How can Nintendo cartoon Captain N use video game characters owned by different companies without those companies appearing in the show&#39;s copyright?
<p>Captain N was a late 80s cartoon which uses characters and settings from several games that are playable on the Nintendo Entertainment System console. Some of these are Nintendo owned, but there is a significant amount not owned by Nintendo like Mega Man, Castlevania, Tetris, Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy that appear but the companies who own these games don't show up in the credits or even in the copyright section of the DVD i own.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jxeetnZ9U" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jxeetnZ9U</a></p>
<p>As you can see from the link, the show claims that all of the elements in the show are owned by Nintendo/Nintendo of America despite that not being true.</p>

<h2>Attribution is not a legal requirement</h2>
<p>If company A owns IP (copyright and trademarks in this case), they can licence it to company N on whatever terms are mutually acceptable. They may require company N to attribute their IP or they may not.</p>

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