At least that's what the Mr. Gamexplain said that a Nintendo rep confirmed.
I would hope not, though!
From listening to the video, it seems Retro split what used to be Enguarde's underwater abilities between the 3 secondary kongs: speed (Diddy), manuverability (Dixie), and attack (Cranky). I just wonder what the point of even
having the animal friends in the game is if they're only going to have
one of them. Oh right...it's so Nintendo can have their "Yoshi" character. And the worst stages from the last game are back (the one-hit-kill rocket barrel stages). Oh joy.
Eh...I dunno. I've been rather tepid on this game since it was announced, and while it looks OK I'm
still waiting for something to get announced that would actually make me excited for it. It's increasingly looking like that's not going to happen. I might end up canceling my preorder. February's release list is nuts, and that $50 might be better spent elsewhere.