Nintendo's really just been scoring all bummers recently—coming after Palworld, shutting down fan mods and projects, and clamping down on emulators. While it's all been within its technical legal rights to do so, as PC Gamer's own Morgan Park pointed out last year, the family-friendly veneer of kindness has well and truly slipped.
An almost hilarious cherry on top of the jerkface cherry bake comes in the form of Donkey Kong 64 composer Grant Kirkhope, who blew up at Nintendo circa 2023 for not crediting him in the Super Mario Bros. Movie despite placing the DK Rap in it wholesale.
