I was thinking of a more direct approach that Bowser stole them just to gain control and then DK suspects that since the guys are from the MSK that Mario is resposible thus attacking Mario. Then that leads to a clasic MvDK battle at a classic DK Arcade stage thus explaining the music. Just a...
Swoopin' Poinks, the flowers that you twirl up and a few other things i believe. But yeah there is an enemy in DK JB that are, look and act pretty much like the Swoopin Poinks, it's on the back of Jungle Beats cover. I imagine this is because the makers of the Mario games made this DK game so...
There is no Official statement by Nintendo. Where does Nintendo say there making it, where? Nintendo hasn't said much about it because there not making it (yet). Granted they might make one but as of right now they are not.