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Diddy Kong Racing (1997)

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Diddy Kong Racing is 25 years old today in EU and Japan! So to celebrate, we sat down with one of the original developers, Kevin Bayliss, who was the lead art artist (and Diddy's original creator!) We explore all the behind-the-scenes details including how DKR came to be, and tons more!

➤ Watch Kevin's DKR Playthrough on Twitch TODAY: https://www.twitch.tv/kev_bayliss
➤ Follow Kev on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kev_Bayliss
...And DK Creations w/ David Wise: https://twitter.com/DKCreationsLtd

0:00 Intro
1:10 Role Intro
5:11 Development of a change in genre
7:11 Working with 3D Characters
8:52 Working with Limitations as a lost art
14:53 Mario Kart as a competitor?
19:45 Character redesigns
22:06 Tension or Collab for project direction?
27:20 Talking about skin and bones
30:44 Early days of Diddy Kong Racing (Pro-Am 64 & Wild Cartoon Kingdom)
33:25 Planes, Karts and Hovercrafts
36:15 Voice Casting choices
40:40 Timber Today
43:06 Game Changes After Adding Diddy Kong
45:00 Design of T.T.
45:30 Character crossovers
48:00 Other character origins
49:13 Secret characters
54:00 Streaming Starfox Adventures
56:11 Voicing Characters
59:36 Choosing voice effects
1:00:49 First time voice work
1:07:30 Nintendo DS Remaster
1:09:25 Playtonic
1:12:00 Sequel
1:15:45 Logos, Logos EVERYWHERE
1:17:11 Thanks and Congratulations
1:21:30 Wrapping Up
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