Good
- Kept all the amazing things about DKC1 and buffed it up with even more amazing things
- dixie's hair spin added a more dynamic to the platforming without making it overpowered
- A lot of new locations and environments that make it stand out from the first game
- carrying your partner on your back is a neat addition, allowing for creative shortcuts and more place for hidden secrets
- a lot of new enemies and new ways to interact with them, like the beetles, and barrel crocs
- a lot of new level properties, like honey climbing and being stuck in it. The ghost roller coaster.
- the bosses were more creative and fun to fight than DKC1
- it's easier to save as they're accessible more quickly after entering a world
- the game knows how to joke about itself especially when talking to cranky. Love how he breaks the 4th wall.
- the music is even better than the first game. A lot of memorable tracks.
- graphics look insanely good for SNES
- difficulty curve is perfect.
Bad
- nothing