Talk:Diddy Kong Racing DS

Which is it?
The Diddy Kong Racing page says it's an enhanced remake, but this page says it's a port. Which is it? --Ryajinor 00:24, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

It's an enchanced port, Rare confirmed they were adding a lot of things to the game in their website (& they are listed in this article with a link to their website). SNS 20:33, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Screenshots
You will need screenshots in this article. Probably the recent official screenshots. --PJ Pete

Character Descriptions
You will need to add some character descriptions in this article about acceleration, top speed, and handling. --PJ Pete

My copy arrived today :) Sadly I don't have all the characters, somebody else will have to add their stats. Here they are

Top Speed  Handling   Acceleration

Pipsy    1           5            5 Tip Tup  1           5            5

Diddy    2           3            3 Dixie    2           3            3 Tiny     2           3            3

Timber   3           3            3

Bumper   3           3            2

Krunch   4           2            2

(doubles adjacent)

Removables
It is true that they removed the options of changing the language to English or French and the "Magic Codes", because in the game, the language is set to how you set the language on the NDS before starting a DS game, and the "Magic Codes" option is no longer needed, most likely, some of the codes would make it too easy. --PJ Pete
 * That's well and good to make a claim, but claims need evidence.--Nintenfreak65.150.132.200 04:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Banjo & Conker
Call it POV if you will, but I added the mention of where Conker comes from, among other things. On a personal note about the game itself, I am hoping that Tiny Kong will be replacing Conker. I won't go any further than that.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl will likely be rated E10+ (Melee was made before there was an E10+ rating) & it has a character that was in M-rated games (Solid Snake). So, it's not unlikely that Conker will be this game (especially if it's the kid version of Conker). And about Microsoft owning them, it's not like they would be borrowing them to Nintendo (Rare is making this game & they have made GBA games with Banjo before). SNS 14:36, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Irrevlevent. Solid Snake and Super Smash Bros. Brawl have nothing to do with anything. This is about this game (DKR DS), and this character (Conker), and this game and character only, so don't try to change the subject. Furthermore, the GBA games you mention were published by THQ through an arrangement with Microsoft. This game is being published by Nintendo. Oh, and I think you meant to say that "it's not like they would be lending them to Nintendo. That said, you just said it yourself. Conker appearing IS unlikely, and Tiny Kong probably will be his replacement.

And I don't wish to discuss this any futher.

--- This is rather odd, since I remember seeing Conker in a 13-second teaser of the game. It's hard to see, but he's actually there. - DraugenCP.

--- You are very much mistaken. Farcical

Someone is quite angry - he had an excellent point with Solid Snake. Obviously they're different games. Did you know that people could reference events? You don't even need the little number... Mphudson 21:39, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * In any case, I removed all the suspected characters, in accordance with the "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball" policy. Remember, this site isn't for random rumours and speculation 199.126.137.209 05:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Where was it confirmed that Banjo and Conker are not going to be in the game? If there is no link in the next few days, I am removing the X's until the game comes out and we get confirmation. 66.169.40.43 23:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Does Nintendo own the characters from Diddy Kong racing?
Or does Rare? Can Nintendo use the Diddy Kong Racing characters in a Donkey Kong game?

I would imagine Rare owns their original characters, as they own Conker and Banjo. Obviously any Nintendo characters (Diddy, Tiny, and Krunch as he is a kremling) are Nintendo's. Mphudson 21:39, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought that Tiny (along with Lanky and Chunky) were owned by Rare. (?)
 * Also, I thought that Nintendo sold Rare to Microsoft, and that they can't make any games with those characters anymore. dogman15 02:49, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I believe that at one point Rare owned the Donkey Kong 64 characters (they sold them to Nintendo though when they left because they obviously had no use for them). As for your other comment, altough Rare was sold to Microsoft they are still allowed to make games for Nintendo's portables (since they aren't in direct competition with them). SNS 05:33, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Nintendo owns most of the characters from the original. Conker and Banjo have been replaced because they have appeared/are going to appear in Xbox games. User: Link 486

Here's the problem. We won't know until the game is released and the credits are checked. Rare may have given Nintendo the rights to the characters, as they had no intention of ever using them. Or Banjo and Conker may have been removed to avoid conflicting interest. We won't and can't know yet.--Nintenfreak 22:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * How would the credits tell us who owns who?--Hero of legend 20:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The credits will most likely state, "The Rights to all characters, music, scenarios etc. are reserved by Nintendo Co. Ltd." or something to that effect. --Nintenfreak17:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I e-mailed Rawmeat Cowboy at GoNintendo, and he confrimed that Nintendo DOES own the rights to everything from Diddy Kong Racing except for Banjo and Conker, thus why they don't appear in the DS game!--Hero of legend 09:25, 6 January 2007
 * The good news is, RMC is considering my suggestion of making an artile about the whole situation, so that'll be the citation that we'll use!--Hero of legend 10:33, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Until this point, I've removed the sentence. Feel free to reinstate it once the article is produced, and his reliability confirmed. --Nintenfreak17:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I sent RMC another e-mail asking when he's going to write the article, and he replied saying:


 * "I would love to, I just don't have the time at the moment. I was going to do it Wednesday because that is my afternoon off."


 * So hopefully by Wednesday, he'll have the article up!--Hero of legend 17:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, I'd be SHOCKED if Nintendo didn't own the following characters:


 * Krunch - He is a Kremling after all.


 * Taj - He did appear in the trailer of Donkey Kong Racing!


 * Timber - On the cover and the back of the box http://imgred.com/http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q65/darkmarkate/DKR_DS_Back.gif Timber has the Nintendo logo on his hat! So obviously he's owned by Nintendo!--Hero of legend 21:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Cancelled?
Why exactly is this in "Cancelled games", since it's still in development and all? ~ NelsonJ

I changed that back because it was never reported to be cancelled. SNS 17:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikitable
I thought that a wikitable might work better then just removing the characters that we know were in the original but don't know if they are in this enhanced port. Besides, I think the comments would go better in a wikitable then in parentheses (so the change would still work out even if those characters are removed). SNS 06:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Battle Stages
Why are they in here at all? It's just a list of the battle stages from the first one, with descriptions, and we don't know if they'll even be in this one or if they're the only ones that'll be in this one. It's irrelevant-- this info should be in the DKR64 article (and it may be). By this logic, we should also include a description of every racetrack from the first one... It's out of place and people looking for the info should be directed to the original.--llamapalooza87 19:54, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, adding the descriptions for the battle stages make no sense, we have no confirmation of them being in this game (although it is likely), and if we DID we would have to be uniform and add the descriptions for the race tracks. I say people write their own descriptions of how the tracks are laid out once they play the DS version, there may be some changes. --Pandaki 22:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I aggree with the changes part as there were some pretty major changes (mostly to the DD corses) in MKDS such as removeing the abilty to go on top of the bridges on mushroom bridge

Dixie Kong?
I saw in the latest Nintendo Power Magazine (February 2007, via suscription) that Dixie Kong (misspelled Daisy in the article) is also going to be in the game (she can be seen in the images). Just to let you know. Dixie is confirmed, too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.52.188.239 (talk) 22:55, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

You're forgetting that Tiny Kong from Donkey Kong 64 is also playable. User: Link 486

Well, for this game, whoever anyone votes, Diddy Kong will be the most voted, and Dixie Kong will be the second most popular character in this game, and by truth, few people like Tiny Kong, despite the fact that she's not very commonly known, and that her only notable appearance is Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64, when she made her debut. However, Dixie Kong rocked since her debut in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest for the SNES. --PJ Pete

Tiny Kong's redesigned appearance
Since her debut in Donkey Kong 64, she was known by wearing a shirt, overalls, and shoes, therefore in most cases, she usually doesn't like to wear clothes that show much skin like Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong, though in the pre-release shots and videos of this upcoming game, her outfit was different. --PJ Pete

Eight Player Wifi and Local?
I was pretty sure Diddy Kong Racing had eight-player Wi-Fi. Has this been scrapped?

Game Spot says eight-player Wi-Fi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob4000 (talk • contribs)

I read that it will support up to 8 players via local wireless and Wi-Fi. If it's conformed, then it must be true. Link 486 8:33 am, on January 3rd, 2007.

It was intended to have 8 player Wi-Fi, and limited 8 player support was availible, however RAM limitations meant that some other in game content would have had to be cut. Now Nindento are confirming 6 player Wi-Fi games. On a side note, you probably wouldn't want to play 8 player games anyway because the matchmaking would take so long (imagine the wait in Mario Kart squared). Farcical 08:42, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Farcical, can you provide a link to confirmation of 6-player wifi? Until then it should probably stay at what has been confirmed by various major sources, though I agree that I would be surprised if the DS RAM could really handle full content with 8 racers.Jacob4000 01:18, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Jacob4000

http://ds.ign.com/articles/759/759553p1.html Farcical 10:59, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Aritcle
Someone messed up the article. Can someone fix it please? --Coconutfred73 22:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

5th or 7th
Amazon says its the 5th but nintendo says the 7th.Marioman12 17:09, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

It's the 7th. Whoever keeps changing it is a tool.

That was me because Ign and so I change it and I will be pursueing legal cause if you insult me or other wikipediansMarioman12 00:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC) Also most games comeout on mondays and tuesdaysMarioman12 00:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I personally went to EB games today and pre-ordered the game and the clerk checked the database and personally told me that it gets released on the 7th. I will scan my reciept with the release date ON IT. The 5th is the shipping date, not the release date.

Stop changing the release date. Nintendo says the 7th, it's the 7th. The developer is much more reliable than the stores.

Ign is not a store, name one game that has came out on a wednesdayMarioman12 22:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

here is all the proof I have 









Marioman12 22:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Always take nintendo's word over everything else's. Also, I CAN name a game that was released on a wednesday, Pokemon Red. Game over. In addition, I just recieved an email from Gamestop saying that stores have it in stock on the 7th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.137.228.20 (talk • contribs)

Sign your comments and don't be disrespectful this not forum and stuff like this will not be accepted If i see otherwise from sites I will agree with you but right now you haven't signed up and so I can not treat you like wikipedian but more insted a vandal since you treat other wikipedians unfairlyMarioman12 15:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What? Grow up, Marioman. You're acting unlike what a Wikipedian should. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

This is the last time I'm gonna TALK abou this it ships on the 5th and should get to stores on the 6th like all games do I am not gonna change the release date because you seem intent on it being the 7th and oh yeah and I also went to a worker at Ebgames and said it should get to the store on the 6thMarioman12 19:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

According to Nintendo, the game is released today, Monday. Also, Marioman, stop being an ass; you cannot persue any legal action, and this article is not yours. --Mike 20:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

The official website posted "February '07" on a balloon, not "February 7". The balloon was referring to the year 2007, not the 7th day of the month. This is shown by the asterick in front of the 07. CJ 12:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Official Website
This official website would have everything on it a few days before the game is released. It will contain character profiles, wallpapers, and more. --PJ Pete

Comfirmed to release on the 5th
If you don't believe me go check Nintendo.com and search for Diddy Kong Racing DS. --Coconutfred73 04:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Timber
I heard a rumor that Timber was supposed to get his own game, but it got cancelled. Is it true?--Rat235478683--

Yep. It was supposed to be called Timber 64. --Coconutfred73 14:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, despite the fact that Nintendo owns the rights to him, he officially failed to catch on, and there are lots of characters that failed to catch on, but don't appear in anything else but the remake of that game. --PJ Pete

Australian Release Date
The official Australian release date is April 52007 (See ). I have updated the main article accordingly. Stickeylabel 05:45, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I saw it for sale at EB games yesterday?????? HarveyDanger 00:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

BGM Difference
The only changes are: Jungle Falls now has the same BGM as Fossil Canyon and no longer has its own BGM, Treasure Caves now has the same BGM as Crescent Island and formerly had the same BGM as Pirate Lagoon though there's no change of the BGM for Pirate Lagoon, and Snowball Valley now has the same BGM as Walrus Cove and formerly had the same BGM as Everfrost Peak, and for a custom track, it has its own BGM. --PJ Pete

Unlockable Characters
What are the objectives to unlock the hidden characters to be playable, and who is the hardest character to unlock? --PJ Pete

Wizpig --Rouge2

Sample:complete adventure 2 for unlock Wizpig. -- T.T.

February 5 2007 Release Date
The release date was February 52007, and it is irrelevant when YOU purchased the game. According to the official Nintendo sub-site, the release date was February 52007. Please do not change the release date to anything else. Stickeylabel 23:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Differences between this game and the original
As requested, I have converted the section into paragraphs, and have removed uncitated information. Stickeylabel 07:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Torch Blowing out challenge
I need help. I cant blow out the torches in 60 secs and it really is getting annoying. How can i get it done faster? I think they need to remake this and take out these stupid blowing and spinning features. -- WarioLoaf 01:55, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * a) Wikipedia is not a gamehelp site ;) Try gamefaqs, or just google it
 * b) Yes, they should. Wyvern King 19:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * c) Wikipedia is not a fansite, and is not a forum, plus adding information that is unofficial or less than general into any article is vandalism --PJ Pete

Wish Mode
What's the objective to unlock Wish Mode? It should be added in the article. --PJ Pete

You purchase it under the shop. It is no big deal. undefinedOBEY STARMAN 18:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Reception
You'll need to add in what the game's reception was, which is what reviews it had. --PJ Pete

Pointless trivia
The Nintendo Power thing is hardly remarkable. So someone made a mistake. We don't need such cruft. It would be different if the mistake was made, say, in the manual, or the packaging.--Drat (Talk) 09:26, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Car being removed in Everfrost Peak
If the Car option in Everfrost Peak was removed, you need to give a reason, otherwise the sentence is still incomplete. --PJ Pete

Voice Cast
Can you fix up the table and type in who also voiced some other characters? Jen Taylor voiced Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong in this game. --PJ Pete

Game errors
It is necessary to write in this article what some of the game errors were. One of them was the Rare logo on Dixie Kong's beret, even though she is owned by Nintendo, Rare was sold to Microsoft which the Rare logo became removed from Dixie Kong's beret. --PJ Pete

Merge?
This article doesn't need to be merged into Diddy Kong Racing. --PJ Pete —The preceding  signed but undated.

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