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Nintendo 64

Diddy Kong Racing

Developer
Rare
North America November 24, 1997 Nintendo
Europe November 21, 1997 Nintendo
Japan November 21, 1997 Nintendo

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Diddy Kong Racing review HG exclusive

Diddy Kong Racing smartly mimics SMK’s well-founded principles while expanding in different directions. To call it just a go-cart racer gives too little credit. As if it were no big thing, DKR boldly introduces the physics of plane and hovercraft travel to the genre while…

Winston Wolf · July 8, 2010 · 2 comments

Diddy Kong Racing review

There are levels built with each of the three vehicles in mind, and they work marvelously. The hovercraft is my personal favorite. It's fun to whip across a pool of water as a shortcut while your opponents must drive around it. Also, the levels designed specifically with that…

Jason Venter · 5 comments

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Diddy Kong Racing review

While sitting quietly on his tree house porch one day, Diddy Kong decided to read a letter that he had received awhile back. The letter was from Timber the tiger, one of Diddy's old friends. The short, but meaningful letter read: ''Dear Diddy, help!!!'' It turned out that an…

retro · November 1, 2003

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