2nd December 2005, 1:52 AM
I'm sure knowing Nintendo that anything DK (or starfox) was imediately pounced on, i'm also sure that Rare agreed to Nintendo's ownership of the franchises even though they made the game (they were comissioned to make it).
The two DK styles are easy to spot, Nintendo's DK has a huge grin, Rare's DK does not. If you beat Mario Kart 64, you can even see "Copyright Rareware for use of Donkey Kong" which threw me until I realized what happened. Though i'm sure that now all of those ties have been severed and secured.
PD, Conker, B~K (T), DKR (and all characters), Killer Instinct (and all characters), JFG, BC and anything else that Rare made without using a previously created Nintendo character is now securely owned by them, so yeah it makes sense that Rare would give Nintendo full rights to the games Rare made with Nintendo characters.
I could have sworn I remembr seeing Koji Kondo in the DKC credits somewhere... it might have been special thanks though.
The two DK styles are easy to spot, Nintendo's DK has a huge grin, Rare's DK does not. If you beat Mario Kart 64, you can even see "Copyright Rareware for use of Donkey Kong" which threw me until I realized what happened. Though i'm sure that now all of those ties have been severed and secured.
PD, Conker, B~K (T), DKR (and all characters), Killer Instinct (and all characters), JFG, BC and anything else that Rare made without using a previously created Nintendo character is now securely owned by them, so yeah it makes sense that Rare would give Nintendo full rights to the games Rare made with Nintendo characters.
I could have sworn I remembr seeing Koji Kondo in the DKC credits somewhere... it might have been special thanks though.