Diddy Kong Racing's second canned sequel unearthed

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The 1997 N64 racer Diddy Kong Racing almost had a couple of sequels. There's the well known Donkey Kong Racing, a title Rare announced at E3 2001, which failed to see the light of day once Microsoft acquired the series developer. But there was another one too. This second stab at a gorilla-racing sequel was called Diddy Kong Racing Adventure and it was being developed for the Gamecube not by Rare, but by Climax Studios (Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Sudeki).
YouTuber Andrew "PtoPOnline" Borman revealed the following footage of this canned sequel in the video below:
In development around April 2004, Diddy Kong Racing Adventure was set after the titular Kong child defeated Wizpig, who has returned with a Kremling army and turned Kongo Island into a colossal racing circuit.
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