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Donkey Kong was Mario's first game.
1981 was an important year in Nintendo's history. This was the year the arcade classic Donkey Kong was released which marked the first appearances of Mario (initially known as Jumpman) and Donkey Kong. At the time it was Nintendo's most successful video game.
Timeline[]
- July: Donkey Kong is released in arcades in Japan and North America.
- September: Swedish company Bergsala begins distribution of Nintendo products in Sweden.[1]
Character debuts[]
- Donkey Kong (Arcade): Mario, Donkey Kong, Pauline
Births[]
- Aya Kyogoku (date unknown), Manager of Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5
- Yusuke Amano (date unknown), director of modern 2D Super Mario games
- January 3: Al Weaver - Voice actor of Rex in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- March 31: Junichiro Taku - Japanese flutist
- May 2: Rina Sato - Voice actress
- May 28: Laura Bailey - American voice actress of Lucina in Fire Emblem Awakening
- August 3: Travis Willingham - Voice actor
- November 25: Kerri Kane - Former voice actress of Rosalina in the Mario series
References[]
- ↑ Mikael Söderlind (23 June 2013). "Så kom Nintendo till Sverige" (in Swedish). Tech World. https://techworld.idg.se/2.2524/1.512299/sa-kom-nintendo-till-sverige/sida/1/algas-stora-misstag. Retrieved on 16 April 2020.
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