Diddy Kong Racing 2 started up development for again (this time for Wii U) due to the amazing sales of Donkey Kong Country Returns and Mario Kart Wii.
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Diddy Kong Racing was well known for letting players ride karts, hovercrafts, and planes. Nintendo asked Monster Games to work on Pilotwings because they were impressed with the flight/airplane mechanics in Monster’s DKC Racing prototype.It was also cancelled because Diddy Kong Racing DS didn’t sell as well as the original N64 game. The Wii Diddy Kong Racing was cancelled due to Donkey Kong Barrel Blasts low sales.The animal vehicles came from the idea of riding animal buddies in the Donkey Kong Country series. The animal transformation vehicles idea in Excitebots (2009) came from Diddy Kong Racing 2 prototype. Diddy Kong Racing 2 began as a prototype in 2006.
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This is why Monster Games ported Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and worked with Retro Studios on DKC: Tropical Freeze.Retro Studios and Monster Games have been collaborating on Diddy Kong Racing 2.
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As this Reddit thread has pointed out, the information comes from a blog created yesterday that is still using a domain. Nintendo was apparently set to show it E3, but decided against it as they thought it may damage sales of Mario Kart 8. The rumour states that both Retro Studios and Monster Games are currently working on Diddy Kong Racing 2. The internet is no stranger to rumours and the latest one involves Diddy Kong Racing.