Medisti on 10 June 2018
I've played DKC2 and Tropical Freeze very recently. That's a rough decision, because both are among the greatest platformers ever made.
DKC1/3 and Returns are about equal, I'd say. I went with Retro simply because it has more spectacle and set-pieces, but the Rare's trilogy rock-solid gameplay and design really mean it should be equal.
