Nintendo DS : Diddy Kong Racing DS Cheats
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Drafting
When playing in Adventure mode or Single Race mode, you can gain speed and overtake a racer by driving behind them until white speed lines appear behind you. Note: You must stay directly behind a racer for this to work.
T.T. Amulet
Get all of the secret keys nd open all the doors with them. Defeat T.T. in all the tracks you create and you will gain a piece each time. Make the track shorter for a quicker win.
Boulder Canyon: Secret key
Go across the drawbridge and hit the blue balloon and the little bell. You should now have a boost. Turn around and wait until the drawbridge is fully raised. Boost up it and you should now be sitting on a ledge with the key.
Drumstick
Fling a frog up to the green sillouette shaped frog picture in the world map (left of Wizpigs face). Stomp on the frog that comes out.
Snowflake Mountian: Ice balloon
On the way to Snowflake Mountain, to the right of the entrance will be a balloon in an Ice Block. Use the stylus to slide it all the way down the path and into the water. It will float all the way down the river and will be thawed out, waiting to be collected at the beach.
Beach: Cracks in the wall
Go down to the beach and touch a coconut tree with your stylus. Pull one of the trees back and release it. You can make three cracks in the wall. Collect them quickly. Coins will appear which can quickly disappear after about ten seconds.
Unlock Adventure 2
Complete everything in Adventure 1. After the second Wizpig race in space and the credits, you'll unlock Adventure 2
Beach: Scratch card
Go down to the sand where you join the dots. Connect the dots to make a pentagon shape to get a free Scratch Card.
Beach: Secret balloon
Go down to the Beach where you join the dots. Instead of drawing a circle, draw a balloon. A secret balloon will appear. This may require a few attempts.
Wizpig Amulet
Defeat the Bosses from each World twice (the first Battle and the Boss Rematch).
Beach: Easy coins
When you go to the Beach, there should be a series of dots in the sand. Connect them into a circle. A number of coins will fall. Collect them all. Keep repeating this until it no longer accepts the dots joined up.
Opening the Cracked Wall
When you start, follow the track round until you go in a tunnel. In here, there is a cracked wall with a picture of Wizpig. Draw round Wizpig's head (ears included) and the wall should smash open. You must be quite accurate and it may take a few attempts.
Dino Domain: Loose Balloon
On the road up to Dino Domain, there will be a balloon sitting there waiting to be collected.
Crescent Island: Secret key
Start the Crescent Island level and pass by the big river on your left. After this river, there will be a little lagoon. The key is in here.
Adventure mode: Hidden balloon
Talk to Taj to get a plane. Fly just past the island and on the west side you will see fourteen dots. Take your stylus and draw a balloon. You will receive the hidden balloon. Note: If you do not do it correctly you will hear a noise. If this happens, try again.
Snowball Valley: Secret key
After passing through the Snowball valley and exiting the igloo tunnel, move through the Balloon row that you see. Go down the straightaway to the finish line. Then, hang a left just before the candy cane holding up the finish line banner. Move up the hill towards a picket fence, then turn right to find a small cubbyhole containing the key
Easy coins
When you go to the beach, there should be a series of dots in the sand. Join them up into a circle. A number of coins will fall. Collect them all. Keep repeating this until it no longer accepts the dots joined up.
Super Boost
Before landing on a zipper or using a blue balloon, let go of the acceleration button to get a much stronger longer lasting boost then normal.
Banjo series references
The key in the Snowball Valley looks like the Ice Key from the Banjo series.
100 Coins
After defeat the Bosses the second time you can go back and try the Boss Touch Challenge. They are very difficult, especially the one at Dino Domainone.
Secret Characters
Hidden characters that can be unlocked
| Unlockable: | How to Unlock: |
| T.T | Complete all of his ghosts in Single Player Race. It DOESNT include the new unlockable stages |
| Taj | Complete Adventure 1 |
| Wizpig | Complete Adventure 2 |
Ancient Lake: Secret key
At the start of the Ancient Lake level, there will be a ramp on the right. Collect a blue balloon and boost up the ramp collecting the key.
More effective turbo boosts
You can get more effective turbo boosts by releasing A before you hit a zipper or by using a blue balloon. You will hear and see a difference.