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 does not contain the original developer names in its credits. This has happened before.

The removal of Retro Studios' staff from Metroid Prime Remastered caused quite a stir with some key developers from the original team, with engineer Zoid Kirsch stating that he felt "let down" by the exclusion, and technical lead engineer Jack Mathews going one step further and calling it "a travesty".

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

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD takes everything that worked on Wii and 3DS and adds an HD coat of paint and multiple control schemes.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is the definitive version of a great platformer that finally brings the best of the Wii and 3DS versions into one. But the lack of new stuff makes it a hard sell as a full-priced Nintendo Switch game.