The Weird Cast of Diddy Kong Racing

I talk about Diddy Kong, Banjo, Conker, and the other ones. 🐒🚗
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Diddy Kong Racing Adventure Prototype Gameplay: • Donkey Kong/ Diddy Kon...
GameXplain Kevin Bayliss Interview: • Talking w/ Diddy's Cre...
GreatVideoGameVideos Drumstick Unlock: • Diddy Kong Racing DS U...
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Music Used:
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Mario Kart 64 Title Theme (Mario Kart 64)
Diddy Kong Racing Title Theme (Diddy Kong Racing)
Diddy Kong Racing Character Select (Diddy Kong Racing)
T.T.'S Theme (Diddy Kong Racing)
Ancient Lake (Diddy Kong Racing)
Click Clock Wood [Spring] (Banjo-Kazooie)
The Old Chap (Conker's Dad Fur Day)
Frosty Village (Diddy Kong Racing)
Jungle Falls (Diddy Kong Racing)
Busted Bayou (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze)
Pirate Lagoon (Diddy Kong Racing)
Boss Challenge II (Diddy Kong Racing)
Wizpig Challenge Theme (Diddy Kong Racing)
In a Snow-Bound Land (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)

[@spaceace9103]

Just imagining some kid maining Conker in this game and then being a day 1 buyer of Bad Fur Day

[@HyperSonicSquall]

i was in that demographic at the time; you'd be unsurprised by how many actually did

[@SettMetabolik]

yup, i was that kid

[@tonitheloftwing]

I was the complete opposite. I’m a lil baby compared to most DKR fans, but we didn’t have internet access when we were young. I mained Conker. My fourth grade self felt shocked and betrayed when she found out her precious Conker was not as precious as imagined!

[@matias_8823]

Hi, that's me. I played exclusively Conker. Bad Fur Day was a weird experience.

[@Jovian12]

I remember being excited about Twelve Tales and then seeing the tonal shift they took with the game in the end...I'd just kind of side-eye it every time I saw it at Toys R Us LOL

[@mistergrool3941]

I like the idea that island politics in the Donkey Kong universe are complex enough that King K. Rool has to send out spies to prevent an inter-island alliance against him.

[@thescarredsinner895]

Just imagine a court of fucking monkeys

[@scoobastevenc8617]

I never knew this

[@BlinksAwakening]

It's still kinda hard for my brain to wrap itself around the thought that the likes of Conker and Banjo canonically are from the same universe as (tangentially) Mario.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Banjo and Mario in Smash, so whatever.

[@WIld-cHILd-1273]

@@RandalfElVikingo naw not whatever lol it'll be kick ass if conker had a spotlight in supersmash! XD

[@lugbzurg8987]

Drumstick canonically exists in the same world as WarioWare.

[@morale.9330]

@@RandalfElVikingo A raging/swearing alcoholic squirrel who graphically merks people with various contraptions, occupying the same space as our family friendly plumber friend is considered "whatever" news!?

[@TheReZisTLust]

Kazooie is voiced by Danny Divito in the new Mario movie

[@smashers6971]

Small fun bonus fact, According to Rare, after Diddy Kong Racing Timber grew a beard and became a rapper. Much like the Bumper thing it’s kind of funny that out of the entire DKR cast as far as we know Banjo has had the best fate handed to him after Diddy Kong Racing.

[@AyshKing]

Be glad it happened---shut up Doctor Seusss, I want Diddy Kong Racing 2 and Pokemon Snap 2...

[@JC20XX]

@@AyshKing didn't Pokémon Snap 2 comes out?

[@AyshKing]

@@JC20XX I mean the REAL Pokemon Snap 2... whatever that was was hot garbage, not clever at all, and I don't even remember it at all... They ruined the game, I want a REAL sequel

[@Jormungandr108]

I wonder how's Drumstick

[@Fruitman1997]

I mean, what about Diddy? Did he not get the best fate? (Unless you’re talking about characters that appeared here first, in which case Diddy didn’t)

[@SolandVideos]

23:32 "...So Wizpig understands that he is a f(_)cking loser, and after Wizpig loses, he like dies... I-I think...." That type of explanation is the reason I am subscribed to this channel

[@deskish3930]

"Honey we're going on vacation, make sure the island isn't taken over by any evil pigs while we're away or no TV for a month"

[@Mister86TV]

Wait. Was that... a reference to the Diddy Kong Racing 5000? In the year of our Drumstick 2023?

[@deskish3930]

@@Mister86TV I genuinely don’t know what that is

[@JihadBunnydick]

​@deskish3930 What Timber's parents (mom) told him before leaving for vacation.

[@justinc.5591]

I like how they made Krunch a Kremling, it adds depth to the species by showing that not all of them are evil. Like how Mario befriends Goombas, Koopas and other traditional enemies in Paper Mario.

[@buzter8135]

To be perfect honestly most of the Kremlings of the krew are bumbling buffoons on a paycheck. Hardly evil.

[@elianwyn]

It took this video for my brain to make the connection, two decades later, that Krunch is a kremling. Holy shit I feel stupid.

[@BobtheBeaver528]

To my knowledge,according to the manual, Krunch is actually meant to be a Kremling spy, sent due to King K.Rool worrying that Diddy is plotting something

[@Scorpionspear77]

According to the story in the instruction manual, Krunch is still working for K. Rool- he’s only involved because he’s spying on Diddy. I guess he figured taking out Wizpig would be in K. Rool’s best interest

[@skibot9974]

@@Scorpionspear77he seems to have gotten too undercover given he’s in the Konga line at the celebration

[@brandonkeith628]

Fun Fact, Wizpig actually survived his crash at the end of the game, because when you see his ship just before the credits roll, you hear his laugh, too.

[@X2011racer]

I remember the DS version changed the ending so that instead of Wizpig's ship passing by in the end, the last scene is all the playable characters and the bosses gathering together for one last group shot, with a banner saying "The End".

[@GreatRaijin]

Yea but he never came back so he probably went back to his planet and stayed there lol, he learned his lesson messing with other planets lol

[@Luciferhelidon]

That laugh was just a recording

[@Cynderfan35]

@@GreatRaijin he would have returned in scrap sequel idea for the game ;) it would have been that he teams up partly with King K Rool's troops, to build race track to DK island (there are like 3 possible sequels tried yet none ever came to be)

[@kenthuang436]

@@Cynderfan35 If that had happened, I like to think that King K. Rool only teams up with Wiz Pig out of fear. Wiz Pig is far more dangerous since he’s an evil space pig wizard and has magic on his side where King K. Rool only has machines and lasers. Those things couldn’t even leave a scratch on Wiz Pig even if King K. Rool had decided to launch a sneak attack.

[@Quinhala11]

In an ideal world Pipsy would appear in a DKC game, Bumper would appear in a Conker game and Timber would get his own game and bring Drumstick with him.

[@BronzeAgePepper]

Why Pipsy and not Krunch? (Although I agree that Pipsy seems fitting to DKC somehow)

[@Brentonius_III]

I head Canon this.

[@Nocron]

Nah bring my boy Krunch to the DK games

[@dragonmaster951753]

@Speedwagon Serenely Skedaddles I mean technically krunch is already in the dkc games as he's a Kremlin lol. We probably ran him over without a second thought cause he looked like the rest. But i know what you mean, like a stand out Kremlin to interact with, but that's assumed he would be cause he still Kremlin

[@Nocron]

@@dragonmaster951753 I like to think he went rogue after he decided to help Diddy, no longer working under the thumb of K. Rool

[@DJtheEmoPirate]

Pretty wild that this game came out before Banjo-Kazooie, yet pre-emptively explains why Kazooie isn't in the game. I love the idea that the chaps at Rare knew people would go back looking for a "gotcha" moment regarding Kazooie and so dealt with it before it could ever become an issue

[@reversalmushroom]

Wait, where does it say why Kazooie isn't in the game? And why isn't Kazooie in the game?

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

It's only morning, but learning that Bumper, of all characters, went to prison after the events of Diddy Kong Racing is the funniest shit I've heard all day!

[@Chadmiral]

Lmao

[@rmeyster]

I think I'm an exception to the intro logic. My mom absolutely LOVED Diddy Kong racing and whistles the DKR theme when there's freshly painted lines on the road bc she "feels like she'd in a videogame" :')

[@sutfolsemaj]

Based mom

[@nodestar6245]

It's nice to see more lectures from my favorite Kong-ege professor

[@borederlands5387]

Another session of Kong College

[@latexu9589]

1:11 That invention, called "adaptive music", was perhaps best utilized by Rare themselves. For example, in their hit N64 platformers (Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Tooie and Conker's Bad Fur Day), where there's a certain "main hub" music piece that is used throughout the game, but with varying instruments depending on where player is at the moment. That way the basically same music track never gets old no matter how much you hear it during your adventure. And all of these games (except Conker) also used this technique for boss themes as well, turning them into more intense versions of their worlds' theme, albeit using nearly identical instruments (kinda like the opposite effect😅). Too bad this "adaptive music" isn't used nearly as much nowadays, it just adds so much more personality to these games in a way not many other studios have been able to replicate!😉🎧🎶

[@BitterMillenial]

That was one I of my favorite things about those games back in the day!

[@WIld-cHILd-1273]

Agreed with everything you said, my favorite in the Banjo & Kazooie games was when you swam underwater and the music became a bit muffled. I love the transition! It's really immersive and it would be cool if minecraft had adaptive music for its environments because I don't think minecraft has that yet

[@chaotickreg7024]

This is used heavily but subtly in Zelda and Pikmin games. But Rare did it with tons of personality.

[@k-leb4671]

The new DKC games use adaptive music pretty well, which is kinda amusing because the new ones aren't developed by Rareware.

[@Tamashikiri]

The idea of Timber being a time traveler in his planned solo game actually puts a lot of DKR's worlds into perspective. This video mentioned Dino Domain, but most of the worlds could represent different time periods. Sherbert Island has a pirate theme, Dragon Forest is a medieval fantasy kingdom, and Future Funland's obviously got the space age theme. Snowflake Mountain is the odd one out as a Christmasy winter wonderland, but it could easily be reskinned as an ice age themed world with a little tweaking, which would even fit with the original plans to make Taj a mammoth.

[@denzeltheeternalunderstudy2858]

If Bumper is still alive and on parole, I want to race with him one last time. I miss him dearly and hope he get's his life back together

[@thadjarvis9514]

Im so sorry man, I saw Bumper dead hit by a car this morning.

[@Buzz.co1]

@@thadjarvis9514nooooo

[@heatherlukas1797]

​@@thadjarvis9514no. I'm not believing this. This is false.

[@kenthuang436]

He can’t race. Bumper’s license was permanently taken away from him. He was arrested for drinking and driving and running over everyone because he thought he was racing and that’s how he ended up in prison.

[@buttersbb3328]

I think everyone expected Conker to be the one that would fall so far as to end up in jail, but no, it was Bumper. The eventual E! True Hollywood Story on his life will be sad.

[@Jj666Hh]

23:05 I just find it funny how Wizpig felt like turning Drumstick into a frog, as if a goofy chicken wearing overalls is a major threat in the first place lol

[@gnbman]

Rare was really going for a Nintendo cinematic universe before stuff started getting cancelled and reworked left and right.

[@Nocron]

All of those clips showing the characters running outside of their cars were singlehandedly responsible for me spending hours on trying to figure out how to free myself from my mechanical prison.

[@drazzie22]

oh my god same, i was convinced there was a secret mode where you can just walk around

[@Nocron]

@@drazzie22 the first time I was drifting and got all spinny I remember thinking "THIS IS THE WAY!" and tried that for about 20 mins straight at least.

[@krypto_7155]

I like hearing this guy angrily describe diddy Kong racing

[@awesomeocelot7475]

Imagine a whole sequel to Diddy Kong racing with a full in-depth story and more playable characters and such?

[@organicketchup5171]

I’d buy that for a dollar!

[@Coco-hq6ns]

@@organicketchup5171 it’d certainly be one of the games of all time.

[@RustyNips]

Man I really wanna see the alternate timeline where rare wasn't brutally executed by Microsoft Just imagine if everyone ended up with their own games and we got that banjo three

[@Diwasho]

I dunno, Nintendo made Rare swap their original characters for Nintendo ones in at least two separate games, effectively getting in the way of them making brand new Rare owned IPs. Neither MS nor the Big N had very good prospects for Rare.

[@pmd3012]

always think about tht

[@KumaPaws376]

Always wanted Bumper the Badger to have his own game seeing Banjo then Conker get their games

[@swagsoulja4560]

Really sucks that they went on a game studio buying spree instead of using the rare ip’s that they already own and would love to see a return of

[@JC20XX]

-ie

[@seapigoinkoink]

The golden age of Rare. I hope these geniuses are still like getting high af or whatever and coming up with these crazy plotlines

[@PaperBanjo64]

I wish they were still making games :(

[@Gota0014]

It does kinda feel like the DKR cast was supposed to become bigger than they were, like Banjo and Conker, but then Rare got bought out

[@volbound1700]

They were, I just posted about it. This was suppose to be a take-off for most of them per Rare but it didn't work out with the others. I don't think all of them were going to get series but most were.

[@natalieclk]

Playing diddy kong racing DS as a kid was such a surreal experience. I always felt like I was missing something, like I should’ve played other games to understand wtf was going on and who these characters are

[@georgeliquor1236]

This feels like a video Cybershell would make, not even a bad thing to be honest. Great Quality content always wins. Good stuff.

[@hulkamatt]

I'm 1 minute in and looked at the comments to see if anyone else heard the exact same cadence and delivery lol

[@cowboycurtis4944]

Yeah, he's got a similar style.

[@muskatDR]

Bumper being in jail is one of those absurd little known things thats get funnier the more you think about it

[@MrIronJustice]

Alright, when you said how Rare disowned Timber was kind of fucked up, you earned a sub from me. Thanks for being a real one.

[@zinnyfinity9664]

Was not prepared for one of my mains to be an ex-convict lol Great video though. Glad I made it to the premiere :D

[@CarlitoCFL]

Glad I was able to see you there :)

[@alexpotts6520]

Just putting it out there that the only info that we have is that Bumper is in jail. This leaves open the possibility that he was convicted through a miscarriage of justice, or that he's a prisoner of conscience under an authoritarian regime. Justice for Bumper.

[@DPXSolo]

bumper the badger being in jail is sooooo funny to me for some reason

[@organicketchup5171]

Please sign my petition to ensure this sick individual never sees the light of day

[@Nocron]

He 100% commited felony battery

[@SorceressRose]

Funny enough, because of this game, Banjo & Kazooie and Conker technically existed in the Mario Universe, meaning somewhere in the Mario world, places like Spiral Mountain and Windy existed at one point

[@knux333jw]

This is why I find the extended Mario universe fascinating. Between the various spinoffs, and games connected by technicality, its just a massive universe with so many characters and worlds. It's so frustrating core Mario games don't utilize everything more. I can understand stuff like the Rare owned things... But definitely wouldn't hurt to lean more into sub-series like Donkey Kong or Wario.

[@ALLMETAL1970]

Somewhere in the mario universe: squirrel gets drunk and bounces of sunflower breasts

[@Wsj8600]

It’s funny to think that a poo Mountain and a Giant poo exist in the Mario Universe

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

In the same Mario universe, Conker literally got drafted to war, Saving Private Ryan style.

[@ryanjordan4972]

They might also have changed Krash's name because they didn't want a name too similar to Crash Bandicoot, since they were in direct competition.

[@0b13F4st3]

To be honest, that's kind of what I was thinking too, when I was just watching that section of the video.

[@killerzillavolt2655]

Probably something to mention, when Rare was brought by Microsoft; aside from the Kongs, Nintendo also kept Krunch. He's probably the only one who has a sliver of a chance in making a return appearance in a future DK game

[@Geomaster97]

I remember hearing that Krunch was meant to be in DK Barrel Blast as a Rival to Chunky who was also set to return

[@ItzTheBasics]

This used to be one of my favorite racing games as a kid, I really loved the music also

[@msgameandcake628]

I remember when I was pretty young, I was aware of the fact that Banjo and Conker got their own games, so I suspected that most of the characters in DKR got their own games later on. Then one day, I saw what was probably a Gex game and went "Woah, Crunch got his own game!?" I think it was pretty close to a copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day, so the idea of the cast getting their own games was already fresh in my mind when I saw a green lizard protagonist for N64 and immediately made that connection. I did not end up getting any game that day, but it was definitely a thought that occurred.

[@StuartSimon]

When you mentioned Baron von Snort, it made sense because the footage showed Diddy riding not a vehicle, but a rhinoceros. It isn’t hard to see that Rambi would be the true hero of DKR Adventure, with Diddy just acting as his rider.

[@Nocron]

How did we not get Timber as a minor character in Nuts & Bolts? It'd been perfect for him to appear and give you a single quest. Seeing him a bit in the future (possibly designed with the info Rare has given us on how he is doing now) would've been nice and satisfied the curiosity of many

[@khit007]

maybe trophy thomas is his son

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

I loved racing as Timber as a kid. Had absolutely no idea all of this about him. Thanks for the vid.

[@ArryStoiles]

Awesome video man!! Really informative. I had no idea Tiptup was the same turtle in Kazooie and Tooie lmao. And how Bumper is a freaking felon

[@sonicmario64]

Tiptup was probably my least played character in "Diddy Kong Racing" due to the fact that he's pretty much a generic-looking turtle that felt more like a knock-off of Koopa Troopa.

[@latexu9589]

14:57 Pretty funny how Kazooie asks: "Why can't you just hatch the egg yourself?", to which Tiptup replies: "I'm a reptile, not a bird." Don't reptiles usually hatch their eggs, just like birds?🤨🥚🐢

[@BitterMillenial]

Turtles normally bury them in the sand and leave them behind, so they don't lay on the eggs.

[@JTTheCritic]

Incredibly narrow content focused on incredibly niche things no one on the planet really cares about. THIS! IS WHAT I WANT!

[@Sjono]

Diddy used to have a Rareware hat. When Rare got bought, it was changed to a Nintendo hat

[@danno461]

What an awesome video, well done. I loved Taj as a character, he seemed so welcoming as a guide to the racers. Also I heard about Drumstick being playable as a kid but had no idea how to unlock him, and it was THAT simple? Wtf lmao

[@EWOODJ]

You also need to get the first 4 gold trophies.

[@NunofYerbizness]

Krunch actually did make a second appearance (though renamed simply as "Kritter") in Diddy Kong Pilot, even if that game was also cancelled/redone as Banjo-Pilot. What was slated to be Timber's game, Dinosaur Planet, was shortly after retooled to instead star original characters Krystal and Sabre, before Nintendo stepped in and retooled _that_ game to be about Star Fox, being renamed Star Fox Adventures. As a bit of trivia, the engine for Dinosaur Planet was actually built off DKR's engine, and a couple of leftover models can still be found in the N64 build that surfaced back in 2021.

[@Turbulation1]

Technically Sabre is an evolved version of Timber, so he was never completely scrapped from the transition to Dinosaur Planet.

[@BareBandSubscription]

I wonder if Krunch was meant to be a character in what would soon become Donkey Kong 64, back when it was more of a 2D sidescroller, and he just got cut along the way as they continued developing it.

[@raymondc9513]

I love how we can all agree, Banjo's version of the character screen GOES HARD!!!!

[@mrmusickhimself]

My brother and I grew up playing Diddy Kong Racing -- I even earned T.T., real challenge -- and I always said that this game drove Conker into alcoholism.

[@khit007]

i think conker just takes not drinking and driving VERY seriously

[@jacobs.9661]

I had no idea so many of these weirdoes had such interesting histories. Kudos!

[@Pokemonrancher]

😗🤌MWAH! Such a beautiful in depth detail of DKR. I always wondered who the characters were. This is a masterpiece

[@CascadePSA]

Bumper the badger just became my favorite video game character of all time

[@ryancantu2141]

Rare did everything right. Music ESPECIALLY. The transition between land and water and air music changes in their games was always a high point. Great company with great soundtracks❤

[@xcloudx01alt]

I'll never ever forget these words: "AYM BANJO!! ... oo-WOAAAAAAAAA~"

[@foreignuser_]

Dude you are good. I hope the channel blows up. This video has like no filler. Just a good time and informative.

[@nevercanyoucant]

when I was a kid I remember thinking each character was going to have their own 3d platforming adventure and that felt magical for some reason. b Banjo and Conker... It would be kinda awesome if all of them did...

[@TheOverachiever7]

Would’ve been cool to have TT in Nuts and Bolts instead. Could’ve had him as old and retired from racing. His first trial being super easy. He decides “I could make it harder”, as you progress in finishing them, you see he starts getting back to his former self, eventually he’s back in peak condition, his last trial being the hardest one and he thanks Banjo for bringing him back to their good ole racing days.

[@zackcash4941]

Bruh. I was staring at that croc for 20 minutes thinking "is that not vector?"

[@selph8278]

i hope every dkr character has their own game

[@Silv1ta]

Same, I wanna see Drumstick and T.T getting their own adventures.

[@Nocron]

Maybe not all getting their own games, but I would be so down for them to appear in different games. Krunch in DK and Bumper in Conker (due to his felonious past). Timber getting his own game with Drumstick (who was already on the island). That just leaves Pipsy and T.T. I could see Pipsy in Conker due to her innocent design and seemingly polite personality. An innocent mouse in a rude world would fit perfectly. As for T.T., I don't know what he would be in. He would probably just be lost to DKR other than neat easter eggs. I suppose he could accomplish the same role as he does in DKR if Timber's hypothetical game in this scenario turned out to be a racing, like Pro AM 64 was. Other than that though, I'm out of ideas. Unfortunately, this probably will never happen, but I'd pop off to be proven wrong.

[@latexu9589]

6:08 Actually, the story I remember hearing was a little different; presumably, the game was changed after Nintendo saw the protagonist, who was made into a fox (not a tiger), and they thought "Hey, that looks a lot like a fox character we have already created, so, let's just turn it into a new type of Star Fox game!"🤔🐯🦊🦕

[@Zappy714]

Tiptup showing up for his friends ain't peer pressure, it's just Tiptup being a G. Also really a great well researched and presented video!

[@MichaelNelson-kp8zi]

Krunch is sort of in other games since he's a stand-in for any one of K. Rools Kremlings.

[@casualdiscussionenjoyer3303]

I just found this channel but I can already tell you this is GOAT material. Man's made a 15 minute video about Klungo. Literally my spirit animal

[@teamdoubleR]

Rare the only devs that never really lost their charm

[@notthat8163]

I love that all your videos have a moment where you’re like “[insert character] is interesting and I’ll tell you why… [insert character] is gas”

[@chompythebeast]

Wow, how have I never heard about Astro Mouse? Or about how Timber was originally the star of the N64 version of Dinosaur Planet? *10:56* lmao that setup was great. Also I love how Krunch is hands-down the worst racer in the game, as the resident bad guy it always seemed intentional and fitting, but nowadays he strikes me as a cool Hard Mode. Really cool vid, definitely subbing―I'd be surprised to learn _one_ thing from these vids, but here I learned several, and with a few laughs on the way. Cheers

[@keith2196]

I was so happy to see this, I love this kind of video! I wonder if there may be a chance of a DKR spiritual successor by modern Rare, since Fangamer has a pin set called “Rare Racers” featuring Banjo and Timber. It doesn’t seem like there would be an issue with them using the non-Nintendo owned stuff from the game

[@rga1605]

The theme song changing according to the character was something amazing, I wish more games did that

[@Maafia]

This was hilarious and I loved the in depth content, Keep up the great work!!

[@_G.C]

It's funny to imagine the things we see in games are only the mundane, reasonable things they can show with games, but somewhere out there mario is fighting god level characters but it's just too fantastic to be put into a game.

[@karmachameleon7148]

As a kid, this was my jam. I literally grew up on this game and still never beat it! I wish it was on the switch!! So badly!!!!

[@jaccblacc8424]

I find it strange how they replaced Banjo and Conker in the DS version because of this whole Microsoft thing but not other characters that were created by Rare. Was there a deal between Rare and Nintendo that states that Nintendo owns all of DKR characters except Banjo and Conker?

[@Quartzer.]

I think it's understandable that Conker was replaced not Banjo though (my best guess is that Nintendo didn't want a character explicitly tied to a competitor in a game about Donkey Kong)

[@jaccblacc8424]

@@Quartzer. But both Banjo and Conker were replaced in the DS version with Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong

[@X2011racer]

The Entire DKR cast, excluding the Kongs, is owned by Rare. When booting up the DS game, the copyright info states, "Certain characters licensed by Rare". Perhaps Microsoft and Nintendo saw the other characters as nothing major, so they allowed it. As for Conker, he's tied to an M-Rated game now, so adding him would be troubling. Banjo had his next game coming to Xbox 360 at the time (Nuts & Bolts), so Nintendo decided to not include him as to not promote a competitor's upcoming game. Remember that at the time, Nintendo and Microsoft were still fierce rivals.

[@BareBandSubscription]

Conker had become too associated with BFD to include, which is understandable, but I think Banjo was removed purely because either Nintendo or Microsoft simply didn’t want to cross-promote or give up a big IP character like that to a competitor. Rare technically made a couple of Banjo games for the GBA without issue, but they couldn’t do Diddy Kong Pilot due to the very same licensing shenanigans. It’s odd, but it just comes down to what Nintendo and Microsoft want at any given moment. Rare owns Conker, though, so his cut was definitely just due to his M-rated image.

[@emmafr1edman]

Your sense of humor is so stupidly hilarious I feel like I’m at a lunch table again I keep laughing

[@Eichsterd123]

bumper is a hardened criminal

[@okxkells]

thank you for this video! DKR is one of my all time favorite games, and I never knew ANY lore about this game whatsoever, it's nice to finally know about the characters and back stories, they're all super interesting ass characters lol!

[@TheJadeFist]

Instead of Krunch, they could have used Klubba, the big guy who lets you into the Lost World at the cost of bonus coins. He was already a semi-helpful freinemy. Just throw in some lore about how he mistakenly thought there was some prize money involved in all this racing.

[@toadynamite8141]

Diddy kong racing is so iconic, my dad doesnt really like it, but still, to this day, he hums and whistles different tunes from it, the music was top tier, lets hope they put the Whiz pig theme in a future smash game

[@Nanet10]

My siblings and my Dad would play this a lot. My dad's favorite character was Pipsy the Mouse. One of our favorite N64 games 🎮

[@twitchywitchx]

Please do more rare vids like this. I'm tired of the same ol banjo three/banjo x trivia vids. This was pretty fresh, lotta details I didn't know

[@BitterMillenial]

7:25 I remember back in the day when I read the bio of Banjo and was wondering who the the hell was Kazooie!

[@marvelstarwarsfan8410]

Man,the lore is crazy in this game!

[@frostyclouded]

just found this channel and am in the middle of binging all your videos, genuinely some of the best content on youtube

[@Suedama1804]

The ending made me kind of melancholic. I want my good old nintendo, rare and childhood back. At least in this timeline videos like these show up in my recommendations, which is nice.

[@swisserty]

Get rumpled down!!

[@EinFritzMitX]

I feel you. I'm not a guy who looks back all the time, longing to get back to past days. I'm 35 years old and a family man, happily married to my wife who gave birth to our son more than three years ago. There's nothing in this world that would ever make me give up on this. Yet, a few days ago, just before going to bed, I thought of my childhood days and early youth. The "N64 days". And for some reason I especially thought about playing Diddy Kong Racing with my friends. Friends, of whom I lost most as the years went by, scattering us all over the country and even on a global level. And I dearly wished to be able to go back to these days, playing a round of DKR with them, just once more, one last time. It's not coming back. This is why we must keep these memories alive. And hold them dear to our hearts.

[@TheBradRules]

Bumper definitely reminds me of Bottles from Banjo Kazooie. This was a really fun video. The cast is definitely unorthodox. It's really a cool bunch of oddballs.

[@fromationart5371]

I had way more fun with this game than Mario Kart on the N64 when I was kid lol

[@sleepy5902]

i dunno what it is that makes your delivery so funny to me but i love how you explain things lmao

[@AtomicF0x]

Wow, so I guess there was a reason Bumper's 3D render gave me the slight creeps, then. Looks like he really _was_ hiding something behind those _red, staring eyes._ I feel better having Krunch as my main. It's better to look bad but be good, then it is to look good but be bad.

[@CarlosRodriguez-jw1zo]

“Timber fucks up and Wizpig takes over the island” 😂😂😂

[@Diwasho]

Still don't get why they had to replace Roo, was it that much harder to animate her walking outside her vehicle? Unlike the others she'd probably have to hop around instead of walk/run, what with her being a kangaroo, but that should be easy enough for Rare. And wow, Bumper looks like he's wearing a Zero Suit in his preliminary design, lol.

[@brandonkloppenburg5706]

Very informative and thorough. Appreciate you, brotha.

[@dr.butterscotch1163]

I actually owned and beat this game wayyyy before I ever even tried Mario Kart. It's so great to see so much recognition and love for it. ALSO thank you for doing this vid. I sent it to my brothers who played it with me all the time and now we have a little lore to the characters here to add to the nostalgia.

[@sharpemang]

This is a superior game than Mario Kart 64. As a kid I thought that and today I think that.

[@lulu_TheWitchBoy]

Same

[@Chadmiral]

Simple headcanon: Drumstick *did* beat Wizpig,but being a sore loser,Wizpig turned him into a frog,while he couldn't beat Drumstick in a race,WP bested Drumstick with his magic,getting past Timber's first line of defense.

[@smoage]

This was hands down my favorite racing game. I was so stoked when Banjo came out too after having played this so much. Tbh I loved how the characters were unique little weirdos and the story mode really set it apart for me!

[@smoage]

Never realized they used Tricky as the name of the triceratops and they used it again in star fox adventures for "prince tricky" the triceratops. Kinda fun knowing that game was intended to be a vehicle for timber at first! great work!

[@lonecom685]

You caught me off guard with some of these curiosities! I've been a fan for so many years... Nice

[@kenthuang436]

I have my own head canon that explains why Krunch decided to help Diddy save Timber Island. Krunch recognized the threat that Wiz Pig was and knew that he posed an even bigger threat to King K. Rool than all of the Kongs combined. Wiz Pig had magical powers which is something that King K. Rool had nothing to counter with. By freeing Timber Island from Wiz Pig’s control, King K. Rool would only have to deal with the Kongs foiling his schemes and thus be in less danger. Krunch didn’t necessarily leave his service to his master but rather learned that Diddy wasn’t so bad to be around and that sometimes putting differences aside even temporarily can lead to something better at the end when you help each other out.

[@shirohige291]

The old RARE employees before Microsoft bought them were definitely the most talented and best game developers that ever existed. Star Fox Adventures still looks better than 90% of all games today.

[@luffymonkeyd306]

I remember being a 9 year old kid, my dad had just passed away and I poured so much time in this game, I was obsessed with the lore and the mystery of finding drumstick, definitely one of my favorite game experiences of all time

[@Wigga4787]

Definitely a memorable experience. I remember my shock as I splat some random frog, and a big chicken suddenly appears from nowhere! I never even thought there was any mystery to finding Drumstick either, I just randomly decided to run over frogs for no reason, lol.

[@benjaminma1788]

Holy shit this is the best video I've watched in months, hope this blows up because it honestly deserves to

[@coolaliengaming2446]

I think the characters in Diddy Kong Racing are great. I love that game so much.