Bein' Green Trivia Quiz

Answer: Super Mario World

Yoshi first appeared in 'Super Mario World' as a mount for Mario to ride on. He also ate enemies, grabbing them with his long tongue, and could either swallow them and turn them into a spotted egg, or spit them out. His background music usually contains bongos. Yoshis come in different colours depending on their abilities ('Super Mario Sunshine' has orange and purple Yoshis, for instance), but the main one is green.

Nintendo did intend for Mario to have a dinosaur companion in 'Super Mario', but the limited technology of the NES meant that they had to wait until the more powerful SNES came out before introducing Yoshi. He starred in his own game, 'Super Mario 2: Yoshi's Island', where he acted as Baby Mario's babysitter, and subsequent spin-offs. He also appears in the 'Super Smash Bros' series.

Answer: A quay in Brazil

Blanka is one of the eight main fighters of 'Street Fighter 2' along with Ryu, Edmund Honda, Guile, Ken Masters, Chun-Li, Zangief and Dhalsim. Originally intended to be human, he was ultimately depicted as a savage mutant with green skin and orange hair, who used to be human but turned green and gained the power to control electricity from electric eels while living in the Amazon jungle. His signature moves include rolling into a ball and charging his opponent, and channelling electricity through his body. In later games, he befriends Dan Hibiki, the 'joke' character of the franchise.

The marketplace is Chun-Li's stage, the temple is Dhalsim's, and the military base, with the catchy theme that goes with anything, is Guile's.

Answer: Kotal Kahn

I guess green fighters have to stick together! Jade was killed in Sindel's massacre in 'Mortal Kombat 9', and returned in 'Mortal Kombat 11', both as a revenant and a living being from another timeline. She was also revealed to be in love with Kotal Kahn, who made his debut appearance in the previous game.

In the storyline of 'Mortal Kombat X', Kotal Kahn had replaced Mileena as Emperor of Outworld (which she is very touchy about), and various characters worked for him, including Reptile. Kotal is a member of the Osh-Tekk race, from the realm of the same name (which was merged with Outworld), and gains his power from sunlight; the tattoos on his body change in colour, depending on the stance system the player uses.

He has a Mesoamerican aesthetic and fights with a macuahuitl, an Aztec-style club with metal blades.

Answer: Crocodile

Vector the Crocodile was originally conceived as the keyboard player in the Sonic the Hedgehog Band in the development stages of 'Sonic the Hedgehog'. The band were supposed to appear on the sound test screen, but were scrapped due to constaints. The character was repurposed as a member of the Chaotix Crew, which also featured Charmy the Bee, Mighty the Armadillo and Espio the Chameleon.

Vector is the oldest member of the crew and an aspiring (and dreadful) musician who wore a pair of headphones. He has the power to breathe fire and blow bubbles which enable him to float. The Chaotix Crew appear in 'Sonic Heroes', minus Mighty, as a detective agency; Dr Eggman poses as a client asking them to take on a case. Vector is the leader and 'muscles' of the group.

Answer: link

Link first appeared in 'The Legend of Zelda' in 1986, where he had to save the titular princess from the villain Ganon and obtain the power of the Triforce. Since then, he has appeared in several games, although not all of the Links are the same person; however, they all wear similar green outfits and have a similar elf-like appearance (although Link is a Hylian, not an elf).

He often fights with the Master Sword, a magic sword which enables him to enter the Sacred Realm where the Triforce is kept, and has other items at his disposal such as a magical ocarina (in 'Ocarina of Time'), or masks which enable him to shapeshift (in 'Majora's Mask').

He has also had cameo appearances in other series such as 'Super Smash Bros' (where he was one of the original playable fighters), 'Soul Calibur' and 'Mario Kart'.

Answer: Final Fantasy IV

Rydia is a Summoner from the village of Mist, with the ability to summon sentient monsters called Eidolons. In order to summon an Eidolon, a Summoner has to defeat them in battle first. Rydia's personal Eidolon is called Whyt, a baby Eidolon or Whytkin, which can be customised by the player. Cecil, the main character, accidentally kills all the Summoners in Mist, including Rydia's mother, which Rydia resents him for, although Cecil manages to befriend her.

She is washed overboard when the party's ship is attacked by a Leviathan, which takes her to the land of Feynmarch.

She trains under the King and Queen of Eidolons there, and is subsequently much older when she returns to the party. She can use black magic spells and equip various weapons as an adult.

She is voiced by Noriko Shitaya in the remake (Caroline Macey in the dub).

Answer: Battletoads

'Battletoads' was a platform-scrolling beat 'em up, originally released for the NES in 1991, with later versions appearing for the Sega Mega Drive and Game Gear, and the Amiga. In the original 'Battletoads' game, Zitz and Rash had to rescue Pimple and Princess Angelica, with the help of Professor T Bird, after they were kidnapped by the Dark Queen.

In a sequel, 'Battletoads in Battlemaniacs', it was Zitz's turn to get kidnapped by the Dark Queen. Pimple was the muscles of the group, Rash the fast one, and Zitz somewhere in between. An arcade 'Battletoads' game, with added sound effects, was released in 1994 and was geared more towards combat, rather than dodging obstacles. DIC tried to capitalise on the popularity of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' with a 'Battletoads' cartoon, but it never got past the pilot (if you're interested, it's on Youtube, and it's terrible).

Answer: Monaca Towa

The five Warriors of Hope attend Hope's Peak Elementary School, and like the 'Dangan Ronpa' cast, have Ultimate names, although they are named after classes rather than talents and have 'Li'l' at the beginning due to being young children (Li'l Ultimate Homeroom, Li'l Ultimate PE and so on).

They all assign themselves fantasy game-style classes: Monaca is the Mage, Masaru is the Hero, Jataro is the Priest, Nagisa is the Sage and Kotoko is the Fighter. Each child pilots a mech which Komaru and Touko Fukawa/Genocide Jill must defeat. Monaca is in a wheelchair, but is later revealed to be faking her disability, and enjoys manipulating the other children.

She idolises Junko Enoshima, the villain of the first and second 'Dangan Ronpa' games, and is revealed to be the half-sister of Haji Towa, the leader of an adult resistance group.

She also appears in the 'Danganronpa 3' anime, having killed Miaya Gekkougahara and replaced her with a lifelike robot.

Answer: Darkstalkers

'Darkstalkers' is somewhat unusual in that many of the characters are fantasy creatures, such as vampires, catgirls, succubi and werewolves, rather than ordinary humans. The Scottish succubus princess Morrigan Aensland is the main character of 'Darkstalkers', and gets her name from an Irish goddess of war.

She first appeared in 'Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors', the first game in the series, and has appeared in every game since. Her fighting style is comparable to that of Ryu and Ken of 'Street Fighter' fame (another Capcom game).

She is also the first 'Darkstalkers' character to appear in the 'Marvel vs Capcom' series. 'Darkstalkers 3' introduces Lilith, who is a clone of Morrigan created from a portion of her power stored away by Belial Aensland, her father.

Answer: Miku Hatsune

Miku Hatsune is probably the most well-known character of the 'Vocaloid' series. Her voice is based on actress Saki Fujita (who has appeared in various anime series, including 'Pretty Cure', 'Sakura Trick' and 'Attack on Titan'). She uses the Yamaha Vocaloid 2, 3 and 4 singing technologies, and her name means 'the first sound of the future'.

She was developed by Crypton Future Media and designed as the first of a series of Vocaloids called the 'Character Vocal series', who all had different vocal styles and design concepts.

She is also available in Chinese and English. Miku Hatsune's popularity was aided by the Japanese site Nico Nico Douga, where users uploaded videos of songs recorded with her voice bank. A rhythm game with Vocaloid music, 'Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA', was released in 2009.