Editing Retro Studios (section)

{{short description|American video game developer}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2018}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Retro Studios, Inc.
| logo = RetroStudiosLogo.png
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1998|09|21}}
| founder = [[Jeff Spangenberg]]
| hq_location_city = [[Austin, Texas]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| key_people = Michael Kelbaugh ([[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| products = {{Unbulleted list|''[[Metroid Prime]]'' series|''[[Donkey Kong]]'' series}}
| num_employees = 
| num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) -->
| parent = [[Nintendo]] (2002–present)
| website = {{URL|https://www.retrostudios.com/|retrostudios.com}}
}}

'''Retro Studios, Inc.''' is an American [[video game developer]] and [[subsidiary]] of [[Nintendo]] based in [[Austin, Texas]]. The studio is best known for its work on the ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' series and has contributed to several other Nintendo-developed projects, such as ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''.

Retro was founded on September 21, 1998, as an alliance between [[Nintendo]] and [[Iguana Entertainment]] founder [[Jeff Spangenberg]], hoping to create games for the upcoming [[GameCube]] aiming at an older demographic. The company began work on four games, all of which were canceled once Retro focused their resources on ''Metroid Prime'', the first ''[[Metroid]]'' game developed outside Japan. The success of ''Metroid Prime'' led Retro to work on three sequels and later to become involved with reviving the ''Donkey Kong'' series with ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''.