
Plus, you get Boss levels, multiple1 tasks to accomplish on each track, four-player racing and Battle Modes-there's just too much cool stuff in Diddy Kong Racing. The courses-of which there are more than 25-are filled with side roads and hidden, power-up-rich niches. And this emphasis on exploration carries over to the tracks themselves. The overworld, where you travel from one course-filled miniworld to another, is filled with hidden areas, balloons that grant access to later levels and its own racing challenges. For starters, the game packs plenty of Mario 64-esque exploration elements.


Diddy Kong Racing actually delivers a different-and in some ways more rewarding-gaming experience. Don't dismiss this out-of-the-blue racer as Mario Kart 64 clone (although that's certainly not a bad thing).
