For the unannounced 2003 iteration, see Diddy Kong Pilot (2003 build).
| Diddy Kong Pilot (2001 build) | |
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| Developer | Rare |
| Publisher | Unpublished |
| Release dates | Unreleased (Planned to be on March 4, 2002[1]) |
| Genre | Racing |
| Modes | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Platforms | Game Boy Advance |
Diddy Kong Pilot is a canceled Diddy Kong based video game for the Game Boy Advance, supposedly to be a sequel to Diddy Kong Racing. Not much else is known about this game, besides the fact that it was actually re-developed into Banjo-Pilot.
Luckily, on September 15, 2011, a YouTube and Rare member Transparentjinjo posted a gameplay video here of this game on how progress was like while still in development as of September 7, 2001.
Overview[]
Diddy Kong Pilot was supposed to be the next game in the Diddy Kong Racing line of video games, to be released for the Game Boy Advance. It was presumably the sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, due to the screenshots of flight gameplay very similar to Diddy Kong Racing's, though exclusively flying likely to the Game Boy Advance's limitations. The character cast returns Diddy and Krunch from the previous game, and was to include Donkey, Dixie, Cranky, Candy. The only other Kremling character in the game was to be K. Rool.
An unnamed Kong know to most as "Redneck Kong" was "killed off" early in the game's development, according to the September 3, 2001 edition of Scribes from Rareware[2].
Aside that, the game was also going to have a tilt sensor, much like Yoshi Topsy Turvy does. The tilt pack idea was dropped during development.
As the game was not far in development, other stuff happens; only the title screen has music and most of the courses are unfinished. However, there exist six unused sound tracks in the ROM. Also, some courses are all still glitched. The modes in the game include a racing mode, story mode, dogfight mode, battles mode, a Clock Race mode and a options mode where the only option is whether to use tilt control or not. There was also going to be the stories Back to the Light, K. Rool's Gold and King of Kongs.
Diddy Kong Pilot would have also featured a story mode were each character apparently all of the characters have their own story to play through.[3] This build seemed to be in the process of removing Stories mode, since K. Rool's Gold did not work in this build but did in the very early build.
Characters[]
Playable[]
| Character selected Highlighted |
Character played as Selected |
|---|---|
| Cranky Kong (0) Leftmost |
Cranky Kong (0) |
| Diddy Kong (1) | |
| Diddy Kong (1) | Krunch (2) |
| Donkey Kong (5) | K. Rool (3) |
| Krash (2) | Dixie Kong (4) |
| K. Rool (3) | Donkey Kong (5) → Cranky Kong (0) |
| Dixie Kong (4) Rightmost |
Corrupted (6) → Diddy Kong (1) |
Items[]
- Rockets: These can be used to slow down players.
- Rocket Boost: These can be used to speed up temporarily.
- Peanuts: These can be used to shoot opponents into the ground.
- Magnet: These can be used to make the player pass others when close by.
- DK Balloons: These contain an item with Cranky on it. It is unknown what the feature of these are supposed to do.
- ? Balloons: They contain regular items.
Racing courses[]
Sleepy Shores[]
- Bounty Beach
- Farm Attract
- Jet Set Jungle
- Beach Race
Kongo Kingdom[]
- Swoop Swamp
- Jungle Race
- Magma Mainland
- Haunted Race
Western Wastes[]
- Lake Race
- Lava Race
- Swamp Race
- Crackpot Keep
Island of Eggs[]
- Vulture Valley
- Keep Race
- Lake Race
- Chicken Chase
Polar Plateau[]
- Frosty Lake
- Farm Race
- Desert Race
- Snow Race
Battle Stages[]
- Hatch Match
- Ghost Grasp
- Swamp Showdown
- Wasteland Wipe Out
References[]
- ↑ http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/6577
- ↑ "4. Oh, let's see... Since Diddy Kong Pilot is scheduled to come out by year's end, maybe the release is close enough to merit a response to this... who's the hillbilly Kong from the character select screen? Can we at least have a name?
4) Don't worry about it - he's been killed off now anyway."
September 3, 2001 edition of Scribes on Rareware - ↑ http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/6322
Trivia[]
- In one of the backgrounds, a Zinger plane that Kamikaze K. Rool uses can be seen.
- The character dubbed "Redneck Kong" is completely removed (except for the unedited character selection highlight) in leaked game builds, and selecting him (selecting as Dixie Kong because the character selection is swapped) would cause corrupted sprites (play as Diddy Kong instead) to replace him.