Gregg Mayles
Template:Person-infobox Gregg Mayles is a British video game designer employed by Rare, and the brother of Steve Mayles. He is credited as a designer for several of the company's games, such as the arcade Battletoads, Viva Piñata and the Banjo-Kazooie series.
Mayles was the designer of Donkey Kong Country, deciding on elements like having a sparse HUD, designing the levels to allow a skilled a player to navigate smoothly without interruption and the presence of a "buddy" character to allow the player to take more than one hit.[1] He cites Super Mario Bros. 3 as a chief inspiration for Donkey Kong Country.[2] He also was the designer for Donkey Kong Country 2, which he believes to be superior to its predecessor.[3] Gregg Mayles was not directly involved in Donkey Kong Country 3, as he was working on Dream: Land of Giants (which later became Banjo-Kazooie) at the time.[citation needed] In addition, Mayles also designed the final battle with King K. Rool on Donkey Kong 64.[4]
Gregg Mayles is also known for his tweets regarding development and conceptual information of games he has worked on. This includes both Donkey Kong Country and its sequel Donkey Kong Country 2, where he would respectively use the hashtags #DKCrevealed, and #DKC2is20 in commemoration of each game's twentieth anniversary.
Games credited
- Donkey Kong Country – Designer
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest – Designer
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! – Special Thanks
- Donkey Kong 64 – Support Team
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Original Games Supervisor (Rare Ltd.)
Gallery
Concept design of Crocodile Isle
Concept design of Toxic Tower
Artwork of Dixie Kong
Artwork of King K. Rool and Gruntilda sitting together
Artwork of King K. Rool and Captain Blackeye together
Group artwork anticipating Dixie Kong as a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. series
Artwork celebrating the 25th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country
Artwork celebrating the 25th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Artwork celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Donkey Kong franchise
External links
References
- ^ The Making Of Donkey Kong Country (accessed February 20 2012)
- ^ In "The Making of Donkey Kong Country", Gregg Mayles is quoted as saying: "For me, Super Mario Bros. 3 was the ultimate pinnacle for 2D platform games. We wanted the same kind of structure, but we also wanted it to be extremely flowing – where a skilled player could move effortlessly through the levels at great speed,"
- ^ In "The Making of Donkey Kong Country", Gregg Mayles is quoted as saying: "My personal opinion is that DKC2 was a better game than DKC as we tried to incorporate more of the intricacies that made Mario so compelling but at the same time retaining our desire for fast, fun gameplay."
- ^ Mayles, Gregg (September 6, 2020). Tweet by Gregg Mayles. Twitter. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
