Ehhhhh Jungle Beat is a weird case.
It was made at a time when DK’s identity was all wonky because it’s main developer was gone, so they didn’t really know what they were doing when it came to character and feel. And it was made to fit the DK Bongoes. And I guarantee the people working on it grew up with arcade DK as their DK.
If the rumors to be believed, then the folks working at Nintendo EPD are a lot of people who played the country games as kids, and love it’s characters. You can see that in the New Donk City references. I don’t think they’d mistreat it’s characters and world this time. Not to mention it won’t be tethered to a weird controller anymore.
No, it won’t feel just like Rare or just like Retro. But that would be the case no matter who’s working on it.
I keep saying it, but I’m gonna say it again. If Nintendo EPD is working on this game, DK is in good hands. It’s not an obligation for a western studio to make a DK game for it to be good. That really shouldn’t need to be said.
Just wait and see, if it’s not to your liking then fine, but don’t write it off before we even know it exists.
And play the Galaxy games and Odyssey. They made those games, it could give you a feel for how it may (emphasis on MAY) turn out in some ways.