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List of Donkey Kong Country Returns staff

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This is a list of the staff involved with the game Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Retro Studios Staff CreditsEdit

Executive ProducerEdit

Senior Development DirectorEdit

  • Bryan Walker

Production ManagerEdit

  • Ryan Harris

Production CoordinationEdit

  • Shane Lewis

DesignEdit

Senior DesignEdit

  • Kynan Pearson
  • Mike Wikan
  • Tom Ivey

DesignEdit

  • Andy Schwalenberg
  • Bill Vandervoort
  • Brandon Salinas
  • Jay Fuller
  • Russell O'Henly

Contract DesignEdit

Art & AnimationEdit

Art DirectorEdit

Art LeadEdit

  • Ryan Powell

Principal ArtEdit

  • Elben Schafers

Technical ArtEdit

  • Chris Voellmann

Senior ArtEdit

  • Chuck Crist
  • Luis Ramirez

ArtEdit

  • Amanda Rotella
  • Jay Epperson
  • Matt Manchester
  • Quinn Smith
  • Sean Horton
  • Ted Anderson
  • Teague Schultz
  • Thomas Robins
  • Russell Lingo

Contract ArtEdit

  • Mark Brady
  • Reed Ketcham
  • Mike Witt

Senior AnimationEdit

  • Dax Pallotta
  • Derek Bonikowski
  • Will Bate

AnimationEdit

  • Carlos Mendieta
  • Raphael Perkins
  • Stephen Zafros

Contract AnimationEdit

  • Chris Torres
  • Nick McBride

Additional ThanksEdit

  • Danny Richardson
  • Sammy Hall

EngineeringEdit

Engineering DirectorEdit

  • Tim Little

Senior EngineeringEdit

  • Aaron Walker
  • Alex Quinones
  • Jim Gage
  • Mike Miller

EngineeringEdit

  • Akintunde Omitowoju
  • Andy Hanson
  • Dan Higdon
  • Eric Rehmeyer
  • Frank Maddin
  • Jesse Spears
  • John Sheblak
  • Jose Guerra
  • Rhys Lewis
  • Ryan Cornelius

AudioEdit

Audio SupervisorEdit

  • Scott Petersen

Contract Sound DesignEdit

  • Bobby Arlauskas
  • Frank Bry
  • GL33k, LLC

Contract Sound ScriptingEdit

  • Monty Goulet

OperationsEdit

  • Al Artus
  • Ethan McDonald
  • Faith Casper
  • George Thomas
  • Kellie Prinz Johnson

Translation & AdministrationEdit

  • Akiko Furukawa-Laban

Nintendo Staff CreditsEdit

General ProducerEdit

  • Shinya Takahashi

ProducerEdit

  • Kensuke Tanabe

SupervisorEdit

Assistant ProducerEdit

CoordinationEdit

  • Yuji Ichijo
  • Kaori Miyachi

Coordination SupportEdit

  • Kiyohiko Ando
  • Atsuto Yagi

Music SupervisorEdit

  • Kenji Yamamoto

MusicEdit

  • Minako Hamano
  • Masaru Tajima
  • Shinji Ushiroda
  • Daisuke Matsuoka

StoryboardsEdit

  • Naoki Mori
  • Tomoe Aratani

Illustration/Conceptual Art SupportEdit

Character SupervisorsEdit

  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Yusuke Nakano

Character VoicesEdit

ArtworkEdit

  • Yoshitomo Kitamura
  • Yasuo Inoue

Technical SupportEdit

  • Yoshito Yasuda
  • Shingo Okamoto
  • Tomohiro Umeda

Special ThanksEdit

  • Keisuke Terasaki
  • Akiya Sakamoto
  • Toshihiko Okamoto
  • Takumi Kawagoe
  • Shintaro Kashiwagi
  • Hiroki Hirano
  • Kanae Dohta
  • Takashi Tezuka
  • Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Shigeyuki Asuke
  • Tsutomu Kaneshige
  • Yoshiaki Koizumi
  • Mahito Yokota
  • Polyassets United Inc
  • Mario Club Co., Ltd.

Nintendo of America Staff CreditsEdit

Business DevelopmentEdit

  • Mike Fukuda

Project DevelopmentEdit

  • Tom Prata
  • Tim Bechtel

Project Development/NOA CoordinationEdit

  • Todd Buechele

NOA LocalizationEdit

  • Nate Bihldorff
  • Eric M. Smith
  • Anne-Marie Laperriere
  • Cesar Perez

NOA DesignEdit

  • Ross Hirai
  • Hitomi Ross

NOA Product TestingEdit

  • Sean Egan
  • Robert Jahn
  • Kathy Huguenard
  • Teresa Lillygren
  • Nicko Gonzalez de Santiago
  • Sara Hoad
  • Stephane Arlot
  • Jeffrey Storbo

Special ThanksEdit

  • Reggie Fils-Aime
  • Jacqualee Story
  • Jill Whitney
  • Nicola Wright
  • Mindy Bannan
  • Jason Mahaffa
  • Gregg Brown
  • Peter Nielsen
  • Ryan Pikarski
  • Seyla Keo

Special Thanks (Nintendo of Europe)Edit

  • Andy Fey
  • Martin Weers
  • Palma Sánchez de Moya Rodríguez
  • Arielle Walter
  • Gurvan Le Guen
  • Alesánder Luis Valero Fernández
  • Ariel Del Rio de Angelis

Executive ProducerEdit

  • Satoru Iwata
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Whale • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly (Krazy Kalimba) • Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) • Stu (Gong Oh) • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) • Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) • Thugly (Xylobone) • Colonel Pluck (Cordian) • Tiki Tong
Other Elephant • Giraffe • Zebra
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Banana Mirror • Crash Guardb • Green Balloonb • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Mole Train • Spiked shaft (Jagged Jewels)b • Spiked shaft (Tiki Tong Terror) • Trapdoor • Tar pit
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Jet • Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Charge • Cling • Crouch • Grab • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Jump • Kong Roll • Peanut Popgun • Run
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloudb 9-1: Crushin' Columnsb • 9-2: Gushin' Geysersb • 9-3: Spiky Surpriseb • 9-4: Mischievous Molesb • 9-5: Topsy Turvyb • 9-6: Tar Ball Fallb • 9-7: Robo Factoryb • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcanob • 9-1a/9-9b: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD) • "Mine Menace" • Staff (3D · HD)
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Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle? • Who's Your Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Banana Bud?
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