I have the DK 64 Nintendo power and I ran across of a couple of interesting images.
Now, remember that this edition is for DK 64. These two images look like the models of DK used in the first DKC. I'm wondering why they would have used the old version of DK instead of the more up-to-date model with the rendered fur, rather than the bumpy texture. (Also, the bottom image appears to maybe be cut off, but it isn't. Right below this is one of those little fine print text boxes with disclaimers or whatever)
Actually... the bottom image is for sure from the original DKC... but the top one, I'm not sure. It doesn't look right to me... like maybe before they got the modeling down or something. I'm wondering when this render was made.