A Cat Among the Pixels Trivia Quiz

Answer: Star Fox

The 'Star Fox' games are rail shooters in which most of the main characters are anthropomorphised animals. Katt Monroe is a feline, while the main character, Falco Lombardi, is a bird. The series takes place in outer space in the Lylat System near the centre of the Milky Way.

Answer: Meowth

The other cat-like Pokémon in the original 151 'Generation I' Pokémon is Persian, the Pokémon into which Meowth can evolve from Level 28 upwards. While Meowth is a Normal-type Pokémon, a Dark-type variant known as Alolan Meowth appears in the 'Pokémon Sun and Moon' games.

Answer: Sonic Adventure

Big the Cat is a large purple cat who lives in the Mystic Ruins and spends most of his time fishing. His best friend is the frog Froggy, after whom Big has to chase after Froggy swallows a Chaos Emerald in 'Sonic Adventure'. Big the Cat also appears in 'Sonic Shuffle', 'Sonic Adventure 2' and 'Sonic Heroes'.

Answer: Final Fantasy

Cait Sith is actually a robotic stuffed toy cat, but that doesn't stop him having personality! He rides around on another toy, a large stuffed creature known as a moogle, that he himself has brought to life. Red XIII is a red lion-like creature who, despite having lived over 40 years, is emotionally equivalent to a human adolescent.

Answer: Legend of Kay

Yenching, the land in which Kay lives, is home to a variety of animals, predominantly cats, frogs, pandas and hares. These animals have learnt to live in harmony but this harmony is disrupted when the gorillas and rats begin to conquer. 'Legend of Kay' was first released in 2005.

The reception for the game was largely positive, leading to the development of a version for the Nintendo DS in 2010, followed by an updated release, 'Legend of Kay Anniversary', on a variety of platforms in 2015.

Answer: Mao

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Mao is a master of fighting in the 'Drunken Fist' style. She is the mentor of the ninja Frank Goldfinger and is also good friends with Al Capone. The 'Shadow Hearts' games are a series of role-playing games released on the PlayStation 2 platform.

Answer: Blinx

Blinx is known as 'The Time Sweeper ' thanks to his possession of the TS-1000 vacuum cleaner that allows him to control time by speeding it up, slowing it down or even reversing it. 'Blinx: The Time Sweeper' plays out as a third-person platform game in which Blinx must rescue a princess from the evil Tom-Tom Gang, saving Dimension B1Q64 in the process.

Answer: Lombax

The Lombax look very much like a cross between humans and cats. While they walk on two feet and have opposable thumbs, their faces, feet and tails are feline. Lombaxes come from the planet Festoon and are known for their ability to tinker with and fix things. All three of the incorrect answers are also species from the 'Ratchet and Clank' games.

Answer: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

The cat Nuke is mentioned in several diary entries from Paz Ortega Andrade, who dislikes the way that soldiers from Militaires Sans Frontičres behave around it. Nuke is also mentioned in the prologue to 'Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain', 'Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes', that was released a year earlier.

The original 'Metal Gear' game, first published in 1987 by Konami, is considered one of the forerunners of the modern stealth game.

Answer: Earthworm Jim

Evil the Cat is immortal, and spends the entirety of his days attempting to eliminate good in the world and replace it with evil. An example of his evil is his decision to fill Heck with lawyers and bankers, against which Earthworm Jim has to contend.

While he spends most of his time on Heck, Evil relocates during the summer months to spend time with his cousin Flagitous as it is too hot on Heck.