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Rev your engines and get into gear as Diddy Kong Racing DS
accelerates its way onto NintendoDS! Featuring new adventures,
tracks and the opportunity to take on the world via the Nintendo
Wi-Fi Connection
Service which to date has a staggering 3.5 million unique
users and over 100 million online gameplay connections. With all
this on offer Racing fans will be in for a treat as Diddy Kong
Racing DS roars across Europe on the NintendoDS on 20th April
2007.
The hugely popular Diddy Kong Racing makes its debut on the
NintendoDS, capturing all the thrills and excitement of the original
Nintendo64 game along with all new improvements and challenges.
These include new playable characters, retextured tracks, Track
Editor Mode, brand new unlockables and if that wasn’t enough it also
takes advantage of the NintendoDS Microphone and Touch Screen for
certain modes and options. In addition Diddy Kong Racing DS
also takes full advantage of Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Connection service,
meaning you can now race against people from around the world.
Peace has been disrupted on Timber’s Island as the evil pig wizard,
Wizpig, arrives to take control. Diddy, along with two new
characters Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong are called upon to defeat him.
It’s up to you, the player, to embark on a Racing Adventure, using
your favourite mode of transport from a choice of kart, hovercraft
or airplane, and covering over 20 lush and colourful 3D tracks along
the way, to banish him from the island for good!
Through playing on the unique NintendoDS Touch Screen players are
able to make their mark on the game by creating their own tracks and
customising the icons and billboards that feature around the track.
Sound effects can also be recorded with the NintendoDS’s Microphone
that then plays exactly as recorded when certain actions occur.
Diddy Kong Racing DS allows players to experience a range of
exhilarating Single and Multi-Player Modes. Players start the game
in Adventure Mode, where they work their way through five different
worlds collecting Balloons to unlock new areas and come face-to-face
with the evil Wizpig. Whilst competing in the different Stages,
challengers must keep an eye out for Coins to collect along the way.
These allow them to purchase vehicle upgrades and other unlockables,
essential to ensure the best kart, plane or hovercraft for each
race!
Once tracks have been unlocked in the game’s Adventure Mode, they
are then available in Single Race Mode where players can test out
and practice their racing skills. Here they also have the option of
taking on the CPU or competing in a Time Trial to record their
quickest possible time round the track. Additional challenges can
also be unlocked, including the Coin Challenge previously found on
the Nintendo64 game.
Some of the most exciting new features in Diddy Kong Racing DS
can be found in the Multi-Player Modes available. Now players can
not only take on their friends, but also anyone else in the world
that is ready to step up to the challenge via the Nintendo Wi-Fi
Connection Service. Using a single Game Card, up to eight friends
can challenge each other to Single Races, Trophy Races, Battle
Traces, Token Tussles and Wish Races. Connecting Diddy Kong
Racing DS to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service allows
players to challenge up to six opponents from anywhere in the world.
Here they can take part in a choice of Single Races, Battle Tracks
or Trophy Races and make there mark as the ultimate racing champion. |
