Expresso's Racing
Expresso Racing is a minigame hosted by Cranky Kong exclusive to the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. This minigame can only be played by Expresso. However, the ostrich needs Golden Feathers to increase his stats, which will make him better at the race. Golden Feathers are hidden in every level, usually in hard to reach places. When at Cranky's Hut, the apes can give Expresso the golden feathers to increase one of his stats by one bar. At the races, Expresso will race against three other ostriches, which are just palette-swaps of Expresso. These ostriches have three different colored feathers. The colors are red, light green, and blue. The names of the colored ostriches differ each race. Common names for the other ostriches include Zippy, Rippa, Monsoon, Aftershock, and Sneakers. If Expresso wins, the monkeys are rewarded with a trophy.
Races
Each of the races takes place in a world of Crocodile Isle, and features exclusive obstacles:
- Ship Deck Dash: The race in Gangplank Galleon. Despite the name, this race takes place at a jungle, with almost no obstacles, except for the small plains.
- Magma Spurt: The race located in Crocodile Cauldron. This race takes place at a volcanic area, which features new obstacles, including taller plains and a blue liquid that slows down the ostriches.
- Swampy Swoop: A race in Krem Quay, a swamp area. This time, the main obstacle are the small swamps, that slows down the ostriches just like the blue liquid.
- Fairground Fall: This race takes place at Krazy Kremland. Here, the ostriches can easily fall in the various pitfalls of the course. They can use logs to cross them.
- Spooky Sprint: The race in Gloomy Gulch, which features a purple liquid that slows down the player even more than the blue liquid.
- Creepy Castle: Located at K. Rool's Keep, the ostriches will find a brown liquid, slowing them down, and pits, in which they can easily fall.
- Lost World Leap: The last and hardest race, located at The Lost World. Aside from the pits and the blue liquid, the ostriches will find spikes in some parts, harmful to them.
