I’m gonna say it
DKC used Donkey Kong terrible in his own franchise and the new game is the only game besides jungle beat to actually use his strength, aka his defining feature

>>712995798 (OP)
youve never played a donkey kong game before havent you?

>>712995798 (OP)
He's only in 1 of the 3 DKC games

>>712995923
DK was the worst character in all of these games.
Diddy was the most useful in 1, then DK spent 2 and 3 in a cage where he was replaced with more athletic characters.
Then 64 came along where he was the objectively most useless, not the strongest nor the quickest and his only unique skill involved turning invisible.
On top of that, DKCR/TF have him as the base with his friends as the powerups, DK as a character is used terrible in these games except for the examples I’ve provided which actually take advantage of his defining feature and give him unique abilities