![]() The world of Donkey Kong Racing was going to include jungles, plains, and seas that were going to be stitched together into one seamless overworld. It is rumored that some of the original cast from Diddy Kong Racing could have returned as Taj was a playable character in the game. We're sad we didn't get to ride with you.Known playable characters in Donkey Kong Racing included Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Tiny Kong, Kiddie Kong, and Taj the Genie from the trailer plus Crankey Kong and Lanky Kong (which were shown in an internal render for the game). 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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