A man of culture. Diddy Kong Racing may not have the Rainbow Road theme, but it has much more and does it better. Better OST, better levels, fun hub world, boss races, little secrets to find (the 4 balloons, the keys, jointventue(coop mode). Finding out there was more to the game after the first Wizpig fight was such a great feeling.
@@taylo226 Going back to the latter when the 3D All-Stars Collection was released, this is definitely true. Mario 64 has aged badly whereas Banjo-Kazooie is still fun to play 23 years later.
Diddy Kong Racing will ALWAYS hold that special place in my heart. It's the first game I ever received and played with my N64 that one Christmas morning decades ago, and both that memory and gaming as a whole are in so many ways what shaped me into who I am today, hell, it's most likely a strong reason why I'm even watching this channel and this video at all! So thanks for revisiting this game and giving it the attention it truly deserves :D
Man this episode feels so classic! Id guess some changes were made to the writing Remember not enjoying the wikipedia power point intros to every episode lately, felt so generic and BOring Youre a legend
MK64 always felt cold and empty, and the few times i tried it back then was when my brother rent it for like a week, but the best it had to offer was some random race that weren't at the level of the other game we possessed, not even remotely, Diddy Kong Racing. The story, the characters, the bosses, all the challanges everything is on another level. Graphics and especially the music, the level design, all unique and on another level if compared with that soulless cardboard like game called MK64.
I still really want to know what the space mini game was meant to be! There's a key slot in Spaceport Alpha near the starting line indicating they were gonna have one. I wanna knooowwwww. ;^;
Thank you. I've been saying this for years. I was actually surprised that the next Mario kart didn't incorporate some of the ideas, like boss races, and an open world(kinda) story mode. Still think a kart racer done in this style could be gold!
As a Mario fan Diddy Kong is better than Mario Kart 64 because this had more than carts, it had a hovercraft to hover water and pilot to fly AND most of all it had a story/adventure mode about exploring and stopping an evil villain. Man, I want a sequel to this game.
I have beaten this game alot over the years. Unlocking tt is almost a breeze. And I still can't get enough. I wish I could get people to play with me lol
One thing I almost never hear anyone bring up is that this was the only Nintendo 64 game, heck maybe the only Nintendo game ever, that had a surprise release. This was the only game I ever remember that wasn't shown in magazines at all until the game was basically a month or two away from hitting shelves. I used to be on top of ALL Nintendo 64 news when I was a kid and I remember my Dad picking me up on a Friday and saying that he saw in a magazine that there was going to be a brand new Donkey Kong racing game coming out in time for Christmas and I told him he didn't know what he was talking about....then we stopped at the supermarket before we came home and I picked up a Gamepro or EGM magazine at the rack and saw the screenshots for the game and was absolutely blown away. Sure enough just a few weeks later and it was already out. I was used to gawking at screenshots in magazines for 12-18 months before finally getting to play games in those days
I remember getting Diddy Kong Racing for Christmas one year, and being disappointed it wasn't Mario Kart... until I started playing it. My friends and I became obsessed and ended up completing/unlocking everything just because it was so much fun
We need more "adventure racing" games. Honestly, that'd be something that could set Mario Kart 9 apart. I really hope Nintendo is considering it if they're not straight up considering a new Diddy Kong racing game.
Adventure mode in mario kart wont happen. All the other games havent added much. A new didy kong would be great but is unlikely to happen. Rare own the game assets and nintendo own the ip/trademark. So for it to happen nintendo needs to get rare to port it. But the reason its unlikely is because despite the good relationship they have now. Its 1 sided. Microsoft do all the giving nintendo gives nothing back. It would be stuoid if xbox made diddy kong racing without getting to release it on xbox as well. And nintendo wont ever allow that
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I have always prefered Diddy Kong Racing more. It feels more fair, that your driving skills mean something while in Mario Kart 64 the "rubberband" effect of the CPU characters can get annoying pretty fast
The rubber banding i felt was mostly fine but it just had odd moments of bullshit, especially when you look at the map and the one guy at the back super far behind is getting nothing but stars then starts doing like 3x the speed and your like wtfff
Rare were masters at polishing what Nintendo did and making it their own during the the N64 Era. I just know, when me and my siblings wanted to play a racing game, we'd go for DKR for the racing and Mario Kart64 for battles. Would love to see either a sequel or a current gen remaster of DKR.
One thing you forgot to mention is how letting go of 'A' before hitting a zipper will give you a better boost and how you can mash 'A' during a race to actually go just a little faster. It's those two hidden mechanics that helped me beat T.T.
One of the best aspects of this game is that it made me want to go outside the tracks and explore. Sometimes it really lead to a new, secret place. the places just felt alive, like real cities and villages and enticed my imagination.
for a single player experience it certainly is better, but for a casual multiplayer in the house with friends id always go for mario kart, much simpler and straightforward
This is the first game I ever finished. (I played as Tiptup too. :D ) I also prefer the item progression and the existence of context with an adventure mode and adventure field. One thing I didn't hear you talk about here that's really worth talking about is the set of cheat codes you can put in that are really worth knowing. I don't know how these were translated across to later versions, so I can't speak for that, but in the N64 cartridge, you can put in the code JOINTVENTURE to play 2 player in adventure mode. The races technically have you competing, but the rewards can come from either of you winning the race, so you're free to work together and tag team against the bosses. Putting in FREEFORALL makes all powerup balloons maximum power, which means watch your butt in those battle arenas. Normally, you can only get level 2 powerups in those, but this bypasses that, and if NPCs get their hands on those 10 missiles, they'll turbo-fire off all 10 in a straight line and insta-kill anything in their path. Lots of fun chaos. XD
I rented this game so many times at Blockbuster. The music still fills me with nostalgia. I also love that the game has a vaguely eerie and threatening vibe to it? It’s less party, more weirdly intense exploration.
Diddy Kong Racing is one of my N64 core memories. The levels are so creative, the characters and music is fun, and it's just a racing game that builds into so much more.
To quote Caddicarus: CTFR has familiar characters and not just random ones, I don't wanna play as a mooouse! I still prefer PS1 CTR over Nitro-Fueled, not a fan of Pit Stop or random customization the CPU player uses. I just wanna use basic skins with every game, I'm boring that way.
The last course i beat T.T. on before unlocking him was Darkmoon Caverns. That speedy boy hugs the drift turns at the very innermost edge of the track. After hours of trying, I finally beat him literally by half a second. I would say unlocking T.T. is one of my greatest gaming achievements.
I find it too funny how different I seem to be. Darkmoon Caverns was my very first T.T. race victory when I was young. Many people I've talked to or many comments I've seen say, like you, that Darkmoon Caverns was the last or hardest. Maybe just because it was my favorite track, both in racing and in music, but that's why I beat it first.
@@Morpheel4ever That's a tough question, it's been a while since I've truly played the game. But let's see... when I tried to unlock T.T. I feel like any water level that required a hover were probably tough (Whale Bay, Pirate Lagoon, maybe Boulder Canyon) potentially Windmill Plains, possibly Star City or Spacedust Alley. However whichever track that gave me the hardest time, it overall made me a much better DKR racer. Helped me learn how to get efficient with the drifting and positioning for optimal cornering/boost.
Please do Iggy’s Reckin Balls! For the love of GOD! PLEASE complete this awesome N64 racing gem! It gets no love or mentions ever! Thanks for being such an awesome content creator too!
I find the history of DK racing games to be very fascinating! It started off with an N64 game that didn’t even feature DK and stared Diddy instead, which was bananas! It was even a crossover before the subsequent games came out! Featuring Banjo before Banjo’s game came out! After, the GBA was gonna get a new DK racing game, but switched to a Banjo racing game, making it the only Banjo racing game and pretty much the only non-adventure game in the Banjo-Kazooie franchise. It’s kinda poetic how Banjo’s start on Nintendo was on a racing game, but ended with a racing game too... kinda. I digress. Along with this, they canceled Donkey Kong Racing for GameCube because RareWare was bought out by Microsoft before anything could come of this. They then made a DIFFERENT GameCube DK racing game, but it used the bongos!! But it came out on Wii instead probably because Nintendo knew that this is a multiplayer game and it’s way less likely that people would own 4 DK bongos than 4 Wii Remotes and Nunchucks, but in this shift, the game became kinda mediocre, which is a shame because the cast here is kinda crazy! I mean Lanky Kong is in the game! They then made a remake of the N64 game on DS, which is such a strange move to make. Why release a multiplayer game on a handheld? It’s just so strange and no one even talks about this game, so I don’t know what the general consensus is with this. Then... nothing... That was the last of DK racing games.. Nintendo used to be on top with all sorts if interesting racing games back in the day like the Excite series, F-Zero, the DK racing games, WaveRace, Mario Kart (obviously), and more, but nowadays there’s barely anything. We have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but that was even a remake of a 7 year old Wii U game! Nintendo needs to return to making more racing games!
It just dawned on me DKR might be the only crossover to have characters that were gonna be established in the future. It only turned into a crossover after a full year of it release. Four years if you wanna count conker, too.
I also find it poetic that diddy kong was both the first and last dk racing and never even thought about the whole banjo thing you said. About donkey kong racing: I’ve never played it, so hearing lanky kong is surreal. And yeah, shame we don’t really get racing games by nintendo. I hear people always bring up mk 9 and, while it would be great, having different games with different approaches was more interesting!
Forgot to mention Kirby Air Ride for the other Nintendo racing games! That one is such a classic, even if all the fun is in the non-racer City Trial mode.
@@aclstudios true, totally forgot about it! and funnily enough, it also has a different approach. mario kart is centered in casual fun with chaotic gameplay thanks to random items so everyone an enjoy it. diddy kong racing adds depth to these systems by having a unique item system and different vehicles with different attributes. f zero was a bit more hardcore with its difficulty and much less forgiving. kirby’s air ride centered its gameplay in one button in an attempt to make the gameplay a bit more simple and uses regular kirby powerups. it’s fun to have variety and i appreciate different takes on the same genre.
@@aclstudios personally, i think air ride is fun beyond the city trial mode, though i’d be lying if i said it isn’t the highlight. hell, i’d even love to see it in more games!
god this game is so special to me, this is the first game me and my brother really tried our hardest to beat, wizpig is a real bastard when you're a kid. I remember going on the internet looking for tips (while thinking the lighthouse turning into a space ship sounded fake lol) and suddenly my brother runs around the corner and says "I beat him". We were so excited by the space stages
It warms my heart to see DKR getting acknowledged!! I was an avid Mario Kart fan on the SNES and was underwhelmed by the N64 iteration. However, DKR saved me the sadness of not having a great kart/plane/hovercraft game on the N64! There is no comparison, DKR is the best of this genre on the N64! Thanks for a great video!
As much as I like Mario, I still have to admit that Diddy Kong Racing is actually better than Mario Kart 64. In the end Diddy Kong Racing just has more to offer than Mario Kart 64.
Mario Kart can be better as a casual, party game. As Jirard said, its chaotic nature makes everyone play on equal grounds, but DKR has more to offer, it’s just such a good game. It has a ton of replay value and strategy.
Diddy Kong Racing was the first game I got with my N64 I was going to get Mario 64 but I played DKR at a department store and fell in love with it. It holds a special place in my heart and takes me back to being 10 years old again.
I absolutely love DKR and have always preferred it over MK64. The passion seen here makes wish I can go back and play the game at my grandma's house one last time. And lastly, the ending had me laugh and cry at the same time. Kudos Jirard-sama!
Thank you for putting DKR on the map. I had so much more fun completing DKR than I did with Mario Kart. They were both good, but DKR really awarded you for completing everything.
An exceptional episode as always, Jirard. Though I can't help but wonder, where's all the love for the true star of the show, Bumpa? He's such a household name, I'm surprised you didn't mention him at any point. Lookin forward to the next episode, keep up the great work. The end of New Game Plus is nigh my friends.
Oh my goodness yessss, it's great to see this game once more back on the channel. I was there when the original episode was being done and streamed, so much fun and if I remember, I even tweeted Rare about it and they loved it :D. Congrats on winning King of the Web from it my guy and then paying it forward to another creator, you are a fab being Jirard :D
There's a few things that got missed like the fact you could do the main campaigns in co-op (which does remove 2 coins in all of the silver coin races, most notably the one hidden in the tree in Greenwood Village and the one in Crescent Bay that's on a steep cliff), cheats available for almost every aspect of the game from having upgraded weapons to removing the boosts and balloons to even improving the AI by enabling the rubber banding [WHICH IS OFF BY DEFAULT!] and the better AI used for the TT races, and hidden shortcuts for alternate vehicles (like the small tunnel in the waterfall in Frosty Village) !
TBH, the main thing Mario Kart 64 has over DKR is drifting and hopping. It might not seem like much but it feels WAY better to pull off there. Content wise, DKR still clears however. The way I view these two games is the same way I view Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie. I prefer Kazooie for its level variety, music, characters and design but Mario 64's absolute freedom of feeling totally in control of the character still absolutely gives it an edge.
This game was more then My childhood but also a brand new beginning of a certain bear and squirrel who went there separate ways to have there own grand adventure and you'll know the rest. Real pity that any of the other characters outside of Diddy didn't get there own stand alone game afterwards.
I played Diddy Kong Racing for the first time yesterday and about 2 hours in I put my controller down and said this is better then any Mario kart game and I couldn't believe it cause I had played MK for years! Preach the Diddy gospel completionist!
For as long as I can remember I’ve been shouting this game’s praise and saying how it’s better than Mario Kart 64 to all my friends, some of which agree. I’ve been doing my part to fight the good fight so it’s great to see others carry on in spreading the gospel as well
Never unlocked T.T. and never finished Adventure 2, but this is by far my favorite racing game of all time, and is high on the list of games I wish I could play for a big dose of nostalgia. Damn my non-functional eyeballs.
This is one of the best retro racing games ever made. I’ll never forget the day I beat the game. It was during a tough time in my life and that game helped me escape a tough divorce my parents were going through.
man diddy Kong racing was so sick!! If you played both this and Mario Kart as a kid you already know diddy King was better the story alone was incredible to me back then, and with all the secrets and legit challenge I LOVED this game
I always held the opinion that DKR is better than MK64, and felt like it was the minority opinion. DKR just has so much more to it, both games are pristine gems, but DKR takes it to the next level with its adventure mode, bosses, multiple vehicles and built in collectibles tied to completing it. DKR is one of those games that are so good to me, that I fully completed it without this ever being my intention or goal, I ended up fully completing it just as a happy accident because I loved the game so much that I just kept wanting more of it and to see everything. This is pretty *rare* for me, most games I have to sort of force myself to 100% them, and it becomes more like a job instead of being fun, but this game from start to 100% completion was so much fun that I even wanted more after completing it. I would love an HD remake of DKR, or even just a port on the Switch like you said, but it will most likely never happen.
Man there is soooo much he didn't discuss!! He didn't really talk about the tracks at all. Some of them are so fleshed out it's almost like driving through a real town square, or a futuristic city. He didn't even mention the reference to the star wars trench run!! It is super fun to look for shortcuts and hidden coins and items on the tracks. They're shorter than Mario karts longest but much more detailed, interesting, and alive. Oh and there's a freaking sonic adventure style loop d loop!! Also the games mechanics are deeper. He didn't mention it but if you let go of the gas just before boosting you get an extra boost. It's essential for beating TT and the harder stages. Going up on 2 wheels in cart mode is really slow but you can turn on a dime and you need to do it strategically. Doing barrel rolls on the plane stops you from being able to steer but your speed goes up to like 140. In the review you can see Jirard use it to beat wizpig2. I don't know if there's a real use for the plane loop de loop other than maybe for battle mode? Still cool it's in the game!! Jirard is now the only person besides myself that i know of that completed this game, and it warms my heart. Knowing about DKR is a burden, it's a curse to try to get your friends to check out this superior game. Imagine if you lived in a world where Mario Bros never got popular, and people think Joe and Mac is the best platformer on the NES, and you spent your whole life trying to convince people to check out Mario Bros. Oh and the cheats are amazing too! What a game!
Its by far a superior game in every way for me. Saying that I'm currently playing the silver coin challenge on Windmill Planes on an emulator on my phone, its so frustrating and difficult, still one of my all time favourite games though.
I admit that DKR is a game that I would say is better than MK64. The controls feels smooth and the presence of a story mode with memorable characters is simply amazing Plus, It's a meme among friends of mine that we always thought that Taj the Genie when he appeared said "Berry" so we just called him Berry from there on. It's charming how each character can leave a different impact.
Team Pipsy! I never play as female characters yet Pipsy is the exception. No idea why, she was just the obvious choice to me. Like the female equivalent of Toad in MK.
If I have 30 mins to play N64 with a few friends, we’re playing Mario Kart. If I can only have one cart racer in my collection, it’s Duffy Kong Racing.
19:00 this had me in tears ALSO I just got to the part where you mention the actual game's True End is after the credits and when you unlock Future Funland. that's super on-track for games in the Donkey Kong series (at least in the Donkey Kong Country series)
As far as 1 player gotta give it to Diddy, multiplayer I feel there is actually more diversity in the items in Mario kart making it more balanced like blue shells or lightning etc as well as a much better battle mode. Majic codes though you can really play around with settings and even use the same characters so there’s a lot of balance right there. I love both of them but Im gonna say Mario kart 64 barley got it just for me. Really hope this makes it to NSO I think it will
so true, much more content and fun in this game. I think the best mario kart is the first one(SNES) because it gets fucking crazy in the other ones with the items, blueshells galore fuck that
I've been saying that for years...and I still get backlash for it. DKR is better than MK64. I'm sorry. Lol. I love them both, but DKR had way more depth
Diddy Kong is definitely better than Mario kart. Better color scheme. Better sound track Better character development Better multi player. Better storyline. Does Kart even have a story. Cheats provide incentives Hidden characters More vehicles More replay ability.
A man of culture. Diddy Kong Racing may not have the Rainbow Road theme, but it has much more and does it better. Better OST, better levels, fun hub world, boss races, little secrets to find (the 4 balloons, the keys, jointventue(coop mode).
Finding out there was more to the game after the first Wizpig fight was such a great feeling.
It does my heart good to hear someone else preach the gospel of Diddy Kong Racing > Mario Kart 64.
And Perfect Dark > Goldeneye
And Banjo and Kazooie is better than super mario 64
@@taylo226 Going back to the latter when the 3D All-Stars Collection was released, this is definitely true. Mario 64 has aged badly whereas Banjo-Kazooie is still fun to play 23 years later.
@@taylo226 And Yooka Laylee is.......nevermind :(
Mario Kart 64 is not that great. CTR also runs LAPS around it.
Diddy Kong Racing will ALWAYS hold that special place in my heart. It's the first game I ever received and played with my N64 that one Christmas morning decades ago, and both that memory and gaming as a whole are in so many ways what shaped me into who I am today, hell, it's most likely a strong reason why I'm even watching this channel and this video at all! So thanks for revisiting this game and giving it the attention it truly deserves :D
I loved the airplanes in this game, and my favorite mode was the steal the eggs with an airplane mode!
For me the one thing MK64 undeniably did better is the courses, not that Diddy Kongs are bad I think I just prefer the way MK did it.
Diddy Kong Racing and Mario Kart 64 are two awesome video games on the Nintendo 64 and this is a great episode of the completionist
That savoring “hiss” was hilarious!
Oh my heart. So many good times. Never will forget them.
Man this episode feels so classic! Id guess some changes were made to the writing
Remember not enjoying the wikipedia power point intros to every episode lately, felt so generic and BOring
Youre a legend
MK64 always felt cold and empty, and the few times i tried it back then was when my brother rent it for like a week, but the best it had to offer was some random race that weren't at the level of the other game we possessed, not even remotely, Diddy Kong Racing. The story, the characters, the bosses, all the challanges everything is on another level. Graphics and especially the music, the level design, all unique and on another level if compared with that soulless cardboard like game called MK64.
My favourite racer was always Timber the tiger 🐯
I still really want to know what the space mini game was meant to be! There's a key slot in Spaceport Alpha near the starting line indicating they were gonna have one. I wanna knooowwwww. ;^;
Not even controversial. It’s just accurate. Diddy Kong racing is just Factually better than Mario kart64
Didn’t they say this game was coming to NSOEP but later date?
100% agree. That Rare team knew how to take Nintendo concepts to the next level. They improved MK64 on every single aspect.
Mario Kart 64, or the Mortal Kombat trilogy for the nintendo 64?
@@kevinmarquez5733 Both
Thank you. I've been saying this for years. I was actually surprised that the next Mario kart didn't incorporate some of the ideas, like boss races, and an open world(kinda) story mode. Still think a kart racer done in this style could be gold!
Just like how Banjo Kazoooe was better than Super Mario 64
I've always been a passenger on the DKR>MK64 Train! This really makes me wanna play it like, RIGHT NOW.
I thought this was just a fact.
me to
As a Mario fan Diddy Kong is better than Mario Kart 64 because this had more than carts, it had a hovercraft to hover water and pilot to fly AND most of all it had a story/adventure mode about exploring and stopping an evil villain.
Man, I want a sequel to this game.
I have beaten this game alot over the years. Unlocking tt is almost a breeze. And I still can't get enough. I wish I could get people to play with me lol
To be fair, that's a very uncontroversial opinion.
It’s crazy how rare was able to put this together and turn out so good and with much charm.
love it to death, by far my favourite kart racing game.
One thing I almost never hear anyone bring up is that this was the only Nintendo 64 game, heck maybe the only Nintendo game ever, that had a surprise release. This was the only game I ever remember that wasn't shown in magazines at all until the game was basically a month or two away from hitting shelves. I used to be on top of ALL Nintendo 64 news when I was a kid and I remember my Dad picking me up on a Friday and saying that he saw in a magazine that there was going to be a brand new Donkey Kong racing game coming out in time for Christmas and I told him he didn't know what he was talking about....then we stopped at the supermarket before we came home and I picked up a Gamepro or EGM magazine at the rack and saw the screenshots for the game and was absolutely blown away. Sure enough just a few weeks later and it was already out. I was used to gawking at screenshots in magazines for 12-18 months before finally getting to play games in those days
I remember getting Diddy Kong Racing for Christmas one year, and being disappointed it wasn't Mario Kart... until I started playing it. My friends and I became obsessed and ended up completing/unlocking everything just because it was so much fun
Did you complete round 2?
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good guy jirard givin back.
My brother chaotic thanks for the kind words!
The man didn’t even leave the link in the desc tho
wholesome :)
@Odin's Messenger It is in the video itself, that is something
We need more "adventure racing" games. Honestly, that'd be something that could set Mario Kart 9 apart. I really hope Nintendo is considering it if they're not straight up considering a new Diddy Kong racing game.
Adventure mode in mario kart wont happen. All the other games havent added much.
A new didy kong would be great but is unlikely to happen. Rare own the game assets and nintendo own the ip/trademark.
So for it to happen nintendo needs to get rare to port it. But the reason its unlikely is because despite the good relationship they have now. Its 1 sided. Microsoft do all the giving nintendo gives nothing back.
It would be stuoid if xbox made diddy kong racing without getting to release it on xbox as well. And nintendo wont ever allow that
I would like that separate but also a Mario Kart maker
def the worst part of the Mario Kart franchise is the lack of adventure mode. I chalk it up to pure laziness.
Well i think we getting one this March soon
How do you feel about Beetle Adventure Racing? One of my all time favorite adventure racing games along side DKR
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@@Falconpeep85 I just got dirt in my eye. I yawned too big. A fly hit my eyeball
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I have always prefered Diddy Kong Racing more. It feels more fair, that your driving skills mean something while in Mario Kart 64 the "rubberband" effect of the CPU characters can get annoying pretty fast
MK's AI cheats.
The rubber banding i felt was mostly fine but it just had odd moments of bullshit, especially when you look at the map and the one guy at the back super far behind is getting nothing but stars then starts doing like 3x the speed and your like wtfff
@@battyflaps5410 you can almost match that speed when power drifting with a star, that speed is absolutely nuts and I love it
Rare were masters at polishing what Nintendo did and making it their own during the the N64 Era. I just know, when me and my siblings wanted to play a racing game, we'd go for DKR for the racing and Mario Kart64 for battles. Would love to see either a sequel or a current gen remaster of DKR.
It goes by CTR. When it comes to racing games if that type CTR is top
They tried that on the DS. The less said about it, the better.
@@SparkpadArt Yeaaaah... I didn't even know there was a DS port for the longest time, and I could easily see why I didn't
@@SparkpadArt lol. what was wrong with it? had no issue with that DS port. I enjoyed it
@@JQ_Unity I dunno, I guess it was a bit lacking in the charm the original game had.
One thing you forgot to mention is how letting go of 'A' before hitting a zipper will give you a better boost and how you can mash 'A' during a race to actually go just a little faster. It's those two hidden mechanics that helped me beat T.T.
One of the best aspects of this game is that it made me want to go outside the tracks and explore. Sometimes it really lead to a new, secret place. the places just felt alive, like real cities and villages and enticed my imagination.
for a single player experience it certainly is better, but for a casual multiplayer in the house with friends id always go for mario kart, much simpler and straightforward
@@MrHaVoKeR Nah man, DKR's battle arenas are where it's at for multiplayer.
I remeber renting an N64 with DKR just to play the ice pyramid over and over.
This is the first game I ever finished. (I played as Tiptup too. :D ) I also prefer the item progression and the existence of context with an adventure mode and adventure field.
One thing I didn't hear you talk about here that's really worth talking about is the set of cheat codes you can put in that are really worth knowing. I don't know how these were translated across to later versions, so I can't speak for that, but in the N64 cartridge, you can put in the code JOINTVENTURE to play 2 player in adventure mode. The races technically have you competing, but the rewards can come from either of you winning the race, so you're free to work together and tag team against the bosses.
Putting in FREEFORALL makes all powerup balloons maximum power, which means watch your butt in those battle arenas. Normally, you can only get level 2 powerups in those, but this bypasses that, and if NPCs get their hands on those 10 missiles, they'll turbo-fire off all 10 in a straight line and insta-kill anything in their path. Lots of fun chaos. XD
HAHAHAHA DEFINITELY REMEMBER THAT!
The first game I finished was Turok
Diddy Kong Racing is the best racing game of all time. I have never enjoyed a racing game as much as Diddy Kong Racing.
I rented this game so many times at Blockbuster. The music still fills me with nostalgia.
I also love that the game has a vaguely eerie and threatening vibe to it? It’s less party, more weirdly intense exploration.
Love this comment .
When I was a little kid,
that "vague eerieness" meant everything.
#Class06
Although 😅 ..
My circle played ALOT of the (ice battle) stage with free-for-all missiles 🤷🏾♂️ #party
I rentes this enough times that I would have saved money by just buying it
Same here
yeah it was like pure evil at one part then its nice and colourful, and you can run over a frog xD
Diddy Kong Racing is one of my N64 core memories. The levels are so creative, the characters and music is fun, and it's just a racing game that builds into so much more.
It might be kinda subtle, but I think Jirard likes Diddy Kong Racing more than Mario Kart 64.
omg, i think you might be right! Can’t believe i almost missed that.
You’re crazy… literally no evidence in the video that what you say is true.
Waiting for someone to take whoosh
I absolutely loved Diddy Kong Racing. The game had so much content, I’d almost always pick it over Mario Kart
I'm so glad Diddy Kong Racing came around because it helped inspire Crash Team Racing, which is still one of my favorite racing games of all time.
To quote Caddicarus: CTFR has familiar characters and not just random ones, I don't wanna play as a mooouse! I still prefer PS1 CTR over Nitro-Fueled, not a fan of Pit Stop or random customization the CPU player uses. I just wanna use basic skins with every game, I'm boring that way.
I still wish there was a Yaya Panda Mod
This was my favorite 64 game as a kid. Diddy Kong Racing needs more love! Really hope it gets brought to NSO or even a remaster.
The last course i beat T.T. on before unlocking him was Darkmoon Caverns. That speedy boy hugs the drift turns at the very innermost edge of the track. After hours of trying, I finally beat him literally by half a second. I would say unlocking T.T. is one of my greatest gaming achievements.
I find it too funny how different I seem to be. Darkmoon Caverns was my very first T.T. race victory when I was young. Many people I've talked to or many comments I've seen say, like you, that Darkmoon Caverns was the last or hardest. Maybe just because it was my favorite track, both in racing and in music, but that's why I beat it first.
@@MusicalMatthew That is funny, and awesome, too! What track's time trial was the hardest for you to beat?
@@Morpheel4ever That's a tough question, it's been a while since I've truly played the game. But let's see... when I tried to unlock T.T. I feel like any water level that required a hover were probably tough (Whale Bay, Pirate Lagoon, maybe Boulder Canyon) potentially Windmill Plains, possibly Star City or Spacedust Alley. However whichever track that gave me the hardest time, it overall made me a much better DKR racer. Helped me learn how to get efficient with the drifting and positioning for optimal cornering/boost.
Most definitely one of the hardest things in gaming Ive ever done. Goldeneye on 007 mode was up there too.
Half a second is an insane lead!
Never loved a racing game like this one. One of my first n64 games as a kid. Almost completed it, and i don't even like racing haha
Please do Iggy’s Reckin Balls! For the love of GOD! PLEASE complete this awesome N64 racing gem! It gets no love or mentions ever! Thanks for being such an awesome content creator too!
I've played this game alot when I was young, it's fun earing people mentioning his existance! It was a lot of fun, such an original game!
I honestly thought it was a fever dream
Wow, never expected to see this get repped. Amazing game, and soundtrack
I never come across someone talking about this game, but is was so strange and yet so fun for me as a child
It's an interesting racing game but the latter tracks are just awful if you ask me
I find the history of DK racing games to be very fascinating! It started off with an N64 game that didn’t even feature DK and stared Diddy instead, which was bananas! It was even a crossover before the subsequent games came out! Featuring Banjo before Banjo’s game came out! After, the GBA was gonna get a new DK racing game, but switched to a Banjo racing game, making it the only Banjo racing game and pretty much the only non-adventure game in the Banjo-Kazooie franchise. It’s kinda poetic how Banjo’s start on Nintendo was on a racing game, but ended with a racing game too... kinda. I digress. Along with this, they canceled Donkey Kong Racing for GameCube because RareWare was bought out by Microsoft before anything could come of this. They then made a DIFFERENT GameCube DK racing game, but it used the bongos!! But it came out on Wii instead probably because Nintendo knew that this is a multiplayer game and it’s way less likely that people would own 4 DK bongos than 4 Wii Remotes and Nunchucks, but in this shift, the game became kinda mediocre, which is a shame because the cast here is kinda crazy! I mean Lanky Kong is in the game! They then made a remake of the N64 game on DS, which is such a strange move to make. Why release a multiplayer game on a handheld? It’s just so strange and no one even talks about this game, so I don’t know what the general consensus is with this. Then... nothing... That was the last of DK racing games.. Nintendo used to be on top with all sorts if interesting racing games back in the day like the Excite series, F-Zero, the DK racing games, WaveRace, Mario Kart (obviously), and more, but nowadays there’s barely anything. We have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but that was even a remake of a 7 year old Wii U game! Nintendo needs to return to making more racing games!
It just dawned on me DKR might be the only crossover to have characters that were gonna be established in the future. It only turned into a crossover after a full year of it release.
Four years if you wanna count conker, too.
I also find it poetic that diddy kong was both the first and last dk racing and never even thought about the whole banjo thing you said.
About donkey kong racing: I’ve never played it, so hearing lanky kong is surreal.
And yeah, shame we don’t really get racing games by nintendo. I hear people always bring up mk 9 and, while it would be great, having different games with different approaches was more interesting!
Forgot to mention Kirby Air Ride for the other Nintendo racing games! That one is such a classic, even if all the fun is in the non-racer City Trial mode.
@@aclstudios true, totally forgot about it!
and funnily enough, it also has a different approach.
mario kart is centered in casual fun with chaotic gameplay thanks to random items so everyone an enjoy it. diddy kong racing adds depth to these systems by having a unique item system and different vehicles with different attributes. f zero was a bit more hardcore with its difficulty and much less forgiving. kirby’s air ride centered its gameplay in one button in an attempt to make the gameplay a bit more simple and uses regular kirby powerups.
it’s fun to have variety and i appreciate different takes on the same genre.
@@aclstudios personally, i think air ride is fun beyond the city trial mode, though i’d be lying if i said it isn’t the highlight. hell, i’d even love to see it in more games!
Diddy Kong Racing actually takes skill to beat. Mario Kart is luck-based.
god this game is so special to me, this is the first game me and my brother really tried our hardest to beat, wizpig is a real bastard when you're a kid. I remember going on the internet looking for tips (while thinking the lighthouse turning into a space ship sounded fake lol) and suddenly my brother runs around the corner and says "I beat him". We were so excited by the space stages
It warms my heart to see DKR getting acknowledged!! I was an avid Mario Kart fan on the SNES and was underwhelmed by the N64 iteration. However, DKR saved me the sadness of not having a great kart/plane/hovercraft game on the N64! There is no comparison, DKR is the best of this genre on the N64! Thanks for a great video!
I dont know how people like the snes mario kart i really disliked it because it was just so hard to control but mario kart 64 for me was pure gold
I remember feeling super accomplished finishing this game as a kid. Definitely took some skill.
As much as I like Mario, I still have to admit that Diddy Kong Racing is actually better than Mario Kart 64. In the end Diddy Kong Racing just has more to offer than Mario Kart 64.
And Crash Team racing surpassed both
Mario Kart can be better as a casual, party game. As Jirard said, its chaotic nature makes everyone play on equal grounds, but DKR has more to offer, it’s just such a good game. It has a ton of replay value and strategy.
@@mandalorianhunter1 i’ve never played it, really been wanting to try it on the ps1.
@@philatio1744 go try it, its one of my favorite games of all time.
@@mandalorianhunter1 will do! looks really fun.
Who wants this game on NSO?
If Banjo-Kazooie and Jet Force Gemini can get on the service, why can't this game?
That was never a debate, everyone already knew that.
I've always thought Diddy kong racing was better too!! 😂😂
I really hope they eventually bring this to NSO - especially since Banjo is now on it.
love Jirard's passion for games and paying it forward to other budding creators. Still waiting for a Star Ocean Completionist episode.
Today the Gamurai has subscribed! The ☝️😲Prophecy has finally been finipeded
12:50 I remember hearing this on Twitch when he was editing this, and I was crying laughing 😂
Reminds me of Game Grumps' impression of Mr Wilson from Dennis The Menace
"DENNIS! I'M GONNA GIVE YA FIVE ACROSS THE ASS!"
The REAL question… is Diddy Kong Racing DS better than Mario Kart DS?? 🏎🏁
Jirard: "IT'S BETTER THAN MARIO KART 64!!!"
Gamers with taste: *NO LIES DETECTED*
congrats one of the hardest games ever. I hated the silver coin challenges and some of the boss races so I just quit.
Diddy Kong Racing was the first game I got with my N64 I was going to get Mario 64 but I played DKR at a department store and fell in love with it. It holds a special place in my heart and takes me back to being 10 years old again.
Diddy Kong Racing is better than Mario Kart period.
Quite frankly I respectfully…
agree of course
I LOVED this game as a kid. This and Lego racer. Those were the two racers I had for the N64 back in the day. :')
I enjoyed the second quest WAY more than the first, so this was always a “complete” for me.
I absolutely love DKR and have always preferred it over MK64.
The passion seen here makes wish I can go back and play the game at my grandma's house
one last time. And lastly, the ending had me laugh and cry at the same time. Kudos Jirard-sama!
Me before clicking on the video: “That’s a bold statement!”
Me after the video: “Ok he’s got a point”
Thank you for putting DKR on the map. I had so much more fun completing DKR than I did with Mario Kart. They were both good, but DKR really awarded you for completing everything.
Played this through multiple times.
Love it to bits 🥰
This game was the first game I ever listened to a soundtest for. that's how good the music was. Thank you "jukebox" code!
An exceptional episode as always, Jirard. Though I can't help but wonder, where's all the love for the true star of the show, Bumpa? He's such a household name, I'm surprised you didn't mention him at any point.
Lookin forward to the next episode, keep up the great work. The end of New Game Plus is nigh my friends.
Oh my goodness yessss, it's great to see this game once more back on the channel. I was there when the original episode was being done and streamed, so much fun and if I remember, I even tweeted Rare about it and they loved it :D.
Congrats on winning King of the Web from it my guy and then paying it forward to another creator, you are a fab being Jirard :D
There's a few things that got missed like the fact you could do the main campaigns in co-op (which does remove 2 coins in all of the silver coin races, most notably the one hidden in the tree in Greenwood Village and the one in Crescent Bay that's on a steep cliff), cheats available for almost every aspect of the game from having upgraded weapons to removing the boosts and balloons to even improving the AI by enabling the rubber banding [WHICH IS OFF BY DEFAULT!] and the better AI used for the TT races, and hidden shortcuts for alternate vehicles (like the small tunnel in the waterfall in Frosty Village) !
TBH, the main thing Mario Kart 64 has over DKR is drifting and hopping. It might not seem like much but it feels WAY better to pull off there.
Content wise, DKR still clears however. The way I view these two games is the same way I view Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie. I prefer Kazooie for its level variety, music, characters and design but Mario 64's absolute freedom of feeling totally in control of the character still absolutely gives it an edge.
This game was more then My childhood but also a brand new beginning of a certain bear and squirrel who went there separate ways to have there own grand adventure and you'll know the rest.
Real pity that any of the other characters outside of Diddy didn't get there own stand alone game afterwards.
i would just love to see what kind of game TT would have been in.
coulda been the best clock simulator ever
Microsoft Ruined Rare, it sucks that that happened.
Always heard that Diddy Kong Racing was a great game. As a kid, I always thought the game sucked, like really bad.
I had the DS version.
I didnt hate the ds version but the original just has this atmosphere that the ds version didnt.
Loved this game. Being able to play as Conker was dope.
you could really conquer the tracks with him
man, i love conker. hope we get the conker’s twelve tails beta!
one of my most wanted betas along earthbound 64.
I played Diddy Kong Racing for the first time yesterday and about 2 hours in I put my controller down and said this is better then any Mario kart game and I couldn't believe it cause I had played MK for years! Preach the Diddy gospel completionist!
For as long as I can remember I’ve been shouting this game’s praise and saying how it’s better than Mario Kart 64 to all my friends, some of which agree. I’ve been doing my part to fight the good fight so it’s great to see others carry on in spreading the gospel as well
Never unlocked T.T. and never finished Adventure 2, but this is by far my favorite racing game of all time, and is high on the list of games I wish I could play for a big dose of nostalgia. Damn my non-functional eyeballs.
This is one of the best retro racing games ever made. I’ll never forget the day I beat the game. It was during a tough time in my life and that game helped me escape a tough divorce my parents were going through.
man diddy Kong racing was so sick!! If you played both this and Mario Kart as a kid you already know diddy King was better the story alone was incredible to me back then, and with all the secrets and legit challenge I LOVED this game
I always held the opinion that DKR is better than MK64, and felt like it was the minority opinion. DKR just has so much more to it, both games are pristine gems, but DKR takes it to the next level with its adventure mode, bosses, multiple vehicles and built in collectibles tied to completing it.
DKR is one of those games that are so good to me, that I fully completed it without this ever being my intention or goal, I ended up fully completing it just as a happy accident because I loved the game so much that I just kept wanting more of it and to see everything. This is pretty *rare* for me, most games I have to sort of force myself to 100% them, and it becomes more like a job instead of being fun, but this game from start to 100% completion was so much fun that I even wanted more after completing it.
I would love an HD remake of DKR, or even just a port on the Switch like you said, but it will most likely never happen.
Man there is soooo much he didn't discuss!! He didn't really talk about the tracks at all. Some of them are so fleshed out it's almost like driving through a real town square, or a futuristic city. He didn't even mention the reference to the star wars trench run!! It is super fun to look for shortcuts and hidden coins and items on the tracks. They're shorter than Mario karts longest but much more detailed, interesting, and alive. Oh and there's a freaking sonic adventure style loop d loop!!
Also the games mechanics are deeper. He didn't mention it but if you let go of the gas just before boosting you get an extra boost. It's essential for beating TT and the harder stages. Going up on 2 wheels in cart mode is really slow but you can turn on a dime and you need to do it strategically.
Doing barrel rolls on the plane stops you from being able to steer but your speed goes up to like 140. In the review you can see Jirard use it to beat wizpig2. I don't know if there's a real use for the plane loop de loop other than maybe for battle mode? Still cool it's in the game!!
Jirard is now the only person besides myself that i know of that completed this game, and it warms my heart. Knowing about DKR is a burden, it's a curse to try to get your friends to check out this superior game. Imagine if you lived in a world where Mario Bros never got popular, and people think Joe and Mac is the best platformer on the NES, and you spent your whole life trying to convince people to check out Mario Bros.
Oh and the cheats are amazing too! What a game!
Its by far a superior game in every way for me. Saying that I'm currently playing the silver coin challenge on Windmill Planes on an emulator on my phone, its so frustrating and difficult, still one of my all time favourite games though.
I admit that DKR is a game that I would say is better than MK64. The controls feels smooth and the presence of a story mode with memorable characters is simply amazing
Plus, It's a meme among friends of mine that we always thought that Taj the Genie when he appeared said "Berry" so we just called him Berry from there on. It's charming how each character can leave a different impact.
Team Pipsy! I never play as female characters yet Pipsy is the exception. No idea why, she was just the obvious choice to me. Like the female equivalent of Toad in MK.
Ever notice how the Octopus repeatedly yells "ALCOHOL" when you race him?
If I have 30 mins to play N64 with a few friends, we’re playing Mario Kart. If I can only have one cart racer in my collection, it’s Duffy Kong Racing.
19:00 this had me in tears
ALSO I just got to the part where you mention the actual game's True End is after the credits and when you unlock Future Funland. that's super on-track for games in the Donkey Kong series (at least in the Donkey Kong Country series)
As far as 1 player gotta give it to Diddy, multiplayer I feel there is actually more diversity in the items in Mario kart making it more balanced like blue shells or lightning etc as well as a much better battle mode.
Majic codes though you can really play around with settings and even use the same characters so there’s a lot of balance right there.
I love both of them but Im gonna say Mario kart 64 barley got it just for me.
Really hope this makes it to NSO I think it will
I thought it was already widely accepted that Diddy Kong racing was better than Mario Kart 64 never once met a person who thought otherwise
so true, much more content and fun in this game. I think the best mario kart is the first one(SNES) because it gets fucking crazy in the other ones with the items, blueshells galore fuck that
If you didn't unlock TT don't talk to me
The greatest Kart racer of all time!
I've been saying that for years...and I still get backlash for it. DKR is better than MK64. I'm sorry. Lol. I love them both, but DKR had way more depth
Better then Mario Kart 64? That's debatable. The 1-player mode is, but my sister and I almost always went to Mario Kart 64 for multiplayer racing.
Diddy Kong is definitely better than Mario kart.
Better color scheme.
Better sound track
Better character development
Better multi player.
Better storyline. Does Kart even have a story.
Cheats provide incentives
Hidden characters
More vehicles
More replay ability.
Ddiddy Kong Racing > Mario Kart 64 forever. Been saying this since I was a kid and I'm almost 30 now.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks DKR is better than MK64, I want so badly a remake or sequel!!
Love this video Jirad! I'm currently bringing diddy kong racing to life as part of a Mario Kart life course.
can you please do a video on bdsp (brilliant diamond and shinning pearl) the sinnoh pokemon remakes and then probally legends arceus
The "Celebrate good times. Come on!" bit killed me. I always did the same thing lmao. 🤣
Diddy Kong Racing will always have that special place in nostalgia heaven for me. Ready to go w/ Tip Tup in Crescent Island!
This was the best cartoon racing game ever made.
There was so much content on it.
Plus racing the bosses and the story was so fun.
Ah the memories.
Diddy is way better as in absolutely no competition at all. One of best ever N64 games
Agree to disagree… cuz I’m more of a battle god anyway… and Mario Kart 64 is the best battle mode! 💯