Still good, but tampered with using the touch controls and boring new gameplay. But, still good : )
The graphics in Diddy Kong Racing DS is great. They look just like, if not better than the ones in the original N64 classic. The whole game looks great.
One of the things I remember the most from playing the Nintendo 64 was the music in DKR. It was so filled with joy and made me wanna play the races over and over again. I've never really gotten past digging those tunes. So I'm happy to say that the remake features mostly all of the same songs. Some have been replaced, but they where luckily those few bad ones. The sound effects are also great this time around, though a lot of the talking has been replaced by pure text, which is kinda boring. In Diddy Kong Racing DS you can drive in a car, hoverjet or a plane through all of the games many courses. You fight bosses and finish tournaments. All of this was in the original game as well. But the DS version features a lot of new things which span from being very cool to total crap. It's cool that you can buy new parts for your vehicles which makes it go faster, controle better and so forth. But generally all the things you do with the touch screen is either unnesessary or no fun at all. There are a lot of things to do though, and the multiplayer is very good. But the game ends up being a kinda messed up classic with a new good multiplayer which is quite dissapointing.
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Good graphics. The music is still fantastic. A lot to do! Good multiplayer. New upgrade parts for your vehicles. -
Bad use of the touch screen. Some new gameplay elements are just crap.