@ChristiJunior I would've preferred they found a use for the score rather than removing it; but it won't be missed.

Removing the timer worried me more. If you let the player hang around a stage, they might look how dead the world looks... But then they went ahead and made this, so I guess I can't complain. Never did in a DKC game.

Ah, yes, the hook from Zelda. The one feature missing from BotW. 😔 I know it exists, but never saw it outside Smash. I guess they didn't want the new game to feel too similar to Metroid.