This is the one.

Replayed it the other week, soo many levels start this way

And basically every game in the series too. Even the two Retro Studios ones.

Also Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair and Rayman Origins/Legend. Don’t tell me those are not Donkey Kong Country, they know exactly what they did.

How about that roller coaster race level on DKC2? If you don’t go backwards as soon as the race starts, you miss that sweet speed boost.

Some of the skips are so fun, I love the cannon canyon level for it.

If I recall, DKC also had a secret INSIDE a secret.

I was following a strategy guide to get the last bits of secret and that one was a pain in the buttholes.