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Donkey Kong Racing

Developer: Rare

Publisher: Rare

Console: GameCube

Genre: Racing

Number of Players: 4

Release Date (USA): 2003

ESRB Rating: E

Features

The power of the GameCube allows for some truly seamless environments teeming with all manner of wildlife - pick out the racing line amidst those marauding rhinos, hungry piranha or seething wasps if you can!

You can even take a break from racing on land to hit the skies and waters, with a range of aquatic and airborne mounts adding further spice to the mix.

Fully orchestral theme tunes in Dolby Surround.

Colossal environments existing in real-time and exhibiting real-world phenomena (swaying trees, fading sunlight, creeping shadows and so on).

Company Line / Game Summary

Roll up and experience all your favorite Kong’s in some real in-your-face jungle racing action. The course of the game sees you careering through gorgeous landscapes in an effort to catch a ride, then refining your ever-expanding stable of steeds into real thoroughbreds by feeding them fruit and tempting them with prizes snatched up in mid-race.

My Take

This appears to be kind of a sequel to Diddy Kong Racing. Only this time you get to ride actual animals! I’m wondering if any of the characters that were in Diddy Kong Racing will make a return. Let’s hope Wizpig is in Donkey Kong Racing at some point. So far it appears that there is only Kongs riding the animals along with Taj the elephant from Diddy Kong Racing. Of course since this is a Rare game, who knows when it will come out exactly.

Anticipation: 9.5/10

Previewed by: Eric Brown on June 1, 2002

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