Diddy Kong Racing DS marks Rare's first entry into Nintendo DS development, and it's an ambitious one. On the one hand, DS owners get a nice re-creation of the racing game established on the ...

A bloated space pig has taken control of Diddy Kong’s island paradise, and only you can stop his nefarious plot. Players take on the racing challenge of a lifetime as they drive, hover and fly ...

Some would claim Diddy Kong Racing to be a generic soda, while Mario Kart 64 would be the “original” Coke… but to me, the argument is more Pepsi vs. Coke than versus anything generic. I have ...

Diddy Kong Racing was the first game to feature these mechanics, influencing titles like Crash Team Racing and now Mario Kart World. Mario Kart World feels like the sequel Diddy Kong Racing never ...

Mario Kart 9 has finally been revealed, and it has the opportunity to revisit one of the best ideas from Diddy Kong Racing. Considering the Mario Kart series' history of success, there's no ...

Nintendo fans and Nintendo 64 nostalgics especially have been given hope that a forgotten, but beloved N64 game is finally set to return almost 30 years later. While the N64 era of gaming doesn ...

The game in question is none other than Diddy Kong Racing, the 1997 hit from Rare that remains the only true kart-racing rival to Mario’s series. If you’re unfamiliar, Diddy Kong Racing is a ...

Rare's N64 output was some of the greatest of the era and one of their best releases ever that hasn't gotten nearly enough love since then is Diddy Kong Racing. It was something of a surprise game ...

Diddy Kong Racing DS is an OK racer with plenty to do, but the ridiculous number of tasks you have to do to enjoy all of it may irritate those who just want to race. Many of Rare's fans were ...

Diddy Kong Racing DS is an OK racer with plenty to do, but the ridiculous number of tasks you have to do to enjoy all of it may irritate those who just want to race. Many of Rare's fans were ...

Not only did it witness the European and North American release of the iconic Mario Kart 64, but Rare also introduced their own challenger to the karting crown with Diddy Kong Racing on the same ...

In the fall of 1997, a game was released on the Nintendo64 entitled Diddy Kong Racing. Expanding on the "kart racing" mechanism which had proven successful since the early Super Nintendo days in ...