Players would have also had a "melee rumble" attack that costs bananas to use. Collecting a dark fruit would have allowed that character to use their unique special attack at the cost of health. By collecting fruit across the course, the player would have been able to use a different type of attack. The pitch document promised several new features such as the ability to change vehicles mid-race, the ability to collect items to customize the vehicles and reach new areas, and special attacks exclusive to each character. The game would have used a "mount control" system, in which the player would be able to adjust their character's position on the vehicle using. Race vehicles would have included planes, jet skis, quad bikes, buggies, and hover scooters. The game would have also featured non-racing events such as obstacle courses and stunt challenges. These bosses would have to be defeated in order to save Diddy Kong's friends. To challenge the bosses, the player would either have to beat them in a preliminary heat or collect an item for the villain. The island would have also featured a number of additional hidden areas, characters, and secrets. In this mode, the player would have been able to travel across Kongo Island between different villages. We're sad we didn't get to ride with you.Diddy Kong Racing Adventure would have an Adventure Mode like its predecessor. Still, rest in peace, Donkey Kong Racing. Plus, the Donkey Kong series didn't exactly die out at this point it still had a long road of success ahead of it. Unfortunately, it seems as though the universe was dead set against this game ever becoming a thing, which, considering the big shoes it had to fill after Diddy's game, is perhaps not really that big a loss. This replacement game eventually took on the name of Sabreman Stampede, but in 2005 that ended up getting cancelled too. It's not called Donkey Kong Racing anymore, it's not on the GameCube anymore, and by this point, I'd imagine so little of the original art and code remains that it's barely the same game anymore, but yes it's still coming out in some form. But weirdly enough, in 2004 Rare confirmed that it still hadn't completely forgotten about Donkey Kong Racing. Rare was also acquired by Microsoft in 2002 for a cool $375 million and subsequently lost the Donkey Kong IP. Specifically, a lack of funding from Nintendo for Rare Ltd.'s project.
So why was this little charmer canned? Predictably, it was because of a money thing.
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