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1982 was the year when the popular game Donkey Kong Jr. was released in arcades. It was also the year that Donkey Kong was released on home video game consoles.

Games

• Donkey Kong Jr.

Events

• June 29: Universal Studios initiated a lawsuit over Donkey Kong claiming it was infringing on their King Kong character.

Character debuts

• Donkey Kong Jr.: Donkey Kong Jr.

Births

• February 5: Yu Kobayashi - Voice actress of Lucina in Fire Emblem Awakening
• February 10: Yoshimasa Hosoya - Voice actor of Male Robin in Fire Emblem Awakening
• April 15: Seth Rogen - Voice actor of Donkey Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• April 19: Cassandra Lee Morris - Voice actress who voiced Morgana in Persona 5 and Sothis in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• May 25: Fryda Wolff - Voice actress of Penny, Ana, and Doris 1 in WarioWare Gold (the first two reprised in WarioWare: Get It Together!)
• June 29: Matthew Mercer - Voice actor of Chrom in Fire Emblem Awakening
• August 16: Todd Haberkorn - Voice actor of Fronk in WarioWare Gold and WarioWare: Get It Together!
• September 3: Ayumi Fujimura - Voice actress of Fi and Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda
• November 3: Chris Hackney - Voice actor of Dimitri in Fire Emblem: Three Houses