A (now Nintendo-owned) studio based in Austin, Texas most well known known for developing the Metroid Prime and the modern Donkey Kong Country series. They would strangely go on a small hiatus after Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze not developing anything for a few years (with the reason later revealed to be due to scrapped projects such as Harmony) until they were announced to be developing Metroid Prime 4 after a sudden shift in development.