They’re extremely protective of their brand image. This has always been the case.

Nintendo doesn’t want anyone other than themselves to define how people play their games or engage with their IPs. They’ve loosened up on it slightly over the years, but it’s still very much their MO.

Do I know WHY they do it? No

i just noticed daisy has 10 stars

I never played DK64 but that game looks more tedious than difficult. Most of Rare 3D platformers on the N64 comes across like that to me.