1983

This page consists of Nintendo-related events that occurred in 1983.

Events[ ]

• According to Nintendo, total video game sales for 1983 are 3ドル.2 billion USD. 1

Notable releases[ ]

• Mario Bros. , the Game & Watch version, is released, introducing the character of Luigi.
• Mario Bros. is released as a one or two player arcade game.
• The Gunpei Yokoi-developed puzzle game Crossover is released. It is among the last major non-electronic toys Nintendo ever released.

Other media[ ]

• September 17: Saturday Supercade , which featured cartoons based on the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. video games, premiered on CBS.

Hardware[ ]

• July 15: Nintendo releases the Family Computer console in Japan.^[1] Shortly after its release, complaints begin to surface about rampant system instability, prompting Nintendo to issue a product recall and to rerelease the machine with a new motherboard.

Lawsuits[ ]

• MCA Universal files suit against Nintendo, claiming that the latter company's video arcade hit Donkey Kong violated Universal's copyright on King Kong. After a brief trial, the judge determined that the rights to the original Kong had passed into the public domain. The case was dismissed, and MCA Universal paid 1ドル.8 million USD in damages to Nintendo.

Character debuts[ ]

• Mario Bros. : Luigi
• Donkey Kong 3 : Stanley

Games released in 1983[ ]

Arcade[ ]

• Mario Bros.
• Donkey Kong 3

Family Computer[ ]

Births[ ]

• June 8 - Mamoru Miyano - Voice actor of Cilan in Pokémon the Series: Black and White
• June 13 - Saori Yamashita - Graphic designer at NDcube
• June 23 - Laura Post - Voice actress
• July 1 - Adam Howden - Voice actor of Shulk in Xenoblade Chronicles
• August 4 - Yuka Terasaki - Voice actress
• October 13 - Elizabeth Maxwell - Voice actress of Urbosa in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• November 11 - Tatsuhisa Suzuki - Voice actor
• Date unknown - Takumi Wada - Japanese illustrator

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