Fighting Video Games Trivia

1. What fighting series featuring Mario, Link, and Pikachu takes in a majority of Nintendo-based combatants?

From Quiz Beat-'Em-Up!

Answer: Super Smash Bros.

First released in 1999 on the Nintendo 64, "Super Smash Bros." has since become one of Nintendo's most famous fighters and most-played game series overall. The aim of the game is to pick a character, usually one from a Nintendo series, though later instalments have seen third-party inclusions, and face off against a handful of other players or computer avatars aiming to get the best score or be the last man standing. The game also features cameo inclusions of other famous and not-as-famous characters and unique settings and items from the games in the Nintendo line-up.

From Quiz Fighting Games

Answer: Ryu Hayabusa

Ryu first appeared in "Ninja Gaiden" which became a popular video game series on its own. Bayman is a Russian commando and mercenary fighter appearing only in the "Dead or Alive" series. Jimmy Lee is one half of the popular duo in "Double Dragon", a beat-em up of the 1980s and Ken Masters is the best friend of a different Ryu, in the iconic "Street Fighter" series.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight? Round 2!

Answer: Capcom

Yet another fighter under Capcom's wing, the original "Darkstalkers" game was released in 1994. It featured various supernatural creatures as the selectable characters.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Guilty Gear

Millia Rage is first seen in the original 1998 "Guilty Gear" game for the Playstation. One of the few female characters, she would utilize energy blasts and even her own hair during combat! "Guilty Gear" was developed by Arc System Works.

From Quiz Beat-'Em-Up!

Answer: Castle Crashers

This 2008 game originally released on XBLA became popular enough to be ported to PC, PS3, PS4, and the Nintendo Switch over time, bringing with it a cute, animated world filled to the brim with fierce battles against enemy regimes. In this one, you play as a knight in a side-scrolling world, fighting in melee combat with an arsenal of close-range weapons, or firing at a distance with ranged items. Amassing wealth and experience helps increase your abilities, and locating small creatures known as animal orbs will further help-- each one has a different ability. Unlike beat 'em up fighters, this game takes the 2D style on the road, taking the player (or players, plural, as it can be a cooperative adventure) through levels while pummelling foes.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight? Round 2!

Answer: Konsou Gakka

Fo Fai is a claw wielding, mage/assassin styled character from China. He appeared in the first two "Battle Arena Toshinden" games. Part of this information is courtesy of GameFAQs.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Destrega

"Destrega", a game by Koei, would pit the characters against each other in a fully 3D environment. From a distance, the fighters (most of them magical people called the Strega) could launch projectile attacks using their Strega powers, and if they were close to each other they could engage in hand-to-hand combat.

From Quiz I Am Your Fighter

Answer: "Arcana Heart"

This Atlus game has twelve cute Anime-style girls who posses spirits called Arcanas. The Arcanas could be summoned at any time, but controls do get some getting use to.

From Quiz Fighting Games

Answer: Maki Genryusai

She was one of three playable characters in "Final Fight 2", substituting Guy from the previous game (who appears in the "Street Fighter Alpha" series). Rolento is the boss of the Italy area in "Final Fight 2" and Eagle appears in the original "Street Fighter". Out of these four, Rody Birts is the only one that is not present in "Capcom vs SNK 2", appearing in "Art of Fighting 3" instead. Additionally, all these characters use similar weapons, with Maki using one tonfa, Rody using two tonfas, Rolento using a baton stick and Eagle using two Eskrima sticks.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Ryo Sakazaki

Released in 1992, "Art of fighting" was the work of SNK which was, at the time, the dominant company on the scene of fighting games, along side Capcom. The series, however, was not as well received as Capcom's "Street Fighter" or Midway's "Mortal Kombat".

From Quiz Fighting Games

Answer: Dr. Doom

Dr. Doom made his fighting-game debut in "Marvel Super Heroes" as a boss character, but only became playable after beating the game and entering a specific code. Though Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman appear in several video games as cameos or selectable characters, they have not appeared in a fighting game as of 2007. However, the Human Torch fought alongside other superheroes in EA's "Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects".

From Quiz Beat-'Em-Up!

Answer: Viewtiful Joe

Released in 2003 by Capcom and Clover Studio (who later developed "Okami" before dissolution), "Viewtiful Joe" was a colourful beat 'em up sidescroller that was, inevitably, ported to the PlayStation 2 after its success on the Gamecube. In the game, you could follow stages along the 2D world to beat up foes and solve puzzles. Killing enemies with chained combos and certain techniques could go towards unlocking more abilities between the game's stages. The game was critically lauded upon release and fanfare led it to have an accompanying manga and fifty-episode anime. It had three sequels, all of which released within two years of the original.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: 10

The characters are (in no particular order): Jago, Cinder, Fulgore, Spinal, Chief Thunder, Glacius, T.J. Combo, B. Orchid, Riptor, Sabrewulf. The boss character, Eyedol, is unplayable. The original "Killer Instinct" was developed by "Rare" and published by "Midway" in 1994 for the arcades and later ported by Nintendo for their SNES and Game Boy consoles.

From Quiz I Am Your Fighter

Answer: "Thrill Kill"

This Playstation game was canceled in its final stages by Electronic Arts, after acquiring Virgin Interactive. thus it was never release. The characters you were to use, committed sins, and the Secrets God, Marukka, decided to have some fun. The engine for this game was used for the "X-Men: Mutant Academy" series for the Playstation.

From Quiz Beat-'Em-Up!

Answer: MadWorld

Although Clover Studio closed down after "Viewtiful Joe" and "Okami", many of its creators moved on to create PlatinumGames, teaming up with Sega to release "MadWorld" in 2009. The game, clearly inspired by the visuals of the "Sin City" graphic novels, was one of the more mature titles to be released on Nintendo's super-popular console, taking advantage of the Wii Remote's motion controls to bring a hyper-violent offering to an otherwise tame system. In the game, your goal is to beat up all of the enemies for the sake of a reality TV show called "DeathWatch" (think Stephen King's "The Running Man", but with consent), occasionally using a chainsaw to run through bigger adversaries.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Mortal Kombat 2

Noob Saibot was originally Sub Zero in the first "Mortal Kombat" game. In the sequel, the role of Sub Zero is assumed by his younger brother. In the arcade version of "Mortal Kombat 2", one could fight Noob Saibot after winning 50 (fifty) matches in a row in versus mode. The match would take place in the stage "Goro's Lair".

From Quiz Doublemm vs.

Answer: "Dead or Alive"

Although often seen as being in the shadow of other fighting games of the time such as "Tekken" and "Street Fighter", "Dead or Alive" is still held as one of the all time greats of this genre and this is reflected in its many sequels. The game is set apart by the speedy fighting styles of most of its characters as well as the focus on volley-hitting. Because of this, rounds are often very quickly decided. Speeding up the rounds further is a unique format where, instead of having the typical "time out" when outside of the allocated fighting square, "Dead or Alive" has a danger zone mode, where falling players are dealt extra damage if they fall on the area outside of the main fighting square.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight? Round 2!

Answer: Lang

Ah, good old "Yie Air Kung Fu". In this 1985 game, you assume the role of Lee and fight a looping series of five opponents. You face them in the following order: Wang, Tao, Chen, a Bonus Stage, Lang (the female one), and finally, Mu.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Virtua Fighter

"Sega began to attract attention with the 1993 release of Virtua Fighter in arcades. It was the first fighting game with 3D polygon graphics and a viewpoint that zoomed and rotated with the action. Despite the graphics, players were confined to back and forth motion as seen in other fighting games." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

From Quiz I Am Your Fighter

Answer: Shaquille O'Neal

O'Neal was the star of "Shaq Fu," developed by Delphine and published by EA for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, and Game Gear. It was ranked as one of the worst fighting games of all time for the poor hit detection and storyline, according to ScrewAttack. There is a community that orders all the copies of this game to be destroyed.

From Quiz Fighting Games

Answer: Rera

Instead of her pet hawk Mamahaha, Rera fights alongside her pet wolf Shikuru. Rimururu is Nakoruru's younger adopted sister and Rasetsumaru is a demon who looks like Haohmaru. The EX in EX-Nakoruru is for "extra", that is the exact same character with a slightly different moveset that you could purchase in the secret shop of some games such as "Capcom vs SNK Millenium Fight 2000".

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight? Round 2!

Answer: Down, down, down plus kick

By entering this command, Chromax would perform the Death Drop. This game was released in 1996 for the PC, Sega Saturn, and Sony Playstation (under the name "Rise 2: Resurrection").

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Soul Edge

"Soul Edge", or "Soul Blade" as it is known in the EU and US, was first released in Japan in 1996. It was a very popular fighting game created by the former Namco (now Namco Bandai). It featured weapon fighting in medieval-like settings, with the title blade, "Soul Edge", being the most powerful weapon. The sequel to Soul Edge was "Soul Calibur". The "Tekken" series, also made by the former Namco, has several interlinks with the series, such as the character Yoshimitsu (and for the PS2 only version of "Soul Calibur 2", Heihachi Mishima).

From Quiz Doublemm vs.

Answer: "Tekken"

"Tekken" was released in 1994 and it immediately became a classic! It is distinguished from all other games of its sort by the intimate and captivating storyline which each character has. In short, "Tekken" is not just about the fighting, but getting to know each and every character and their purpose for entering the "King of Iron Fist Tournament" as you progress through the game. Nevertheless, the fighting aspect of "Tekken" is excellent. Clearly influenced by earlier games such as "Virtua Fighter", "Tekken" was the game to take the next big step in terms of graphics and complex move combinations. The startling success of the first game led to numerous. The only characters to feature in every game were Heihachi, Nina, Paul Phoenix and Yoshimitsu. "Tekken 2" brought a new host of unlockable characters - one for each starting character who they somehow affiliated with.

From Quiz Beat-'Em-Up!

Answer: God of War

One of the most popular brands under the PlayStation umbrella in the 2000s, "God of War" had several major releases starting back on the PlayStation 2 in 2005. Set in Ancient Greece, you play as Kratos as he sets out to defeat countless Gods of the pantheon and their underlings. Things escalate through the series until Kratos faces off against the Titans and Zeus himself, often in battles that bring him up close and personal with his fists and hand-to-hand skills (though, occasionally, with weapons). Because of the devastation caused in the first few games, the creators at Sony's in-house studios switched things up in 2018, reframing the story for Norse myth instead of Greek.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight? Round 2!

Answer: Andy Bogard

Fatal Fury (which would later become "The King of Fighters" series) sees the introduction of (among other fighters) Terry Bogard, his brother Andy Bogard, and their sworn friend Joe Higashi, the so called "Lone Wolves". The original "Fatal Fury" was released in 1991, made by SNK.

From Quiz Are You Ready to Fight?

Answer: Jun Kazama and Kazuya Mishima

Jin Kazama is the son to Kazuya Mishima, and is therefore an inheritor of the Mishima "Devil Gene". Jin was first featured in "Tekken 3", released in 1998 by Namco. His moves were mostly those of Kazuya, however he also had some moves of his mother, Jun Kazama, as well as some original ones. Due to storyline and gameplay reasons, however, his moveset was almost entirely changed in "Tekken 4".

From Quiz I Am Your Fighter

Answer: "Darkstalkers"

Capcom's Halloween-based fighter, for the Playstation and Sega Saturn, was a side creation of the Street Fighter series, with introductions of Air Blocking and Chain Combos. These additions became a high phenomenon to later fighting games. "Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower" was created for the Playstation Portable, or PSP.

From Quiz Fighting Games

Answer: Fighting bears

His "spinning piledriver" move is rumored to have been developed while he was caught in a cyclone while wrestling a bear. His nickname is "The Red Cyclone" after all.

From Quiz Beat-'Em-Up!

Answer: Bayonetta

In a unique take on the beat 'em up/hack and slash genre from the creators of "MadWorld", "Bayonetta" puts you in the role of a witchy character who fights with her own style of martial arts, magical powers, and firearms. For anyone thinking that it has the same sensibilities as the "Devil May Cry" series, you'd be on the nose; the game was developed by one of its creators and shares not only many of the mechanics, but some of the same narrative overtones as derived from the works of Dante Alighieri. "Bayonetta" would go on to be one of Nintendo's more unique and unconventional exclusive franchises over successive generations.

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