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[[Image:Snowflake_Mountain.PNG|thumb|The lobby of '''Snowflake Mountain''']]
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'''Snowflake Mountain''' is an area found on [[Timber Island]] in the game ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and its remake, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''. It can be accessed by piloting a [[plane]] over a cliff. If the player has collected two or more [[Golden Balloon]]s, the door to Snowflake Mountain is unlocked. The zone resembles a freezing mountain with a small village at the base. [[Bluey]] the Walrus is the boss of Snowflake Mountain.{{br|right}}
{{location infobox
|image=[[File:Snowflake Mountain.png|245px]]<br>The lobby of Snowflake Mountain
|greater_location=[[Timber's Island]]
|ruler=[[Bluey the Walrus]]
|inhabitants= Snowballs with Faces<br> Frosty Villagers (possibly)
|first_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''
|latest_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''
}}
'''Snowflake Mountain''' is the second world of ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and its [[Nintendo DS]] remake, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''.
 
As its name suggests, Snowflake Mountain is entirely snow-themed. Its courses frozen ponds, giant snowballs, and a single village in one racetrack. The player can enter the world by flying a [[plane]] over a cliff in the snowy region of [[Timber's Island]] hub. The player's racer must have at least two [[Golden Balloon]]s to enter Snowflake Mountain. The world's boss is [[Bluey the Walrus]].
 
Snowflake Mountain's lobby consists of the course doors mounted on the mountain cliffs with the [[Trophy Race]] located in a cavern next to the igloo, which houses [[Bluey's Course]]. The challenge level is located off to the right of the entrance.


==Race Tracks==
In the DS remake, a statue of Bluey the Walrus stands in the middle of the main lobby.
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{|align="center" width=70% class="wikitable"
==Courses==
For courses where two or all three vehicles can be used, vehicles listed in '''bold print''' are the mandated vehicle during Adventure Mode and the Trophy Race, and other vehicles can only be used in a Time Trial or after the course is completed.
{|class="wikitable dk"style="width:100%"
!Course
!Unlock requirement
!Vehicles
!Description
|-
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|Everfrost Peak
|align=center|[[File:DKR-EverfrostPeak.png|200px]]<br>[[Everfrost Peak]]
|{{DKR balloons|2}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|10}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|Car (N64 only), Hovercraft, '''Plane'''
|Everfrost Peak is set in a carved snow canyon. It is the first snow-themed track of the game.
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:DKR-EverfrostPeak.png|145px]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR-WalrusCove.png|200px]]<br>[[Walrus Cove]]
|The [[Everfrost Peak]] track is set in a a carved snow canyon with two [[Zippers]]. All three vehicles can be used in the original N64 game but the car cannot be used in the DS version. This is the first snow track in this game.
|{{DKR balloons|3}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|11}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|'''Car''', Hovercraft
|Like the rest of Snowflake Mountain, Walrus Cove also takes place in an icy region. Despite its name, few walruses can be seen. The level mainly features a looping ice slide.
|-
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|Walrus Cove
|align=center|[[File:DKR-SnowballValley.png|200px]]<br>[[Snowball Valley]]
|{{DKR balloons|6}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|14}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|'''Car''', Hovercraft
|Snowball Valley features large snowballs that can crush racers, and they even become larger from rolling downhill. Its road is slippery and icy. The racers also enter an igloo shortly before the finish line. The player can also find the second [[Wish Key]] in an alcove, located at the end of a trail located directly left of the finish line.
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:DKR-WalrusCove.png|145px]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR-FrostyVillage.png|200px]]<br>[[Frosty Village]]
|[[Walrus Cove]] is a race track also set in an icy area. Some walruses can be seen, and there is an ice slide with a loop in it. There is water near the end of the track.
|{{DKR balloons|9}} (race)<br>{{DKR balloons|16}} (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge)
|'''Car''', Hovercraft, Plane
|Frosty Village begins with a huge downward slope that can be skipped with a Zipper and balloon. After the first cave, the player can turn right for a shortcut. After the second cave, there is water. All three vehicles can be used. It takes place around a village, giving it its name. In the remake, it is easier to take the shortcut.
|-
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|Snowball Valley
|align=center|[[File:Bluey's Course.png|200px]]<br>'''Boss race:'''<br>[[Bluey's Course]]
|'''First match:'''<br>{{DKR balloons|10}} + every track completed<br>'''Rematch:'''<br>{{DKR balloons|17}} + every track completed
|Hovercraft
|The player races against the world boss, [[Bluey the Walrus]]. The track is snowy and is a downhill slide. Like [[Tricky the Triceratops|Tricky]], it only has one lap. There is a tunnel in one segment, and giant snowballs just outside the tunnel. When the player rematches Bluey, he races faster.
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:DKR-SnowballValley.png|145px]]
|align=center|[[File:DKR-IciclePyramid.png|200px]]<br>'''Challenge Level:'''<br>[[Icicle Pyramid]]
|[[Snowball Valley]] contains the key to Snowflake Mountain. The track contains giant snowballs that can crush the player. There are several icy roads. Before the finish line, there is an igloo that the racers enter. In the DS version, the key has a different appearance.
|'''N64:''' Snowball Valley's Wish Key<br>'''DS:''' 30 [[Coin (Diddy Kong Racing DS)|coins]]
|-
|Car
!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|Frosty Village
|Icicle Pyramid is set in a three-story ice pyramid. Gameplay-wise, it is very similar to the [[:Category:Battle courses|Battle Course]]s of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. A racer's goal is to simply attack the other racers with from red and green [[Weapon Balloon]]s placed over the stage. A racer loses if hit by an item four times.
|-
|align="center"|[[File:DKR-FrostyVillage.png|145px]]
|[[Frosty Village]] begins with a huge downward slope that can be skipped with a Zipper and balloon. After the first cave, the player can turn right for a shortcut. After the second cave, there is water. All three vehicles can be used. It takes place around a village, giving it its name. In the remake, it is easier to take the shortcut.
|}</center>


==Boss Battle: Bluey's Course==
In the DS remake, Icicle Pyramid, as well as the other Challenge Levels, was replaced with a [[Wish Race]] against T.T. in the Adventure Mode, being playable only in multiplayer.  
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|align=left
|direction=horizontal
|image1=Bluey's Course.PNG
|width1=200
|caption1=Banjo races against Bluey.
|image2=Bluey Artwork - Diddy Kong Racing.png
|width2=200
|caption2=Artwork of Bluey.
}}
The boss of Snowflake Mountain, [[Bluey the Walrus]], is fought twice in the game. The vehicle used is the hovercraft. The track is snowy and mostly downhill, with tunnels and giant candy canes. Again, there are giant snowballs.  However, in the DS remake they are gone and the race is more difficult. The second time Bluey is fought, he is twice as fast.
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==Icicle Pyramid==
==Gallery==
[[File:DKR-IciclePyramid.png|left|thumb|Icicle Pyramid]]
<gallery>
[[Icicle Pyramid]] is a battle stage that is unlockable in N64 but is only available in multiplayer on the DS. It is set in a three-story ice pyramid. If a player gets hit with an item four times, they are out. A tunnel allows the player to get items.
Snowflake Mountain DKR map.jpg|''Diddy Kong Racing'' map artwork
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Snowflake Mountain (map).png|''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' in-game map
DKRDS Trophy Race Icon Snowflake Mountain.png|''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' Trophy Race icon, depicting a snowy pine tree
</gallery>


 
==Names in other languages==
{{BoxTop}}
{{foreign names
{{NIWA|DKWiki=1}}
|Jap=スノーゾーン
|JapR=Sunō Zōn
|JapM=Snow Zone
|Spa=Montaña Copo de Nieve
|SpaM=Snowflake Mountain
|Fre=Montagne Flocon
|FreM=Flake Mountain
|Ger=Schneeberg
|GerM=Snow Mountain
|Ita=Monte Fioccodineve
|ItaM=Mount Snowflake
}}
{{DKR}}
{{DKR}}
[[Category:Mountains]]
[[Category:Mountains]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Places]]
[[Category:Snowscapes]]
[[Category:Snowscapes]]
[[Category:Worlds]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong Racing worlds]]

Revision as of 14:18, February 3, 2024

Snowflake Mountain
Snowflake Mountain.png
The lobby of Snowflake Mountain
First appearance Diddy Kong Racing
Latest appearance Diddy Kong Racing DS
Greater location Timber's Island
Ruler Bluey the Walrus
Inhabitants Snowballs with Faces
Frosty Villagers (possibly)

Snowflake Mountain is the second world of Diddy Kong Racing and its Nintendo DS remake, Diddy Kong Racing DS.

As its name suggests, Snowflake Mountain is entirely snow-themed. Its courses frozen ponds, giant snowballs, and a single village in one racetrack. The player can enter the world by flying a plane over a cliff in the snowy region of Timber's Island hub. The player's racer must have at least two Golden Balloons to enter Snowflake Mountain. The world's boss is Bluey the Walrus.

Snowflake Mountain's lobby consists of the course doors mounted on the mountain cliffs with the Trophy Race located in a cavern next to the igloo, which houses Bluey's Course. The challenge level is located off to the right of the entrance.

In the DS remake, a statue of Bluey the Walrus stands in the middle of the main lobby.

Courses

For courses where two or all three vehicles can be used, vehicles listed in bold print are the mandated vehicle during Adventure Mode and the Trophy Race, and other vehicles can only be used in a Time Trial or after the course is completed.

Course Unlock requirement Vehicles Description
Everfrost Peak, from Diddy Kong Racing.
Everfrost Peak 		Golden Balloon: × 2 (race)
Golden Balloon: × 10 (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge) 		Car (N64 only), Hovercraft, Plane Everfrost Peak is set in a carved snow canyon. It is the first snow-themed track of the game.
Walrus Cove, from Diddy Kong Racing.
Walrus Cove 		Golden Balloon: × 3 (race)
Golden Balloon: × 11 (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge) 		Car, Hovercraft Like the rest of Snowflake Mountain, Walrus Cove also takes place in an icy region. Despite its name, few walruses can be seen. The level mainly features a looping ice slide.
Snowball Valley, from Diddy Kong Racing.
Snowball Valley 		Golden Balloon: × 6 (race)
Golden Balloon: × 14 (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge) 		Car, Hovercraft Snowball Valley features large snowballs that can crush racers, and they even become larger from rolling downhill. Its road is slippery and icy. The racers also enter an igloo shortly before the finish line. The player can also find the second Wish Key in an alcove, located at the end of a trail located directly left of the finish line.
Frosty Village, from Diddy Kong Racing
Frosty Village 		Golden Balloon: × 9 (race)
Golden Balloon: × 16 (Silver Coin/Balloon Pop Challenge) 		Car, Hovercraft, Plane Frosty Village begins with a huge downward slope that can be skipped with a Zipper and balloon. After the first cave, the player can turn right for a shortcut. After the second cave, there is water. All three vehicles can be used. It takes place around a village, giving it its name. In the remake, it is easier to take the shortcut.
Bluey's Course.png
Boss race:
Bluey's Course 		First match:
Golden Balloon: × 10 + every track completed
Rematch:
Golden Balloon: × 17 + every track completed 		Hovercraft The player races against the world boss, Bluey the Walrus. The track is snowy and is a downhill slide. Like Tricky, it only has one lap. There is a tunnel in one segment, and giant snowballs just outside the tunnel. When the player rematches Bluey, he races faster.
Icicle Pyramid, from Diddy Kong Racing.
Challenge Level:
Icicle Pyramid 		N64: Snowball Valley's Wish Key
DS: 30 coins 		Car Icicle Pyramid is set in a three-story ice pyramid. Gameplay-wise, it is very similar to the Battle Courses of the Mario Kart series. A racer's goal is to simply attack the other racers with from red and green Weapon Balloons placed over the stage. A racer loses if hit by an item four times.

In the DS remake, Icicle Pyramid, as well as the other Challenge Levels, was replaced with a Wish Race against T.T. in the Adventure Mode, being playable only in multiplayer.

Gallery

  • Diddy Kong Racing map artwork

    Diddy Kong Racing map artwork

  • Diddy Kong Racing DS in-game map

    Diddy Kong Racing DS in-game map

  • Diddy Kong Racing DS Trophy Race icon, depicting a snowy pine tree

    Diddy Kong Racing DS Trophy Race icon, depicting a snowy pine tree

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スノーゾーン
Sunō Zōn
 Snow Zone

French Montagne Flocon
 Flake Mountain
German Schneeberg
 Snow Mountain
Italian Monte Fioccodineve
 Mount Snowflake
Spanish Montaña Copo de Nieve
 Snowflake Mountain
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Diddy Kong Racing / Diddy Kong Racing DS
Playable characters Diddy Kong • Krunch • Drumstick • Bumper • Tiptup • T.T. • Pipsy • Timber • Banjo† • Conker† • Tiny Kong‡ • Dixie Kong‡ • Taj‡ • Wizpig‡
Vehicles Car • Plane • Hovercraft
Bosses Tricky the Triceratops • Bluey the Walrus • Bubbler the Octopus • Smokey the Dragon • Wizpig
Worlds Dino Domain • Snowflake Mountain • Sherbet Island • Dragon Forest • Future Fun Land • DK Island‡
Tracks Ancient Lake • Fossil Canyon • Jungle Falls • Hot Top Volcano • Everfrost Peak • Walrus Cove • Snowball Valley • Frosty Village • Whale Bay • Crescent Island • Pirate Lagoon • Treasure Caves • Windmill Plains • Greenwood Village • Boulder Canyon • Haunted Woods • Spacedust Alley • Darkmoon Caverns • Spaceport Alpha • Star City • Thunder Cove‡ • Meandering Mount‡ • Splashdown Pass‡ • Strangled Shrine‡
Boss tracks Tricky's Course • Bluey's Course • Bubbler's Course • Smokey's Course • Wizpig's First Strike • Wizpig Strikes Back
Challenge levels Fire Mountain • Icicle Pyramid • Darkwater Beach • Smokey Castle
Items & objects Banana† • Coin‡ • Golden Balloon • Power-Up Token‡ • Silver Coin • Taj Token‡ • T.T. amulet • Weapon Balloon • Wish Key • Wizpig amulet • Zipper
Other Gallery (N64 · DS) • Media • Timber's Balloon Pop • Trophy Race • Wish Race
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