Binding: Video Game EAN: 0045496870232 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Sales Rank: 1229 Studio: Nintendo
Rating: - IT WORKS, BUT IT'S NO MARIO KART 7 OUT OF 10
Diddy Kong Racing provides an enjoyable experience, but it ultimately screams lackluster in the gameplay department. There's a ton of goodies to unlock, but the challenges feel to easy and somewhat stupid sometimes.
WHAT THE GAME IS: The most blatant Mario Kart ripoff in history. This is one of the only ones that comes close to capturing the Mario Kart spirit. But the weapons aren't as fun and aren't accurate, the levels are less interesting, and only two characters would later go to achieve stardom in a later game. Yep, Conker and Banjo Kazooie are in the game, but it's so weird to see Conker not smoking a cigar, getting wasted, and peeing on enemies. Plus, they are the only cool characters.
GRAPHICS: Looked good for back then, but the textures are a little these days and it has a static look to it.
MUSIC: A bit annoying, it's not the enjoyable music from Mario Kart, but it's fine.
SOUND: The annoying announcer, annoying character voices, firing weapons, and racing.
GAMEPLAY: The controls sometimes feel a little sticky and the weapons aren't even close to accurate when hitting a target. Racing works fine overall, but the game as a whole is average and lackluster.
OVERALL: Just get Mario Kart, it's a lot more fun. It wouldn't hurt to check this game out, but there are better options than this.
THE GOOD: Good Mario Kart-ripoff racing and some cool environments.
THE BAD: Weapon accuracy is terrible, music is annoying, controls feel a little sticky.
Rating: - Diddy Kong Racing, and the year is 2007...
I'm still having fun with this game - even when I was little I craved it ever little bit I could squeeze in with my friends and by myself. Now that I can actually play it whenever I want, I'd have to say it's a fun game. Of course, there will be times you run into the wall and you will run into a few glitches, but other than that it seems solid. I'm dreading Wizpig though...
Rating: - Kart Racing Bliss...
This is a great game. Then again, I love kart racing games. This is one of the classic kart racing games for me, its only competitor being Mario Kart 64.
In terms of single-player, I think it trumps Mario Kart. And DKR's ingeniousness comes through the planes and hover karts, my favorite still being the "car" though. However, if you look in terms of graphics and characters, Mario Kart takes the cake.
Diddy Kong Racing is great fun though. The characters are all unique. Their controls vary and they have special talents, such as speed, handling, or even being good at hovering or flying. The levels are also great fun, all of them having themes, like Christmas or pirates. The multi-player as well, as mentioned in another review, runs quite seamlessly, and I find that it is a great hit when you have poeple over.
I personally love kart racing games. I would recommend both this game and Mario Kart 64.
Rating: - Diddy Kong Racing
What can I say, this game was dumb! It's just a copycat of Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart 64 has freakin' fun! Diddy Kong Racing is a joke! I would have rated it as "0 stars," but unfortunately I don't have that option. If you want to give someone a hate gift, I recommend this. But don't blame me if they surprisingly love it.
Rating: - Better than Mario Kart 64???
As a matter of fact (DKR) diddy kong racing is a BETTER game than mario kart 64. I love the characters in Mk 64 but the game moves too slow and it is impossible to master that game. However, DKR is an incredible game. I love this game because it was my first videogame. It entales many memories for me. There are 8 starting characters. The big characters are faster and the light characters have better handling. If you have ever played that game you probably know that tip-tup is a fan favorite. The best character is TT. He is the clock in the lobby of each world. To unlock TT you must beat his ghost in all of the time trials. It took me 5 1/2 years to accomplish this. But once I did I found the secret behind nintedo's best racing game EVER. There are numerous ways to become a great racer. Using the R and B button together gives your character a tight powerslide to make extremlely sharp corners. Use sparingly. Im reallly good at that game now... because it is worth the time to get great and school TT ghosts and hold records. The best vehical is the CAR no hover or plane please. This game is arguably the best racing game for n64. And overall DKR is in my top 5 Favorite games of all time. for any consol ever.
I hope it is a remade game for DS or wii virtual consol. If you have an n64 buy it for that but if you don't these two options will be ok.
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Better than Mario Kart 64???
