Dídí Gāng Desàichē
|ChiM=
|Fra=Diddy Kong Racing
}}
}}


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==External links==
==External links==
{{NIWA|StrategyWiki=1}}
{{NIWA|StrategyWiki=1}}
{{TCRF}}
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_ndyj/index.html Japanese site]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_ndyj/index.html Japanese site]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-64/Diddy-Kong-Racing-269448.html Nintendo UK site]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-64/Diddy-Kong-Racing-269448.html Nintendo UK site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19981203020725/http://www.dkr.com/ North American site (Archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19981203020725/http://www.dkr.com/ North American site (Archived)]
{{DKR}}
{{DKR}}
{{Donkey Kong games}}
{{Donkey Kong games}}
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[[Category:1997 games]]
[[Category:Player's Choice]]
[[Category:Player's Choice]]
[[Category:Rare Ltd. games]]
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[[it:Diddy Kong Racing]]

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