KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1185arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
I honestly thought he was named after the vacuum company because he sucks up stuff like a vacuum cleaner does.
minus-squareKuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoYeah, there is a US Vacuum cleaner company called KIRBY. I don’t know whether they’re still in business or of they’ve gone defunct. But yeah, Kirby is also a vacuum company. And apparently Nintendo’s cute little pink Blob being named Kirby like the vacuum cleaner is purely coincidental.
Yeah, there is a US Vacuum cleaner company called KIRBY.
I don’t know whether they’re still in business or of they’ve gone defunct.
But yeah, Kirby is also a vacuum company.
And apparently Nintendo’s cute little pink Blob being named Kirby like the vacuum cleaner is purely coincidental.