Round 1



JECHT

Round 1 – Yoshi’s Island

Tossups

1) After finding a certain item in the ruins of this character’s home and receiving another after obtaining a time of 0:00 in a race, this character is able to utilize his most powerful weapon. A younger version of this character can be found in the Destiny Islands holding a wooden sword and in another game, a case of mistaken identity for this character leads to the founding of the treasure-hunting organization, the Gullwings. His unfamiliarity with the world once caused him to butcher a location’s name as “Macarena” and he continuously had to blame his ignorance on the effects of a powerful toxin several times throughout the game. At one point, is given an aqua blue sword called Brotherhood due to his resemblance to Chappu and earlier, was thrown by his father’s friend, Auron, one thousand years into the future to a world called Spira. The star player for the Zanarkand Abes, FTP, identify this son of Jecht, the main protagonist of Final Fantasy X [ten].

ANSWER: Tidus

2) In Mario Party 8, these creatures can be found feeding Chain Chomps in a barn while in Warioware: Smooth Moves, these creatures are seen flying through the sky until a player fails a microgame, having them fall Icarus-style to the ground. In the latter game mentioned, a microgame features one of these creatures answering a trivia question while using the Elephant motion to respond. These entities also make a cameo appearance in Metroid Prime: Corruption on the dashboard of Samus’ Starship as bobblehead dolls while they are also present in the parking lot of Coconut Mall in the most recent incarnation of Mario Kart. Recently, a new channel was formed to “Check these Out” and allows players to create versions of these entities to compete in look-alike contests. The spiritual successor to the DS’ caricature software, FTP, identify these humorously large-headed avatars used on the Nintendo Wii.

ANSWER: Mii

3) Players can purchase items such as the Isis Scroll or Excalibur in Merlin’s Mystery Shop which is strangely located behind a secret door in the Armstrong Tunnel. Other notable shops and restaurants in this game include a sauna where you can recover some health, “Read All About It!” a bookstore where the protagonists can buy magazines to learn new abilities and Merv’s Burger Joint where you can purchase a smile for free. Throughout the game, the players will encounter a number of street gangs such as the Frat Boys, the Squids, the Zombies and the Dudes – all of which exclaim “BARF!” when defeated whether by fist, chain or wooden crate. Made by the people who brought you Double Dragon, FTP, identify this NES side scrolling beat-em-up game that features Ryan with the help of Alex attempting to save his girlfriend held hostage in the title high school.

ANSWER: River City Ransom

4) A first-person shooter that takes its name from this object will be released for the Nintendo DS later this year and features Major Kane exploring a mysterious hatch. In a classic Rare game for the NES, two snakes called Rattle and Roll eat Nibbly-Pibblys in a race to reach one of these objects. In Okami, a giant fish called the Whopper is said to have swallowed one of these objects and Amaterasu learns how to draw them from a god in the form of a rabbit. In Blast Corps, the first unlockable demolition time trial stage is located on a place of this type. In Super Mario World, picking up an item shaped like one of these objects nets Mario three extra lives while in Final Fantasy IV, the party rides the airship Invincible to reach this location where they encounter a race called the Lunarians. Having its own ‘Patrol’ in a classic arcade game, FTP, identify this object that threatens to destroy Termina by falling from the sky in Majora’s Mask.

ANSWER: Moons

5) Entering a character’s name as “SUPERMAN” in this game bestows immortality upon that character. Examining a cemetery early on in this game reveals an epitaph that reads “here lies andy. peperoni and chease”. Music in this game only plays upon reaching the next stage and contains clips of such well-known tunes as “Skip to my Lou”, “Auld Lang Syne” and “Yankee Doodle”. A minigame at the end of this game involves dodging rocks while rafting down a river and then parking that raft after a third directional sign can be seen. In modern versions, a certain portion of this game is played using a crosshair, but in the older varieties a little man is controlled with the arrow keys as he only brings back 250 out of 900 pounds of food while hunting. Currently in its fifth edition since its inception in 1971, FTP, identify this classic educational game where your family can die from drowning after fording a river or from dysentery.

ANSWER: The Oregon Trail

6) In a remake of the classic arcade game, Flicky, by giving this character 50 of a certain item, he will transport you to a bonus stage that involves running on a wooden rope bridge across a pit of lava. In another game, this character controls four members of a comical detective organization such as Charmy Bee and Mighty the Armadillo with rubber band-like tethers. In a more recent game, this character had developed a friendly rivalry with a white female bat and in his first appearance he often hindered the main character by stepping on switches that would cause blackouts or destroy bridges. This character’s in-game abilities include gliding by trapping air under his dreadlocks and punching through certain walls using his namesake spikes on his hands. First appearing in Sonic 3, FTP, identify this character, a red echidna with an attitude problem.

ANSWER: Knuckles the Echidna

7) One character in this game agrees to help a large-breasted priestess explore the ruins of a sunken ship claiming that he would ‘do anything for those two’, while at a different point, another character steals a legendary sword from a village in hope that it will glow silver. Other prominent characters include Hayabusa, a turnip-digging champion and the daughter of a bamboo cutter, Kaguya. Special moves in this game involve using a calming mist to slow down time, creating gusts of wind and causing cherry trees to blossom while Praise can be earned by feeding animals or helping villagers in order to upgrade health or the size of the character’s inkpot. Recently ported to the Wii to make use of the Celestial Brush, FTP, identify this 2006 action-adventure game from Capcom whose art style mimics that of the ukiyo-e and which you play as Amaterasu in the form of a white wolf.

ANSWER: Okami

8) By examining a chair in this location, the player will find an item called ‘???” [Triple Question mark] and will be asked by an elderly woman to put it down. In one area of this place, the 64th Trivia Quiz-Off Competition was held while another location in this site is home to a pair of golden rabbits. Players can drain the water surrounding this location by pounding down two pillars leading to a secret area where an invisibility item can be found. Several of this building’s inhabitants were once trapped within its walls and in that game there were portals to worlds such as Lethal Lava Land and Bob-omb Battlefield via large wall paintings. Recently seen pulled into outer space by Bowser, FTP, identify this iconic location in the Mario series, the home of the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.

ANSWER: Princess Peach’s Castle or (Mushroom Kingdom Castle)

9) In the first level of this game, two players can repeatedly tap the attack button in order to lift up a police car which can subsequently be thrown at enemies and the boss of that stage is a pro-wrestler who has a problem keeping his pants up. The third stage in this game features enemies such as umbrella-wielding businessmen and a scene where enemy zombies dance ala “Thriller”. Bonus stages found in this game include tapping buttons to blow-up a balloon and slapping the playable characters awake after the Nightmare stage which includes enemies like lightning-throwing devils, men in radiation suits and flying saxophones. The game was praised for the use of team-up attacks between characters such as holding hands to clothesline enemies and each character used a different weapon such as a vacuum cleaner, jump rope and skateboard. A 1991 arcade game by Konami, FTP, name this side-scrolling beat-em up game that featured the title family attempting to rescue Maggie from Mr. Burns and Smithers.

ANSWER: The Simpsons Arcade Game

10) This person’s early work includes the audio for the 3D glasses equipped NES game, Jumpin’ Jack and a Japan-only Famicom game starring none other than Tom Sawyer. Another of this man’s pieces was used in the NES driving game, Rad Racer which later was borrowed by Homestar Runner to become the Stinkoman theme song. In addition to composing the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the opening fanfare for Play! A Video Game Orchestra, this man has released full albums such as 1994’s Phantasmagoria and 1999’s Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec which included tracks such as “Eyes on Me” and “Liberi Fatali”. In 2003, this composer founded a hard rock group that would perform covers of his works such as “Other World”, “Dancing Mad” and “JENOVA” and this group is called the Black Mages. The creator of themes for such characters as Celes Chere and Aeris Gainsborough, FTP, identify this Japanese composer, best known for his work on the Final Fantasy series

ANSWER: Nobuo Uematsu (accept either)

11) In an official manga, it is revealed that this character is able to revive itself time after time by consuming dead corpses. In one game, this character is seen frozen in the main deck of the BSL and is shattered upon the player’s entrance despite later appearing as a boss due to the ability of the X to mimic other species. In a different game, this character is defeated in a Leviathan Core by stunning him by aiming at his mouth and then ripping off his armor to expose his wounds. In “The Subspace Emissary”, this character is fought while fleeing on the Falcon Flyer and in his second appearance in any game he clutches a jar containing an infant organism in his talons. A pivotal day for this character was when he lead an invasion of the colony K-2L, an event that led to the deaths of the parents of Samus Aran. Existing in cybernetic Omega and ‘Meta’ incarnations, FTP, identify this general of the Space Pirates, a giant purple dragon from the Metroid series.

ANSWER: Ridley

12) In one game, a character with this name is thrown into a dungeon shortly after his wife is forced to marry a half-tiger-half-man Rugnor, while another character with this epithet once rode a magical horse to a temple where he learned that he must ‘die’ in order to receive the power of The Flame. In a 2010 movie based on the games, this character will be portrayed by none other than Jake Gyllenhaal and will be given the name Dastan. In an upcoming game set for release this Fall, he will be accompanied by a female character named Elika who uses her magic to revive this character after falling to his death. In a different game, a character of this name obtains a magical dagger from a woman named Farah which allows him to utilize such powers as slowing and reversing time. FTP, identify this character that appears in such games as the Sands of Time and might also name the son of the ruler of a land once ruled by Xerxes.

ANSWER: The Prince of Persia

13) Actions of this man that occur before the events of the game include promoting a plumber due to his savvy use of brass bathroom fixtures rather than tin ones and giving the key to an entertainment district to an aspiring artist. At one point this character tells that he “is not the giddy socialite that can be slapped around by government muscle” while at another he tells that “all things are connected by the great chain of endeavor”. The final confrontation with this character involves him forcing the game’s protagonist, Jack, to kill him using only a golf club – a scheme planned by his former partner, Frank Fontaine. This person was driven to his current location after being disgusted by the creation of the atomic bomb and dreamed of creating a society free of government influence and the ordinary people he calls “Parasites”. The founder of the underwater city Rapture, FTP, ‘would you kindly’ name this man, the main antagonist of 2K Games’ Bioshock.

ANSWER: Andrew Ryan (accept either)

14) In one game, stone replicas of this object can be found in a northwestern forest and can be picked up and thrown at enemies. In another, this object is guarded by a pair of giant statues that move according to the player’s movements and must be placed in the correct squares. In its first appearance, it can be upgraded to a more powerful version by bringing it to two hammer-wielding dwarves and a golden version can be obtained when thrown into a fountain inside the Pyramid of Power. While in another game, the chamber containing this weapon is opened by using three Spiritual Stones and when picked up transports the hero seven years into the future. Typically found deep within the Lost Woods or in the Temple of Time, FTP, identify this powerful blade from the Zelda series, the only weapon capable of defeating Ganon.

ANSWER: Master Sword

15) In one game, a picture of this character can be seen over the bed in Room 503 of a hotel while another picture featuring this character is at the top of a set of burning stairs at the start of that game. This character can also be seen in a painting entitled Misty Day, Remains of Judgement. Two clones of this character appear in a labyrinth located beneath an abandoned prison from the Civil War and in another appearance this character escapes into a flooded stairwell after hearing police sirens. In another appearance, he performs sexually abusive actions to an effigy of the protagonist’s wife Mary and in his first appearance he stands behind bars glowing with a red aura and makes the radio become static. A figment of the imagination of James Sunderland, FTP, identify this recurring monster from the Silent Hill series who is named for his oversized tetrahedral mask.

ANSWER: Pyramid Head or Red Pyramid Thing or Red Triangle Thing or Triangle Head or Red Pyramid or anything equivalent that echoes the above answers

16) In one game starring this character, he must solve puzzles in a medieval kingdom such as jumping on floating books to spell words or waking a giant by creating an alarm clock out of a slide puzzle. In a game for the Sega Genesis, this character had to rescue his girlfriend from the witch Mizrabel in The Castle of Illusion. In another game, this character’s “Magical Quest”, he gains new abilities by changing into such costumes as a water-shooting fireman, a turbaned magician or a mountain climber. In more recent games, this character has been the king of a castle with a portal to Timeless River in its basement and along with Xehanort, Roxas and Sora is one of the four keyblade masters. FTP, identify this timeless character who in his namesake “Mania” game played through levels such as Lonesome Ghosts and Steamboat Willie.

ANSWER: Mickey Mouse

17) One person descended from the family with this name is Jonathan Morris who was once informed of the true cause of his father’s death by a ghost that calls himself ‘Wind’. Another descendant of this bloodline is Reinhart Schneider who travels along with the magic-using Carrie Fernandez. The earliest known member of this family attempted to rescue his fiancée Sara Trantoul from the evil Walter Bernhard with the aid of his friend Mathias who eventually becomes this family’s greatest enemy. After marrying into the Belnades family, this bloodline began to obtain gifted magic first in seen in Juste. In 2035 the most recent member of this family, Julius once confronted the current reincarnation of his enemy, Soma Cruz. With a family heirloom being a sacred whip called the Vampire Killer, FTP, identify this surname belonging to a clan that has vowed to defeat Dracula in the Castlevania series -- most famously belonging to Simon.

ANSWER: Belmont

18) Spin-offs of this game include a side-scrolling adventure game for the PSX in which the player battles Evil Ed with the help of a magical helmet and a Paintball game in which the characters can be flung using catapults and can be made to float using balloons. Rip-offs of this game include Pingus which could be described as the penguin-version of this game and a Simpsons game in which Bart, Homer and Sideshow Mel attempt to quell an infestation in Krusty’s Funhouse. The official sequel to this game features ‘highland’ versions of the title characters with orange hair and polar versions with light blue hair and features an attractor function in which one character plays a musical instrument causing other characters to stop and dance. This sequel is subtitled “The Tribes”. Featuring roles such as the Bashers, Diggers and Blockers, FTP, identify this popular real-time strategy game in which the player guides the title creatures through maze-like puzzles and is named after animals that are thought to jump off cliffs en masse.

ANSWER: Lemmings

19) In Metal Gear Solid 4, the emblem based off of this type of animal is obtained after using the syringe on 50 enemy soldiers. A Pokemon based off of this animal is the only Pokemon that can learn the Heal Order and Defend Order attacks while a 1985 Konami overhead shooter features blue and pink robot versions of this animal. In A Link to the Past, a golden one of these can be found in an icy cavern east of Lake Hylia and can attack nearby enemies when captured and released from a bottle. In 2004, as an advertisement for Halo 2, Bungie launched an in-real-life puzzle and riddle game called “I Love [these animals]”. In Banjo-Tooie, an anthropomorphic female version of this animal can be visited to increase the size of Banjo’s health bar while in Super Mario Galaxy a costume of this animal allows Mario to climb certain walls and hover short distances. FTP, identify this type of winged insect that lends its appearance to Buck Bumble and is probably the unofficial mascot of NAQT.

ANSWER: BEEEEEEES! (just two Es will do)

20) The Game Gear remake of this game was called The Revenge of Drancon.* The main character’s girlfriend is named Tina and was rescued along with an amnesiac woman who was appointed to be queen in the final game of this series. That game featured an RPG-like world map screen and appeared on the SNES in 1995. The sequel to this game introduced dinosaur friends that can breathe fire or shoot sparks with their tail in addition to the items of the original such as the throwing hammer, the invincibility faerie and the skateboard; all which are found in eggs. In addition to touching enemies such as snails or running foxes, the player will lose a life if the hunger meter at the top of the screen reaches zero. A remake of Escape’s Wonder Boy, FTP, identify this Hudson series in which the player must explore the title location and play the role of the loincloth clad, Master Higgins.

ANSWER: Adventure Island (*Accept ‘Wonder Boy’ until here)

Bonuses

1) Identify the following items from the Super Smash Bros. series you might have either played around with or completely ignored depending on how elite you are, FTPE.

[10] This item from the Animal Crossing game appears as a white ball with a red exclamation point on it and can be planted into the ground trapping any opponent who walks over it.

ANSWER: Pitfall

[10] Picking up this item makes you more or less invincible and touching your opponents while holding it will send them flying provided the head stays on. It plays the same little jingle as it does when you get one in the original Donkey Kong arcade game.

ANSWER: Hammer

[10] Grabbing this item found in the Kirby games will launch your character up into the air and send them plummeting back down to the stage dealing massive meteoric damage to whoever lies in its zone of impact.

ANSWER: Warp Star

2) Identify these following notable cheat codes and secrets in the history of video gaming, FTPE.

[10] Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. That’s all you’re getting.

ANSWER: The Konami Code (or Contra Code)

[10] The result of winning a Nintendo Power contest, this blue-rupee filled room with a secret message from its namesake can be found in A Link to the Past by running very quickly from the Sanctuary to a bush that covers the entrance to this room in front of Hyrule Castle.

ANSWER: Chris Houlihan Room

[10] After obtaining 120 stars in Super Mario 64, players can be launched on top of Princess Peach’s castle via cannon to receive a secret message and 100 lives from this character.

ANSWER: Yoshi

3) Identify the following unrelated things about the obscure and unpopular game from Bungie, Halo, FTPE:

[10] The only human survivor of a Flood infection, this black Sergeant Major issues commands to Master Chief as the leader of human forces against the Flood and Covenant.

ANSWER: Avery J. Johnson

[10] A new addition to the arsenal in Halo 3, this item creates a geodesic dome-like forcefield around the player rendering them invulnerable to bullets and explosions.

ANSWER: bubble shield

[10] Nicknamed ‘tree-turkeys’ due to their birdlike appearance, members of this class of the Covenant usually act as marksmen or scouts due to their superior senses.

ANSWER: Jackals or Kig-Yar

4) Identify the following video gaming conventions, FTPE.

[10] Closed to the public in 2007, this once Mecca for all gamers began in 1995 and was hosted annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center by the Entertainment Software Association.

ANSWER: Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 Media and Business Summit

[10] Giving equal attention to both video gamers and tabletop gamers, this Washington state based convention was created in 2004 by the creators of a certain webcomic and is planning to have a secondary east coast convention by 2010.

ANSWER: Penny Arcade Expo or PAX

[10] This irregularly held trade show specifically for Nintendo was last held in 2001 when it featured software for the GameCube and GBA. It has historically been noted for the announcements of both the N64 and its doomed brother, the N64:DD.

ANSWER: Space World

5) Identify these games or games series that made their debut or gained their popularity on the Sega Dreamcast, FTPE.

[10] Featuring characters like Edward Falcon, Galuda and Ryoma, this series of fighting games was notable for having 3-D battlefields and the ability to transform into a more powerful version of a character by collecting three of titular objects.

ANSWER: Power Stone

[10] This skateboarding game allowed players to upload their custom graffiti tags to other players using the SegaNet and featured wacked out cartoony cel-shaded graphics.

ANSWER: Jet Grind Radio or Jet Set Radio

[10] Later released on the Gamecube with the added title “Legends” this RPG has the sky-pirate-in-training Vyse stopping the evil Valuan Empire from reviving an ancient blah blah blah you know the story….

ANSWER: Skies of Arcadia or Eternal Arcadia

6) Identify the following wacky characters from that wacky game, Earthbound, FTPE.

[10] With a name that will make any ten-year-old laugh, this prince of the kingdom of Dalaam is first met having a dream in which his limbs are torn off and has the ability to transform into enemies and cast PSI Starstorm in battle.

ANSWER: Poo

[10] Probably the greatest enemy ever conceived in a video game, this enemy’s signature attack is using his toothbrush to blind Ness and friends with his shiny teeth. His battle music is reminiscent of a Chuck Berry guitar solo.

ANSWER: New Age Retro Hippy

[10] These large-nosed, bow-wearing head-like creatures inhabit a namesake valley just north of Threed and enjoy eating peanut cheese bars and piggy jelly.

ANSWER: Mr. Saturns

7) Sometimes TV shows should remain TV shows! Identify the following games based on television programs, FTPE.

[10] In this game, the player must use such items as a blowtorch and a chainsaw that shoots energy waves while battling dinosaurs and mummies in search of the lost Binford power tools.

ANSWER: Home Improvement

[10] In this game, you play as amnesiac journalist, Elliott Maslow as you visit such locations as the Swan Station and the Black Rock while avoiding the Black Smoke Monster.

ANSWER: Lost: Via Domus (be nice and prompt on just “Lost”)

[10] Released by GameTek for the NES in 1990, this game featured a 4-on-4 trivia challenge and an obstacle course at the end for the team with the most money. Just like on the show, you’d be a fool if you didn’t take the physical challenge.

ANSWER: Double Dare

8) Bodily humor and terrible puns galore! Identify the following characters from the Earthworm Jim games, FTPE.

[10] This character, a dog-like alien and traveling companion of Jim, will transform into a vicious monstrous creature when angered. In Earthworm Jim 2, you must bounce his siblings across a stage on a giant marshmallow and lead them to safety.

ANSWER: Peter Puppy

[10] This intergalactic bounty hunter, kidnapper of Princess Whats-Her-Name and main antagonist of the second game had to be raced through an asteroid field between levels in the first game and acts as a foil to Jim for being based off of a certain type of bird.

ANSWER: Psy-Crow

[10] The final boss of Earthworm Jim 3D, this character is the pent-up feminine side of Jim who must be defeated to prevent him from losing his masculinity. She can be unlocked as a playable character after collecting all the game’s marbles.

ANSWER: Earthworm Kim

9) Identify the following about a certain crotchety old man, FTPE.

[10] Often beckoning you to “Stay awhile and listen”, this geezer is able to identify items for you free of charge and teaches your character how to use the mystical item, the Horadric Cube.

ANSWER: Deckard Cain

[10] Deckard Cain again spreads his ancient knowledge in this Blizzard sequel with a Lord of Destruction expansion in which you must defeat the titular demon along with his brothers Mephisto and Baal.

ANSWER: Diablo II

[10] In Diablo II, Cain is first met in Tristam which is the location of this item, which in addition to being used as a weak club, can be mixed in the Horadric cube with a scroll of Town Portal to open up the notorious secret cow level.

ANSWER: Wirt’s Leg

10) AUDIO BONUS! Identify the game series from the epic NES music FTPE. You will hear each clip once after which you will have five seconds to answer.

[10] [Play the file named “EpicNESBonus1.wav” in the Audio Bonus folder once.]

ANSWER: Mega Man (Doctor Wily’s Castle Stage 1 from Mega Man 2)

[10] [Play the file named “EpicNESBonus2.wav” in the Audio Bonus folder once.]

ANSWER: Metroid (Brinstar Theme from Metroid)

[10] [Play the file named “EpicNESBonus3.wav” in the Audio Bonus folder once.]

ANSWER: The Adventures of Lolo (Hero Theme from The Adventures of Lolo)

11) They have the same premise and the same layout, but can you tell them apart?! Classic arcade spaceship shooter games, FTPE.

[10] Bust out your bottles of Shasta and your all-Rush mixtape and get ready to miraculously fire through your own shield as your pilot a green spaceship and blast at the title black and white enemies.

ANSWER: Space Invaders

[10] The sequel to a similarly titled Midway game, this game features more colorful insect-like enemies and spices thing up with a ‘Challenging Stage’ inserted after every four levels.

ANSWER: Galaga

[10] This 1980 shooter from Taito was the first video game to include a true boss enemy with the player having to battle the alien mothership every 5 levels. If you played games on the TI-83 in middle school, you’ll probably remember this one.

ANSWER: Phoenix

12) Surprise geography! Identify the following real-world landmarks from their appearances from popping up in video games, FTPE. If you need a clue about the actual location, you will only receive 5 points.

[10] It appears is the background of Mike’s stage in the original Street Fighter game and in Pilotwings 64 it can display Wario’s face if collided into buring the Cannonball bonus game.

[5] This Gutzon Borglum work was completed in 1939 and is notable for being the location of the climactic finale of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest.

ANSWER: Mount Rushmore National Memorial

[10] In Illusion of Gaia this landmark is a map of the constellations and transports Will to a garden in the skies while in Shining Force II one of them is a flying machine created by a long-lost civilization.

[5] Located on their namesake plains on a namesake tectonic plate, these massive works of ancient art have the appearances of spiders, hummingbirds and monkeys.

ANSWER: Nazca Lines (accept equivalents)

[10] This structure is transformed into a massive tesla coil by Soviet engineers in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 and in Onimusha 3 it is transformed into a time portal by Genma.

[5] Located on the Champ de Mars, this iron tower was created as an entrance arch for the 1889 World’s Fair, the Exposition Universelle.

ANSWER: Eiffel Tower

13) Sure, everyone knows Bowser, but can you identify these equally vile villains from the Mario series, FTPE?

[10] Sure, it may have been all a dream, but this vegetable hating frog from Super Mario Bros. 2 was trounced by Mario and the gang during his attempts to rule the world of Sub-Con.

ANSWER: Wart

[10] Encountered only on the Game Boy’s Super Mario Land series, this purple space alien and pilot of the war robot Pagosu was shot down in the skies of Sarasaland by the ace piloting of Mario.

ANSWER: Tatanga

[10] The leader of the alien organization, the X-Nauts, this villain of the second Paper Mario game appears as a cloaked humanoid with a glass dome for a head and wishes to use Princess Peach to release the Shadow queen behind the Thousand Year Door.

ANSWER: Sir Grodus

14) Identify the following handheld systems that have now been defected to history, FTPE.

[10] The first color handheld ever created, this 1989 system -- due to Nintendo’s vicious campaign and a flood of other problems -- became a commercial flop in 1991 despite having the capabilities to network 18 players at once.

ANSWER: Atari Lynx

[10] Released in 2000, this color system gained major popularity in Japan due to its deal with Squaresoft to release an updated port of the original Final Fantasy game. Unsurprisingly, it then became a flop as the Game Boy Advance came on to the scene.

ANSWER: Bandai Wonderswan

[10] Released by Tiger in 2005, this system was designed to play games, movies, music and later have upgrades for GPS capability and e-mail service. Those upgrade packs were never released as the system flopped shortly after it went on sale.

ANSWER: Tiger Gizmondo

15) Identify the following denizens of Outworld, FTPE.

[10] A half-Tarkatan clone of Princess Kitana, this purple-clad female ninja wields a mean pair of sai and has a notable fatality where she swallows a jar of nails and spits them at her opponent.

ANSWER: Mileena

[10] The penultimate match-up in the original Mortal Kombat game, this massive four-armed Shokan warrior had helped Shang Tsung attempt to conquer Earthrealm over a period of 500 years.

ANSWER: Goro

[10] The true king of Outworld, this massive green dragon-man was freed from his tomb by the necromancer Quan Chi and is immune to all projectile attacks as a boss in MK: Deadly Alliance.

ANSWER: Onaga

16) Identify the following related to everyone’s favorite video game marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, FTPE.

[10] Crash lives in an archipelago named after this type of yellow and pink apple-like fruit that can give the player an extra life after collecting 100.

ANSWER: Wumpa Fruit

[10] Crash was mutated into an intelligent creature by the Evolvo-Ray of this villain of the series, a purple-haired mad scientist that once convinced Crash to search for crystals that would help him take over the world.

ANSWER: Dr. Neo Cortex

[10] The spirit of an ancient witch doctor trapped inside of a floating mask, this character is the guardian of the Wumpa Islands and can bestow invincibility upon Crash if he is collected three times.

ANSWER: Aku Aku

17) Lost behind the scenes compared to Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie, name these rarer games from Rare, FTPE.

[10] In this game for the Nintendo 64, the player controls a variety of demolition vehicles including the Cyclone Suit which somersaults into buildings and the Ballista which is a missile-launching motorcycle.

ANSWER: Blast Corps

[10] The first game released by Rare after they were bought my Microsoft, this adventure game follows Cooper as he enters a haunted mansion in order to save his girlfriend who was kidnapped by a pair of gargoyles.

ANSWER: Grabbed by the Ghoulies

[10] This game for the 360 stars the title shapeshifting elf chick that can utilize such forms as the plant-like Pummelweed, the dragon Ash and the tentacled Flex.

ANSWER: Kameo: Elements of Power

18) Identify the following units or structures from a certain faction of the Starcraft universe, FTPE.

[10] Created only using the Spawning Pool, these cheap and weak creatures can be made early on in massive numbers to utilize their namesake RUSH!

ANSWER: Zergling

[10] Unable to attack, these units are the only Zergs to show tendencies of cannibalism with its Consume ability and can burrow underground to regenerate their poison reserves.

ANSWER: Defilers

[10] Only constructible after the Hive is built, this structure allows Zerg units to quickly transport between their established Creeps.

ANSWER: Nydus Canal

19) One is an elf-like humanoid person that was born in the future and then raised safely in the past by a seer named Samos while the other is a wise-cracking furry creature called an ottsel, FTPE.

[10] First, identify this video game duo that star in their namesake platformers and do battle against the dark sage, Gol Acheron.

ANSWER: Jak and Daxter

[10] In the world of Jak and Daxter, there exists this mysterious substance. The green variety increases health, the yellow allows the characters to shoot fireballs and the blue type allows interaction with the technology of the precursors.

ANSWER: Eco

[10] Jak can often be seen riding on this hoverbike vehicle given to him by Kiera and also shares its name with those spiky creatures that crawl on walls and ceilings in the Metroid games.

ANSWER: Zoomer

20) Each new generation of Pokemon has added an adorable, unoriginal and useless Pikachu rip-off, FTSNOP.

[5,5] First, name both the larger orange Pokemon to which Pikachu evolves via Thunderstone and the large-eared baby version introduced in Gold and Silver.

ANSWER: Raichu and Pichu

[5,5] Looking similar to red and blue tinged Pichus, these two electric types introduced in the Ruby and Sapphire generation can power each other up with their Helping Hand attack and have names that play off of the theme of negative and positive charges.

ANSWER: Plusle and Minun

[10] When Nintendo decided electric rats were becoming stale, they introduced this equally useless-in-battle electric squirrel into the Diamond and Pearl games.

ANSWER: Pachirisu

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