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RIP John Kirby October 22nd, 1939 - October 2nd, 2019

Oct 09 at 11:22:55 PM

AverageOliver98 (4)

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This thread here is dedicated to the man responsible for defending Nintendo from Universal Studios lawsuit pertaining to Donkey Kong and being a potential reason why a certain pink puff ball is called 'Kirby'.

If anything stated above is wrong, please correct me. Thank you.

Oct 10 at 12:37:08 PM

barrels (149)

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For the lazy... TIL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(attorney)

RIP sir.

Edited: 10/10/2019 at 12:37 PM by barrels

Oct 10 at 12:57:49 PM

punch-out!!84 (26)

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I didn't realize Kirby was named after him, very cool.

RIP

Edited: 10/10/2019 at 12:58 PM by punch-out!!84

Oct 10 at 9:53:58 PM

avatar! (15)

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I did not know, thank you for sharing! I'm curious how the lawsuit went? I know Nintendo won, I'm curious about the details. Maybe someone should make a documentary on this - King of Kong 2

Edited: 10/10/2019 at 09:54 PM by avatar!