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 Credits

Executive Producer

Senior Development Director

  • Bryan Walker

Production Manager

  • Ryan Harris

Production Coordination

  • Shane Lewis

Design

Senior Design

  • Kynan Pearson
  • Mike Wikan
  • Tom Ivey

Design

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

Contract Design

Art & Animation

Art Director

Art Lead

  • Ryan Powell

Principal Art

  • Elben Schafers

Technical Art

  • Chris Voellmann

Senior Art

  • Chuck Crist
  • Luis Ramirez

Art

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

Contract Art

  • Mark Brady
  • Reed Ketcham
  • Mike Witt

Senior Animation

  • Dax Pallotta
  • Derek Bonikowski
  • Will Bate

Animation

  • Carlos Mendieta
  • Raphael Perkins
  • Stephen Zafros

Contract Animation

  • Chris Torres
  • Nick McBride

Additional Thanks

  • Danny Richardson
  • Sammy Hall

Engineering

Engineering Director

  • Tim Little

Senior Engineering

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

Engineering

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

Audio

Audio Supervisor

  • Scott Petersen

Contract Sound Design

  • Bobby Arlauskas
  • Frank Bry
  • GL33k, LLC

Contract Sound Scripting

  • Monty Goulet

Operations

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

Translation & Administration

  • Akiko Furukawa-Laban

Nintendo Staff Credits

General Producer

  • Shinya Takahashi

Producer

  • Kensuke Tanabe

Supervisor

Assistant Producer

Coordination

  • Yuji Ichijo
  • Kaori Miyachi

Coordination Support

  • Kiyohiko Ando
  • Atsuto Yagi

Music Supervisor

  • Kenji Yamamoto

Music

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

Storyboards

  • Naoki Mori
  • Tomoe Aratani

Illustration/Conceptual Art Support

Character Supervisors

  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Yusuke Nakano

Character Voices

Artwork

  • Yoshitomo Kitamura
  • Yasuo Inoue

Technical Support

  • Yoshito Yasuda
  • Shingo Okamoto
  • Tomohiro Umeda

Special Thanks

  • 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 Credits

Business Development

  • Mike Fukuda

Project Development

  • Tom Prata
  • Tim Bechtel

Project Development/NOA Coordination

  • Todd Buechele

NOA Localization

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

NOA Design

  • Ross Hirai
  • Hitomi Ross

NOA Product Testing

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

Special Thanks

  • 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)

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

Executive Producer

  • Satoru Iwata
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck / Stompybot 3000 • Tiki Tong
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • 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 Goro Ball • 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 • Robobī • 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 • Crash Guard* • Green Balloon* • 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 • Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle Jungle Hijinxs • King of Cling • Tree Top Bop • Sunset Shore • Canopy Cannons • Crazy Cart • Platform Panic • Mugly's Mound
Beach Poppin' Planks • Sloppy Sands • Peaceful Pier • Cannon Cluster • Stormy Shore • Blowhole Bound • Tidal Terror • Tumblin' Temple • Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins Wonky Waterway • Button Bash • Mast Blast • Damp Dungeon • Itty Bitty Biters • Temple Topple • Shifty Smashers • Ruined Roost
Cave Rickety Rails • Grip 'n' Trip • Bombs Away • Mole Patrol • Crowded Cavern • Jagged Jewels • The Mole Train
Forest Vine Valley • Clingy Swingy • Flutter Flyaway • Tippin' Totems • Longshot Launch • Springy Spores • Wigglevine Wonders • Muncher Marathon • Blast & Bounce • Mangoruby Run
Cliff Sticky Situation • Prehistoric Path • Weighty Way • Boulder Roller • Precarious Plateau • Crumble Canyon • Tippy Shippy • Clifftop Climb • Perilous Passage • Thugly's Highrise
Factory Foggy Fumes • Slammin' Steel • Handy Hazards • Gear Getaway • Cog Jog • Switcheroo • Music Madness • Lift-off Launch • Treacherous Track • Feather Fiend
Volcano Furious Fire • Hot Rocket • Roasting Rails • Smokey Peak • Bobbing Basalt • Moving Melters • Red Red Rising • Five Monkey Trial • Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud* Crushin' Columns* • Gushin' Geysers* • Spiky Surprise* • Mischievous Moles* • Topsy Turvy* • Tar Ball Fall* • Robo Factory* • Lavawheel Volcano* • Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Staff
Related Play Nintendo activities:
Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle?
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