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{{italic title|List of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' staff}}
{{italic title|List of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' staff}}
This is a list of the staff involved with the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.
This is a list of the staff involved with the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. For a list of staff who worked on the [[Nintendo Switch]] version, see [[List of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) staff|here]].


==Retro Studios staff==
==Retro Studios staff==
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*Ryan Harris
*Ryan Harris


;Contract Production
===Contract Production===
*Pete Nielsen
*Pete Nielsen
*Nick Shaw
*Nick Shaw


;Creative Director
===Creative Director===
*Vince Joly
*[[Vince Joly]]


===Design===
===Design===
;Lead Design
*Stephen Dupree


;Senior Design
====Lead Design====
*[[Stephen Dupree]]
 
====Senior Design====
*Russell O'Henly
*Russell O'Henly
*Bill Vandervoort
*Bill Vandervoort


;Design
====Design====
*Rhett Baldwin
*Rhett Baldwin
*Jonathan Delange
*Jonathan Delange
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*Jessica Spence
*Jessica Spence


;Contract Design
====Contract Design====
*Brandon Strong
*Brandon Strong
*Ethan Swith
*Ethan Swith
*Patrick Krefting
*Patrick Krefting


;Special Thanks
====Special Thanks====
*Tom Ivey
*Tom Ivey


===Environment Art===
===Environment Art===
;Art Lead
 
====Art Lead====
*Ryan Powell
*Ryan Powell


;Principal Art
====Principal Art====
*Elben Schafers
*Elben Schafers


;Senior Art
====Senior Art====
*Teague Schultz
*Teague Schultz


;Art
====Art====
*Ted Anderson
*Ted Anderson
*Sean Horton
*Sean Horton
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*Brad Taylor
*Brad Taylor


;Contract Art
====Contract Art====
*Greg Kopina
*Greg Kopina
*Kenneth Kozan
*Kenneth Kozan
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*Allison Theus
*Allison Theus


;Special Thanks
====Special Thanks====
*Jay Epperson
*Jay Epperson
*Toph Gorham
*Toph Gorham


===Character Art & Animation===
===Character Art & Animation===
;Character Art & Animation Lead
 
====Character Art & Animation Lead====
*Will Bate
*Will Bate


===Character Art===
====Character Art====
;Senior Art
;Senior Art
*Gray Ginther
*Gray Ginther
*Chuck Crist
*Chuck Crist


;Art
====Art====
*Adam Schuman
*Adam Schuman
*Thomas Robins
*Thomas Robins


;Contract Art
====Contract Art====
*Crystel Land
*Crystel Land


;Special Thanks
====Special Thanks====
*Quinn Smith
*Quinn Smith


===Animation===
====Animation====
;Senior Animation
;Senior Animation
*Derek Bonikowski
*Derek Bonikowski
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*Stephen "Zaf" Zafros
*Stephen "Zaf" Zafros


;Technical Animation
====Technical Animation====
*Chris Torres
*Chris Torres


;Animation
====Animation====
*Carlos Mendieta
*Carlos Mendieta
*Raphael Perkins
*Raphael Perkins
*Mookie Weisbrod
*Mookie Weisbrod


;Contract Animation
====Contract Animation====
*Rick Blankenship
*Rick Blankenship
*Dominic Pallotta
*Dominic Pallotta
*Kyle Ruegg
*Kyle Ruegg


;Contract Technical Animation
====Contract Technical Animation====
*Charles Brahmawong
*Charles Brahmawong


===Engineering===
===Engineering===
;Vice President of Engineering & Technology
 
====Vice President of Engineering & Technology====
*Tim Little
*Tim Little


;Lead Engineering
====Lead Engineering====
*Aaron Walker
*Aaron Walker


;Senior Engineering
====Senior Engineering====
*Jim Gage
*Jim Gage
*Alex Quinones
*Alex Quinones


;Engineering
====Engineering====
*Tony Bernardin
*Tony Bernardin
*Ryan Cornelius
*Ryan Cornelius
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*Jesse Spears
*Jesse Spears


;Contract Engineering
====Contract Engineering====
*John Talley (Mock Science)
*John Talley (Mock Science)
*Jason Spafford
*Jason Spafford


;Special Thanks
====Special Thanks====
*Rhys Lewis
*Rhys Lewis
*Nate Nordfelt
*Nate Nordfelt


===Technical Art===
===Technical Art===
;Senior Technical Art
 
====Senior Technical Art====
*Rob Kovach
*Rob Kovach


;Technical Art
====Technical Art====
*Rebecca Flannery
*Rebecca Flannery


;Special Thanks
====Special Thanks====
*Chris Voellmann
*Chris Voellmann


===Audio===
===Audio===
;Audio Supervisor
 
====Audio Supervisor====
*Scott Petersen
*Scott Petersen


;Music
====Music====
*[[David Wise]]
*[[David Wise]]
*Peter Nielsen (Sax Solo in the Staff Credits music, uncredited)<ref>"''The fabulous Sax Solo is performed by the incredibly talented Peter Nielsen from Austin, Texas. I played some of the other sax parts, along with the EWI solos. ( EWI: AKAI Electronic Wind Instrument ).''", comment by David Wise under [https://youtu.be/1d1jTRvxZkQ?si=-wyJsVgXJSe7hA-Q Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Soundtrack - Staff Credits/ Feat. Peter Nielsen & David Wise].''YouTube''. Retrieved December 21, 2023.</ref>


;Contract Audio
====Mixing (uncredited)====
*David Clynick<ref>[https://www.davidclynick.com/games-1/ David Clynick's personal website]. Retrieved January 25, 2019.</ref>
 
====Contract Audio====
*Chris Carroll
*Chris Carroll
*Kenneth Bassham
*Kenneth Bassham
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*Gl33k, LLC
*Gl33k, LLC


===Operations===
====Operations====
*Kellie Prinz Johnson
*Kellie Prinz Johnson
*Al Artus
*Al Artus
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*Ethan McDonald
*Ethan McDonald


;Contract Testing
====Contract Testing====
*Brandon Crocker
*Brandon Crocker
*Aaron Hunter
*Aaron Hunter
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==Monster Games, Inc. staff==
==Monster Games, Inc. staff==
===Team Lead===
===Team Lead===
*Richard Garcia
*Richard Garcia


;Coordination
===Coordination===
*Owen Justice
*Owen Justice


===Design===
===Design===
;Game Design Chief
 
====Game Design Chief====
*John Schneider
*John Schneider


;Design
====Design====
*Walter "CJ" Boswell
*Walter "CJ" Boswell
*Caryn Krakauer
*Caryn Krakauer
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===Art===
===Art===
;Art Leads
 
====Art Leads====
*Josh Defries
*Josh Defries
*Mitch Ernst
*Mitch Ernst


;Art
====Art====
*Hugh Ackerman
*Hugh Ackerman
*Evan Brown
*Evan Brown
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===Engineering===
===Engineering===
;Engineering Lead
 
====Engineering Lead====
*Dave Broske
*Dave Broske


;Engineering
====Engineering====
*Scott Haag
*Scott Haag
*Sam Johnston
*Sam Johnston
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*Theresa Apolinario
*Theresa Apolinario


;Business Development
===Business Development===
*Mike Fukuda
*Mike Fukuda
*Tom Prata
*Tom Prata
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*NOA Product Testing Team
*NOA Product Testing Team


;Off-site Testing Support
===Off-site Testing Support===
*Gregg Brown
*Gregg Brown


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*[[Satoru Iwata]]
*[[Satoru Iwata]]


;General Producer
===General Producer===
*Shinya Takahashi
*Shinya Takahashi


;Producer
===Producer===
*[[Kensuke Tanabe]]
*[[Kensuke Tanabe]]


;Supervisor
===Supervisor===
*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]


;Assistant Producer
===Assistant Producer===
*[[Risa Tabata]]
*[[Risa Tabata]]


;Coordination
===Coordination===
*Kaori Miyachi
*Kaori Miyachi


;Design/Coordination Support
===Design/Coordination Support===
*Toshihiko Okamoto
*Toshihiko Okamoto


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*[[Kenji Yamamoto]]
*[[Kenji Yamamoto]]


;Music/Voice Recording
===Music/Voice Recording===
*Daisuke Matsuoka
*Daisuke Matsuoka
*[[Minako Hamano]]
*[[Minako Hamano]]
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*Riyu Tamura
*Riyu Tamura


;Character Voice
===Character Voice===
*[[Takashi Nagasako]] as [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]]
*[[Takashi Nagasako]] as [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]]
*[[Katsumi Suzuki]] as [[Diddy Kong]]
*[[Katsumi Suzuki]] as [[Diddy Kong]]
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*Takumi Wada
*Takumi Wada


;Illustration Supervisor
===Illustration Supervisor===
*Yusuke Nakano
*Yusuke Nakano


;Artwork
===Artwork===
*Yoshitomo Kitamura
*Yoshitomo Kitamura
*Ryo Koizumi
*Ryo Koizumi
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*Polyassets United Inc
*Polyassets United Inc


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==References==
{{Staff Teams}}
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[[Category:Staff|D]]
[[Category:Staff|D]]
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Latest revision as of 20:46, December 21, 2023

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. For a list of staff who worked on the Nintendo Switch version, see here.

Retro Studios staff[edit]

Executive Producer[edit]

Production Director[edit]

  • Ryan Harris

Contract Production[edit]

  • Pete Nielsen
  • Nick Shaw

Creative Director[edit]

Design[edit]

Lead Design[edit]

Senior Design[edit]

  • Russell O'Henly
  • Bill Vandervoort

Design[edit]

  • Rhett Baldwin
  • Jonathan Delange
  • Jay Fuller
  • Nestor Hernandez
  • Shane Lewis
  • Brandon Salinas
  • Andy Schwalenberg
  • Paul Schwanz
  • Jessica Spence

Contract Design[edit]

  • Brandon Strong
  • Ethan Swith
  • Patrick Krefting

Special Thanks[edit]

  • Tom Ivey

Environment Art[edit]

Art Lead[edit]

  • Ryan Powell

Principal Art[edit]

  • Elben Schafers

Senior Art[edit]

  • Teague Schultz

Art[edit]

  • Ted Anderson
  • Sean Horton
  • Reed Ketcham
  • Eric Kozlowsky
  • Russell Lingo
  • Matt Manchester
  • Amanda Rotella
  • Sylvia Rowland
  • Brad Taylor

Contract Art[edit]

  • Greg Kopina
  • Kenneth Kozan
  • Tim Reed
  • Allison Theus

Special Thanks[edit]

  • Jay Epperson
  • Toph Gorham

Character Art & Animation[edit]

Character Art & Animation Lead[edit]

  • Will Bate

Character Art[edit]

Senior Art
  • Gray Ginther
  • Chuck Crist

Art[edit]

  • Adam Schuman
  • Thomas Robins

Contract Art[edit]

  • Crystel Land

Special Thanks[edit]

  • Quinn Smith

Animation[edit]

Senior Animation
  • Derek Bonikowski
  • Dax Pallotta
  • Stephen "Zaf" Zafros

Technical Animation[edit]

  • Chris Torres

Animation[edit]

  • Carlos Mendieta
  • Raphael Perkins
  • Mookie Weisbrod

Contract Animation[edit]

  • Rick Blankenship
  • Dominic Pallotta
  • Kyle Ruegg

Contract Technical Animation[edit]

  • Charles Brahmawong

Engineering[edit]

Vice President of Engineering & Technology[edit]

  • Tim Little

Lead Engineering[edit]

  • Aaron Walker

Senior Engineering[edit]

  • Jim Gage
  • Alex Quinones

Engineering[edit]

  • Tony Bernardin
  • Ryan Cornelius
  • Sam Grantham
  • Jose Guerra
  • Andy Hanson
  • Dan Higdon
  • Michael Kelley
  • Frank Maddin
  • Akintunde Omitowoju
  • Andrew Orlando
  • Matt Peterson
  • Eric Rehmeyer
  • Jim Richmond
  • Cale Scholl
  • John Sheblak
  • Jesse Spears

Contract Engineering[edit]

  • John Talley (Mock Science)
  • Jason Spafford

Special Thanks[edit]

  • Rhys Lewis
  • Nate Nordfelt

Technical Art[edit]

Senior Technical Art[edit]

  • Rob Kovach

Technical Art[edit]

  • Rebecca Flannery

Special Thanks[edit]

  • Chris Voellmann

Audio[edit]

Audio Supervisor[edit]

  • Scott Petersen

Music[edit]

  • David Wise
  • Peter Nielsen (Sax Solo in the Staff Credits music, uncredited)[1]

Mixing (uncredited)[edit]

  • David Clynick[2]

Contract Audio[edit]

  • Chris Carroll
  • Kenneth Bassham
  • Bobby Arlauskas
  • Clark Crawford
  • Matt Piersall
  • Matthew Thies
  • Gl33k, LLC

Operations[edit]

  • Kellie Prinz Johnson
  • Al Artus
  • Faith Casper
  • Akiko Laban
  • Mika Sato
  • George Thomas
  • Ethan McDonald

Contract Testing[edit]

  • Brandon Crocker
  • Aaron Hunter
  • Sammy Palazzolo
  • Adam Webber

Monster Games, Inc. staff[edit]

Team Lead[edit]

  • Richard Garcia

Coordination[edit]

  • Owen Justice

Design[edit]

Game Design Chief[edit]

  • John Schneider

Design[edit]

  • Walter "CJ" Boswell
  • Caryn Krakauer
  • Todd Legare
  • Isaac Turner

Art[edit]

Art Leads[edit]

  • Josh Defries
  • Mitch Ernst

Art[edit]

  • Hugh Ackerman
  • Evan Brown
  • Ryan Glovka
  • Venkata Kishore Goli
  • Troy Harder
  • Chad Jasper
  • Eli Libson
  • Brian McCabe
  • Preston Palmer
  • Mike Reider

Engineering[edit]

Engineering Lead[edit]

  • Dave Broske

Engineering[edit]

  • Scott Haag
  • Sam Johnston
  • Mark McKay
  • Evan Rattner
  • Mike Roska

Nintendo of America staff[edit]

Project Development[edit]

  • Todd Buechele
  • Theresa Apolinario

Business Development[edit]

  • Mike Fukuda
  • Tom Prata
  • Tim Bechtel

NOA Localization[edit]

NOA Product Testing[edit]

  • Masayasu Nakata
  • Randy Shoemake
  • Seth Hanser
  • Eric Bush
  • Sean Egan
  • Q Dequina
  • Zac Evans
  • Ryan Dean
  • Rick Jackson
  • NOA Product Testing Team

Off-site Testing Support[edit]

  • Gregg Brown

Special Thanks[edit]

Nintendo staff[edit]

Executive Producer[edit]

General Producer[edit]

  • Shinya Takahashi

Producer[edit]

Supervisor[edit]

Assistant Producer[edit]

Coordination[edit]

  • Kaori Miyachi

Design/Coordination Support[edit]

  • Toshihiko Okamoto

Music Supervisor[edit]

Music/Voice Recording[edit]

Character Voice[edit]

Cinematics Supervisors[edit]

Character Supervisors[edit]

  • Chiaki Aida
  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Illustration[edit]

  • Takumi Wada

Illustration Supervisor[edit]

  • Yusuke Nakano

Artwork[edit]

  • Yoshitomo Kitamura
  • Ryo Koizumi

Manual Editing[edit]

  • Kiyomi Itani
  • Aki Sakurai

UI Design Supervisors[edit]

  • Miyako Takayama
  • Ryo Kataoka
  • Satomi Tateishi

Technical Support[edit]

  • Takehiro Oyama
  • Shotaro Iwanaga
  • Yoshito Yasuda

Testing[edit]

  • Naoki Takami
  • Koichiro Hirano
  • Takeshi Tamura
  • Akiko Ohashi

Special Thanks[edit]

  • Keisuke Terasaki
  • Norihito Ito
  • Polyassets United Inc

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The fabulous Sax Solo is performed by the incredibly talented Peter Nielsen from Austin, Texas. I played some of the other sax parts, along with the EWI solos. ( EWI: AKAI Electronic Wind Instrument ).", comment by David Wise under Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Soundtrack - Staff Credits/ Feat. Peter Nielsen & David Wise.YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  2. ^ David Clynick's personal website. Retrieved January 25, 2019.