A sequel to Nintendo 64's Diddy Kong Racing was in development for Nintendo GameCube in 2004, and footage of the project has surfaced online.

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The latest episode of Past to Present Online (via Polygon ) sheds light on the project, which was in the works at Climax Studios and titled Diddy Kong Racing Adventure.Instead of having a multiplayer-focus like the Nintendo 64 original, Diddy Kong Racing Adventure would have reportedly been more of a single-player oriented game. In addition to karts, Diddy could ride other types of vehicles, including a rhino, as seen in the footage above.Diddy Kong Racing Adventure would have featured a number of different locales, which players would discover in black-and-white before each is rescued by Diddy Kong and his pals, as they race to save Congo Island from a group of villainous foes.In addition to this scrapped sequel, a Kong-focused racing title for GameCube called Donkey Kong Racing was in the works at Rare, which was also was ultimately canceled. The franchise later made its way to Nintendo DS. For our thoughts on the handheld title, check out IGN's Diddy Kong Racing DS review

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