15 Origin Stories of Your Favorite Video Game Characters You Probably Don’t Know

KIRBY

In Kirby’s case, the origin story we’re going to look at doesn’t talk about the character’s backstory, but about how Nintendo created it. After the launch of the Donkey Kong arcade, Universal Studios took Nintendo to court over how similar the game was to King Kong, and surprisingly enough, Nintendo ended up winning the case. The story goes that Kirby, who was tentatively named Popopop at the time, was named after the lawyer who helped Nintendo win the case- John Kirby.