[General Discussion] 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:

Spoiler:

"How many adventures has Mario been on?"

then people start counting all of mario's adventures

smb1, smb the lost levels, smb2, smb3, mario land 1, mario land 2,smw, mario rpg, mario 64, paper mario, paper mario tyd, the new smb, mario sunshine, mario and luigi superstar saga, and mario and luigi partners in time.

which comes out to a total of 15. sounds pretty reasonable right?

it definitely is, though there are two things that people might miss:
1) mario's time machine isn't an adventure of mario's that people remember right off the bat, let alone some might not even know it exists
2) Super Mario 2 was all Mario's dream, so technically Mario didn't go anywhere.

Which means the answers could be between 14 and 16, leading the people who counted 15 to be right for the wrong reason. This allows the assessment of reasoning to weigh the validity of the answer.

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.?
   

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by summonmaster

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.

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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Originally Posted by SonicPanda

Name 3 games with a suicide option built into the controls.

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?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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

Spoiler:

Mega Man Collection, Ecco the Dolphin, and Super Mario Land 2:6 Golden coins

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"

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

>>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...

Spoiler:

most of the games were close to the start of the console's life. i wonder if the rankings are distorted at all by the output of the technology as it surfaces...

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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

Spoiler:

A:Abadox
B:Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Video Game Adventure
C:Culdcept
D:Demon's Crest (Gargoyle's Quest pt3)
E:Equinox
F:Faria
G:Guardian's Crusade
H:Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy
I:Image Fight
J:Jewel Master
K:Kick Master
L:Lego Island 2
M:Monster in My Pocket
N:Nightmare Creatures
O:Out of This World
P:Pugsy
Q:Quackshot: Starring Donald Duck
R:Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle
S:Space Station Silicon Valley
T:Time Lord
U:Unison
V:Videomation
W:Wacky Worlds
X:Xexyz
Y:Yo-Noid!
Z:Zool

I was speaking idiomatically.

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?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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:

Spoiler:

Ditto (pokemon), Axl (MMX7), Mutants (Final Fantasy Legend) & Copy Man (Gotcha Force)

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?

FELIPE NO

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.

Spoiler:

i can name four: Gunpey(jp)-5 minimum, Dr. Mario-4 minimum, Dr. Robotnik's mean bean machine (puyo clone)-4 minimum, and Ultimate Block Party-4 minimum

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

Spoiler:

Are you thinking of DokiDokiPanic/SMB2? How about Panel de Pon/Tetris Attack?

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

Spoiler:

"not in the traditional sense" leads me to believe that you're referring to space channel 5...

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

Spoiler:

Chocobo racing-Haste, Snowboard Kids-the fan, and Sonic R-Fleet Feet (those super shoes)

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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.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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?

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There's nowhere I can't reach.

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::

Spoiler:

its an early genesis game (1993)

6. CORRECT: Wario Ware, inc. for GBA

Most amazing jew boots

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.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Snowknight

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

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)?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I finished another batch of games

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FELIPE NO