> > > > There's pretty strong evidence at this point that Nintendo believes they don't own > > Donkey Kong aside from the actual characters of DK and Mario. So that's a > non-factor. > > > > I've read up on the DK mess but that doesn't cover DK Jr. and Mario Bros., those were > done from scratch afaik.
I haven't heard about this. I thought a team led by Shigaru Miyamoto programmed all of DK...