Nintendo Faces Backlash for Excluding Original Developers from Remaster Credits
Retro Studios has once again been omitted from credits, this time for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.
The remaster of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is facing criticism for failing to recognize the original development team in its credits.
As mentioned by Nintendo Life, the remaster, managed by Forever Entertainment, apparently only recognizes the original creators of the 2010 Wii game by stating that the title was “based on the work of the original development team.”
This marks the second instance in which Retro Studios has been excluded from the credits of a remaster; in 2023, Metroid Prime Remastered also faced backlash for not including Retro Studios in its credits list.
At that time, former lead technical engineer Jack Mathews referred to it as a “tragedy,” stating: “When my son plays Metroid Prime on the Switch for the first time, the fact that he won’t see [my] and my colleagues’ names in the credits as the original creators is a punch in the gut.”
Nintendo has also been criticized for previously neglecting to acknowledge contractors and t