Ivander
Smash Legend
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The thing that needs to be figured out is why. Because this crediting issue has been a thing since, at least 2014. This was a thing for Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U where any song that was outright the original from the original game they came from was just copyrighted to Nintendo while any song or remix that was made for the Smash Bros series credits the artist/composer/arranger for that song. And that's really the thing.
Any original composition for the title has the song maker credited while any past music that is just straight up the original song from a previously released game just credits Nintendo. And this even applies to the original NES Ground Theme from the original Super Mario Bros where Koji Kondo is not credited when it straight up appears in another game.
I don't know whether there is some legal or copyright issue on why Nintendo can't credit the original artists, but it's been a thing for around 10 years and the only reason it ever got talked about was because Grant Kirkhope brought up not being credited for the DK Rap in the Mario Movie. And most people didn't even notice that they didn't give credit to the original artist of the Bowser's Fury theme that appeared in the same movie.
Any original composition for the title has the song maker credited while any past music that is just straight up the original song from a previously released game just credits Nintendo. And this even applies to the original NES Ground Theme from the original Super Mario Bros where Koji Kondo is not credited when it straight up appears in another game.
I don't know whether there is some legal or copyright issue on why Nintendo can't credit the original artists, but it's been a thing for around 10 years and the only reason it ever got talked about was because Grant Kirkhope brought up not being credited for the DK Rap in the Mario Movie. And most people didn't even notice that they didn't give credit to the original artist of the Bowser's Fury theme that appeared in the same movie.
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