Kensuke Tanabe has stated that there are no plans to make a sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns at present.

At this week's Game Developers Conference in America Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe claimed that there are currently no plans to make a sequel to last year's Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Game Informer report that a new title is not currently being planned. It took a lot of effort, and numerous years, for Nintendo to get Retro Studios to work on Donkey Kong Country Returns and the company are not looking to quickly cash-in on its success.

However, Mr. Tanabe does note that he has been caught off guard in the past. "I wasn't even thinking about doing a sequel for Metroid Prime until Retro showed me the last scene in the game, which was near the end of development. I wouldn't say we won't do a sequel, but we don't have anything planned at this time."

It is unlikely that we will never see another game in the series, given the franchise's popularity and the success of Donkey Kong Country Returns, but it would seem that we'll have to wait some time for it to appear.