Players of the newly released Donkey Kong Country Returns HD discovered original creators at Retro Studios aren't featured in the credits. Instead, the remaster's credits acknowledge how it's "based on the work of the original development staff."

We've seen greater scrutiny over crediting (and their omissions) within games lately. Credits for recent high-profile titles like Marvel's Spider-Man 2, The Callisto Protocol, and Skull & Bones failed to properly list external translators or staff who left the studio before the…