Platinum won't say who owns the rights to The Wonderful 101

The Wonderful 101 was a Wii U-exclusive, but The Wonderful 101: Remastered is hitting Switch, PS4, and PC via Steam. Many through the IP was owned by Nintendo, but somehow a deal was worked to bring the Remastered version to other platforms. Does that mean that Nintendo relinquished rights to the IP? Platinum's comments on the situation leave room for speculation.

In an interview with Dtoid, Platinum's Hideki Kamiya was asked about who owns the IP. You can see his answer in full below.

"Thanks to the kindness of Nintendo, we were able to do this remaster, but unfortunately, we can't give you any details regarding who owns The Wonderful 101."

You would imagine that if Platinum got the rights back, Kamiya would have said so. Whatever this deal between Platinum and Nintendo is seems like a one-time thing, and certainly took some finessing on both sides. All that matters in the end is that we're getting the Remaster, though!