I preferred the first one to the second one. The songs fit the gameplay of the first one better, even songs I had never heard before or songs that aren't my style played better than a lot of the songs in the second one, even though there were a lot of songs in the second one that I like. And having the new, more popular songs redone by other people just didn't sound right, it wasn't as noticable on the first game. DK2 is still a fun game, though, and the minigames are pretty fun. But you can't beat playing a little Rock Lobster on DK1, it just doesn't get any better.