Nintendo Trivia (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, & More)

Grab your controls and get ready. Hey gang. I'm your host Brian Rollins and this is episode 159 of the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast this week. We've got a gaming episode with some Nintendo trivia. As always, it's three rounds of 10 questions each, I ask you get a timer and then we See how you did. It's like Pub trivia night without the cover charge or drink minimum. If you need rules or scorecards head over to dorky yukihira t.com on our site. We've also got the dorky geeky nerdy shop. Take a look through our Wares and see if anything strikes. Your fancy that covers the tutorial. So let's begin the game. The dorky round number one Nintendo released what portable game system in 1989. The Game Boy, I still have mine and it still works. Number two. What is the hero's name in The Legend of Zelda series? Link. Zelda is the princess. Number 3, Samus Aran is the heroine in what game series. Metroid. Number four. What is the name of Mario's dinosaur companion? Yoshi. Number 5. What does the dies in Nintendo DS? Stand for dual screen. Number six, what was the first Nintendo system to use an optical disc instead of a cartridge? The GameCube Nintendo went back to the cartridge format for the switch. Number seven. What racing series features characters from a variety of Nintendo franchises Mario Kart. Number 8. What sci-fi 3D rail shooter debuted on the SNES. On February 21st, 1993. Star Fox. Number 9, Mario, fends off viruses in what NES and Game Boy title. Dr. Mario Number 10. What fighting game franchise features characters from various Nintendo properties? Super Smash Brothers. the geeky round number one Mario made his video game debut in what game Donkey Kong. Number 2. Nintendo released what? Headache-inducing console in 1995. The Virtual Boy. Number three, what character paired up with Mario to compete in Virtual Olympic Games, Starting in 2016. Sonic the Hedgehog. Number four, though. Known as the Nintendo entertainment system or NES in the US, it was released as what in Japan. The famicom or family computer. Number 5 of all of Nintendo's, non portable consoles, which has sold the most units. The Wii. Number six, what was the best selling game for the Nintendo 64? Super Mario 64 to be fair. The game was bundled with the console. Number 7, who portrayed Mario in the less-than-stellar 1993 film. Bob Hoskins. Number 8, in what game is it considered rude to play as odd-job in multiplayer? GoldenEye 007. Number nine, Metroid switch from 2D to 3D in what game. Metroid Prime. Number 10, due in no small part to the pandemic. What became the second best-selling game for the Nintendo switch? Animal Crossing New Horizons. The nerdy round number one. What was the first Pokemon game without a color in its title? Pokemon Crystal. Ironically, it was released for the Game Boy Color. Number two. Donkey Kong returned to consoles in a big way with what Super NES title. Donkey Kong Country. Number 3, you could get your GameCube in how many different colors. For Indigo jet black platinum and orange spice. This last one was only available in Japan. Number for what console was codenamed Project Cafe. The Wii U. Number 5. What was the best-selling NES game? Not bundled with the console? Tetris. Number 6, Nintendo released its light gun for what 1972 game console. Magnavox Odyssey. Number 7, what was the name of the wireless controller that could be used with the GameCube? The wave bird. Number 8, the Animal Crossing series first debuted on what system? Do the first game was also released on the GameCube. The original debuted on the Nintendo 64. Number 9, what to Final Fantasy games were released for the NES outside. Japan? Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy XIII. Number 10, in 1959, Nintendo paired with what American entertainment company to produce card games. The Walt Disney Company. The Hope was to move away from the stigma of gambling with card games and we are done game over. How did you do this week? If Nintendo trivia wasn't your thing, maybe next week show will be more to your taste. Here's a clue for what's coming. What? Decade brought us the shining Friday. The 13th and the howling That'll be your last regular episode before the season 3 finale. Wow. This year has flown by see you back here next Wednesday. This has been episode 159 of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. The music has been provided by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com, check them out. If you need royalty, free music for your podcast, filmer, whatever you're making. I'm your host. Brian Rollins. Come find me at the Voices in my head.com from there. You can hunt me down on Facebook or Twitter and say hi. I love chatting with listeners. Thanks for listening. Immortality isn't just about living forever. 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