Editing Diddy Kong Racing DS

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'''''Diddy Kong Racing DS''''', also referred to as '''''Diddy Kong Racing''''',<ref>''The name given to the game on its icon on the Nintendo DS menu.''</ref> is a [[Genre#Racing|racing]] game for the [[Nintendo DS]]. It is a [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] of the [[Nintendo 64]] game ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''. ''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' is [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]]'s first Nintendo DS game. This game adds online multiplayer via [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]].

Due to Rare's acquisition by {{wp|Microsoft}}, [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]] were replaced by [[Tiny Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] respectively, although [[Tiptup]] was kept in the game, despite his appearances in several ''Banjo-Kazooie'' games. [[Nintendo]] owns the copyright to the original ''Diddy Kong Racing'' game code and Microsoft had never entered the handheld gaming market, therefore allowing Rare to work on the game with Nintendo for the DS. This is the final game created by Rare to feature a character from a Nintendo franchise.

When [[List of implied characters#The Tigers|his parents]] go on vacation, [[Timber]] is left to care for the family island, [[Timber's Island]]. Unfortunately, an evil pig wizard, named [[Wizpig]], invades the island and brainwashes [[Tricky]], [[Bluey]], [[Bubbler]], and [[Smokey]] to be his lieutenants. One of the island's fastest racers, [[Drumstick (character)|Drumstick]], challenges Wizpig to a race, only to disappear without a trace after doing so. In desperation, Timber, along with his friends [[Tiptup]], [[Pipsy]], and [[Bumper (character)|Bumper]], sends a letter to his friend [[Diddy Kong]] via [[Squawks the Parrot|Squawks]], asking for help. Accepting Timber's plea, Diddy calls [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Tiny Kong]] to assist him. [[Krunch]], a [[Kremling Krew]] spy, sets off to Timber's Island following the Kongs, attempting to figure out what they are up to and to bring that information to [[King K. Rool]].

Following Wizpig to his home planet, [[Future Fun Land]], Diddy Kong and his friends manage to get past all of Wizpig's challenges and get a rematch with the rocket-riding Wizpig. After another race, Wizpig is beaten and his rocket malfunctions, causing it to crash into a deserted planet. Wizpig is stranded, but he mentions that he shall return sometime.

''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' features a total of twelve racers, four of which are unlockable. The racers' stats vary in three major categories: speed, acceleration, and handling. Eight of the racers, Diddy Kong, Tiptup, Pipsy, Bumper, Timber, Krunch, T.T., and Drumstick, are all available as racers in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''. Taj and Wizpig are in the original ''Diddy Kong Racing'', but are not playable characters. [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]] were replaced with Tiny and Dixie Kong respectively.  

 

!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Pipsy.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|yellow|Pipsy}}}}</big>

!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:PipsyDS.png|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Diddy.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|crimson|Diddy Kong}}}}</big>

!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS Diddy Kong.jpg|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Dixie.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|magenta|Dixie Kong}}}}</big>

!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS Dixie art.jpg|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Tiny.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|cyan|Tiny Kong}}}}</big>

!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:Tiny Kong DKRDS.jpg|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Timber.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|goldenrod|Timber}}}}</big>

!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:Timber in Plane DKRDS.jpg|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:Bumper DKRDS art.jpg|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Krunch.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|greenyellow|Krunch}}}}</big>

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!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:Krunch DKRDS art.png|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon Drumstick.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|white|Drumstick (character)|Drumstick}}}}</big>

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!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:DrumstickDKRDS.png|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:white;height:250px"align="center"|[[File:Taj DKRDS art.png|294x250px]]

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!colspan=2 style="background:burlywood;height:32px"align="center"|[[File:DKRDS icon TT.png]]<br><big>{{text outline|{{color-link|gold|T.T.}}}}</big>

Taj is the caretaker of the island and provides assistance to Diddy and his friends. Taj appears every time the player gains ten [[Golden Balloon]]s and challenges them. He also takes care of rewards and unlockables. Taj allows the player to paint their vehicle for free, but he has a few items in his tent on the center courtyard. He calls it his "Wishes Menu":

!colspan=4 style="background:#9C6936;color:white"align=center|<big>Wishes Menu costs</big>

!colspan=5 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|Vehicle upgrades

!width=12% style=background:#CFBB88|Coin cost

|1||Basic Downforce||50||Minor help in handling and corning of one's vehicle of choice

|3||Basic Sprint||50||Minor help in acceleration of one's vehicle of choice

|5||Basic Air||50||Minor help in speed of one's vehicle of choice

!width=12% style=background:#CFBB88|Coin cost

!width=63% style=background:#CFBB88|Effect

|1||[[Thunder Cove]]||80||A new track

|2||[[Meandering Mount]]||80||A new track

|3||[[Splashdown Pass]]||80||A new track

|4||[[Strangled Shrine]]||80||A new track

|6||SP Wish Race (single player) & Multi Wish Race (multiplayer)||50||Race on the player's custom tracks with T.T. as the guide.

|12||Sound Recorder||50||The player can record their own sound effects through the touch screen.

!rowspan="2"style="background:#BE9966;width:16%"|Type of balloon

!colspan="3"style="background:#BE9966"|Number of balloons

!rowspan="2"style="background:#BE9966;width:21%"|+ [[Power-Up Token]]

The plane is slightly trickier to control than the car. However, the plane is not restricted to having to use the road, which enables it to cut corners inaccessible to cars such as the pathway to [[Snowflake Mountain]]. There are also many tracks which have paths only usable by the plane, many of which are slightly harder to access with some sort of reward, such as a balloon or a Power-up Token. The plane is not restricted to any zipper, being the only vehicle able to use all three types, and the only vehicle which can use airborne zippers. It can be used in fifteen out of twenty four race tracks. In Adventure Mode, it is used in five races, and against Smokey and Wizpig in his second race.

 

The hovercraft is possibly the trickiest to control. However, it is not hindered by driving off road or in water, although it can skid on roads. Its ability to drive over water enables it to use shortcuts on some tracks. The boat can use zippers on the ground, or in the water, making it more versatile than the car, but less versatile than the plane. It can be used in all twenty-four race tracks. Despite this, in Adventure Mode it is only used on the three tracks being [[Whale Bay]], [[Pirate Lagoon]], and [[Boulder Canyon]]. It is used against Bluey and Bubbler when raced against.

!colspan="12"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left;background:#9C6936"|{{color-link|white|Dino Domain}}

!colspan="12"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left;background:#9C6936"|{{color-link|white|Snowflake Mountain}}

!colspan="12"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left;background:#9C6936"|{{color-link|white|Sherbet Island}}

!colspan="12"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left;background:#9C6936"|{{color-link|white|Dragon Forest}}

!colspan="12"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left;background:#9C6936"|{{color-link|white|Future Fun Land}}

!colspan="12"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left;background:#9C6936"|{{color-link|white|Donkey Kong Island|DK Island}}

===Battle tracks <small>(multiplayer only)</small>===

''Key'':

*C = Car

*P = Plane

*H = Hovercraft

!colspan=5 style="background:#9C6936;color:white"align=center|<big>{{color-link|#FFF8DC|Timber's Island}} areas</big>

!colspan=5 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|navy|Dino Domain}}

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!style=background:#CFBB88|Track

!style=background:#CFBB88|Balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Silver Coin Challenge balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Types of transportation available

|5||'''[[Tricky Challenge]]'''||5 or more once all 4 are beaten||10 or more once all 4 are beaten||'''C'''

!colspan=5 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|navy|Snowflake Mountain}}

!style=background:#CFBB88|Track

!style=background:#CFBB88|Balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Silver Coin Challenge balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Types of transportation available

|5||'''[[Bluey Challenge]]'''||9 or more once all 4 are beaten||16 or more once all 4 are beaten||'''H'''

!colspan=5 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|navy|Sherbet Island}}

!style=background:#CFBB88|Track

!style=background:#CFBB88|Balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Silver Coin Challenge balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Types of transportation available

|5||'''[[Bubbler Challenge]]'''||16 or more once all 4 are beaten||22 or more once all 4 are beaten||H

!colspan=5 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|navy|Dragon Forest}}

!style=background:#CFBB88|Track

!style=background:#CFBB88|Balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Silver Coin Challenge balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Types of transportation available

|5||'''[[Smokey Challenge]]'''||22 or more once all 4 are beaten||37 or more once all 4 are beaten||P

|1||'''[[Wizpig's First Strike]]'''|| colspan=2 align=center | N/A (Unlocked by collecting all four pieces of the Wizpig amulet) ||'''C'''

!colspan=5 style="background:#BE9966"align=center|{{color-link|navy|Future Fun Land}}

!style=background:#CFBB88|Track

!style=background:#CFBB88|Balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Silver Coin Challenge balloon count

!style=background:#CFBB88|Types of transportation available

|5||'''[[Wizpig Strikes Back]]'''||N/A||47||'''P'''

==Other balloons==

[[File:Windmill Plains DKRDS.png|thumb|Timber races in a Trophy Race in Windmill Plains.]]

!colspan=7 style="background:#9C6936;text-align:center"|<span style="color:white;">Trophy Race multiplayer points</span>

!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:6em"|Number of players!!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:3em"|1st!!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:3em"|2nd!!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:3em"|3rd!!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:3em"|4th!!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:3em"|5th!!style="background:#BE9966; text-align:center; width:3em"|6th

The entire basis is based on the racer who owns the game and the other racers who do not own the game must do whatever the one with the game wants. Options are not limited, but the paint of the racer's vehicle is set to the default color of yellow and so are the gameless racers. Also, the icons are not visible. Eight players can play.

!colspan=3 style="background:#9C6936;color:white"align=center|<big>''Diddy Kong Racing'' - ''Diddy Kong Racing DS''</big><br>

!!width=49% style=background:#CFBB88|N64 version

!!width=49% style=background:#CFBB88|DS version

Multiple levels have different musical themes than their Nintendo 64 counterparts:

*'''Jungle Falls''' - A new theme featuring kalimba and lyrics that sound like "gida-idia / gida-idia baah". The music from the N64 Jungle Falls is now used for the credits.

*'''Snowball Valley''' - Instead of sharing its music with Everfrost Peak, the DS version has more cheerful music.

*'''Pirate Lagoon''' - A more tropical background tone than the hip pirate-like music in the original. Its original theme is not featured in this game.

*'''Treasure Caves''' - Less pounding than the original's music, and a more tropical feel.

*'''Spaceport Alpha''' - More space-type music quality. Its original theme is now used for Spacedust Alley.

*'''Spacedust Alley''' - Uses the original Spaceport Alpha theme. In the N64 verison, it shared its music with [[Star City]].

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*''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' - The tracks [[Thunder Cove]], [[Meandering Mount]], [[Splashdown Pass]], and [[Strangled Shrine]] seem to be based off the jungle levels in this game, with "[[DK Island Swing]]" even being remixed twice for these tracks.

*''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' - The game's title logo is similar to ''Donkey Kong 64''{{'}}s. [[Tiny Kong]] makes a reappearance.

*[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/b_Gxwc_bfwdr8D8jQdmjizCEBh8PnJUN North American website]{{dead link}}

*[http://microsite.nintendo-europe.com/diddykongracing/enGB/ European (UK) microsite]{{dead link}}