Drumstick is a rooster that was captured by Wizpig he can be rescued after a period of time by running over a distinct frog.Pipsy the Mouse is the lightest racer, but also has no characterization and has never appeared in any other game.Bumper the Badger that is a semi-heavyweight, but otherwise has no traits as a character.He acts as a middleweight racer but is actually a slower Diddy Kong. Timber the Tiger is the son of the owners of the island Wizpig attacks.Tiptup is a turtle and lightweight character that would go on to appear in both Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie.He acts as the heaviest, fastest, and least agile racer. Conker is a red squirrel that makes his first appearance in this game his first appearance in his own franchise would be in Conker's Pocket Tales.Banjo is a honey bear that premiered in DKR, a year before his own series kicked off in Banjo-Kazooie.Diddy Kong is a spider monkey type Kong the game's namesake and all-around in terms of stats, much like Mario is in the Mario Kart series.On it's anniversary, Diddy Kong Racing DS was released. In the ending, a cutscene of Wizpig's spaceship finding him and retrieving him with Wizpig maniacally laughing in the background is shown, teasing a sequel: 10 years later When Wizpig loses the second race, the rocket he rides on malfunctions and blasts him to a distant planet and peace returns to Timber Island for good. Fearing that Wizpig would again attempt to invade Timber's Island, the islanders travel to Future Fun Land for a second challenge. Shortly afterwards, Wizpig leaves for his home planet, Future Fun Land. They eventually complete all of Wizpig's challenges and confront Wizpig himself to a race and defeat him. Timber sends a letter to his childhood friend Diddy Kong (who at this point became a full-fledged videogame hero after DKC2 and DKL2) to call for help and Diddy in turn recruits his friends Banjo Bear and Conker the Squirrel while Timber gathers the remaining inhabitants of the island to help. Drumstick, the best racer on the island, failed this challenge and was transformed into a frog by Wizpig's black magic. The only solution available to the island's inhabitants is to defeat Wizpig in an elaborate series of races that involves cars, hovercrafts, and airplanes. He turns the four island's guardians: Tricky the Triceratops, Bluey the Walrus, Bubbler the Octopus, and Smokey the Dragon into his henchmen.

Their enjoyment is derailed when an evil, intergalactic, pig wizard named Wizpig arrives at peaceful Timber's Island and attempts to take over after he conquered his own planet's racetracks. Timber the Tiger's parents go on vacation with the Kong Family and leave their slightly incompetent son in charge of the island they live on, leaving him and his friends to race for fun.

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