VG Trivia!
 

I'd like to warn everyone that the trivia posted may contain spoilers. Read at your own discretion.


What i'm looking for are trivia questions of any nature. The trivia here is open to any aspect of console gaming.
Questions that may invoke more than one response are encouraged because it will prolong its life, such as the following question:


So no holds barred, this is free-for-all trivia.
Also keep in mind that it is encouraged to look for other correct answers rather than recycling the popular ones.

Update 8/15
i propose creating trivia based on screenshots as a new theme. screenshots are everywhere not to mention, screenshots are rather easy to make one's self. with any luck, this idea will take off.

for kicks, i might post pictures that answer the questions already ask and work backwards to find which question it corresponds to.

Game Lists

1. Name 4 games that contain a final boss that does NOT have more than one form (or is not an alternate form of a boss previously encountered)
2. Name a game in which you can find cowboys and ninjas.
3. Name a game that is a supporter of the "Once you've jumped, you've committed" rule.
4. Name a fighting game with at least one damage dealing taunt.
5. Name 2 games that offered sound tests as a reward for completing them.
6. Name 2 games that scroll only from right to left?
7. Name 2 games that allows you to side with the antagonist at the end of the game.
8. Which early games allow players "charge jump"?

General Trivia

1. How many maidens in distress has mario saved?
2. Which spells can you think of in the final fantasy series that never made it across into a different final fantasy game?
3. Using the "infinite life" trick in Super Mario Bros. 1, what is the largest amount of lives a person can have at once?
4. How many stages are there in Super Mario Bros.?
   

That Mario question is very tricky for the non die-hards :(

I have to answer some of these before some less creative people come by:
1) Final Fantasy IX, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Chrono Cross, Tekken 5 (basically any fighting game)
2) Live a Live (Sunset + Oboro)
3) Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (Dan's premium taunt)
4) Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger

Here's a couple:
Name 3 games where music is used as a weapon (directly).
Name 3 RPGs where you can't escape from battle.
Name 3 RPGs where equipment can give a negative bonus to your base stats.

1. Suikoden II (Wolf Demon), Ogre Battle (Diablo), Lufia II (Daos), Secret of Mana (Mana Beast)
2. Sengoku (the two playable characters; one is a ninja and the other a cowboy)
3. Castlevania (all the early ones before Metroidvania, really; except maybe Rondo of Blood, which I haven't played)
4. SSB - Luigi
5. Phantasy Star IV and Fire Emblem (GBA Fire Emblem 7)
6. Magmax and Lemmings?
7. Dragonforce (Goldark), Vagrant Story (Sydney [sort of])
8. US SMB2/Doki Doki Panic and I'd like to mention a less obvious one, but it isn't coming to me right now

A number of spells from FFVI. Merton and W. Wind come to mind. If Lores count, you've got Grandtrain, Quasar, Rippler, Step Mine, etc.

You mean like FFT with the Bard class or like SMRPG with Mallow and his Cymbals?

2. Daisy and Peach.

Typically, 32. However there's actually 36 programmed in, as Minus World is really Level 36.


And for the record, Super Mario 2 IS an adventure. The one we really know is Super Mario USA. FDS FTW.

1. Daisy, Peach, and Pauline. I could've sworn that was the first one on the Game Boy or something like that...

2. No answer... Fan of the series. Haven't played it enough to actually know. <_<

3. 99 lives, but I have a random feeling it's wrong.

4. 32? But I'm not sure if you're including anything else in this either.

Moreso like Mallow (never thought of that one!) Didn't the Bard class just sing stat raising songs or something?

Also,
4) 3 games where you can rename everyone but the main character.

Pauline doesn't count, as she was saved by "Jumpman". Unless you want to get technical and count Donkey Kong on the GB.

Singing is their class skill, however if you do opt to have them attack something, they'll play their harp at the enemy, and that damages them. A throwback to Edward in FF4 I guess.

Yeah, I was a bit off, as it's the Dancer who affects enemies. Fortunately, the Bard does work with the definition I now know you intended (as Kaelin mentioned), so I'll add Nikki from Chrono Cross to complete the trio.

Ooh very nice! I didn't remember some of that, and yes following with Kaelin's mention, bard harp music is totally what I meant. Irenes in CC uses her harp too I believe.

I was hoping someone would say Project Justice (Yurika shoots music), or Kirby Superstar (Kirby's Mic ability). I don't know if Legend of Mana would count since you are producing magic from playing the instruments.

There should be some more questions here, some of these can get really neat without being too overly difficult.
eg. 5) Name 3 games without a level 99 cap

Disgaea, Pokemon, and... Disgaea 2? I can't think of a third one right now.

Yeah, I thought about that one myself but the magic thing kept me from being certain enough to mention it. I also remember that you use a flute as your weapon in Illusion of Gaia, though I don't think the hero has a way of attacking that involves actually playing it.

Star Ocean the Second Story, Disgaea (or probably any Nippon Ichi SRPG; I know Phantom Brave doesn't have one), Final Fantasy VIII (the cap is 100)

Lessee.....Any of the Level 4 spells from the earlier games (Final Fantasy IV comes to mind). I think Final Fantasy had an "Old" spell or something. Final Fantasy VI had a unique Merton and W. Wind as pointed out earlier. I don't remember seeing Rasp any more either. Life 3 was dropped as White Magic (Final Fantasy IX's Auto-Life doesn't count). Final Fantasy VII had a unique "Contain" which was never followed up. Final Fantasy VIII had meltdown, aura, double/triple, and a plethora of others that were one-timers. Final Fantasy IX, I'm not sure since I don't know what was in FFX, XI and XII. Tactics held the unique Level2 Protect and Shells as well as all the movement time magic never made it out of that game for obvious reasons. Come to think about it, scratch what I said about the Level 4s since they're in Tactics.

Not ANY fighting game. You overlook Ogre become True Ogre (or something like this) in Tekken 3. =)

This is the most generally informative VG thread I've ever seen.

Very good point eye! I was thinking of ogre but the 1st form of ogre was so immemorable that it didn't click in my mind.

As for no level 99 cap, Star Ocean was what I had in mind too, but I'm pretty sure you could get to level 255 in Tales of Symphonia as well.

AS much as I like thinking of these questions, other should people should pose some of their own too. I wanna guess too! :)


Recap of mine:
2) Name 3 rpgs where you can't escape from battle.
3) Name 3 games where equipment can give a negative bonus to your base stats.
4) Name 3 games where you can rename everyone but the main character.


6) Name 3 game series that have at least 2 sequels, and where none of the games in the series have a number in the title, spelled or written out. NES/SNES titles with numbers are exampt.
7) Name two rpgs with thieves who did not have any kind of steal command at their disposal in battle.
8) Name 3 games with over 25 playable characters (strategy rpgs don't count).

Suikoden I, II, and III. :P

2) Name 3 rpgs where you can't escape from battle.
If you exempt items/spells, Xenosaga I, II, and III (at least I haven't seen one in III)

If not, Legend of Mana would be one. You come up with two more.

3) Name 3 games where equipment can give a negative bonus to your base stats.
Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy VI
(Blank)

6) Name 3 game series that have at least 2 sequels, and where none of the games in the series have a number in the title, spelled or written out. NES/SNES titles with numbers are exampt.
Tales of.
Chrono series (yes, there are 2. Radical Dreamers and Chrono Cross)
F-Zero

7) Name two rpgs with thieves who did not have any kind of steal command at their disposal in battle.
Final Fantasy I
(Blank)

8) Name 3 games with over 25 playable characters (strategy rpgs don't count).
Chrono Cross and the previously mentioned Suikoden series.

6. Soul Blazer series (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma), Star Soldier series (Star Soldier, Super Star Soldier, Final Soldier, Soldier Blade, Star Soldier Vanishing Earth), Ratchet & Clank series (Ratchet & Clank, Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal)

7. Seiken Densetsu 3 (Hawk) and Breath of Fire (Karn)

1. Chrono Trigger, Tales of Phantasia, Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time

2. Tales of Legendia, Lunar: Dragon Song, and Super Mario RPG.

That really depends on how you look at it....If you're saying a playthrough where the main character does not use a sword or ANY main character cannot use a sword. For example......

Final Fantasy I (Depends on who you choose in your party)
Final Fantasy V (Depends on your class)
Final Fantasy Tactics (See above)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (If your team DID NOT consist of Duran)
Legend of Mana (If you did not choose a sword protagonist)
etc.

I think the answer you want is...

Final Fantasy IX (Uses Daggers)
Paper Mario (I guess hammers)
Pokemon (Your Main Character uses Pokemon, and at which point, not even your pokemon have swords)

I guess if you wanted a real RPG, the last slot would be.....

Xenogears (Never actually beat the game, but I assume he never picks up a sword.)

I guess I'll ask a question, probably a crappy one though.

1. We all know that games have characters with names (obviously) and sometimes there is that hidden cool thing about last names, but the usually don't mean anything. Name 2 video games where the main character's last name actually had a bearing on the story? (Don't name 2 games in the same series)

EDIT: Maybe I should clarify. The name doesn't have to be like a big moment or anything, but it's mentioned in the story and maybe there are family members who are important in the story or series.

Beoluve (or however you spell it, Ramza's last name from FFT)
Albane (Cless/Cress, I don't know but it's a shot in the dark from how much of the game I've gotten through Tales of Phantasia)

Belouve was one I was thinking of, but I don't remember if Cless's last name had an impact in the story.

The Closest Fallout gets to a sword is a combat knife or the Ripper (which is also a dagger regardless). So Fallout technically qualifies.

1. Name five RPGs with female protagonists.
2. Name three RPGs in which five characters can be controlled in battle. (As in, five is the limit. RPGs that allow more than five will not be counted. :P)

1. Final Fantasy VI (Whether you're looking at Terra OR Celes)
Legend of Mana (If you chose the girl)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (If you chose Carlie, Lise, or Angela as your main character.)
Pokemon Crystal and on (You have a choice)
Final Fantasy X-2 (Never played it, but from what I hear...)

2. Final Fantasy IV (Final Party: Cecil, Kain, Rosa, Rydia, Edge)
Final Fantasy Tactics (In any particular battle, you fluctuate between 4 or 5 controllable characters)


Can't think of another 5 person party...

Far out! I was thinking of Breath of Fire 2 (Patty) (I never actually said they had to be playable, just that they couldn't steal in battle, if it were feasible... heh), and Skies of Arcadia (Vyse).

- Granstream Saga
- Threads of Fate (Mint)
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Saga Frontier (Emelia, Asellus)
- Unlimited Saga (Judy, Laura)

Hmm...Streets of Rage and Contra: Hard Corps.

Here's one: Name 3 games with a suicide option built into the controls.

Double Post:
1. Name 3 RPGs that involve time travel.

Earthbound, Final Fantasy 1, and The Magic of Scheherazade.

- Name a fighting game with at least one damage-dealing taunt.

Super Smash Bros. Melee (Luigi's)

- Which spells can you think of in the final fantasy series that never made it across into a different final fantasy game?

Imp (FF6)

Baha, this is fun!

1) Boppin'
2) Jetpack
3) Samurai Showdown V (special commands)

Double Post:
9) Name 3 games in which magic is not learned from levelling up, nor is it bought from stores.

Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (Does that count, you pick up the little orb things in every stage to get magic), Kingdom Hearts (? You get the spells through various events).

Secret of Mana (acquired from events), Final Fantasy VIII (drawn), Legend of Mana (made via instruments)

Great! I had FF VIII directly in my mind, but forgot about Secret of Mana being event-obtained. Next!


10) Name 3 RPGs in which at some point you control characters separately but they are all in the same dungeon, and you have to work together but separately to advance in the dungeon.

The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the obvious:
Final Fantasy VI.

PoPoLoCrois is another one where you have to split up.

The three RPGs I was thinking of with five controllable characters in battle were: Final Fantasy IV, Lunar, and Lunar 2, by the way. Didn't think about Final Fantasy Tactics.

Another RPG in which you have to split up to advance through the dungeon is Final Fantasy VIII, in the final one. FFVI was the first to come to mind, though.

The ones I was thinking of for five controllable characters during battle were: Final Fantasy IV, Lunar, and Albert Odyssey.

For splitting up, also FF VII (last dungeon as well), and Wild Arms (a certain tower).


11) Name 3 RPGs where one of your main characters is unusable in the final battle. By this I mean, due to storyline cirumstances, and this does not count games where (a) main character(s) have died sometime earlier in the story.
12) Name 3 RPGs where a special move/technique/attack/command is learnt in/before the final battle and in order to beat the game you MUST use aforementioned special move/technique/attack/command. Small exceptions for where it is technically possible to beat the game without it, but incredibly difficult.

I'd have to say Final Fantasy VI (Phoenix Cave/Kefka's Tower), Final Fantasy VIII (Ultemecia's Castle), and a very brief moment of Final Fantasy IX (Pandemonia with the elevator switch).

As for the second one, I'd say Final Fantasy Tactics as you don't have to level up to gain JP. Final Fantasy IX again, you don't have to gain levels for AP. Final Fantasy VIII is obviously drawn from monsters. I guess you could make an arguement for Final Fantasy VII too as you "learn" by equipping.

As you can see, my RPG selection is not very broad as every answer I've given is usually something from Final Fantasy. But nevertheless, I'll give a question here....

Name 3 Strategy RPGs that don't allow you to take a move back after you've done it. (I really can only think of one big one, but I dunno, surprise me)

1) Vandal Hearts
2) Final Fantasy Tactics
3) ?

Paper Mario (Peach Beam)
FF7 (don't you have to use omnislash on sephiroth or something?)
Lunar SSSC(if you don't play that flute thing Luna doesn't come to her senses and ends up killing you right?)
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The Adventures of Lolo (he holds his head and shudders as he disappears)
Lode Runner (the guy seems to strangle himself and fall into a seizure)
Bushido Blade 1 & 2 (not so much suicide as it is a "conceit" allowing the other player to kill you... it always felt suicidal in nature :3)
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more questions!

Name 3 different puzzle mascots that are unique to their puzzle series (meaning they didn't participate in any other games other than their own)

Name 3 different games with cameos/appearances/references of characters from a different series



i was wondering...would anything give this thread some smoother tracks to run on? anything to amp up the thread's feel?

radiata stories (valkyrie profile's lenneth can be recruited)
shin megami tensei: nocturne (devil may cry's dante is running around all over the place throughout the game; later recruitable)
monster rancher 4 (fatal frame's miku hinasaki can be created if you use that game's disc to create a monster; additionally, kasumi can be created using the dead or alive 2: hardcore game.)

There's also the fact that you can recruit Cloud in Final Fantasy Tactics. And a number of other characters. I dunno if that counts, since it's not technically another "series," but yeah.

- Lunge Fish from Tetris Attack
- Ms. Accord from Puyo Pop Fever
- Madame Luna from Bust A Move 4

- Super Mario RPG (Samus, Link)
- Ehrgeiz (FF VII characters all about)
- Rival School (Sakura)




11) Name 3 RPGs where one of your main characters is unusable in the final battle. By this I mean, due to storyline cirumstances, and this does not count games where (a) main character(s) have died sometime earlier in the story.

13) Name 5 summons that do no damage.

14) Name 2 RPGs that utilizes cards instead of menus for battle usage.

Breath of Fire (Chun Li), Secret of Evermore (Cecil), Xenogears (Tifa)

13. Phantom (FFVI), Fenrir (FFVI), Kirin (FFVI), Seraphim (FFVI), Carbuncle (FF series)

14. Lost Kingdoms and Baten Kaitos

15) Name three games in which to start a new game or load a save file, you aren't navigating a standard menu.

16) Name 3 RPGs in which you can lower your level intentionally.

1. Final Fantasy Tactics (A Degenerator Trap)
2. Final Fantasy XI (Just suicide over and over again)
3. Final Fantasy VIII (A shot in the dark, but I recall something that lowers your level that you can repeat. A monster or a blue magic ability)

Viewtiful Joe ("What, you think you're some kinda MEGAMAN or somethin'?")
Xenosaga I ("Call me Mr. Driller!")
Ape Escape 3...the Japanese version, at least (Ratchet monkey)

Double Post:
Crystalis, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, and Front Mission 3 have you input your name through a computer terminal at the outset.

Double Post:
Hmm...I can only think of two.

Sorry for
I meant right at the new game/load game screen, it's not just a menu. I believe you got to pick from Start and Continue/Load in Crystalis and BoF V, but good point on how they start.
I actually have three specific games in mind for that question.

As for 11), I have two other games in mind too, but was surprised at that answer.




Let's try some more game-specific, and possibly easier questions:

16) In Legend of Mana, who is the best NPC partner you can have in terms of synchronization ability (not counting golems/monsters)?
17) In Secret of Evermore, name two places where you can permanently get stuck if you do the wrong thing.
18) In Super Mario RPG, what is the damage limit and which attack is capable of inflicting it?

Oh god, maybe I can remember some of that game. I got it and played through it and realized that it was such a terrible game. It was okay in some places though. I remember there was a part of the Verminator boss that I always got stuck and you couldn't get out and didn't remember why and then I tried to land in the ocean when I got the flying thing and I landed like you normally would at land, but I couldn't get my flying machine back and I couldn't beat the game...

I don't have an answer for this since i've never heard of the game, but sheesh, that's evil of them.

16. Shoot, I know that the best monster for synchronization is Springball, but I don't know who the best NPC partner is.

18. I believe that Geno Whirl can do 9999 HPs of damage. I guess it's the equivalent of Ayla's Bronze Fist critical. I always use Bowser though.

Lady Blackpearl. Synchro: Attack Gauge Full (so you can nail special after special after special). Too bad the time you have her as a partner is quite limited. :(

Summonmaster 15) are these the kinds of games you were thinking?


Summonmaster 13) Mega Man Battle Network and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories



Name 3 games that prohibit backtracking through the rest of the game if you save at the last possible point.

Name 3 stateside releases of games that revolve around (or near) a japanese family

Name 3 games that have rhythm "minigames"

I'm pretty sure you actually mean "name 3 RPGs", but I'll go with your wording here.

Final Fantasy VII, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Lucasarts PC version), Grim Fandango.


Name three games that have gotten a 10/10 score in the respected UK videogame magazine Edge (sup OP~)

>>Quarky
Nope.. by no means did i mean "3 rpgs". i've noticed that the rpg genre has been quite popular, so i didn't close off any other genre to that question although i think this scenario is more popular in rpgs, so more power to ya!

about that trivia of yours... i couldn't do it without some research, so i've technically conceded (;_; ). I'm kinda surprised...

1. Final Fantasy IX (Disc 4 closes off some areas), Final Fantasy VI, (Can't revisit WoB), Final Fantasy V (You're stuck in X-Zone)

3. Final Fantasy IX (Jump Rope Minigame), Mario Party (All of them), Can't think of another one...

Pokémon Stadium had the Drowzee game which was basically a rhythm thingy.

As for the second part of that...hm. That's hard. Some games include Japanese people as the protagonist, but many seem to have that protagonist leave home and save the world or something.

15:

17:


-Mr. Mosquito, Incredible Crisis, Chibi Robo!

-Brave Fencer Musashi (Topo Boss Fight), Fusion Frenzy, Darkstalkers 3 (Lilith's Gloomy Puppet Show EX Move is a mini rhythm game in itself).



Some more:
19) In Secret of Mana, what happens as you use certain spells with repeated frequency?
20) In Legend of Mana, what are the three parts of the sword technique: "Beautiful Three"?
21) Name a final boss which has more than 5 different forms.

19. You level up that elemental....like if you use Cure Water a lot of times you gain experience for Undine.

To cap off 19), what happens visually as well? All correct answers.
Fpr 21), there seems to be one specific rpg in my mind, but shooters are welcome.

Sorry if I'm going too fast, I want to get these questions in before I forget.
22) Name three games where angels are your enemies.
23) Name three games where your weapons can break and as a result, they have to be repaired.

19) ? The girls make motions there's a sprite of the elemental that shows up and the spell is cast. Sometimes when you get to level 9 with magic, there is the small chance that the whole screen will flash and the spell will be much more powerful.

For #22, Tales of Symphonia has a lot of angels.

Disgaea has angels as your enemy

Ah, but I was hoping people would research in the first place.
It's pretty common for a US player to now have heard about Edge at all, so if they bother researching the matter, all the better =D

You have a point though, with the only exception being HL2 in a way, though I'm not so sure PC even has a lifespan like a console.

Edge tends to look back in retrospect to its old reviews (such as in the 100 reviews special issue), and at least with the "perfect" 10s, I personaly think they've all stood the test of time extremely well.


The Contra III/Super Probotector boss, in a sense.

First you take out the eyes, then the forehead, then fight the brain that morphs into multiple different forms depending where you shoot (I think there were eight forms) and once you beat the brain and grab on to the chopper, if you're playing on Hard mode, the brain will attack you one more time in a final form and you have to fight it as the chopper rises up from the cave.

Go Go Ackman, Disgaea and ToS were the games in my mind. :)

- Castlevania series (hearts for special weapon usage), Psychonauts (figments for ranks), and Mappy (items to clear stages)

For 21) Wild Arms 3 was my primary thought, but some creative answers about. Bolbox from E.V.O. counts too, now that I think about it.


Just a few more, I'm running dry:
24) Name a RPG with a cipher system in place.
25) Name an RPG where the opposite of "evil" magic is not "holy" magic.
26) Name 3 rpgs and respective examples of their dungeons where you are sent back to the start of the dungeon if you take a wrong path.

24...uhm. FFX's Al Bhed? Does that count?
Each letter is turned into another one.

25...Does FFVI's "Pearl" count, or is that too holy?

26...I believe there's some forest in Seiken Densetsu 3 that does that. Moonlight forest? The one where you have to follow the pink flowers to get to the elven village.
Lost Woods in Zelda, Ocarina of Time does it I think. Or is Zelda not RPGish enough?

24) does the "meredy speak" of tales of destiny 2 count?

Name 3 games that have a brain as the final boss

Name 3 games that have capsule machines

and for kicks, name 1 game for every letter of the alphabet. be sure to use the spoiler tags. i'm going to attempt to run a score with this one, so for every unique game you get a point and for every series that is mentioned more than once between people you get 0 for that letter :3 This is honor code based, so please refrain checking against other people's lists until your list has been finalized.



i'll go first

My alphabet:


3 games with brains as final bosses:
- Metroid (Mother Brain), Psychonauts (Colonel's Brain), and I think Earthbound would count (Giygas, alien brain of sorts...I dunno).

Super Metroid, Contra III/Super Probotector, Gradius.

My list:

Hmm....



This will more than likely nullify the very obvious ones.

R-Type, Xenophobe, Super C, System Shock 2, Resident Evil 2

Ha! Awesome, I did this sort of thing at work today to kill time...Let's see...



EDIT: Damn, not as unique as I thought...

Double Post:
- Name 3 games that have capsule machines

Wait...capsule machines of the walk-in variety or put-in-a-coin-and-turn-the-crank kind?

- Super Smash Brothers Melee (trophy dispenser), the Dragonball Z RPG for SNES (the saiyan "capsule" is a machine), and I'm tempted to say Mario Party 5/6/7 (one of the orb dispensers?)

Well, it can't beat the mediocrity of mine. I'm sure everybody's heard just about all of those games at one point or another, but regardless. It seems that the activity in this thread has died off so I'll attempt to jump start it again.

Specific Game Questions:

1. In Final Fantasy IV, how many characters can you control that die off sometime in the game?

2. In Final Fantasy V, how many times do you fight X-Death, in one form or another?

3. In Final Fantasy VI, How many Atma Weapons are there?

4. In Final Fantasy VII, name 2 places where the music changes permenantly as you progress in the game.

5. In Final Fantasy VIII, which issue of Weapons Monthly gives you access to the Cutting Trigger?

6. In Final Fantasy IX, how much mail must you deliver in order to revive Mognet Central?

And Some General Questions....

1. Name 3 Racing Games which have a temporary shield pickup available (different series please). These protect you for 1 hit.

2. Name 3 FPS games that start you off with anything besides a Pistol/Blaster/whatever variation. (again, different series)

3. Name 3 RTS games which have more than 3 resources you can gather.

4. Name 3 RPG games where you need to buy ammuntion to use ranged weapons. (i.e. arrows)

5. Name 3 Strategy RPGs special characters that you fight more than once.

That should get us started.

Ogre Battle 64 has Virtue and Bane instead of Holy and Evil, if that counts.

3. Empire Earth has food, stone, iron, gold, and whatnot. I can't quite remember, but it's more than three.

4. A huge amount. Final Fantasy IV, Diablo II, and Baldur's Gate are a few examples.

5. In Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, there's the Black Knight. You have the option to fight him more than once, anyway...

Yay! buncha questions and tricky ones at that :)

1. In Final Fantasy IV, how many characters can you control that die off sometime in the game?


2. In Final Fantasy V, name 2 classes that can be missed one way or another.
Mimic, Dancer (?)

4. Name 3 RPG games where you need to buy ammuntion to use ranged weapons. (i.e. arrows)
Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Unlimited SaGa (don't remember)

5. Name 3 Strategy RPGs special characters that you fight more than once.
Celia (FFT), Lede (FFT), Midboss (Disgaea)

After calculating the current alpha list scores (speaking of which, it's never too late to submit a list) , i came across a problem on how to deal with a violator of the "series rule". if you wouldn't mind, would the current participants please refer to the front page and answer the questions under the dupe game list spoiler tab <3

while reading through the results i thought about the games i was thinking about before i submitted my 26 and realized that a handful of them were on my list before i finalized it. and also, i noticed that several of the games listed were some of my favorites <3 i like this gaming crowd.

to change up the flow of this, we could recycle the "list x game" questions that didn't get answered with the games we had in mind when they were thought up and pin the "ideal" answers as they come.
any thoughts on this?


oh yeah.
Q: Name 3 games where it is possible to "lock weapons" with the opponent?

I'd say go by Genre. Games that play alike are considered the same game. So basically, what I'm saying is 1 series is Mario Platformers, 1 series is Mario Sports, another is Mario RPGs, etc. Games with different protagonists but same cast is considered a different series.

Hmmm.....That's Dynasty Warriors, Bushido Blade 2.....can't quite think of another one.

EDIT: Summonmaster,

Ah right hadn't played IV for a while, then again I stopped at the moon :s

Samurai Showdown, Samurai Showdown IV, Kirby Superstar (Samurai Kirby)

I like the ideal answers idea.
BTW, for 25) I had SaGa Frontier (mind vs. evil magic)

Now to test your logic, these aren't hard, but just to see if you can interpret correctly:
27) Name a game in which the ultimate attack does exactly the same amount of damage as a normal attack is capable of doing.
28) Name any character that can have about three weapons on him/her at one time. (FPSs don't count)
29) Name 2 damage-dealing summons that can never kill an opponent.

Well one would be Diablo (FF VIII). As for a second, I can't think of any others.

27. That's an oddly phrased question. An ultimate attack that does exactly the same amount of damage a normal attack is capable of doing? Usually, normal attacks have a range of damage they're capable of inflicting. How can an ultimate attack deal exactly a "range" of damage? I guess it would make sense if both attacks did the same range of damage, but I dunno.

28. Another odd question. Any character in Fire Emblem, for starters. Units are allowed to carry five items of any type, so you can carry three weapons if you want.

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3. Name three RPGs that require (or allow) some form of timed hits in battle.
4. Name two games that allow you to unlock game content with currency earned ingame.

3. Tales of Symphonia, Star Ocean 3 (I think), Vagrant Story.

4. Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Advance Wars (kinda).

Not sure about 27, but 28 is vague. Any character from Shining Force can hold 3 weapons at a time, but as far as equipping ALL three weapons, the Golems from Legend of Mana can have 3 weapons.

2 Damage Dealing, Non-Killing summons would include Diablo (FFVIII) and I think Remora (FFV) counts too if you get hit, you do lose HP, but at a steady pace and that doesn't kill you outright.

Come to think of it, these are all vague.

I was thinking more along the lines of traditional turn-based RPGs, but those work too.

5. Name two strategy games in which it is necessary to capture or liberate enemy towns/strongholds.

Alphabet soup!

Well, this is tricky...I'm not sure if you mean the enemies can use your spells or something like enemy skill/blue magic. Or if both you and your enemy share the same skill pot. I'm saying like Seiken Densetsu 3 as Duran vs. the Black Knight where you can use Whrilwind Sword/Eruption Sword, etc or Angela's Holy Ball/Diamond Missile, etc or Hawk's Jutsus that mimic those of Bill&Ben or hell, even Carlie's Heal Light that is used by enemies.

There's 4 right there if that's what you want. Otherwise, if you're talking about like Blue Magic or Enemy Skill, I dunno.

28) Name any character that can have about three weapons on him/her at one time. (FPSs don't count)

Well, DMC3 Dante can have four, with Ebony & Ivory/Agni & Rudra equipped.

-Name four non-Final Fantasy characters that can use the enemies' attacks or abilities.

Megaman, Dante (again), Kirby, and Soma Cruz.

Question time again: Name 3 games that let you play during the credits.

games that let you play during the credits? how about: Beatmania , Technic Beat, and Kirby and the Amazing Mirror? (i'll need to re-check kirby)

Dalkaen 5)are Advance Wars, and Soul Calibur III (chronicles of the sword) acceptable answers?

Summonmaster 28)Link (LoZ:OoT) is able to hold onto 3 objects with the left, down, and right c-buttons (so he's technically equipping 3). is this an acceptable answer?

-Four non Final Fantasy characters that can use enemies' moves
Musashi (brave fencer musashi), Smeargle (pokemon), Olcadan (Soul Calibur 3), Emerl (Sonic Battle).

Name 4 characters that morph into copies of enemies as a specialty.
the following is my answer:


Btw. electric_eye, you left out a W game, so i was unable to rank you. would you mind editing your post with a W game in there somewhere?

Advance Wars was one of the games I had in mind, but Soul Calibur III isn't a strategy game. (I'm guessing it has something similar to Soul Calibur II's Weapon Master mode?)

You do capture and liberate strongholds.
It's not a strategy game as such, but superficially, it appears as one. Basically, you have a team of up to five (or something) men, and you move them around a map (there are a limited number of routes, but whatever).
The enemy also has an army, and basically wants to destroy all of your guys/strongholds.

So you have to sort of move around and kill stuff, but in an encounter, you can choose to fight it in the normal engine.

I wouldn't accept it as a valid answer though. ><;;

Don't think too hard:
27) Final Fantasy IX, damage cap is 9999, so any ultimate attack (Ark, Madeen, Doomsday) will easily do exactly the same amount of damage as a normal attack is capable of doing (eg. Steiner -> Attack).
28) Zoro from One Piece (Three Swords), and most SaGa series characters (can equip 3-4 weapons at once).
29) I had Diablos in mind, and I made a mistake with this question (sorry!). I thought Celesdue was also in the strain of gravity attack based on current hp. I didn't know Remora sapped health a bit too, although it would be hard to tell if he did.


30) Name a game with 5 tiers of elemental magic.
31) Name 3 dragon summons that are not any form of "Bahamut". BoF series' dragon transformations don't count.
32) Name two different games (different series please) with fighting pandas in them.

Oh, that's neat. I need to play SCIII one of these days.

Warcraft III, I believe. Other than that, I dunno.

Super Monkey Ball, Super Smash Bros Melee, Katamari Damacy~
(and Starfox come to think of it)

Name 3 dragon summons that are not any form of "Bahamut".
According to Isaiah, Leviathan is a dragon. ^_^
Would you count that? (Leviathan from Final Fantasy).

Stretching the definition of summon, you do sorta summon Dragonite in Pokémon, right? ><;;

(A tad off topic - This might sound weird, but Dalkaen, were you on a forum called Fool's Gold by any chance?)

I did have Leviathan in mind, but Dragonite is really clever out-of-the-box thinking :). I actually had one game in mind for each of these, so these must have been stumpers:
30) Disgaea (eg. fire, mega fire, giga fire, omega fire, tera fire)
31) Leviathan, Valitora, Garuda...all from Bahamut Lagoon (full of non "Bahamut" dragons)
32) Tekken 5 (!), and Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle (Genma)



Here are some much easier ones:
33) Name two fighting games with Quest modes
34) Name two fighting games where you can accessorize your characters
35) Name a game with "Nibelung Valesti" in it that is not any form of Valkyrie Profile.

You can't forget the Tekken series. If you want an individual game, then Tekken 3 had the panda in it (if I remember right - what was its name again?).



And yeah, Leviathan is a dragon.

33) Tekken has its Tekken Force, which is sort of a questing thing.
Soul Calibur has had its share of questing. Weapon Master mode and what not.

34) Soul Calibur III has a make-your-own mode, which is sort of accessorising them. Hmm...I'm not sure about any others though. :x

35) Chibi Lenneth is a guest star in Star Ocean, Till the End of Time, and tries to cleave into your flesh in the post-game.
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8...alkyriecs2.jpg
Awe.

[edit] Or were you looking for a totally non-Lenneth Nibelung Valesti, rather than just non-VP?

33) Tekken and Street Fighter Alpha 3

34)Tekken and Dead or Alive...and Rumble Roses too I guess.

35) Star Ocean Till the End of Time and Radiata Stories

Perfect KazeJiyuu!

Other acceptable answers are:
33) Ehrgeiz, Tobal No. 1
34) Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution


A bit harder then:
36) Name 3 fighting games with Joke Weapons.
37) Name a fighting game that can have 8 characters on-screen at once.
38) Name two fighting game characters that have a small child following them in battle.

36. Soul Calibur 2, Soul Calibur 3, and Puzzle Gem Fighter (Pocket Fighters).
37. Tekken 4 (Tekken Force Mode)
38. Tekken 5 (Roger Jr.)... Damn, I can't think of a second one.

1) Tales of Phantasia - Gungnir
2) FF VIII - Odin
3) Marvel Vs. Capcom - Thor
4) Valkyrie Profile - Freya
5) Disgaea - Beowulf


36) Last Bronx is also acceptable
37) Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is also acceptable (Triple Super + assist for both characters)
38) Donovan (Anita), and Huitzil (Cecil) both from Darkstalkers
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Damn it, electric_eye screwed me over....whatever....

Since I don't see a question still in the running.....

Name 5 final bosses that are not human and never had a human form throughout the entire game.

I dunno if it's right, but let's see:

Alien Brain (Metal Slug 3)
Core Bydo (R-Type Final)
Dark Force (Phantasy Star 4)
Mother Brain (Super Metroid)
Sulphur (Phantom Brave)

Well, I was thinking more of the RPGs, but nevertheless, I didn't clarify so you're still correct.

As in Mega Man X?

I wonder if humanoid robots count.

Indeed. You're that Mithos, eh?

6. Name five Diablo clones.
7. Name two games that include a Tetris-like minigame.

6. Record of Lodoss War, Darkstone, Nox, Divine Divinity, Titan Quest.

7. Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, Rayman 3

39) Name 2 puzzle games with chain reactions, both of which do not involve falling pieces.
40) Name a shooting game that isn't light-gun compatible and cannot possibly work with any gun accessories (games like Resident Evil don't count).

39) Puzzle Bubble and Magial Drop (but I dunno)
40) Point Blank DS

Once again, spot on with the answers I was thinking of!

41) Name a grid-based strategy RPG with treasure chests.

Shining Force 2?

Final Fantasy Tactics. They appear sometimes when enemies' corpses disappear.

Since it's been a while, I'll make an easy question:

42) Name two RPGs that the max level isn't 99. (anything higher doesn't count)

Dragon Warrior and Super Mario RPG.

Nice. Slightly different from my other similar question.
I'll say Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (50) to add to that, but I can't think of any others yet.

For 41), Vandal Hearts would be accepted again as well.


42) Name 3 instances in which spells can be casted at no mp cost, or are free of expenditure of any sort.
43) Name any 3 puzzle games in which you must link a minimum of 4 units together to clear them.
44) Name an attack and it's user that is capable of hitting for damage rounded upwards to a million points of damage.

Item usage counts as expenditure too :s

42. Rinoa's Angel Wing Limit Break, Gau's Rage, Selphie's Slots

43. Tetris (I'm almost certain the width of the hole is at least 4 blocks) is one, but I can't think of another...

Can't think of one for 44.

42: Manafont- FFXI, hmmm selphie limit break... damn can't think of another one >.<

43: I would have said Meteos but the minimum is 3...

44: I can only think of Freya in Valkyrie Profile, if you boost her well with some item and do her attack Eternal Strike she can hit for more then a million

42) Yes, Angel Wing was my direct thought, but other acceptable answers:
FF X - Lulu (Fury), SaGa Frontier (crown to make 1mp spells free)
43) Doh! Tetris is a good answer, but Lumines is another good answer, as well as Puyo Pop Fever or Kirby's Avalanche.
44) Great! Freya's Ether Strike was the only answer I could think of too.


Let's get back into the groove:
45) Name 3 games with instances of gender confusion (cross dressers, transvetites, certain scenes, etc. all count).
46) Name 3 games with scenes of eyes opening over a black background.
47) Name 2 games where you can visibly see your weapons change appearance depending on what is equipped.

Final Fantasy V


Final Fantasy VII


Zelda: Ocarina of Time


I'm not sure if Zelda: Ocarina of Time does count.

46. FEAR has that at a point in the game, not the beginning, when you get knocked out by Paxton Fettel near the beginning. Quake 4 has it....
and Halo has a White Background.....meh, but another that has you opening eyes over a black background would be Half Life. I think in the opening scenes.

45) Great! CT, FFV, and FF VII were my first games in mind.
46) Ooh, Live A Live (Akira's story), Breath of Fire 2 (Eye at start), and Radical Dreamers (cats in mansion, picture them just opening) were my primary thoughts.
47) Good, Radiata Stories and Disgaea are also acceptable.


I'd like some questions to answer too :), but here are a few more:
48) Name a game in where the US and and Japan versions are exactly alike, EXCEPT for the characters which are all completely different.
49) Name a game where you shoot aliens, but with only one possible gun and not in the traditional sense.
50) Name two fighting game characters and their respective supers which can hit you anywhere on the screen no matter where you are.

Akuma with the Raging Demon and M. Bison (or Barlog) with Super Psycho Crusher?

Akuma's Raging Demon cant hit you while your in the air...neither can Vega's (Bison) Psycho Crusher, unless you are talking about his Alpha 3 (Shadowloo) one.

As for the correct answer Im at a loss, cant think of one super from a fighting game character that hits no matter where the opponent is....

Gill super art from Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike.
K9999 SDM
Orochi KoF'97 DM
Magaki KoF XI DM
Chris KoF '02 SDM

KJ, excellent again. I directly had KoF in mind. Particularly Chris, but I forgot K9999 had that too. Seraphic Wing and Super Psycho Crusher work too. I also thought of Storm's Hail Storm, since that start-up is pretty long.

There's still:
48) Name a game in where the US and and Japan versions are exactly alike, EXCEPT for the characters which are all completely different.
49) Name a game where you shoot aliens, but with only one possible gun and not in the traditional sense.

Bleh, didn't saw these...but I've no clue, but I can always guess:

48) Rushing Beat....or....River City Ransom
49)Bart VS Space Mutants

I love random wrong guesses. And I'll try to make some questions for you too Summonmaster.

Here's some for you, Summonmaster.....

50) Name 2 FPS games where there is a Radar on your HUD.

51) Besides mushrooms (and their variations), in 3 different racing games, what can you use (as a pickup item) to get to max speed?

I'm not entirely familiar with the Street Fighter, I do have Street Fighter Alpha 3 and I did have in mind that Psycho Crusher.

39) Name 2 puzzle games with chain reactions, both of which do not involve falling pieces.[spoiler]i can think of eight: yoshi's cookie, wario's woods, puzzle star sweep, sega swirl, devil dice, mr. driller, spin jam, and fantavision.

43) Name any 3 puzzle games in which you must link a minimum of 4 units together to clear them.

48) Name a game in where the US and and Japan versions are exactly alike, EXCEPT for the characters which are all completely different.


49) Name a game where you shoot aliens, but with only one possible gun and not in the traditional sense.

51) Besides mushrooms (and their variations), in 3 different racing games, what can you use (as a pickup item) to get to max speed


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Name 2 games in which you have an item to call a beast to carry you around the world map.

Name the ghosts of the pac-man cast.

Name a celebrity that has appeared in more than one videogame as themself (i wouldn't consider athletes celebrities).

Name 5 series with at least two spin off titles of different genres.

top one quoted:


bottom one quoted:

electric_eye, without spoiling it, I'd say he's an athlete.

Secret of Mana (Flammie Drum -> Flammie), Seiken Densetsu 3 (Pihyara Flute -> Booskaboo)

Michael Jackson! (Space Channel 5 and his Genesis game)



My 50) Name two fighting game characters which allow you to switch directions in the middle of a certain special move.
51) Name two fighting game characters that have an ice-elemental move that aren't Iceman/Subzero.

First one.....I'd go along the lines of Tony Hawk and say Bam Margera

50. Dahlsim (or however you spell it) can control his flames somewhat.....Cyclops (X-men VS Street Fighter) could control one of his narrow beams too. I'm not sure quite what each is called specifically. So can Megaman.

51. An Ice Move eh? I'm at a loss here...

51.

51) Kula (KoF) and Sasquatch (Darkstalkers)

And once in a while an easy question:

52) Name two series (and their characters) that have the same button press as Shun Goku Satsu.

53) Name three fighters that can/could use their butt to make an attack.

51) Glacius (Killer Instinct) and Ice Climbers (Super Smash Bros. Melee).

For 50), I was looking for Ruby Heart (Cheval Seller I believe) and Jon Talbain (Luna's Hammer).
For 51), great answers! Storm, and Tessa (Icicle Edge) are also acceptable.

- Pocket Fighter (Morrigan's Darkness Illusion), Capcom Vs. SNK 2 (Evil Ryu, Akuma)

- Cheng Sin Zan (Fatal Fury 2), Victor Von Gerdenheim (Darkstalkers), E. Honda (Capcom Vs. SNK 2). As well as Rainbow Mika (Street Fighter Alpha 3).


My 52) (for self counting purposes):
Name 2 fighting game characters that use a poison-elemental attack (acid does not count).
My 53):
Name 3 fighting game characters that use guns in their basic attacks.

Helga from Clayfighter, Aska from TMNT: Tournament Fighters, Sakura from SFA2 (not sure if she still had the attack in 3)

these are for summonmaster's questions.

I can answer 53... 52 just sounds a bit too vague Summon master, what counts as a poison attack, actually making the other ingest poison or something? I guess I could mention the duel mode in Tenchu wrath of heaven you can poison people in it with certain things like poison rice, etc. I guess Samurai Showdown? well those are my guesses for 52, just let me know if those count.

Now for 53, Gundam endless Waltz(not sure if I have the title wrong here) heavy arms has a ton of basic attacks with the guns(so do most mobile suits) second proposal would be Bushido Blade 2 and those 2 characters that can only use guns, third game would be X-men mutant academy or any of those 3d X-men fighting games, talking about mystike specifically since she mostly uses her gun.

52)Genan Shiranui and Earthquake (both from Samurai Spirits)

53) B.B. Hood (Darkstalkers), Cable (MvC2) and Megaman (MvC)...or maybe Omega (Plasma Sword).

Don't think too hard Juanzen :) KazeJiyuu seems to be thinking along the same lines as me, yet again!

For 52, I totally forgot about Genan and Earthquake! Lin from KoF and Rikuo from Darkstalkers were my top choices.
For 53, I too had BBHood and Cable in mind. Gundam counts too, and Katze from Bushido Blade as well as Mystique (maybe Bishop). Vermillion from Battle Arena Toshinden 2 comes to mind.

Continuing the fighting theme:
54) Name 2 fighting game characters that have a lightning elemental attack that are NOT Benimaru, or Storm.
55) Name 3 fighting game characters that are psychic (joke about Sol from bonus movie doesn't count :p)

54) Ky (Guilty Gear) and Victor (Darkstalker)...does he even count as lighting?...or Setsuna (Last Blade)

55)...Sol? :P...everyone in Psychic Force series and some Pokemons (don't ask for names)

Yamamanama's 56:

Megaman 1, Megaman IX (Megaman and Forte/Bass), Megaman X. not sure if any of the gameboy ones count.

57. Name a game where you ride a monster other than a bird or a dragon for transportation on the overworld.

Ocarina of time, you ride a horse.

58. How many elephants are in the background of Dhalsim's stage in Street Fighter II Championship Edition?

There's 2 elephants and a picture of the elephant god, so 3?

For my 54), Kyosuke and Orochi Shermie are also acceptable answers
For my 55), Rose, Athena, Bao, Kensou, Annie Murakami, are all acceptable answers.

Turtle (Booskaboo) in Seiken Densetsu 3


My
56) Name 3 fighting game characters that can summon ghosts.
57) Name 2 pairs of fighting game characters that fight as twins.

56) Akari (Last Blade), Zappa (Guilty Gear XX) and Bishamon? (Darkstalkers)

57) Jin Chonshu, Jin Chonrei (Fatal Fury) and Alba Meira, Soiree Meira (KoF Maximum Impact)

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58) Name 4 fighting games that you can change your characters during the fighting.

Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2, X-men vs. Streetfighter, Tekken Tag. I think Isuka lets you change as well.

you need to post a question Elixer, but since you didn't...

59. Name 2 NON-FIGHTING games in which you can change the music of a given stage/level from w/e the game defaults it with.

Does Starcraft count? You can change the music with the radio free zerg code.

Burnout 3 and Brood War.

We <3 Katamari and Rad Racer maybe? In Rad Racer the game is defaulted to no music, which is changed to one of 3 songs during gameplay if you press down on the d-pad...
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Name 1 game that has a non-anthropomorphic main character (non-human looking: emphasis here on not having 2 arms 2 legs and a head)

Name 2 female main characters that starred in a game on SNES, Genesis, or NES

Name 3 platforming games where the protagonist can't jump on enemies to damage them

Name 4 series where you have at least one vegetable enemy

Name 5 "robot masters" in the Mega Man series that don't have MAN after their names

- EVO since you start out as a fish and only have one specific window of opportunity in the game to become a human. Cubivore would be good too since you're a cube.

- Terra/Celes in FF VI, Samus in Metroid

- Psychonauts, Ratchet and Clank, Jak

- Snipe Anteater, Crystal Snail, Launch Octopus, Storm Eagle, Spark Mandrill

-Putty Squad

-Pocky (Packy & Rocky) and Yuko (Valis)

-Super Mario Bros 2 (US version), Claymates, Mischief Makers

OK next question hmm...

Name a game in which the main character is evil, and does not change to good at anypoint in the story.

Well, since I don't see one up right now....

Name 1 Extreme Sports game where there is a trick that is done by more than 4 or more button presses.

Tony Hawks Pro Skater.

Name 3 different series where battles are neither turnbased (IE i have however long I want to make a move) and Real time (fighting games, or diabolo types for instance)

Nope, those are three button presses. I want one that is 4 or more.

Can you rephrase that? Do you mean neither turnbased nor real time? and Define "Battle".

From that, I'm going to name games that are in false time then, since that's the closest kind of answer I can perceive:
- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Viewtiful Joe, Viewtiful Joe 2
(Unless you are thinking of three games in particular)


58) Name 3 fighting game characters and their respective moves which transform the opponent into something else.
59) Name 4 fighting game characters with a special move in which the command to execute it is pressing a certain button repeatedly.

58) Dimitri's Midnight Bliss, Anakaris's Royal Curse, Lord Raptor's Hell Dunk.
59) Chun Li's Lightning Kick, Blanka's Electricity, Honda's Hundred Hand Slap, Gen's HyakuRenko.

60? ) Name 3 cart-based games on Nintendo platforms which were a different color than the regular carts for the console they appeared on.

For the NES, the first Zelda game, the cartridge was gold. On the N64, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil came on a black cart, limited edition of the Zelda games for N64 were gold. On Game Boy, the Pokemon Blue/Red/Green/Yellow and some others. Oh yeah, Killer Instinct came on black on SNES.

EE1: Name four PlayStation games to come out on 4 discs.

Wasn't only the second Zelda game for the NES gold?

And 4 games that I can think of with 4 disks are:
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Legend of Dragoon
- Fear Effect

I remember seeing a gold Zelda game, it probably is the second one, I can't recall which one it was.

Uh, also.. Maximum Carnage? That game where you could play as Spider-Man or Venom? I believe it had a red cartridge.

good idea electric_eye!

Lighten up the difficulty:
SM60) Name 5 attacks that are boss-specific and their respective bosses (RPGs only please, and meaning only a certain boss can use said certain move).
SM61) Name 3 sumo wrestlers in fighting games

SM61) Bo Rai'Cho from Mortal Kombat: Deception uses "Sumo" as his primary fighting style.

Since Dalkaen already said one, I'll just complete with 2 more.

SM61)E.Honda (Street Fighter 2), Ganryu (Virtua Fighter 3)

I was thinking ATB like FF7 or FF8.

60:
Supernova from Sephiroth in FF7.
Guided Missile from Omega in FFXI.
Wisecrack from a Colibri boss in FFXI.
Inertial Cancel from Jeremy in Wild Arms IV.
Space Distortion from Scythe's girl friend in Wild Arms IV.
"Formless Attack" from the final boss of Earthbound.


Name me a color that megaman never becomes when using an enemy's weapon. (ex. He turns blue when using Diveman's missile). I'll limit it to one series, either 1-6, or X1-X7.

He never uses black in 1-6.

Question.
Name 5 Capcom games that, to this day, do not have a sequel.

All right, name me 2 games whose plots turn out to be nothing but dreams.

Super Mario Bros. 2 is one of them.

Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse on the SNES would be another.


Now I haven't read this whole thread, so if this question like this has been asked just forget about it.
64: Name atleast 4 games where you get to play as the bad guy from another game...

64. Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario Kart (and its iterations), Mario Tennis (and its iterations), and Donkey Kong Country (and its iterations).

Oh crap, I didn't even consider all those Mario games - should have put a 0 behind that 4 :(

Can anyone name any not Nintendo, and not including sequels (as in Mortal Kombat 2, 3, 4 and 5 lololol)?

- La Pucelle Tactics (Prier is an enemy in Disgaea), Disgaea (Laharl is an enemy in Phantom Brave), Jump Superstars (Dio is a villain in Jojo's Bizarre adventure), and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses (Kaiba is "the bad guy" compared to Yugi in many other games).


These questions deal with stereotype breakers:
SM62) Name 3 RPG males that are mage types (eg. better at magic and such than swordplay, 3 different games please).
SM63) Name 3 RPG females that are powerhouses (eg. better at melee combat, no magic, 3 different games please).
SM64) Name in instance of the "confusion" status, in which a character does not attack allies.

Top Spin from MM3 and Charge Kick from MM5 are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

Actually Yama, you missed one. TECHNICALLY it would not count, but at the same time it does.

Tengu Slash from Rockman & Forte. If you dash through the enemy, it does damage. Though it can be thrown too.

Perhaps you should add it? Wikipedia is freely edited, you know.

8. Name three RPGs in which there is an option to be fully healed after every battle.

Um....an option to be healed? I dunno about that. But if you're being healed after EVERY battle, that would be Shining Force, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Bahamut Lagoon. Actually, just about every Strategy RPG.

One of the Wild Arms (I think Alter Code F) had a special bar for that purpose especially. Yeah the Vit gauge it was.

As for SM64), confusion seals your techniques instead of making you attack allies in Disgaea.


SM65) Name 3 fighting game stages and their respective songs in which there are Japanese vocals as part of a song that is background music.

Ha, Maniac Mansion! Umm...I can only think of two.



OK, here's two more.
Name 3 games where at least fully half of the game is played in self-contained flashback (that is to say, MGS3 doesn't count merely because it's in the 1960s - I'm thinking more along the lines of 'what happened last week' in the game's own timeline).
Name 3 games where disobediant party members can be disciplined.

Okay, I can't think of three, but I know Eternal Darkness is almost entirely like that. I would say probably 75% of the game is learning what happened before it started. Someone else will have to add two.

The third one I had in mind was:

Hitman Contracts is another one, since most of the missions are the "memories" that 47 has of them.

I probably should have excluded tactical RPGs from that question. I was thinking more along the lines of Chrono Cross (it allows you to automatically be healed based on Elements you have equipped and items you have in stock) and Tales of Symphonia with the cooking thing.

For
Ingrid's Stage (CFE - "Heat Haze")
Almost any Power Instinct Matrimelee Stage (eg. "Wonderful Intranet")


SM66) Name 3 sacrificial type spells/techniques in RPGs that either damage the enemy heavily or heal allies at the cost of the caster's life.
SM67) Name 10 attacks in RPGs in which some sort of space debris is called forth.

Well, for my part, that's because I can't actually think of anything other than

66. Selfdestruct, Explosion (Pokemon Moves), Spiraler (Sabin's Blitz in FFVI)
67. Comet, Meteor, Supernova (FFVII), Grand Cross, Fire 3 (FFVI), Debris Fall (Tales of Phantasia), Ancient (Seiken Densetsu 3)

Ugh....stuck at 7 attacks for 67.

Star Rain (SMRPG), PSI Starstorm (Earthbound), Eden (FF8)

How's that? Also, argh....how did I forget the other stuff? It's been too long.

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SM66) Sacrifice (Zidane - FF IX), Exploder (Stragus - FF VI), Sacrifice (Yulie -Wild Arms 4), Self Destruct (Voltorb, Electrode, etc. - Pokemon), Kamikaze (FF VIII) etc. are all acceptable answers out of many.

SM67) Meteor (FF IX), Comet (FF IX), Doomsday (FF IX), Meteorite (Chrono Cross), Meteor Shower (Chrono Cross), Meteor Storm (Tales of Phantasia), Supernova (FF VII), Ancient (Seiken Densetsu 3), Grand Cross (FF VI), Northern Cross (FF IX), etc. are all wonderful answers since many a game has gigantic space debris of some sort.


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SM68) Name 3 fighting game characters that can send forth decoys/illusions of themselves.

I think Sub-Zero had an Ice Clone move in MK4, I assume Naruto can do it in his games, and If I remember correctly, Hanzo from Samurai Showdown has it too.

Any Pokémon character that knows substitute fits into this category, I suppose. Immediately, I can only think of Mr. Mime.

Rose (SFA, Soul Illusion), Sub Zero (MK, Ice Clone), Chizuru (KoF, almost every special move), Basara (SS), are all neat answers.

Aw, questions and answers are running dry :( Last ditch attempt:
SM69) Name 3 fighting game characters that have specials/supers in which they throw out random items that damage/heal.
SM70) Name a game that is just about (but technically not) impossible to beat without a second player.
SM71) Name the abilities in Dewprism that Rue and Mint obtain immediately before the final battle.
SM72) Name all of Mid-Boss' unique techniques in Disgaea.
SM73) Name 3 fighting game characters that use cards directly to damage opponents.

Let's go for some random guesses:

SM69) Hisui (Melty Blood), Faust (Guilty Gear), Amingo (Marvel vs Capcom 2)

SM73) Gambit (Marvel VS series), Oswald (KoF XI), no ideia.

The Dungeons & Dragons arcade games technically if you use 1 credit. But if that doesnt' fly, then I'll go with Contra as I simply cannot dodge that well. Same goes for any game where you dodge crap flying at you, like the Raiden games.

I'd say NARC for NES. the enemies were really too much, and even with infinite lives, i still couldn't kill the last boss (;>_<)

Since the thread is losing flavor, i thought i'd spice it up with something different (as well as making a slight recovery from being so busy lately to attend to my thread ;_; )

the formal update may be found on the top page.

Can you name the games these screenshots came from?

1http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ko/game1-1.jpg
2http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ko/game1-2.jpg
3http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ko/game1-3.jpg
4http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ko/game1-4.jpg
5http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ko/game1-5.jpg
6http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...ko/game1-6.jpg

SM69) Faust (GGXX), Norimaro (Mshvs.SF), Tesse (Waku Waku 7), Hisui (Melty Blood), Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers), etc.
SM70) The Adventures of Cookie and Cream (some NES games fall into this too)
SM71) Block/Defend (Rue), Gold + Cosmos (Mint)
SM73) Gambit, Oswald, and King Bakuchioh (Ranma 1/2)


Number 4 is obviously Pokemon
Number 6 is one of the Warioware games, I'm guessing the original

Number 3 is a little generic there....I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say Sword of Mana (GBA)

Number two looks like it comes from a Zelda-like game, if not from a Zelda game.

3 is megaman Battlenetwork. I'm gonna say number 3

1. (no answer)
2. not zelda (there is no stage 1-1 in zelda ;^_^ )
3. Mega Man Battle Network, but not 3
4. CORRECT: Pokemon, for GB. (you guys had to have one easy one :3)
5. i think this might be the hardest one. ::hint::

6. CORRECT: Wario Ware, inc. for GBA

Is number 5 Puggsy?

I've seen 2, I borrowed it from someone and played it once, I just can't think of the name right now. >_<

Puggsy is correct! omg. i had only remembered this game because of some walkthrough i saw when i was like 9. surprised someone else knows what it is (;^_^)

so 1, 2, and 3 (well, people could just guess numbers, so it's technically done) are left.

=O I remember! Number 2 is definitely Kid Icarus upon further inspection of the icon beside strength, which is an arrow :)

also correct! So nobody has any clue as to what number 1 is?

Is number one Final Fantasy Adventure? It looks very, very vaguely familiar.

Let's get this ball rolling some more.....

1.http://www.geocities.com/pianosaxophonist/Pic1.JPG
2.http://www.geocities.com/pianosaxophonist/Pic2.JPG
3.http://www.geocities.com/pianosaxophonist/Pic3.JPG
4.http://www.geocities.com/pianosaxophonist/Pic4.JPG

The first picture posted by OmniSlash appears to be some kind of Harvest Moon game, possibly for the GBA.

#3 is "3 Ninjas".

#4 looks oddly familiar, maybe "Shining in the Darkness"?

i'm sorry, but in Final Fantasy Adventure, there is no "Jump" or "Wing" trait

let me know if you guys need another screenshot from the first one.

with regard to Omnislash's....hmm, the only guess i can muster is at number 2... is it Forgotten Worlds (GEN)?

1. Nope, not Harvest Moon, Go farther back a bit.

2. Yes, It is indeed Forgotten Worlds.

3. Close enough, 3 Ninjas Kick Back is the real name....but that's good enough

4. Nope. To tell the truth, I didn't know this kinda game existed for this system.

Yes, please give us another screenshot.

I remember this one, it's that Zelda clone for the Mega Drive, Soleil. It was called Ragnacenty in Japan and Crusader of Centy in the US.

EDIT:

This is Gargoyle's Quest for Game Boy, right?

Correct. Now, for #4......

When I first saw the picture, the look of the dungeon immediately made me think of Eye of the Beholder.

Nope.....it is on the SNES, however.

This game is probably one of the most obscure games there are.

I think number four is Dungeon Master.

That is correct.

I didn't expect anybody to get that one.....Good job.

Ooh I want to post some pics too now that they've all been guessed. I probably won't stump anyone though:
1) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...er/guess02.jpg
2) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...er/guess04.jpg
3) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...er/guess05.jpg
4) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...er/guess06.jpg

#4 is driving me nuts.

This is neat. I think I'll go get some pics myself.

1) unsolved
2) correct! Here the party fights the grotesque Algernon.
3) correct! Just a random battle with the mage lead character.
4) YAY! I knew this was out of context enough.

#4 is terranigma.

1) correct!..the strange attacks and half naked people give it away.
4) correct!..took this at wall at the bird sanctuar to give a confusing texture.

Someone else should post pics before I hog them all :)

Well, nobody's going to do any so......

1.http://www.geocities.com/PianoSaxophonist/Pic5.JPG
2.http://www.geocities.com/PianoSaxophonist/Pic6.JPG
3.http://www.geocities.com/PianoSaxophonist/Pic7.JPG
4.http://www.geocities.com/PianoSaxophonist/Pic8.JPG

The first one is Jewel Master for the Sega Genesis. That's about all I've got...

That is Correct.

2. Landstalker
3. Battle Cars
4. Super Battletank 2

Yes, Yes, and Yes.

Damn...Too bad all I have are massive amounts of SNES/GEN games....Somebody else go....

I'll attempt a go. I hope it's not too easy...

http://screenmania.retrogames.com/gb/02/gb_0055_024.png

Kirby Block Ball for GB?

Here are some partials, more of which will be revealed if guesses are clueless:
1)http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...partguess7.jpg
2)http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...partguess3.jpg
3)http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...partguess1.jpg

Yes, that's right...

Too obvious...

1) This is one of the later Bomberman games, but I don't know if it's Mega Bomberman or Super Bomberman 4 or maybe even 5 ._.

2) I'm not 100% sure of this one either. I know the game, but I can't remember the name. Panel De Pon or Puchi Carat. Not Land Maker, though.

#3 looks like bahamut lagoon, not sure though.

I'm pretty sure it's Panel de Pon.
:edgarrock:

I love the multiple guesses, and they were actually right.
1) correct, Bomberman 5 it is, in the traffic stage
2) correct, Panel de Pon sports Seren, who was replaced by Raphael Raven
3) correct, Bahamut Lagoon boasts Rush in the story sequence of Chapter 4

Hmm....I think it is a good idea to display a portion of the picture....makes it less obvious. I'll do a quick one because I don't want to hog all of them....http://www.geocities.com/PianoSaxophonist/Pic9-4.JPG

Not very informative.....I wonder if anybody can guess it at this stage......even if it is a pretty well known game.

That's or I'll ingest my chapeau.

EDIT: OK, my turn with some screens.

1.http://www.geocities.com/dollydeux/G.gif

2. http://www.geocities.com/dollydeux/M.gif

3. http://www.geocities.com/dollydeux/s.gif

4. http://www.geocities.com/dollydeux/screen-61.jpg

Go!

3) Pipe Dreams?
4) The Misadventure of Tron Bonne? I've definitely played this game before but I forgot if it was from Misadventures.

#4 is correct, but not #3. You automatically earn my respect for knowing #4 right off, though.

The first one's Golden Axe Warrior, I'd reconize those terrible looking houses anywhere. ='D

Damn....and I thought I was sneaky....

Correct. That just leaves the middle two, then.

Well, OK.

Sorry for apparently derailing things. I'll refrain from using those systems in the future.

Okay, with the exception of one, these are all Sega Genesis games. All ported to the US.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...hehedgehog.png
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...oftherings.png
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...office2000.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...box360rape.gif
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...tgoldensun.gif
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...rkonsegacd.jpg

EDIT: Just noticed the name of the first game is in the picture. That said, you are a moron if you can't get it >.>

Okay I've edited the file names in MTG's post so they don't reveal the mystery of each game. I also had to edit your post acid because it was still quoting the old files. =x Everyone on EARTH should know the first two or even three games but I'll let someone else have a crack. CRACK CRACK.

1 - Golden Axe
2 - Klaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

5th one is truxton, you posted the name in another thread lol.

I believe #3 is Road Rash II. And look, I even found the same picture!

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_i...creenShot2.jpg

And you posted the same screenshot in another thread for #5.

Um....let's see, the first one....

Final Fantasy VI (Shadow, you have to fight in the Colleseum to get him)
Final Fantasy VIII (Seifer starts in your party, which, you fight later on)
Final Fantasy IX (Zidane and Amarant go 1 - on - 1.)
Final Fantasy Tactics (Gafgarion at Zirekile Falls, the Execution Site, and Lionel Castle)
Final Fantasy VII (You have to fight Yuffie before you can get her....Not sure if that counts)

For the second one....

Final Fantasy IX (You can fight clones of yourself in Oeilvert against the stone guys, forgot their name)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (I think the shape shifters can turn into your characters too.)

and I can't think of any more.....

Oh....I was thinking RPGs still....since you said party members, and I've never actually played Wild Arms.

Well, let's try this, since I'm a huge Mario Kart fan....name 5 Mario Kart items that were in one of the games, but was dropped another iteration that came after it.

I got 4:

Final Fantasy IX: the epitaphs make clones of your party

Legend of Zelda: OoT: Dark link FTW!

Metal slug 3: Last level, in zombie form. Coolest ending ever.

Ninja Gaiden Black: Evil ryu anyone?

EDIT: sorry about the poor punctuality, I just finally knew most of one. These are tough.

Final Fantasy IV (Cecil is a Dark Knight for the beginning portion of the game)
Final Fantasy Tactics (Ramza sides with Dycedarg in the beginning, and all that stuff about being used......)

And I suppose, if we're not restricted to RPGs.....

Halo: Combat Evolved (Master Chief aids the monitor for a level or 2)

and my question still stands btw....maybe I didn't make it clear...

Name 5 Mario Kart Items that were in one game, but were left out of the proceeding game.

FFVII: Cloud being in Shinra prior to the game's start.
Fallout 1: (Optional) When you buy the water caravan for your Vault. Makes it easier for the mutants to find it.
Doom 3: (Optional)If you choose to call the fleet down to Mars. Let the Demons head to earth.

I finished another batch of games

1.http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25.../game2-1-1.jpg

2.http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25.../game2-2-1.jpg

3.http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25.../game2-3-1.jpg

4.http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25.../game2-4-1.jpg

5.http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25.../game2-5-1.jpg

6.http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25.../game2-6-1.jpg

#4 is Darkwing Duck for certain.

Those are optional though, in most games nowadays, they allow you to side with the side of evil, given the choice. Unwillingly would be the keyword here too....Cecil aided Golbez thinking that it was right. Wouldn't that justify it as unknowingly siding with the evil side? I don't think it was until Cecil entered the castle (Baron I think it was) again that he found out that Golbez was actually evil, with the kidnapping of Rosa and turning his friend Kain against him and shit....

As for the pictures, the only one that looks familiar is #2, but I can't remember the name of the game for the life of me. The scene is from the beginning moments of the game when some random dude kidnaps the princess, setting up the story.

Anyways, friendly reminder.....

Name 5 Mario Kart items that have been in one game, but dropped in the proceeding game.

1) Looks similiar to Ghouls and Ghosts with the red arremer sort of creatures and the knight guy, but I'm not entirely sure.

1. Xexyz
2. Legend of Kage
5. King Arthur's World

I wanted to try this type of question which I don't think was presented anywhere earlier in the thread:

What is the link between each of the three characters within each set of characters?
Set I) Momoko (King of Fighters XI), Eddy Gordo (Tekken 3), Bob Wilson (Fatal Fury?)
Set II) Kratos Auron (Tales of Symphonia), Jecht (Final Fantasy X), Gawain (Radiata Stories)
Set III) Amaterasu (Okami), Ark (Terranigma), Will (Illusion of Gaia)

Let this die again if no one wants to answer.

I'd like to revive this thread too, but I dunno the answer to that question.

Actually, better wording:

Q: What do these three characters have in common?
Zidane, Squall, Cloud
A: All three are Final Fantasy protagonists.

I)

III)

I) is correct. Capoeira is the fighting style they all share in common.

II) is true...but there is an even better and very specific link between all of these. I guess you'd have to have beaten each of these games to know the link.

III) Amaterasu is far from blonde ;), and it has to do more so with the themes of these games.

II

Yep that's it!



I'm going to assume no one is going pose any further questions as of now, so:

Set III) see last page.
Set IV) Kalas (Baten Kaitos), Kira (Vandal Hearts), Gawn (Wild Arms 4)
Set V) Vyse (Skies of Arcadia), B. Jenet (Garou: Mark of the Wolves), Captain Kidd (World Heroes 2)

Here are some random pics. All of them are Sega Saturn games, and I suppose some of them won't be really hard to guess.

1. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4...0023fm8.th.png Burning Rangers

2. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6...0043hh6.th.png Winter Heat

3. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2...0088br4.th.png Baku Baku Animal

4. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2...0133td7.th.png Dragon Force

5. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8...0047ua4.th.png Cotton 2

6. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7...0034ae1.th.png

7. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2...0121sc6.th.png PuLiRuLa Arcade Gears

8. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4...0033bk5.th.png

9. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5...0075tg2.th.png Rampage World Tour

10. http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9...0085ay0.th.png

3) is my favourite Saturn game, Baku Baku.
I'm going to guess Rampage: World Tour for 9).
Picture 7 is really interesting...:o

4) is Dragon Force, one of the greatest (probably THE greatest) Saturn games ever made. In this case, we see the hilarious Rudger fighting the ever-so-boring Hikkis.

Pic #7 is actually a beat em up... I think. It played like that for the 10 minutes I allowed it to melt my brain (it had seriously absurd scenes, even by absurd-like-a-japanese-game standards).

For the Saturn games.

1. Burning Rangers
2. ...Winter Heat?

#7 is the awesomeness that is PuLiRuLa.

99% sure #9 is Rampage World Tour, unless there was another Rampage game for the Saturn that I don't know about.

All guesses are correct so far by the way.

#5 is Cotton 2, one of those silly in-between level dialogues that I can't understand.