James Helssen

James Helssen is an American video game business development executive at Nintendo of America. He was involved with the business development of Metroid Prime: Federation Force and Metroid: Samus Returns.

His duties include contract negotiation, profit and loss modeling, publisher and developer relations, and review of concepts and pitches. He describes himself as a "general wearer of multiple hats".

Helssen joined NOA in October 2011. He previously worked at Sony Online Entertainment, Bandai Namco America, Perfect World Entertainment and Flashman Studios.