yes.............YES exactly.  I think the only think that keeps DKCR from being the absolute best of the four with no contest is the lack of variety in the bounus levels.  Other than that I feel like DKC 1 is........kind of overrated.  I mean the musci and graphics and design are good but in comparisson 2 (and my personal favorite 3) just blow it out of the water.  Ithink its mostly nostalgia + number of people who bought game + the fact that it was first    That makes everyone say that it's the best.

God, now you made me want to go play number 3 again :D.  TO THE VIRTUAL CONSOLE.

DKC3 is probably the VC game I've put the most hours into, with maybe the exception of the second installment or Chrono Trigger...

2 and 3 are so much more interesting than the first...

The level design is so much better...

The worlds are less generic...

2 has the rollercoaster levels and the lava levels...

Three has the canyon levels and the epic saw level...

A lot of people say 3 is the easiest, but it had the hardest bosses in the series, not counting DKCR...

I'd love to hace all three of the originals on my 3DS, and I'm not talking about the crappy GBA remakes...

I know people love Super Mario World, but the DKC games were the platformers to play on SNES...

i guess i am the only one that didn't feel DKCR was hard. I think it is Medium in difficulty but FUN. I passed the whole game 2 times already..

Retro did do a fantastic job with DKCR.

While they didn't kill the game for me, I definitely agree about the motion controls being unnecessary and less than responsive...

Classic Controller support would have made this my favorite Wii game...

Played it today and i also think the motion controls are not the ideal control scheme for this game. especially when you neet to react fast in boss battles etc. i had a lot of deaths directly due to the unresponsive waggle controls! Great game in almost every other aspects though, i really hope they make a second one for WiiU!

1000x this! 

That was the only 'problem' with the game, having to shake the goddamn controller.  Level design was brilliant, I could handle losing out on some of the Kong Family and Kremlins.  Everything else was brilliant.  

I'm going to say no, but for a different reason. Nintendo should have plenty of teams capable of making a 2D platformer. Retro is an amazing studio and should be given the opportunity to move on to new projects.

By the way, I completed 100% of this game. I got all the puzzle pieces, all the KONG letters, I beat all the secret levels, and I beat all the levels in mirror mode. It was tough, but this game is not too difficult, especially if you have Diddy with you.

The Caves are only World 4. What are you going to do at the Volcano in World 8? If you are having trouble, I would suggest a Heart Boost or Banana Juice from Cranky's shop. Coins are plentiful in this game.

i think retro should put their energy on something new that they haven't done before ,
i'm thinking how about a metroid but in first person ? you like the idea?
na but seriously they should try make afranchise of their own nintendo should have them make a new IP
they have the talent so i think it would be nice

The Wiimote totally ruined this game.

It's a 7/10 with the Wiimote, but would've been a 9/10 without it.

Really? I think this game was amazingly well done the graphics looked nice and the gameplay was really simple tho it was clunky at times. I would like to see a DKCR 2 by Retro but i think they should finally come up with their own IP.