This looks good and is one I don't already have so as long as there is a retail release I plan to pick this up.

This seems like a pretty random game to remake, especially since they could have just put the original on NSO.

I'd rather a DK'94 remake.

This game was fun, but the Lemmings-esque gameplay has worn out its welcome in the past 20-years.

The first game in the series doesn't have that Lemmings gameplay of leading the moving Mini-Marios to a goal. It is much closer to the DK 94 style of play and it is this first game they are remaking which is more a platformer puzzler.

I just saved this to a wishlist and noticed it is going for a lower price point ($50 US) which surprised me a little but seems appropriate. I think I will get it day 1 now.

I think this is the better game to remake since DK 94 is already an amazing game.  As we saw with something like Links Awakening, games that are already regarded as masterpieces, Nintendo doesn't change that much with the remake.  So if they remade DK 94 it would have been pretty close to the same game but with better graphics. 

I'd hope with this game, since it wasn't as highly praised, it'll get the Zero Mission treatment where they make a lot of changes and add significant new content to improve on it.  Then we'll finally have a sequel to DK 94 that's closer in quality to that game, which the original GBA game while still good, wasn't quite there.  That's why I prefer games like this getting remakes since they can benefit more then games that are already amazing and don't really need any major changes.