Diddy Kong Racing

"WOW"

Stunned me simply stunned me. As soon as I saw the intro I knew this game was good. I like 1-player and multiplayer alike. Multiplayer is fun because I can clobber my little sister every time we play. If it stunned me so much, why didn't I give it a 10? Well keep reading and you will find out.

Story 4/10 This is not why it missed the ten. But this story sucks. Wizpig has taken over Timber island and now everyone is trying to beat Wizpig and they are racing against themselves.

Graphics 10/10 These graphics are really, really, sharp. There is very little to no pop-up on the screen. To get truly great scenes of the characters just simply beat races. Because after you win some stuff happens.

Sound/Music 10/10 One of my favorite things in the whole game is take Tiptup and ram him into a wall and listen to him "Ow!" "Watch out." It's like he's telling me how to drive. But the sound is really clear and it's not that cheezy cut stuff from Mariokart. The music is really good too. If you want to hear lots of tunes without going tons of places just move your number across the characters and listen closely. Can you hear it. It's really something isn't it.

Controls 10/10 Soooooooo easy to learn. Well it is putsy in the plane. Stupid reverse turning. Otherwise the controls are a cinch.

Replay value 8/10 It lost something here. It is really annoying after you beat the game.

Buy/Rent/None Buy if you just bought Mariokart and now are short on cash. Then cash it in for FuncoCredit is that a word... anyways Buy it. Simple as that Oh by the way it was dropped to 9 because o of music and replay value.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99