Diddy Kong was originally going to be Donkey Kong Junior. According to character designer Kevin Bayliss, Donkey Kong Jr. was given a significant redesign inspired by Coco the Monkey, a mascot used for the Kellogg's breakfast cereal Cocoa Krispies/Coco Pops. Nintendo felt that Rare's redesign was too different from the original appearance of Donkey Kong Jr. and mandated that Rare either use Donkey Kong Jr.'s original look, or change the character's name. Rare decided the second option would be best. The potential names were Diet DK, DK Lite, Titchy Kong and Dinky Kong. Dinky Kong was almost the final name, but was dropped due to legal considerations.