A bloated space pig has taken control of Diddy Kong's island paradise, and only you can stop his nefarious plot! Take on the racing challenge of a lifetime as you drive, hover, and fly your way across the massive island. This remastered take on an Nintendo 64 classic is sure to rev the engines of adventure racing fans everywhere! **Diddy Kong Racing DS is the first handheld adventure racing game, a genre that lets you visit new locations, talk to interesting characters, advance the storyline, and search for hidden secrets—all while engaging other drivers in a series of racing challenges to see who is king of the road! Create Your Own Tracks! Wish Race mode gives you complete freedom to design, build, and race on the track of your dreams. Touch Screen control makes building the course a snap, and Nintendo WFC compatibility lets you share your work of genius with everyone! Everything Old is New Again!! Retextured and remixed tracks, new characters and racing challenges, brand new levels, improved vehicle control, Touch Screen controls, gamer tag designs and more make this an experience that both newcomers and seasoned vets will love! Race Online & in Local Wireless Battles! Drivers can use Nintendo WFC to go online and race against up to seven other players from around the world! DKR DS also features eight-player single-card download play, as well as multi-card wireless play.

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my daughter because it was on her wish list. She loves the game and plays with it often.

This is just as much fun as the origional from N-64...(i think that's where it was.) I am an old school nintendo freak. LOL! My next one I hope I can find, "Donkey Kong Country"

My 12 year old son found "Diddy Kong Racing" to be somewhat of a disappointing game after the first few times playing it. He makes the following observations:

Graphics: Good, very colorful and detailed
Controls: Easy to master
Playability: Great at first, gets boring after a few times. Putting it down few a days helps.

Recommended only if you can find it on sale.

I was at the store, originally looking for Mario Kart but then I saw that it was out of stock. I was a little bit disappointed, but I looked around and saw Diddy Kong Racing. I took a chance and bought this game, started playing it, and immediatly got addicted to it. I could not put it down from the minute I slipped the cartridge into my DS! This is a great game for any age, kids to adults.
In Diddy Kong, you race around different worlds, for example Dino Demain and try to collect golden balloons. Wizpig the "villian" locks you behind doors so you cannot escape. You have to try and find the keys for each world. You can also race by car, plane, or hovercraft. My personal favorite is plane.
I love this game, but the only thing that might drive people crazy is all the different tasks you have to do. Anyway, a great game overall.

What a waste of money! The handling on the vehicles are horrible and the races and weapons are pretty weak. Mario Kart is so much better and worth the money. I will return this one.