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	'''Diddy Kong''' is a talking ] in the ] series of ]. He lives on the fictional ] in the ], and is identifiable in his red hat and shirt.
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	==Origins: 1994-1997==
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	Created by ], he first appeared in ]'s ] ] video game '']'' as Donkey Kong's sidekick. Diddy looked up to Donkey Kong and wanted to be a video game hero just like him. To humor him, DK put him in charge of guarding his banana hoard at night. However, DK didn't expect a siege by ]'s ]. The banana hoard was stolen, and he and Diddy went on an adventure across DK Island to get it back. Diddy's second appearance was on the ] title '']''. In this game, ] made a challenge that DK and Diddy couldn't retrieve the banana hoard on an 8-bit system, so they once again set out to retrieve it.

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	It wasn't until ]'s '']: Diddy's Kong Quest'' where Diddy Kong stepped into the starring role. With Donkey Kong kidnapped by ] and taken to the ] home of ], Diddy set out with his new girlfriend ] to get his big buddy back. For this game Diddy's look was slightly updated. He gained the now permanent star pattern for his shirt, updated fur, nostrils and even a belly button. At the conclusion of the game, Diddy finally became a full-fledged video game hero. A follow-up was released in ] of ] for the Game Boy called '']''. It featured roughly the same plot as DKC2.
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	When '']: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' came out two months later, Diddy wasn't playable for the first time. Instead, the storyline revolved around he and Donkey Kong disappearing while on vacation in the ]. Meanwhile, an army of Kremlings have appeared in the area under the command of a new leader, the ] ]. Dixie and her cousin ] went on a mission to find them. As it turned out, K. Rool was manipulating things behind the scenes, with KAOS feeding off the brain power of Diddy and DK (who were inside of the mechanical monster). In ]'s '']'', Diddy never even put in an appearance, although he was part of the storyline. He and DK took off in a previously unseen part of the Northern Kremisphere in a contest to find the fabled Lost World. Dixie, furious that she wasn't asked along, decided to join forces with Kiddy and find it herself. Of course, K. Rool and the Kremlings also got involved, and while KAOS appeared again, he wasn't being powered by Diddy or DK (presumably, it was two Kremling grunts who had the job).

	==The Nintendo 64 years: 1997-2000==

	Two months later, Diddy made his ] debut, and got his first starring role without any other Kong characters appearing. '']'' took the ] genre in a new direction with go-karts, ], and ] as available vehicles. Even more remarkable, instead of a straight-forward racing game like the '']'' series, ''Diddy Kong Racing'' was a "racing adventure," a mixture between ''Mario Kart'' and '']''. ''Diddy Kong Racing'' was the first self-published title by Rare, and marked the first appearance of such characters as Banjo (who would go on to star in the '']'' series), ] (who would go from kid-friendly titles to the mature-rated hijinx of '']'' and the ]'s '']''), ], and ] the triceratops (whose origins were later explored in the ] game '']''). The storyline revolved around an ] ] by the name of ] attempting to take over Timber's Island, a neighbor to DK Island. Diddy's childhood friend Timber sends him a letter to help liberate the island, and he answers the call in secret while Timber's parents are visiting his own family. ''Diddy Kong Racing'' broke records when first released for having the highest number of pre-orders of any video game to date.

	Two years later he would appear in '']''; initially he was imprisoned by ], but once rescued became a playable character. Joining forces with Donkey Kong, Dixie's little sister ], ]'s older brother ], and ], they set off to stop K. Rool from blowing up DK Island with his new mechanical Crocodile Isle and the Blast O'Matic laser. Unlike the DKC games, this was a sprawling 3-D adventure in the vein of ''Banjo-Kazooie,'' and it was the first N64 game to require the N64 ] to play.

	A port of ''Donkey Kong Country'' came out a year later for the ]. It had new features such as ] connectivity, extra mini-games, and an entirely new stage in Chimp Caverns called Necky's Nutmare. While it had the same plot as the original SNES ''DKC'', some debate that this could be an entirely new adventure set a year after ''Donkey Kong 64''. After ''DKC'' GBC, Diddy Kong fell off the gaming radar, not appearing for nearly three years.

	==The GameCube years: 2003 - present==
	Diddy returned in ] with a ] port of '']'', which was a retelling of his original adventure with Donkey Kong. It featured new map screens and new modes of play like DK Attack and Hero Mode, where you have to beat the game with Diddy and only Diddy (sporting swank yellow clothes).

	Diddy's debut in a ] and ] game was in '']''. This was also the first time he appeared in a non-Rareware game (the company was sold to ] in ]). His appearance in this and most subsequent non-Rare appearances depicted him with five fingers and toes instead of four. While this may have been changed due to a ] concerning four-fingered characters in ]ese culture, a popular ] explanation states that Diddy may have purchased ] glove and foot devices upon his first visit to the ] in order to improve his golf game.

	Later that year he appeared in a ] game called '']'' that was available on the Candystand website. He also turned up in another kart racing game, '']'', where he rode along with ] and tossed giant banana peels.

	In ], the first non-Rare Donkey Kong game with DKC-styled characters was released. ]'s '']'' was a GameCube music title that was packaged with a ] controller. You used it to keep the rhythm with the beats of covers to famous songs (as well as Nintendo video game music). Diddy appeared along with Donkey Kong and other DKC franchise characters. He would also turn up that year in '']'', where he had a special jetpack he could use to fly around the court, and in a Game Boy Advance port of '']'' that was packed with new mini-games and more.

	] saw him in the sequel to ''Donkey Konga'', '']'', where he once again stood in as the character controlled by a second bongo player. He was then a team sub-captain in '']'' (his biggest role yet in a Mario game), had a prominent role in '']'', and would make a cameo in the GBA port of '']''.

	In a poll for ], to see which character you would like to see in ''Super Smash Bros. Revolution'', Diddy Kong ranked pretty high, but not as high as ] and ]. They may still include Diddy Kong. It is said that their is going to be a Diddy kong country with 9 new Kongs.

	==Other Media==
	Diddy King was also in the ]. Diddy Kong alway wanted to be a hero like DK. (A.K.A. Donkey Kong.)


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