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Donkey Kong Country Returns

Global Total as of 12th May 2012 (units): 5.49m
Platform: Wii
Developer: Retro Studios Genre: Platform

Total Units

North America: 2.57m 46.7%
+ Europe: 1.46m 26.5%
+ Japan: 1.02m 18.6%
+ Rest of the World: 0.45m 8.2%
= Global 5.49m

Release History

BoxartTitlePublisherRegionDateDistribution
Donkey Kong Country Returns NintendoNorth America21st November 2010Retail
Donkey Kong Country Returns NintendoEurope03rd December 2010Retail
Donkey Kong Returns NintendoJapan09th December 2010Retail

People

PersonRole
Aaron WalkerSenior Engineering
Akiko Furukawa-LabanTranslation and Administration
Akintunde OmitowojuEngineering
Al ArtusOperations
Alex QuinonesSenior Engineering
Amanda RotellaArt
Andy HansonEngineering
Andy SchwalenbergDesign
Bill VandervoortDesign
Bobby ArlauskasContract Sound Design
Brandon SalinasDesign
Bryan WalkerSenior Development Director
Carlos MendietaAnimation
Chris TorresContract Animation
Chris VoellmannTechnical Art
Chuck CristSenior Art
Daisuke MatsuokaMusic
Dan HigdonEngineering
Danny RichardsonArt and Animation Additional Thanks
Dax PallottaSenior Animation
Derek BonikowskiSenior Animation
Elben SchafersPrincipal Art
Eric RehmeyerEngineering
Ethan McDonaldOperations
Faith CasperOperations
Frank BryContract Sound Design
Frank MaddenEngineering
George ThomasOperations
GL33KContract Sound Design
Jay EppersonArt
Jay FullerDesign
Jesse SpearsEngineering
Jim GageSenior Engineering
John SheblakEngineering
Jonathan DelangeContract Design
Jose GuerraEngineering
Kellie Prinz JohnsonOperations
Kenji YamamotoMusic Supervisor
Kynan PearsonSenior Design
LLCContract Sound Design
Luis RamirezSenior Art
Mark BradyContract Art
Masaru TajimaMusic
Matt ManchesterArt
Michael KelbaughExecutive Producer
Mike MillerSenior Engineering
Mike WikanSenior Design
Mike WittContract Art
Minako HamanoMusic
Monty GouletContract Sound Scripting
Nick McBrideContract Animation
Quinn SmithArt
Raphael PerkinsAnimation
Reed KetchamContract Art
Rhys LewisEngineering
Russell LingoArt
Russell O'HenlyDesign
Ryan CorneliusEngineering
Ryan HarrisProduction Manager
Ryan PowellArt Lead
Sammy HallArt and Animation Additional Thanks
Satoru IwataExecutive Producer
Scott PetersenAudio Supervisor
Sean HortonArt
Shane LewisProduction Coordination
Shigeru MiyamotoSupervisor
Shinji UshirodaMusic
Shinya TakahashiGeneral Producer
Stephen DupreeContract Design
Stephen ZafrosAnimation
Teague SchultzArt
Ted AndersonArt
Thomas RobinsArt
Tim LittleEngineering Director
Tom IveySenior Design
Vince JolyArt Director
Will BateSenior Animation

Comments

Pokemonbrawlvg (on 14 May 2012)
Yeah! This game is the second best selling in the series! Way to go Retro! Now it's going to be available for $30 on June 10th! Expect a nice increase in sales!
SecondWar (on 27 April 2012)
Gave this game another go after getting stuck in the caves and leaving it for a couple of months. Got back into the rhythm of it and made it to the forest (finally). Reminded me of the old Donkey Kong 64 game I used to play at a summer holiday club. If they ever remade that for the 3DS would probably be enough to convince me to get that console, one of the few things that could.
atma998 (on 08 March 2012)
5.42M
BasilZero (on 30 January 2012)
Donkey Kong Country Returns is the first OFFICIAL Donkey Kong game based on the main franchise since DK64 from early 2000s. The game goes back to its original 2D roots from the SNES era, this time bringing back the original duo Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. 9.1/10
Squeakthedragon (on 30 January 2012)
The main problem is that the game doesn't play well NES pad style, which is the way most people will try to play it. The control scheme with shake to roll seems more designed for Wiimote+Nunchuk. Like Mario Galaxy. Play it like that, and instead of trying to shake the Wiimote in a death grip between both hands, just snap your wrist ala spin jumps in Mario. Changes the game. While CC support would have been nice, the game plays fine if you DON'T play in NES configuration.
alexf10 (on 21 January 2012)
maybe it should have supported the cc but does it really deserve to fail because of that?? its a great game and deserves every sale its got
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