The original Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii overcame this problem with a platforming 'buffer', where enemies that had been previously bounced on hung around for approximately 25 frames ...

Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is hitting the Switch on January 15, 2025. It was a fine game for its time, and I'm hopeful it'll hold up well some 15 years later ...