The Weird Cast of Diddy Kong Racing

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  • Опубліковано 25 січ 2023
  • 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)

КОМЕНТАРІ • 990

  • @spaceace9103
    @spaceace9103 Рік тому +1437

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

    • @HyperSonicSquall
      @HyperSonicSquall Рік тому +208

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

    • @SettMetabolik
      @SettMetabolik Рік тому +96

      yup, i was that kid

    • @tonitheloftwing
      @tonitheloftwing Рік тому +98

      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
      @matias_8823 Рік тому +57

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

    • @Jovian12
      @Jovian12 Рік тому +31

      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
    @mistergrool3941 Рік тому +293

    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.

  • @BlinksAwakening
    @BlinksAwakening Рік тому +758

    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
      @RandalfElVikingo Рік тому +23

      Banjo and Mario in Smash, so whatever.

    • @WIld-cHILd-1273
      @WIld-cHILd-1273 Рік тому +50

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

    • @lugbzurg8987
      @lugbzurg8987 Рік тому +74

      Drumstick canonically exists in the same world as WarioWare.

    • @morale.9330
      @morale.9330 Рік тому +64

      @@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
      @TheReZisTLust Рік тому +12

      Kazooie is voiced by Danny Divito in the new Mario movie

  • @smashers6971
    @smashers6971 Рік тому +1144

    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.

    • @Holy-Rowlo88
      @Holy-Rowlo88 Рік тому +49

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

    • @JC20XX
      @JC20XX Рік тому +43

      @@Holy-Rowlo88 didn't Pokémon Snap 2 comes out?

    • @Holy-Rowlo88
      @Holy-Rowlo88 Рік тому +9

      @@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
      @Jormungandr108 Рік тому +23

      I wonder how's Drumstick

    • @Fruitman1997
      @Fruitman1997 Рік тому +25

      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)

  • @deskish3930
    @deskish3930 Рік тому +217

    "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
      @Mister86TV Рік тому +5

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

    • @deskish3930
      @deskish3930 Рік тому +6

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

  • @Quinhala11
    @Quinhala11 Рік тому +235

    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
      @BronzeAgePepper Рік тому +9

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

    • @Brentonius_III
      @Brentonius_III Рік тому +2

      I head Canon this.

    • @Nocron
      @Nocron Рік тому +5

      Nah bring my boy Krunch to the DK games

    • @dragonmaster951753
      @dragonmaster951753 Рік тому +4

      @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
      @Nocron Рік тому +6

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

  • @justinc.5591
    @justinc.5591 Рік тому +577

    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
      @buzter8135 Рік тому +3

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

    • @elianwyn
      @elianwyn Рік тому +26

      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
      @BobtheBeaver528 Рік тому

      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
      @Scorpionspear77 5 місяців тому +4

      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
      @skibot9974 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @DJtheEmoPirate
    @DJtheEmoPirate Рік тому +95

    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

  • @brandonkeith628
    @brandonkeith628 Рік тому +210

    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
      @X2011racer Рік тому +24

      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
      @GreatRaijin Рік тому +11

      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
      @Luciferhelidon 2 місяці тому

      That laugh was just a recording

  • @SmokeTheHorsehog
    @SmokeTheHorsehog Рік тому +165

    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!

  • @SolandDubs
    @SolandDubs Рік тому +26

    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

  • @rmeyster
    @rmeyster Рік тому +67

    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" :')

  • @nodestar6245
    @nodestar6245 Рік тому +354

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

  • @Tamashikiri
    @Tamashikiri Рік тому +47

    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.

  • @latexu9589
    @latexu9589 Рік тому +131

    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
      @BitterMillenial Рік тому +7

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

    • @WIld-cHILd-1273
      @WIld-cHILd-1273 Рік тому +6

      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
      @chaotickreg7024 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @gnbman
    @gnbman Рік тому +61

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

  • @buttersbb3328
    @buttersbb3328 Рік тому +66

    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.

  • @denzeltheeternalunderstudy2858
    @denzeltheeternalunderstudy2858 Рік тому +187

    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
      @thadjarvis9514 Рік тому +15

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

    • @buzzco3811
      @buzzco3811 11 місяців тому +3

      @@thadjarvis9514nooooo

    • @heatherlukas1797
      @heatherlukas1797 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Nocron
    @Nocron Рік тому +20

    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
      @drazzie22 Рік тому +2

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

    • @Nocron
      @Nocron Рік тому +7

      @@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
    @krypto_7155 Рік тому +20

    I like hearing this guy angrily describe diddy Kong racing

  • @Jj666Hh
    @Jj666Hh Рік тому +20

    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

  • @natalieclk
    @natalieclk Рік тому +18

    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

  • @DPXSolo
    @DPXSolo Рік тому +51

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

    • @organicketchup5171
      @organicketchup5171 Рік тому

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

    • @Nocron
      @Nocron Рік тому +4

      He 100% commited felony battery

  • @awesomeocelot7475
    @awesomeocelot7475 Рік тому +168

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

    • @organicketchup5171
      @organicketchup5171 Рік тому +13

      I’d buy that for a dollar!

    • @Coco-hq6ns
      @Coco-hq6ns Рік тому +4

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

  • @ryanjordan4972
    @ryanjordan4972 Рік тому +46

    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
      @0b13F4st3 Рік тому +13

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

  • @Gota0014
    @Gota0014 Рік тому +23

    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
      @volbound1700 Рік тому +8

      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.

  • @muskatDR
    @muskatDR 3 місяці тому +2

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

  • @Geomaster97
    @Geomaster97 Рік тому +22

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

  • @RustyNips
    @RustyNips Рік тому +329

    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
      @Diwasho Рік тому +65

      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
      @pmd3012 Рік тому +5

      always think about tht

    • @KumaPaws376
      @KumaPaws376 Рік тому +18

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

    • @swagsoulja4560
      @swagsoulja4560 Рік тому +15

      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
      @JC20XX Рік тому +1

      -ie

  • @georgeliquor1236
    @georgeliquor1236 Рік тому +68

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

    • @hulkamatt
      @hulkamatt Рік тому +12

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

    • @cowboycurtis4944
      @cowboycurtis4944 Рік тому +2

      Yeah, he's got a similar style.

  • @zinnyfinity9664
    @zinnyfinity9664 Рік тому +94

    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
      @CarlitoCFL  Рік тому +18

      Glad I was able to see you there :)

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 Рік тому +10

      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.

  • @ItzTheBasics
    @ItzTheBasics Рік тому +16

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

  • @SorceressRose
    @SorceressRose Рік тому +45

    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
      @knux333jw Рік тому +12

      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
      @ALLMETAL1970 10 місяців тому +6

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

    • @ConkerFromTheN64
      @ConkerFromTheN64 7 місяців тому +2

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

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 2 дні тому +1

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

  • @Nocron
    @Nocron Рік тому +16

    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
      @khit007 16 днів тому

      maybe trophy thomas is his son

  • @StuartSimon
    @StuartSimon Рік тому +23

    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.

  • @msgameandcake628
    @msgameandcake628 Рік тому +8

    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.

  • @nevercanyoucant
    @nevercanyoucant Рік тому +7

    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...

  • @xcloudx01alt
    @xcloudx01alt Рік тому +3

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

  • @NunofYerbizness
    @NunofYerbizness Рік тому +30

    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
      @Turbulation1 Рік тому +3

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

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @seapigoinkoink
    @seapigoinkoink 8 місяців тому +2

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

    • @polycube868
      @polycube868 3 місяці тому

      I wish they were still making games :(

  • @killerzillavolt2655
    @killerzillavolt2655 Рік тому +3

    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

  • @zackcash4941
    @zackcash4941 Рік тому +4

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

  • @Pokemonrancher
    @Pokemonrancher 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @BitterMillenial
    @BitterMillenial Рік тому +2

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

  • @Eichsterd123
    @Eichsterd123 Рік тому +4

    bumper is a hardened criminal

  • @CascadePSA
    @CascadePSA Рік тому +6

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

  • @TheOverachiever7
    @TheOverachiever7 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @MichaelNelson-kp8zi
    @MichaelNelson-kp8zi Рік тому +4

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

  • @haruhirogrimgar6047
    @haruhirogrimgar6047 Рік тому +3

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

  • @latexu9589
    @latexu9589 Рік тому +7

    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!"🤔🐯🦊🦕

  • @toadynamite8141
    @toadynamite8141 10 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @MrIronJustice
    @MrIronJustice 5 місяців тому +3

    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.

  • @selph8278
    @selph8278 Рік тому +52

    i hope every dkr character has their own game

    • @Silv1ta
      @Silv1ta Рік тому +2

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

    • @Nocron
      @Nocron Рік тому +6

      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.

  • @Sjono
    @Sjono Рік тому +3

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

  • @_G.C
    @_G.C Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @teamdoubleR
    @teamdoubleR Рік тому +4

    Rare the only devs that never really lost their charm

  • @JTTheCritic
    @JTTheCritic Рік тому +1

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

  • @danno461
    @danno461 Рік тому +2

    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
      @EWOODJ 11 днів тому

      You also need to get the first 4 gold trophies.

  • @thedrewdog
    @thedrewdog Рік тому +3

    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
      @khit007 16 днів тому

      i think conker just takes not drinking and driving VERY seriously

  • @Nanet10
    @Nanet10 Рік тому +3

    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 🎮

  • @notthat8163
    @notthat8163 5 місяців тому

    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”

  • @snapdabbin
    @snapdabbin 5 місяців тому +2

    dude went full deliverance on that banjo

  • @rga1605
    @rga1605 Рік тому +3

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

  • @jacobs.9661
    @jacobs.9661 Рік тому +11

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

  • @TheRiddlebox313
    @TheRiddlebox313 7 місяців тому +1

    Lmao "But Timber FUUCKSS UP!" 😂😂

  • @karmachameleon7148
    @karmachameleon7148 Місяць тому +1

    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!!!!

  • @latexu9589
    @latexu9589 Рік тому +4

    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
      @BitterMillenial Рік тому +4

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

  • @ArryStoiles
    @ArryStoiles Рік тому +11

    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

  • @coolaliengaming2446
    @coolaliengaming2446 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @megazillasaurus
    @megazillasaurus 11 місяців тому +2

    Tiptup originated from the 1940 movie "army of velvet worms attack a city" and hes the main character who stops the velvet worm army with his friend who is a brachiopod

  • @TheJadeFist
    @TheJadeFist Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @chompythebeast
    @chompythebeast Рік тому +17

    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

  • @casualdiscussionenjoyer3303
    @casualdiscussionenjoyer3303 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @justaspidercrab
    @justaspidercrab 5 місяців тому +2

    "these weird fucks are something" so true king so true

  • @jaccblacc8424
    @jaccblacc8424 Рік тому +9

    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.
      @Quartzer. Рік тому +7

      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
      @jaccblacc8424 Рік тому +3

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

    • @X2011racer
      @X2011racer Рік тому +6

      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
      @BareBandSubscription 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @keith2196
    @keith2196 Рік тому +7

    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

  • @smoage
    @smoage Рік тому +1

    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
      @smoage Рік тому

      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!

  • @emmafr1edman
    @emmafr1edman Рік тому

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

  • @Maafia
    @Maafia Рік тому +4

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

  • @twitchywitchx
    @twitchywitchx Рік тому +5

    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

  • @Zappy714
    @Zappy714 Рік тому +2

    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!

  • @okxkells
    @okxkells 4 місяці тому

    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!

  • @marvelstarwarsfan8410
    @marvelstarwarsfan8410 Рік тому +6

    Man,the lore is crazy in this game!

  • @fromationart5371
    @fromationart5371 Рік тому +4

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

  • @JumpingInLinesWithJayL
    @JumpingInLinesWithJayL Рік тому +1

    When it comes to what N64 racing games the first one that comes to mind is “Diddy Kong Racing”!!! I loved the game for the story

  • @BrazileoTotalBrazil
    @BrazileoTotalBrazil Рік тому +1

    Wow, I played this game like crazy as a kid/teenager, but I never imagined how much was going on with the cast outside of Diddy, Banjo, Conker and Krush.

  • @Felivanter
    @Felivanter Рік тому +3

    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
      @swisserty Рік тому

      Get rumpled down!!

    • @EinFritzMitX
      @EinFritzMitX Рік тому

      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.

  • @AtomicF0x
    @AtomicF0x Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @sonicmario64
    @sonicmario64 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @sleepy5902
    @sleepy5902 11 місяців тому

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

  • @Diwasho
    @Diwasho Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @foreignuser_
    @foreignuser_ Рік тому +2

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

  • @NoahClevinger
    @NoahClevinger Рік тому +2

    I just discovered your channel and I absolutely love your vibe. Your sense of humor is amazing. This was a very enjoyable video and I can't wait to see more!

  • @LuckySketches
    @LuckySketches 5 місяців тому +1

    Kevin Bayless (IDK how to spell his name) may well have been saying that Tiptup "started in DKR" because his first appearance was in DKR, with Banjo-Kazooie releasing afterward. He just might not be counting a scrapped version of a game that came out later as getting his start.

  • @Spingerex
    @Spingerex 4 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @GenericProtagonist118
    @GenericProtagonist118 Рік тому +1

    I just think it's fascinating that these characters in a way might exist somewhere in the Mario universe. Especially Banjo and Conker... maybe not Conker but that idea is funny to me so I'm sticking with it.

  • @lonecom685
    @lonecom685 Рік тому +1

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

  • @selassieaspen9940
    @selassieaspen9940 Рік тому

    This is one of my favorite videos on UA-cam. It reminded and satisfied my Nostalgia from me playing this game with my brother. Your details and the fact your not afraid to hold back and express who the fuck are these characters while also showing your love for them.

  • @empire0
    @empire0 Рік тому

    Timber Tiger Racing would have been a cool name for the game.
    Also the uncensored narration sounds hilarious when you consider the actual subject you're talking about

  • @Ryan-Petre
    @Ryan-Petre Рік тому +2

    This channel feels like it's becoming to Rare what Cybershell is to Sonic.