Nintendo Switch Game Characters Quiz

Answer: Tom Nook

"Animal Crossing" is a social simulation video game series where players interact with anthropomorphic animals that inhabit a village. Tom Nook is one of the primary characters in the series, acting as a shop owner and real-estate agent.

In "Animal Crossing: New Horizons", Tom Nook is the primary driver of the storyline, setting the player up with their plot of land on the island and guiding them though upgrading it. He also owns the store Nook's Cranny which is operated by his nephews Timmy and Tommy.

Answer: Link

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" was a launch game for the Nintendo Switch, and went on to become a well acclaimed and highly commercially successful game for the system. Link, controlled by the player, is the main protagonist of the game, on a quest to save Hyrule from the ancient evil known as Calamity Ganon.

Answer: Cappy

"Super Mario Odyssey" is a 2017 3D Mario platformer where Mario travels around a dozen locations on an Earth-like planet. Cappy is a new character in the game that revolutionises the abilities of Mario and movement strategies possible during gameplay.

He is a hat that Mario wears, and he can be thrown to "capture" and possess enemies. This transforms Mario into that enemy and allows him to use their unique abilities such as becoming a Bullet Bill, a frog, a dinosaur, travelling through wires as an electric bolt, and many more.

Answer: Professor Magnolia

"Pokemon Sword and Shield" are the mainline games in the 8th generation of Pokemon games. Continuing the theme of naming the game's main professor after trees and plants, Professor Magnolia is a researcher specialising in the Dynamax phenomenon that grants Pokemon tremendous size and strength in battles.

Her granddaughter Sonia acts as her assistant during the storyline and eventually becomes a professor herself.

Answer: Samus Aran

Samus is the protagonist and player character of the "Metroid" series. Hiding under a powered exoskeleton suit, it is revealed at the end of the first "Metroid" game that Samus is female, making her one of the earliest female video game protagonists.

Answer: Diddy Kong

Diddy is a nephew of the titular character Donkey Kong. While Donkey Kong is identified as a gorilla, Diddy was pencilled in as a spider monkey or chimpanzee, though his species has never been officially confirmed. How exactly their kinship spans the species gap is anyone's guess...

In "Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze", Diddy is a companion to Donkey Kong who can be controlled by a second player.

Answer: Byleth

"Fire Emblem" is a tactical role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. In this instalment, Byleth is the player character, with their gender selected by the player. They teach at the Garreg Mach Monastery where players can teach classes, do field exercises, build relationships with students and train for battle.

Answer: Captain Olimar

Captain Olimar is the player character in "Pikmin 4", a rocket captain who crash lands on PNF-404, an Earth-like planet home to tiny colourful creatures called Pikmin. Olimar recruits the nearby Pikmin to assist in his efforts to rebuild the ship and leave the planet.

Answer: Rex

"Xenoblade Chronicles 2" is an open-world action role-playing game. Players control Rex, a Driver and the lead character in a party of three that roam the world engaging enemies. The series centres around weaponised life forms called Blades that link with Drivers and endow them with power and a weapon.

Answer: Thanos

In the third instalment of the "Marvel Ultimate" series, players control a team of superheroes coming together to stop chief villain Thanos and his goons from collecting the six Infinity Gems that would grant him control over the galaxy. Thanos is a recurring villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having first appeared in an Iron Man comic from 1973.