Diddy continues to be a valuable partner to DK, especially as a member of the DK crew in Donkey Kong 64 and a pseudo-powerup in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Dixie and Kiddy Kong end up rescuing both. DK and Diddy later get captured again on a fishing trip and get contained within KAOS. Diddy calls upon Dixie Kong and go after the kremlings, eventually defeating Kaptain K. Prior to the events of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, the Kremling Krew capture Donkey Kong and take him to Crocodile Isle. The missing teammate could then be retrieved by breaking open a barrel with the letters DK on it, similar to the one Diddy was initially trapped in.Īt some point, Donkey Kong and Diddy make a bet with Cranky Kong that they can't do their original adventure again on weaker hardware, which leads the the events of Donkey Kong Land. As long as either Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong were alive, a life was not lost. In the game, Diddy Kong was used either for two player mode, or as a sort of level continue. Donkey Kong soon finds and frees him, and the two set out on an adventure to get the bananas back. Rool sends an attack on Diddy, who is beat up and tossed in a barrel and thrown into the bushes.
In Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong hires Diddy to guard their banana hoard from people who might want to steal it. They advised Rare to either change the design back or make this new design an entirely new character, to which Rare opted for the latter.ĭiddy Kong is a monkey who is Donkey Kong's nephew and is the main character in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Diddy Kong Racing.
Originally, Diddy Kong was conceived by Rare as a redesign of Donkey Kong Jr., but Nintendo realized the new design was too different from the original.