Donkey Kong Country Returns HD remaster is under fire for omitting the original development team from its credits.
As reported by Nintendo Life, the remaster – handled by Forever Entertainment – only acknowledges the original developers of the 2010 Wii game with a statement saying the game was “based on the work of the original development staff.”
This is the second time Retro Studios has been omitted from the credits of a remaster; in 2023, Metroid Prime Remastered was also criticised for leaving Retro Studios off its credits list.
At the time, original technical lead engineer Jack Mathews called it a “tragedy,” adding: “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 challenged for previously excluding contractors and translators from its credit rolls, too.
Nintendo has yet to respond publicly to requests for comment.
