DKC1 will still be the best to me but this game is probably the best sequel I have ever played. It improves DKC1 in almost every way possible. The devs went totally insane with the difficulty, the last world was really hard but was so satisfaying. There was also some memorable soundtracks. A must play. I clocked around 3h30, but real playtime might be around 6-8h, I died a lot.