Hey Atlas I got a hack that Hankhill89 and I wanted to share on here
it's called DKC mania it remixes old and new much like the game that inspired it Sonic Mania. I looked into some of the levels from DK's handheld past for some inspriation as well. I (Hankhill89) tried making the game as balanced as could so players old and new alike can enjoy it I mainly looked to DKC 2 for difficulty balance some colors and music
in some levels have been swapped too and some level archtypes now have more then one color scheme.
I (Hankhill89) hope you will download at RHDN and enjoy - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5288/
I (Hankhill89) also have a beta of Mania 2 if anyone wants to test it out warning though complete save file is needed due to some broken levels.
https://mega.nz/file/GQtHySJC#KRKeaJZQ2 ... nYbMVx_9Co