Nintendo has issued a short statement in response to the backlash following the omission of Retro Studios' staff from the credits of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a remaster of 2010's Wii release, which was developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo. However, Retro Studios is not the team behind the upcoming remaster, with porting duties instead being handled by Forever Entertainment.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD doesn't individually credit any of the original team members who worked on the game.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD does not contain the original developer names in its credits. This has happened before.

A look at Donkey Kong Country Returns HD confirms that the game's original developers have been omitted from the remaster's credits.