6 days ago · Kevin Bayliss was art director in Rareware's golden era of the 1990s, designing several of the characters that would become more funky alternative mascots to Super Mario and others from the Mushroom Kingdom on both Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64. From his pencils came the modern version of Donkey Kong for the Donkey Kong Country series, as well as his inseparable friend Diddy Kong, Timber the ...

Kevin Bayliss is a UK Video Game Artist, Animator and Voice Actor, who joined UK Games developer Rare Ltd in 1987, who are well known for producing many popular video games. At Rare Ltd Kevin produced graphics, concepts and animation for Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing, Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark Zero, Starfox Adventures ...

Kevin Bayliss is a former Rare employee who worked as a graphics and character artist for many of Rare's franchises since he was hired in 1987, including the Donkey Kong Country series and Diddy Kong Racing.

6 days ago · Bayliss was responsible for the character redesign of Donkey Kong and the creation of Diddy Kong for Donkey Kong Country.He also served as art director for Diddy Kong Racing and even voiced the ring announcer in Donkey Kong 64.In the face of criticism from some fans regarding the new design, he was quite optimistic and assured that he didn't mind seeing the character with a different appearance.

Kevin Bayliss is a voice actor known for voicing Wizpig, King K. Rool, and Prince Tricky. Take a visual walk through their career and see 6 images of the characters they've voiced and listen to 4 clips that showcase their performances.

Kevin Bayliss is a video game graphic designer. He initially joined Rare in 1987, working on various titles since the NES, and has designed many of the characters of Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Diddy Kong Racing, and Star Fox Adventures, among other games. He was also in charge of redesigning...

Kevin Bayliss is a UK Video Game Artist, Animator and Voice Actor, who joined UK Games developer Rare Ltd in 1987, who are well known for producing many popular video games. At Rare Ltd Kevin produced graphics, concepts and animation for Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing, Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark Zero, Starfox Adventures ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Kevin Bayliss, the ex-RARE artist who created the DKC version of Donkey Kong, hopped onto social media to share his thoughts on the revamp. It seems like Bayliss recognizes that as time marches on, so does Donkey Kong. Specifically, Bayliss commented on the new Donkey Kong by saying that, “everything changes - change is good.” Bayliss even ...

Kevin Bayliss is a British designer, art director, and voice actor. He also sings in the Yooka-Laylee Rap. He worked at Rareware from 1989 to 2005. Bayliss was in charge of both designing as well as animating the original Killer Instinct where he had also done motion capture.