I disagree. I was 14 when the first game launched and thought it was the greatest thing my eyes had ever seen. DKC2 was good as well, though a little too steep on the difficulty side (actually requiring you to PAY to save is bullshit, no excuses). I never got to the third game because I moved on to the PS1/N64/Saturn era but I just recently bought it on Ebay and played through the thing. The music is ASS... period. Harsh, yes, I know... but it's true. David Wise barely composed for it and some levels were just flat out awful sonically. The sound effects were lacking as well. The gameplay was also way too easy and I felt it was just boring overall compared to the first two.
This isn't to say it's a bad game. I just think it's bad compared to the first two which were damn near masterpieces of 2D gaming.







