Tries to be a Donkey Kong Country but sadly is not as fun as or even half as fan as the Snes series of DKC .
Bad things: controls are not crisp enough even with controller and, it takes some of the more gimmicky DKC3 3D bossfights (aka snow fight) and mine kart level designed levels far too often.
First boss is already turning the game into a shoot em up instead of Jump N run (platformer) with 3 health bars instead of 1. reminds a bit of the hit n miss version of the Wii days with "returns" and the last pesky plumber boss that ruined almost the rest of a decent game.
Also: even though there are 2 playable characters there is not much difference in moves or special abilities. If we compare it (yet again) to the classics Every Playable Kong had their own ability and move N jump speed etc.

Good things: Dixie Kong style character and her fly-ey hair move is implemented , also the reptile enemies even though not Kremlin Krocs are snake like cobraT creatures so close enough.
Soundtrack is similar enough to the "donkey" series so if you liked that, even if not memorable as the inspiration of that music it has still itS moments.

Maybe the review will be updated later but as for now it is not so much fun for this platformer , especially since the games that came out in the 90s. For another example Kirby or Yoshi s Island had already better movement control and "gimmicks" that were more original and "just worked".
Nikoderiko on the other hand had multiple decades to improve on those games and yes to repeat it once again Donkey Kong Country 1,2,3 made the formula work better without going over board without overdoing the salt farming trial and error parts. (even without the nostalgia glasses on the mine kart levels were better designed in older games)