Comment on Doug Bowser Retiring From Nintendo, Successor Announced

psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• everett@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You joke, but

  Shigeru Miyamoto stated that “Kirby” was chosen partly in honor of American lawyer John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. case

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  • OozingPositron@feddit.cl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wonder if Kirby liked Kirby.

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  • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    John Kirby (the attorney) died in 2019

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  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol, what a dubious honor. “Are you saying I suck?”

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    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      More importantly, you suck the most.

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