List of Donkey Kong Country Returns staff

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