>>718160719
Not him but people back then did like it for the most part.
It's only in recent years that people have been looking back on it and retroactively hating on it because the mechanic where you have to change between Kongs to collect specific collectables was obnoxious as fuck.
Keep in mind kids back then typically had a small hand full of games they would replay again and again so having to replay Donkey Kong 64 levels wasn't so bad. Back then having to replay a game was the norm. But this idea is hard for zoomers who get their opinions from YouTubers to comprehend since they grew up being able to download a bunch of games free on their smartphones.