The second season was produced by Taiwanese CGI studio CGCG (which featured updated character models, silkier lighting and key framing as opposed to motion capture), and was first announced in May 1999.

Before the events of the series, he was chosen as the island's future ruler by a mystical artifact known as the Crystal Coconut, which is connected to a spiritual temple known as Inka Dinka Doo.

Hervé Grull never returned as Diddy Kong, as he had long since hit puberty, and was replaced by Lucile Boulanger as a result.

It was released in Canada around 1999 with both English and French dub tapes separately with distribution handled by Seville Pictures and Nelvana themselves as the secondary distributor.

[12][13] In 2017, Pidax Film has gotten the distribution rights in Germany to release all 14 episodes of Season 2 on DVD with English and German dubbing audio included.

As of 2023, the show is now added on the Tubi streaming service as well with Pluto TV, but the first two seasons are available on Freevee and on Amazon Video with advertisements.

The show had a large line of merchandise in Japan, including a manga, playsets, and a collectible card game featuring drawings of characters—some of which never appeared in the series.

"Pirate's Scorn", a song from the episode "Booty and the Beast", was covered by Scottish heavy metal band Alestorm in their Curse of the Crystal Coconut album.

This cover of Pirate's Scorn was also included in DKC: Curse of the Crystal Coconut, an animated fan tribute to the show.

[15] Benedict Campbell, Adrian Truss, Ron Rubin, and Richard Yearwood—the English voices of King K. Rool, General Klump, Kaptain Skurvy, and Donkey Kong, respectively—reprised their roles in DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle, an animated short made by fans of the series.