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Template:Gamebox Banjo-Pilot (originally Diddy Kong Pilot) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance featuring characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series of video games. Similar to Diddy Kong Racing, players can race around various locales from the Banjo-Kazooie universe. Banjo-Pilot was developed by Rare and was published by THQ in 2005. This was the most recentBanjo-Kazooie series game released for a Nintendo system.

Story

According to Rare, there is no story to the game, although it can be assumed that Cheato lost all of his pages and Banjo and his friends must retrieve them by completing race courses.

Gameplay

Grand Prix

In this mode, the first player races against other characters in a series of tracks to earn points. There are four cups that each contain four tracks with an aerial boss fight at the end. The player is given a trophy determined on his/her rank. Different Grand Prixes include the Bottles GP, the Grunty GP, the Endurance GP, and the Jinjo GP.

Quick Race

In this mode, the player can do a quick single race with any character he/she has already unlocked. The player can choose tracks from the Bottles and Gruntilda Grand Prix.

Time Trial

In this mode, the player races against the ghost of either Bottles or Gruntilda to try and beat their best time.

Trophies

Here, the player can view the trophies that he/she won throughout the game. There is also a photo album when the player completes all of the game's challenges.

Jiggy Challenge

In this mode, the player collects six Jiggies on tracks from the Bottles and Grunty Grand Prixes while trying to finish in first place.

Cheato

Here, Cheato pages are used to purchase unlockables within the game.

Characters

Banjo
Kazooie
Mumbo Jumbo
Purple Jinjo
Humba Wumba (unlockable)
Gruntilda Winkybunion (unlockable)
Klungo (unlockable)
Bottles the Mole (unlockable)
Jolly Roger (unlockable)

Courses

Items

When the player hits a honeycomb, they receive an item. Items include:

Golden Feather - Grants the player temporary invincibility.
Mingy Jongo - Temporarily makes all other racers woozy.
Turbo Trainers - Gives the player a short speed boost.
Saucer of Peril - Targets in on the racer in first place and causes them to crash.
Fire Egg (Single or Triple) - Homes in on the nearest racer in front of the player and causes them to crash (Triple has three).
Ice Egg (Single or Triple) - This item is dropped behind the player's plane when launched and causes any plane that hits it to crash.

Development

This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it's being worked on. We hope to have it completed hopefully soon.

=Cancellation of Diddy Kong Pilot

After Diddy Kong Pilot was cancelled by Nintendo because of the game failing to reach it's substandard. So, Rare decided to revamp Diddy Kong Pilot to reach its substandard. The game was pretty much done in May/June 2002, but all became complicated to Rare as they were beginning to merge themselves with Microsoft at the time. When Rare was bought out by Microsoft in September, Rare themselves had no rights to make new Donkey Kong-related games. Because of this, Rare announced that they were reskinning Diddy Kong Pilot to Banjo-Pilot in 2003.

The Voxel Engine

Cameos

Many characters from Rare's previous games make minor cameos in Banjo-Pilot. Characters like Tiptup, Gobi, and Master Jiggywiggy can be seen in various tracks. Sabreman, from Sabre Wulf. Expresso, from Donkey Kong Country, appears in Jolly Roger's Lagoon and Jinxy's Dunes as a leftover that wasn't removed from the 2003 build of Diddy Kong Pilot. Other non-playable characters include Cheato, King Jingaling, and Roysten. Before the game's release, many fans speculated that Roysten would appear as an unlockable character, but this has since been proven false.

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 == Story ==
 According to [[Rare]], there is no story to the game, although it can be assumed that [[Cheato]] lost all of his pages and [[Banjo]] and his friends must retrieve them by completing race courses.
+==Gameplay==
+===Grand Prix===
+In this mode, the first player races against other characters in a series of tracks to earn points. There are four cups that each contain four tracks with an aerial boss fight at the end. The player is given a trophy determined on his/her rank. Different Grand Prixes include the Bottles GP, the Grunty GP, the Endurance GP, and the Jinjo GP.
+===Quick Race===
+In this mode, the player can do a quick single race with any character he/she has already unlocked. The player can choose tracks from the Bottles and Gruntilda Grand Prix.
+===Time Trial===
+In this mode, the player races against the ghost of either Bottles or Gruntilda to try and beat their best time.
+===Trophies===
+Here, the player can view the trophies that he/she won throughout the game. There is also a photo album when the player completes all of the game's challenges.
+===Jiggy Challenge===
+In this mode, the player collects six Jiggies on tracks from the Bottles and Grunty Grand Prixes while trying to finish in first place.
+===Cheato===
+Here, Cheato pages are used to purchase unlockables within the game.
 == Characters ==
@@ Line 25: / Line 44: @@
 *[[Kazooie]]
 *[[Mumbo Jumbo]]
-*[[Jinjo]] (purple)
+*Purple [[Jinjo]]
-*[[Humba Wumba]] (Unlockable)
+*[[Humba Wumba]] (unlockable)
-*[[Gruntilda Winkybunion]] (Unlockable)
+*[[Gruntilda Winkybunion]] (unlockable)
-*[[Klungo]] (Unlockable)
+*[[Klungo]] (unlockable)
-*[[Bottles the Mole]] (Unlockable)
+*[[Bottles the Mole]] (unlockable)
-*[[Jolly Roger]] (Unlockable)
+*[[Jolly Roger]] (unlockable)
 == Courses ==
@@ Line 49: / Line 68: @@
 *[[Terrydactyland]]
 *[[Cauldron Keep]]
-==Game Modes==
-===Grand Prix===
-In this mode, the first player races against other characters in a series of tracks to earn points. There are four cups that each contain four tracks with an aerial boss fight at the end. The player is given a trophy determined on his/her rank. Different Grand Prixes include the Bottles GP, the Grunty GP, the Endurance GP, and the Jinjo GP.
-===Quick Race===
-In this mode, the player can do a quick single race with any character he/she has already unlocked. The player can choose tracks from the Bottles and Gruntilda Grand Prix.
-===Time Trial===
-In this mode, the player races against the ghost of either Bottles or Gruntilda to try and beat their best time.
-===Trophies===
-Here, the player can view the trophies that he/she won throughout the game. There is also a photo album when the player completes all of the game's challenges.
-===Jiggy Challenge===
-In this mode, the player collects six Jiggies on tracks from the Bottles and Grunty Grand Prixes while trying to finish in first place.
-===Cheato===
-Here, Cheato pages are used to purchase unlockables within the game.
 ==Items==
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 *[[Golden Feather]] - Grants the player temporary invincibility.
-*[[Mingy Jongo]] - Temporarily disables all other racers.
+*[[Mingy Jongo]] - Temporarily makes all other racers woozy.
 *[[Turbo Trainers]] - Gives the player a short speed boost.
-*[[Saucer of Peril]] - Targets in on the race leader and causes them to crash.
+*[[Saucer of Peril]] - Targets in on the racer in first place and causes them to crash.
-*[[Single Red Fire Egg]] - Homes in on the nearest racer in front of the player and causes them to crash.
+*[[Fire Egg]] (Single or Triple) - Homes in on the nearest racer in front of the player and causes them to crash (Triple has three).
-*[[Triple Red Fire Eggs]] - Gives the player three red fire eggs instead of one.
+*[[Ice Egg]] (Single or Triple) - This item is dropped behind the player's plane when launched and causes any plane that hits it to crash.
-*[[Single Blue Ice Egg]] - This item is dropped behind the player's plane when launched and causes any plane that hits it to crash.
-*[[Triple Blue Ice Eggs]] - Gives the player three blue ice eggs instead of one.
+==Development==
+{{Construction|hopefully soon}}
+===Cancellation of ''Diddy Kong Pilot''==
+After ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2001)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' was cancelled by [[Nintendo]] because of the game failing to reach it's substandard. So, [[Rare]] decided to revamp ''Diddy Kong Pilot'' to reach its substandard. The game was pretty much done in May/June 2002, but all became complicated to Rare as they were beginning to merge themselves with [[Microsoft]] at the time. When Rare was bought out by Microsoft in September, Rare themselves had no rights to make new ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]''-related games. Because of this, Rare announced that they were reskinning ''Diddy Kong Pilot'' to ''Banjo-Pilot'' in [[2003]].
+===The Voxel Engine===
 ==Cameos==
-Many characters from [[Rare]]'s previous games make minor cameos in ''Banjo-Pilot''. Characters like [[Tiptup]], [[Gobi]], and [[Master Jiggywiggy]] can be seen in various tracks. [[Sabreman]], from ''[[Sabre Wulf (game)|Sabre Wulf]]'', and [[Expresso the Ostrich|Expresso]], from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', appear in [[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] and [[Jinxy's Dunes]], respectively. Other non-playable characters include [[Cheato]], [[King Jingaling]], and [[Roysten]]. Before the game's release, many fans speculated that Roysten would appear as an unlockable character, but this has since been proven false.
+Many characters from [[Rare]]'s previous games make minor cameos in ''Banjo-Pilot''. Characters like [[Tiptup the Turtle|Tiptup]], [[Gobi]], and [[Master Jiggywiggy]] can be seen in various tracks. [[Sabreman]], from ''[[Sabre Wulf (game)|Sabre Wulf]]''. [[Expresso the Ostrich|Expresso]], from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', appears in [[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] and [[Jinxy's Dunes]] as a leftover that wasn't removed from the 2003 build of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]''. Other non-playable characters include [[Cheato]], [[King Jingaling]], and [[Roysten]]. Before the game's release, many fans speculated that Roysten would appear as an unlockable character, but this has since been proven false.
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