KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"share.googleexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"share.googleKuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
I honestly thought he was named after the vacuum company because he sucks up stuff like a vacuum cleaner does.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoNo, he was always meant to be pink and is depicted as such on the Japanese box art. The North American box art got it wrong.
minus-squareKuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·16 hours agoOkay but why does White Kirby look like that one Mario character? (I think his name is Boo/Teresa?)
minus-squareAndonyx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoBoos don’t have feet. Ipso facto Kirby is just round, not a ghost.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoA pre-death ghost, if you will.
No, he was always meant to be pink and is depicted as such on the Japanese box art. The North American box art got it wrong.
Okay but why does White Kirby look like that one Mario character? (I think his name is Boo/Teresa?)
Boos don’t have feet. Ipso facto Kirby is just round, not a ghost.
A pre-death ghost, if you will.