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50 free Wii U trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Wii U was Nintendo's great stumble: a console with a screen in its controller that much of the public never quite understood. Yet the people who bought one got some of the finest games Nintendo has made, and the sales charts show which ones they loved most. The best-selling Wii U game is Mario Kart 8, with 8.46 million copies sold. Super Mario 3D World (5.89 million), New Super Mario Bros. U (5.82 million) and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (5.38 million) come next, and Splatoon, New Super Luigi U and Mario Party 10 are among the other million-sellers. Twenty Wii U games passed the million mark in all, every one of them published by Nintendo in at least one region. This quiz covers those best-sellers and the cult favourites around them, along with the hardware, the launch and the people behind the machine. It suits anyone who owned a Wii U, anyone catching up on its games through later re-releases, and anyone who simply wants to know what topped the chart. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Splatoon's ink-spraying heroes on Wii U were first designed as which animals before becoming squid-like Inklings?
Rabbits
Rabbits were picked for their territorial habits, but colleagues across the company objected that bunnies shooting ink made no sense.
Q 02With 13.56 million sold, the Wii U outsold only which other Nintendo console, a mid-1990s commercial failure?
Virtual Boy
Virtual Boy sold just 770,000 units before it was pulled, which leaves the Wii U as Nintendo's lowest-selling home console.
Q 03Mario Kart 8, the best-selling Wii U game, lets racers drive along walls and ceilings using which new feature?
Anti-gravity
Anti-gravity won out over an earlier idea of karts drilling into the ground, which the designers discarded as less interesting.
Q 04Super Mario 3D World, the Wii U's second best-selling game, has a Super Bell power-up that turns heroes into what?
Cats
Cats can climb walls and scratch enemies, and the game's villain uses the same bell to become Meowser.
Q 05Weighed down by a heavy backpack, Captain Toad in the Wii U puzzle game Treasure Tracker cannot do what?
Jump
Jump is off the menu because designers found a leaping hero needed far bigger levels, so they picked a character whose backpack could excuse it.
Q 06In Mario Party 10's signature mode on Wii U, the GamePad player hunts four rivals as which villain?
Bowser
Bowser is controlled on the GamePad by a fifth player, and balancing that one-against-four pursuit was the developers' biggest challenge.
Q 07Which Zelda adventure was the final game Nintendo published for the Wii U, arriving the same day on its successor?
Breath of the Wild
Breath of the Wild made the usually left-handed Link right-handed, because the sword buttons sit on the right side of the Wii U GamePad.
Q 08Which toys-to-life figure line first went on sale in 2014 alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U?
Amiibo
Amiibo figures are read by an NFC sensor in the Wii U GamePad, and in the fighting game they could be trained as computer-controlled fighters.
Q 09Which Wii U social network, shut down in 2017, let players share hand-written notes and drawings in game communities?
Miiverse
Miiverse posts could surface inside games themselves, and human moderators screened them to keep out spoilers and anything inappropriate.
Q 10Which Capcom robot hero joined the fighter roster in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U?
Mega Man
Mega Man arrived alongside another third-party newcomer, Pac-Man, while Sega's Sonic returned from the previous game.
Q 11Which Final Fantasy VII character joined Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a downloadable fighter?
Cloud Strife
Cloud Strife was added after growing requests for Final Fantasy characters, bringing a Square Enix star into Nintendo's crossover brawler.
Q 12Which Super Smash Bros. creator began work on the Wii U entry only after finishing Kid Icarus: Uprising?
Masahiro Sakurai
Masahiro Sakurai had long balanced every fighter single-handedly, but for this game he brought in more staff to sharpen competitive balance.
Q 13Which character replaces Mario as a playable hero in New Super Luigi U on Wii U?
Nabbit
Nabbit shrugs off enemy damage but cannot use power-ups; he first appeared in the base game as a thief who steals items from Toad.
Q 21Which capital city, overrun by the undead, is the setting of the Wii U launch exclusive ZombiU?
London
London was chosen for its dark history, Jack the Ripper included, and because the 2012 Olympics had put the city in the spotlight.
Q 22Which undercover police officer is the hero of Lego City Undercover, first released on Wii U?
Chase McCain
Chase McCain returns from two years of exile to recapture escaped crime boss Rex Fury, in a story written for the game rather than borrowed from a film.
Q 23Kirby and the Rainbow Curse on Wii U was given a handmade look, as if made from which material?
Clay
Clay figures unlocked from hidden treasure chests can be viewed in the game, and its animation was kept at a low frame rate to look like claymation.
Q 14Which Super Mario Galaxy character is the unlockable fifth playable hero in Super Mario 3D World on Wii U?
Rosalina
Rosalina brings her spin attack from the Galaxy games but is the slowest runner, while Yoshi was planned and then dropped for overlapping with other abilities.
Q 15In the Wii U launch game New Super Mario Bros. U, a new power-up suit dresses Mario as which animal?
Flying squirrel
Flying squirrel suits let players glide and cling to walls, and the designer created the power-up to open up freer movement in the air.
Q 16Which minigame collection was packed in with the Wii U Deluxe Set when the console launched?
Nintendo Land
Nintendo Land turns series such as Zelda and Metroid into twelve attractions, built to show off the GamePad the way Wii Sports sold the Wii Remote.
Q 17In Pikmin 3 on Wii U, three captains from the planet Koppai are sent to gather what?
Fruit
Fruit is the goal because Koppai has run short of food, and the story's ending changes with how much of it the player brings home.
Q 18The Snowmads who freeze Donkey Kong's island in Tropical Freeze on Wii U are themed on which seafaring raiders?
Vikings
Vikings inspired the walruses, owls and penguins of the Snowmad fleet, who sail in from the northern seas on Donkey Kong's birthday.
Q 19Which Koei Tecmo hack-and-slash series lent its mass battles to a 2014 Zelda spin-off on Wii U?
Dynasty Warriors
Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force made the crossover, Hyrule Warriors, with help from Team Ninja on its one-on-one combat.
Q 20Which action heroine's 2014 sequel became a Wii U exclusive after Nintendo funded a game Sega had shelved?
Bayonetta
Bayonetta's first outing was published by Sega on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and Sega stayed on the sequel only as a consultant.
Q 24In Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U, what are the transformable mechs that players unlock midway through called?
Skells
Skells switch between a walking mode and a driving mode, run on limited fuel, and are covered by insurance that pays for repairs.
Q 25In Star Fox Zero on Wii U, Fox McCloud pilots which fighter craft that can transform into a two-legged Walker?
Arwing
Arwing cockpit views fill the GamePad screen to help with aiming, and the Walker form was borrowed from the long-unreleased Star Fox 2.
Q 26Which cel-shaded Zelda sea adventure from the GameCube was remastered in HD for the Wii U in 2013?
The Wind Waker
The Wind Waker gained a Swift Sail in its remaster to speed up crossing the Great Sea, and the GamePad screen became a map and inventory.
Q 27Which 2015 Wii U release marked a famous plumber's 30th anniversary by letting players build and share courses?
Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker began life as a tool for Nintendo's own level designers, until the team saw its potential as a standalone game.
Q 28Which real vehicle maker's designs were added to Mario Kart 8 on Wii U as downloadable karts in 2014?
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz supplied three karts based on its past and present cars, after Mario, Luigi and Peach starred in Japanese adverts for the GLA.
Q 29Before its unveiling at E3 2011, the Wii U was rumoured in the press under which codename?
Project Café
Project Café leaked two months before the reveal, with reports correctly predicting that the new machine would still run Wii software.
Q 30Which Nintendo of America president unveiled the Wii U on stage at the E3 2011 press conference?
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Reggie Fils-Aimé later called the console a necessary step towards Nintendo's next machine, and predicted it would be remembered fondly.