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I think the issue for me via speed is that DK's reflexes are fantastic. Multiple games of rapid-fire punches, multiple games of Punch-Out dodging and returning fire, Jungle Beat is just a showcase of DK reacting to everything in front of him and beating the crap out of it without losing his rhythm. Knuckles has the speed advantage, clearly, but he doesn't really have an effective ranged option - he has to come TO DK. And I don't think either of them is smart enough to try and bait the other versus going "hey you're pretty strong, wanna fight?"

At which point I just like DK's close combat feats a lot more. Breaking an obsidian egg of pure evil energy using only his skull like a woodpecker's pretty good and a ridiculous high bar for 'amount of attacks he can throw out in a second'. (via the Rocs in Jungle Beat).