The Kremling Krew kidnaps Donkey Kong and sends him away to their own island, Crocodile Isle. In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Diddy Kong is the main hero. In the Game Boy Advance remake, if the player gets 90% or higher when completing a game, they unlock the "Hero Mode", where they only play as Diddy throughout the levels.ĭiddy Kong in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest He cannot throw a barrel as far as Donkey Kong. When Diddy picks up a barrel, he holds it in front, protecting himself from an enemy.
Diddy is more agile and can jump higher and move faster than Donkey Kong. Diddy is the weaker Kong, which makes him unable to defeat Krushas or Klumps by a jump attack, unlike Donkey Kong. In the game, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have the same basic abilities such as jumping, running, and rolling. Rool, whom they manage to defeat and reclaim the stolen bananas from. At the end of their journey, the Kongs go aboard the Gang-Plank Galleon to fight King K. After being released, he and Donkey Kong set off across Donkey Kong Island to save the banana hoard and drive off the Kremlings. However, the Kremling Krew attacks Diddy and traps him inside of a DK Barrel. On one night, Diddy Kong is given the task of guarding Donkey Kong's banana hoard. Here, he is still Donkey Kong's apprentice and an "in-training video-game star".
History Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country ĭiddy Kong first appears in Donkey Kong Country, as the co-star of the game with Donkey Kong. The name "Dinky Kong" was chosen, but was later changed to "Diddy" due to legal considerations, although the name would eventually be used as Kiddy Kong's Japanese name. During the process of naming the character, several names were suggested by Rare employees, including "Diet DK," "DK Lite" and "Titchy Kong". Rare, feeling that the design fit the "updated" Donkey Kong universe that they were aiming to create, had decided to keep their design. The design for the character was originally intended to be a redesign of Donkey Kong Jr., but Nintendo felt that their design was too different, and insisted that Rare either make the design for Junior be his original appearance or make the new design an entirely different character. Having noted the "Big Mario to small Mario" system used in the Super Mario games, Rare created Diddy Kong as a visual "extra hit". for Nintendo 3DS / Wii Uĭuring the development of Donkey Kong Country, the designers wanted the player to be capable of taking multiple hits, but they also aimed for the screen to be as "clutter-free" as possible, thereby forbidding the usage of a health bar.
Diddy Kong has gone on many adventures by himself, occasionally with his girlfriend Dixie Kong, and has even starred in his own racing game for the Nintendo 64 and later in its remake for the Nintendo DS. The name "Diddy" is a slang word used in some parts of northern England for "small," as Diddy Kong is. He is a creation of the British company Rare Ltd., which produced many successful Donkey Kong games that Diddy Kong either starred or co-starred in, but after Rare lost their rights to the Donkey Kong franchise due to Microsoft purchasing the company from Nintendo, who kept the rights of all Donkey Kong series characters, including Diddy Kong, Diddy Kong went on to become a regular character in spin-off Mario franchise titles.ĭiddy sports a red shirt with yellow stars and a red hat with the Nintendo logo printed on it. If not, then get ready for the fight of your life!” - Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong Countryĭiddy Kong, also known simply as Diddy, is the deuteragonist of the Donkey Kong franchise and Donkey Kong's sidekick.
Diddy Kong's artwork in Super Mario Party.