Open main menu
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Guides
  • PlayStation
  • Xbox
  • Nintendo
  • PC Gaming
  • Mobile
  • Login
  • Support VGC on Patreon
  • Switch 2 launch games
  • Pokemon Shiny Sandwiches
Login with Patreon
First for Video Game News
  • Follow VGC

Daisuke Watanabe

Daisuke Watanabe is an artist at Nintendo, best known for art directing 2025’s Donkey Kong Bananza.

Previously, Watanabe was a character artist on games such as Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario 3D Land.

His most recently credited games, other than Bananza, are Super Mario Odyssey, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

Art director
Donkey Kong Bananza
  • Donkey Kong Bananza
  • Nintendo Switch 2
  • Nintendo
  • 3D Platformer
  • Super Mario Odyssey

Daisuke Watanabe News

Popular Now on VGC
1
‘Some people couldn’t handle it’: Resident Evil Requiem has a third-person mode because RE7 was ‘too scary’
2
Sony is reportedly planning a Nintendo Switch-style PlayStation 6 portable
3
Director reflects on Dragon’s Dogma 2: ‘I didn’t make a Nintendo game designed to be liked by everyone’
4
‘I hope players don’t forget we are people too’: Final Fantasy 14’s Yoshi-P on community, crossovers, and consoles
5
‘They can’t get the hardware’: Nintendo is reportedly telling would-be Switch 2 devs to release on Switch instead

© 1981 Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

No part of this site or its content may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder.

Explore VGC
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Guides
  • People
  • Games
  • Companies
  • Platforms
  • News RSS
  • Features RSS
  • Reviews RSS
Helpful Links
  • Manage Cookie Settings
  • About Us
  • Advertising
  • Code of Conduct
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Review Policy
  • RSS Feed
  • VGC on Facebook
  • VGC Patreon
  • VGC Podcast
  • VGC on Twitter
  • VGC on YouTube
VGC Recommends
  • RPG Site
  • CheatStation
  • CVG
  • Gematsu
  • Kinda Funny
  • Nintendo Life
  • PlayStation Trophies
  • Pure Xbox
  • Push Square
  • Time Extension
  • Xbox Achievements

Website by 44 Bytes