
ĭiddy's look and role originally started as an updated/re-imagined Donkey Kong Jr., however Nintendo not being a fan of the new look encouraged Rare to make the redesign a separate character that fit in with their Donkey Kong Country universe, hence Rare's mascot Diddy Kong was born. The type of monkey he was based on is a spider monkey.

He is has been described by his designer as a "chimpney", a portmanteau merging the terms "chimpanzee" and "monkey". He is the fastest and most agile member of the Kong Family, a rather quick thinker on the fly, and Donkey Kong's eager best friend.

He's more feisty and versatile than ever this time around, with the familiar cartwheel assault still intact and a whole host of new abilities at hand, including mastery of those very useful Jetbarrels." - Donkey Kong 64 - The Cast List ĭiddy Kong is the secondary Kong protagonist of the Donkey Kong series along with Donkey Kong. " Long-established second half of the big Kong double act, DK's nephew Diddy makes ever-bigger leaps and bounds towards fully-fledged videogame hero status with his part in each successful overthrow of K. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U,ĭonkey Kong Country (for SFC/SNES) (1994)Īndrew Sabiston (in the DKC TV series) series),Įvery Donkey Kong game (excluding the classic Donkey Kong series games and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat), Wrinkly Kong (great grandmother deceased),īanana generation ( Super Smash Bros. Diddy Kong's artwork from the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
