Soundwave on 17 December 2013
They're really not that similar other than working on the DKC games.
Rare supplied like half of Nintendo's output during the N64 days and tilted the 16-bit war in Nintendo's favor late in the gen.
Retro is a one team studio that works on one game at a time, generally all established Nintendo properties. And commercially anyway, making a new DKC probably makes more sense than a Metroid game ... DKCR outsold all three Prime games combined.
