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Nintendo said it believes "in giving proper credit" to those who work on its games, after recently omitting the original development team at Retro Studios from Donkey Kong Country Returns HD's credits.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a remaster of 2010's Wii release, which was originally developed by Retro and published by Nintendo. This year's remaster, however, has been helmed by Forever Entertainment, which is front and centre of the new release's credits. Meanwhile, Nintendo has omitted the original developers from the ending, simply stating the HD remaster was "based on the work" of the Donkey Kong Country Returns team.

Now, in a statement to Eurogamer regarding its crediting policy, Nintendo said: "We believe in giving proper credit for anyone involved in making or contributing to a game's creation, and value the contributions that all staff make during the development process."

Nintendo did not state why then it had still omitted the original Donkey Kong Country Returns team from the HD remaster's credits. We have asked for further clarification on this, and will update if we hear more.

Nintendo has previously been called out for missing those who worked on a game from its credits.

In 2023, former Retro Studios engineer Zoid Kirsch said he was "let down" by the lack of individual credits in Metroid Prime Remastered. Meanwhile, last year, translators contracted from firms outside of Nintendo voiced their disappointment at not being credited for work on high-profile games.

Nintendo responds to Donkey Kong credits furore, says it values "contributions that all staff make"

Nintendo said it believes "in giving proper credit" to those who work on its games, despite omitting the original Donkey Kong Country Returns team in remaster.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Skyfox]

How fucking hard is it to have a full credits button at the end of the credits with a monster text file? Like we’re talking 1kb ffs

 

[Fake]

Getting the Sonic Colors: Ultimate vibes here.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Codes 208]

Getting the Sonic Colors: Ultimate vibes here.

I was thinking the mario movie when they forgot to credit the creator of the DK theme

 

[AJUMP23]

Those original people already got credited, now these remaster people get to take all the credit.

 

[E-Cat]

Cool, now give credit to Grant Kirkhope for DK Rap in the Mario movie’s credits, dipshits

 

[Soodanim]

Things Nintendo has said this week	What Nintendo does
Emulation is legal	Goes after emulators
We believe people should be credited for their work	Doesn't credit developers

How long can this list get by Sunday?

 

[nial]

 

[DJ12]

How fucking hard is it to have a full credits button at the end of the credits with a monster text file? Like we’re talking 1kb ffs

I heard it's shite and uses unity.

I'd be grateful to have my name shielded from the public and more importantly, future employers.

 

[Haint]

How fucking hard is it to have a full credits button at the end of the credits with a monster text file? Like we’re talking 1kb ffs

Its not an effort or oversight issue, its cultural. Very traditional Japanese companies have an aversion to crediting their workers and won't if they think they can get away with it, probably cause they're worried about poaching.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Its not an effort or oversight issue, its cultural. Very traditional Japanese companies have an aversion to crediting their workers and won't if they think they can get away with it, probably cause they're worried about poaching.

See: TOSE.