In 1994, Donkey Kong Country had come out and revolutionized gaming on the Super Nintendo.  It was a good game that ended up becoming one of the best on the Super Nintendo.  Donkey Kong Country 2 came out a year later in 1995.  It was a vast improvement over the first Donkey Kong Country.  Not that the first Donkey Kong Country was bad.  It was excellent, but the second game was one of the greatest sequels of the 16-bit era.  The game held true to the roots of the original, while building on it.