Video Games Wordplay Trivia

1. Within reason, I can look for a hedgehog.

From Quiz I'm Sorry, I Can't Find These Characters

Answer: Sonic

... rea(SON I C)an look... I have to say that Sonic, the blue title hedgehog of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game series, does not look much like a hedgehog to me. Nevertheless, that is the name given to this character, who got his first game in 1991 and has been the face of a thriving franchise ever since. The games are available on a number of platforms and include platform games, racing games, adventure games and more.

From Quiz Video Games Wordplay

Answer: Super Mario Land

"Super Mario Land" was released in 1989 for the launch of Nintendo's Game Boy handheld game console. Players must take Mario through twelve different levels, and, as he does so, he jumps across different platforms to avoid all the lurking pitfalls. Answer break down: Soup Purr equals Super; Mare Re is the first part of Mario's name; Hole Lent finishes off his name and adds Land. Soup Purr - Mare Re Hole - Lent becomes "Super Mario Land".

From Quiz 'Super Mario' by Definitions

Answer: Luigi

Lieu + Wee + Gee 'Super Mario Bros' was released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, it was based on the video arcade game 'Mario Bros' from 1983 - Mario himself had first appeared in 'Donkey Kong' two years earlier. It was the best selling video game of all time for 28 years until 'Wii Sports' finally surpassed it in 2013. Estimates place the number of games sold at over 40 million copies. Mario, of course, is the main player, with Luigi only being included as the character for a two player game. They are twins and are both plumbers. Their abilities in this game are identical, the only difference is the colour of their costumes, Mario being red and Luigi green. All statements made about Mario in the information given can also be applied to Luigi.

From Quiz Change-a-Letter Video Games

Answer: Breath of Fire

A SNES release from the early '90s, 'Breath of Fire' was the first in this Capcom-developed series. It opted for a turn-based RPG style of gameplay (not unlike 'Final Fantasy') and focused on Ryu, a boy with the ability to become a type of dragon (as is typical of other members of his ancient bloodline). Originally released in Japan in '93, followed by the rest of the world in '94, 'Breath of Fire' was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2001 with some minor tweaks and improvements.

From Quiz Cracking Up Over "GTA V" Cryptics

Answer: Adder

To join numbers together is to ADD and a well-known George Clooney TV show is "ER" The Truffade Adder car is in the class of super in "Grand Theft Auto V" and bears a resemblance to the Bugatti Veyron. For "Grand Theft Auto Online" players to be able to keep this car in their garage, the car must be purchased from the in-game website, Legendarymotorsport.net. This website is easily accessed from the iFruit phone or laptops scattered around the game. Be wary of destroying this car if playing online as the insurance costs of replacing this car is $12.000, even if the car is not yours.

From Quiz Hiding in Plain Sight

Answer: Sonic

SON, I Can promise you that while this video game character might be able to move quickly, if you don't get a move on I'll the one who gets prickly. Sonic the Hedgehog is the title character of Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game franchise. Though his first major appearance was in the first "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game, which was released in June 1991, Sonic had previously made an appearance in Sega's arcade release of the racing game, "Rad Mobile", which appeared in April of the same year. An anthropomorphic, blue hedgehog, Sonic is pretty distinctive, and has six quills on his head, which all point down to the ground. He is extremely quick, wears red and white trainers on his feet, and white gloves on his hands.

From Quiz Completely Or Not At All

Answer: Ice Power

Ice Power is a useful badge that is found in Shy Guy's Toy Box. It costs two Badge Points to equip. When equipped, Mario is immune to fire damage when he directly contacts a fire enemy while attacking it, and he also gains two extra attack points when directly attacking fire, such as by jumping on one. The badge looks like a pale blue snowman with a purple hat on top. It also appears in "Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door".

From Quiz It's as Simple as That!

Answer: Skyrim

Sky + rim "Skyrim" is the fifth part of a role playing video game series called "The Elder Scrolls". The game has versions available for playing on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This installment is based in the fictional location named Skyrim on the continent of Tamriel on planet Nirn. The objective of the game is for the player to vanquish a dragon called Alduin before he can destroy the world.

From Quiz Concealed Video Game Characters

Answer: Crash

"...are maniC, RASH, and..." Crash Bandicoot often has to defeat his creator and nemesis, Doctor Neo Cortex. Crash's allies are his sister, Coco, his brother, Crunch, and Aku-Aku, a wise floating mask. Crash is adventurous and has a fearless nature, but he usually prefers relaxing in the sun to most other activities.

From Quiz Video Game Wordplay Mix

Answer: kingdom hearts

Square Enix, creators of the popular "Final Fantasy" series, collaborated with The Walt Disney company to create "Kingdom Hearts". It is a fusion of Square Enix gameplay features, and characters from Disney helping the protagonist, Sora, through the game.

From Quiz Mixed Game Scavenger Hunt! Final Round!

Answer: Spyro

In case you were curious, the Dragonfly's name is Sparx. He is Spyro's lifeline, effectively. He starts off a nice healthy yellow, but with each hit Spyro takes, he changes to blue, then green, and then he disappears completely! You can restore Sparx's health by eating butterflies. Once Sparx eats around 15 butterflies, you'll gain another life, so you can kick more bad guy butt!

From Quiz Mixed Game Scavenger Hunt! Round 2

Answer: Halo

Since its creation in 2002, the 'Halo' series has taken the world by storm! It can be played on the Xbox, Xbox 360, and most modern PC's and Macs. The 'Halo' series features incredible graphics and stunning realism rarely seen in other games.

From Quiz Mixed Game Scavenger Hunt!

Answer: Final Fantasy

The "Final Fantasy" games are one of Japan's biggest sellers. To date, at least sixteen games have been made, with "Final Fantasy XIII" being the latest. All "Final Fantasy" games seem to have a similar storyline: Bad guy bent on world domination or destruction, and a team of makeshift heroes ready to destroy them.

From Quiz I'm Sorry, I Can't Find These Characters

Answer: Mario

...to cal(M A RIO)t... It's fun to realise that the little Italian plumber, Mario, started life as a carpenter named Jumpman, when he made his first appearance in the Nintendo arcade game "Donkey Kong" in 1981. He has gone on to stardom in a series of games that bear his name including "Mario Bros." and "Super Mario Bros." in the eighties, various renditions of "Mario Kart" and others, for various game systems. We'll meet some more characters from these games, later in this quiz.

From Quiz Who's that Pokémon? Before & After Anagrams

Answer: Weedleek

This Bug Pokémon is, however, poisonous like eels. For an eel's poisonous blood, it is not consumed by other creatures; Makes you wonder who would want to eat a Weedle anyway. When held, the Leek boosts Farfetch'd's critical hit ratio.

From Quiz Video Games Wordplay

Answer: Tetris

"Tetris" was released in 1984. Designed for either single or multi players, it was created in Russia and became the first entertainment software from that nation to be sent to the United States. Do you think they checked it for spying devices first? This game is described as having a tile-matching format. Answer break down: The Vietnamese Lunar New Year is TET; the surname of the 26th US President (Roosevelt) begins with R; A verb meaning "To be" is "IS" - put them together and you have "Tetris".

From Quiz 'Super Mario' by Definitions

Answer: Princess Toadstool

Prince + S AND Toad + Stool Princess Toadstool (known later as Peach) is the daughter of the Mushroom King and princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She lives in the castle with the toads who are her loyal subjects. Then one day her kingdom is invaded and all her people are turned into inanimate objects and she is taken captive by the evil Koopa tribe. Then it's Mario to the rescue... The game has eight different worlds with four levels in each. Mario must navigate his way past all the traps and enemies to reach the castle at the end of each world and defeat the guard to only be told "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"

From Quiz A Twist in the Tail

Answer: Purple goat

The video game hidden in the anagrams is "Escape Goat" which is available for play on the Xbox 360 and through Microsoft Windows among other systems. The main character is a purple goat. Accused of witchcraft, the hapless creature is confined to the Prison of Angus. Players have to solve the puzzles to help the goat escape prison.

From Quiz Change-a-Letter Video Games

Answer: The Sims

The creation of Will Wright, 'The Sims' is perhaps one of the most popular PC video game series ever created. Players are able to create a family of Sims and help them go about their lives by doing things like building houses, creating (or, indeed, dissolving) relationships, getting jobs and generally surviving in a world that you have a big amount of control over. Each Sim has needs and it's up to you to cater to their needs so they are able to continue living. For instance, a Sim might indicate that they're smelly, so you need to make sure they have a shower in the house; a Sim might try and cook and end up burning it, so you can provide them with cookbooks and help them become a better chef. 'The Sims' marked the first in a series of games that expanded to home consoles and raked in the sales.

From Quiz Cracking Up Over "GTA V" Cryptics

Answer: Banshee

"Has been" is an anagram of the word BANSHEE The Bravado Banshee in "Grand Theft Auto V" looks like a Dodge Viper and is in the car class of sports. The car in single player and the online game comes in a hard top and convertible version. In earlier versions in the "Grand Theft Auto"series such as "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City", instead of looking like a Dodge Viper the Banshee looked similar to a Corvette C4. I did own a Banshee in "Grand Theft Auto Online" but I sold it as I wanted the Obey 9f convertible, which looks like the Audi R8.

From Quiz Hiding in Plain Sight

Answer: Goro

Four arms or not, this video game character can't help you clean, so you'd better do so riGOROusly, or risk making me mean. Goro is an original "Mortal Kombat" character, who made his debut in the very first video game of the popular gaming franchise. A prince of Outworld, Goro is a four-armed Shokan warrior, whose brute strength makes him a formidable opponent. Despite his bulk and strength, Goro is surprisingly agile, and during his appearance as a sub-boss in "Mortal Kombat" he was notoriously difficult to defeat.

From Quiz Completely Or Not At All

Answer: Mega Smash

May Gas Mash = Mega Smash Mega Smash is a badge that is found on the west side inside a cracked wall that must be blown up with Bombette. It is a pink hammer with a spike on both flat ends. It costs three Badge Points to equip and will deal tons of damage with executed, about eight to twelve points of damage, depending on whether Mario executes the action command properly or not. It is the hammer equivalent of the Mega Jump badge.

From Quiz It's as Simple as That!

Answer: Half-Life & Half Life

Half + Life "Half-Life" belongs to the genre of first person shooter video games. It was released in 1998 with a sequel following in 2004. Apart from regular video game weapons like pistols, submachine guns and revolvers, there are also rare ones like the crossbow and crowbar. The protagonist, Gordon Freeman, is a theoretical physicist and the game is set in a research facility in the desert of New Mexico. The game is also named after a scientific term in line with its science fiction setting.

From Quiz Video Game Mashup

Answer: Perfect Dark Void

Rareware perfected the FPS with "GoldenEye 007" in 1997, and "Perfect Dark" is considered to be a spiritual successor to that. Based around a special agent called Joanna Dark and her mission to stop a conspiracy by the dataDyne Corporation, "Perfect Dark" has spawned several sequels and novels. In 2010, it was re-released with graphical and gameplay enhancements on XBox Live Arcade. In a unique third-person shooter, "Dark Void" sees players taking the role of William Grey as he tries to destroy an alien threat known as the Watchers. Although the game sold well (and a film version has been hinted at), critics weren't as impressed.

From Quiz Concealed Video Game Characters

Answer: Ecco

"...for a sEC, COmmunicate with..." Games that Ecco appeared in were "Ecco the Dolphin", "Ecco: The Tides of Time", "Ecco Jr.", and "Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future". Some "Ecco the Dolphin" games can be played on "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection" and "Sega Genesis Collection".

From Quiz Video Game Wordplay Mix - Level 2

Answer: guitar hero

Harmonix released "Guitar Hero" in America in 2005, as a way of bringing a guitar-based game like "GuitarFreaks" to that area of the world. The unique guitar controller allows players to simulate playing an actual guitar. Players must match the notes on-screen on the note highway by pressing the corresponding button(s) on the frets and strumming at the same time. The game has been hugely successful with many official sequels, and many other spin-offs including games focusing on the songs of one band. Harmonix developed the first two games, but handed over the reins to other companies for future titles.

From Quiz Video Game Wordplay Mix

Answer: gears of war

"Gears of War" is a tactical, third-person shooter designed by Epic Games, for the XBox 360 and PC. It was released in 2006 for the 360, and won many "Game of the Year" awards. A year later, it was released for the PC.

From Quiz Video Game Rebuses

Answer: Time Crisis

A classic arcade game, "Time Crisis" was first released for the PlayStation in 1995. The game has spawned several sequels, and also some spin-offs. Each of the games is classified as a 'rail-shooter', as the computer controls the path you take - you just sit and blast every hostile thing you see on the screen.

From Quiz Mixed Game Scavenger Hunt! Final Round!

Answer: Duck Hunt

'Duck Hunt' was released on the NES in November 1988. It was possibly the very first game to use something other than a standard controller for game progression. Unfortunately, the Gun controller didn't come with the game, and it was the only game you could use it for. One interesting fact is that other than shooting just the ducks, you could also shoot the dog that caught the ducks after you shot them. You didn't get points for it, but hey, why not?

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