Overview
Not much of Wizpig's past is known, other than that he has a history of moving from planet to planet - challenging its inhabitants to races and destroying/conquering planets that failed to impress him.
Upon reaching
Timber's Island on Donkey Kong's world, he kicks
Taj the genie off of his mountain and proceeds to brainwash four of the island's greatest racers:
Tricky the Triceratops,
Bubbler the Octopus,
Bluey the Walrus, and
Smokey the Dragon.
Drumstick, possibly the island's greatest racer, is considered a threat to Wizpig and is turned into a
frog.
Seeing the danger Wizpig poses to his island, Timber retaliates by forming a resistance movement made up of
Diddy Kong,
Tiptup the turtle,
Bumper the badger,
Pipsy the mouse,
Banjo the bear,
Conker the squirrel, and due to an unexpected turn of events,
Krunch the
Kremling. In the DS remake, Banjo and Conker are replaced with
Dixie Kong and
Tiny Kong.
After defeating Wizpig, he flies away on his spaceship - accompanied with a menacing laugh and the words "TO BE CONTINUED", likely referring to the sequel that was never meant to be (Donkey Kong Racing). It is an interesting to note that these words are missing from the DS version, probably because Rare knew that the chances of a sequel under the current circumstances were slim to none.
In an edition of Rare's mailbag titled "Scribes", someone asked what happened to Wizpig in his decade-long absence. In blunt Rare fashion, it was replied that he had been hit by a bus. On a more serious note, another issue of Scribes which provided insight on the development of Star Fox Adventures revealed that in early stages of development it was a Diddy Kong Racing sequel. To quote Rare, "Wizpig was even in it."
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