Hardcore Gamer: When it comes it kart racers on the Nintendo 64, the game that most people immediately think of is Mario Kart 64.
While the genre may currently be an oversaturated one, it’s interesting to look back on how the Donkey Kong franchise even got a racer to begin with, and what stopped Nintendo from ever releasing more entries.
Man, this would be the perfect title to bring next to the Nintendo 64 lineup on Nintendo Switch Online. This game was so good back in the day.
GOAT, best game of all time, never got the updated version / sequel is so much deserved,
sometimes though, as they say "never meet your heroes" to avoid disappointment,
so I look at it as, best left in the past and just enjoy the memories.
Really was a phenomenal game. I still remember being at my cousin's house and unlocking the spaceship, our minds were blown lol
Also hated that damn blubber the octopus boss.
This was better than Mario Kart 64 but far for me. I loved the different vehicles and adventure aspect.
The single player was by far better than MK64, not sure about the multiplayer as I don't recall playing DKR with someone else.
The thing I noticed with DKR was that the enemy racers seem to hardly use power ups against you, but they are pretty aggressive in keeping pace or passing you so maybe that's why they made them use power ups less than MK.
I always remember DKR being hard as a kid compared to MK64, but I mostly played MK64 as a multi-player game, whereas DKR had a satisfying single player mode.
Absolutely loved DKR. Mario Kart, as much as I love it, has yet to really capture the magic of DKR. Better in some ways, worse in others.
Diddy Kong Racing, a Nintendo 64 title turns 25. Here to indulge in nostalgia and remember some of the title's amazing features.
I was downright addicted to this game when I was younger. Even among the countless classics the N64 spawned. This is near the top of my list, for favorites. I just love the hub world mechanic, where you have to unlock collectables to open up new areas. Something so satisfying about that...
Exactly! The hub world was pretty unique for its time. Racing vehicles other than karts was a super cool element as well.
Freaking amazing game. I'm not into these games anymore but this is one I'd play again. Also Fzero and I can't remember the name but this car shooting games of pure destruction.
Yeah most racing games tend to try to copy Mario Kart instead of DKR, Mario Kart mission mode on DS was decent, DKR was still better for the amount of variety though.
Variety is better than just having a standard race only mode. Looks like Crash Team Racing is quite close to DKR than to MK, so people who like DKR would probably like CTR.
COG writes: With winter slowly coming to an end, some games may bring you back to the heart of it, allowing you to relive the experience without getting cold.
8 – Steep
7 – Diddy Kong Racing
6 – Super Mario 64
5 – Kingdom Hearts 3
4 – God of War
3 – World of Warcraft
2 – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
1 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
If you're gonna make me click so much, at least have a less bot mining looking site.
you my sir are a good man and. But the biggest L is they had was not putting in the division
Nah the biggest L is they forgot to add the Pokemon Sword and Shield Wild area ;) You're supposed to be able to take one step and go from a sunny summer day to a cold cloudy winter right?
In all seriousness though, I would say Uncharted 2 deserves to at least be a runner up.
For all it's faults, The Division has some of the best winter atmosphere I've come across. Massive Entertainment really nailed that aspect.
Interestingly enough, today was the first "heavy snow" day we've had in PA, it's weird, it's been a pretty mild winter up until this point.
Best Kart game ever. That Wiz Pig was hard to beat.
DKR or CTR passed Mario Kart a long time ago.
I never Beat him
Nice piece! I also got this around the holidays and any mention of it brings me back to Christmas 1997. Cheers!
I definitely thought about this game the past few days. I think that game was sick of me playing it since it was the only N64 game I had for 3 months. Classic and enjoyable none the less!