I haven't posted much, I mostly lurk. Nevertheless, I wondered what you thought about how DKC plays in relation to other games of it's type.What I mean is, are there any things DKC does like other series, or does vastly better? Not vastly worse, this is a fan site. I thought about this while reading an old thread about the series being "overrated", and people compared it to Super Mario World unfavorably.
When I was recently playing through the SNES trilogy, I noticed that the levels have tons of secrets, with lots of hidden content to explore like Mario games. But you can play them at a fast pace like Sonic titles, with a lot of interesting psychics that you can explore with jumping and rolling. I think that's why I loved the series so much. I always loved Sonic and Mario, but DKC felt like a complete package. Depth and action. Secrets and polish. It hit that "sweet spot" that no other platformer has.
If you think my observation is stupid, forgive me. Just something I thought about recently.
*edit: Accidentally typed a word twice.