Q 01/05

In the original Super Mario Bros., what does Mario touch to collapse the bridge under Bowser?

A) A lever

B) An axe

C) A hammer

D) A star

Answer · why

B) An axe

An axe: touching it cuts the bridge and drops Bowser into the lava, though a Mario armed with fireballs can also finish him off without ever reaching ...

Q 02/05

Bowser sits out Super Mario Bros. 2, where which villain takes his place?

A) Wart

B) Tatanga

C) Wario

D) King K. Rool

Answer · why

A) Wart

Wart, a tyrant frog who has cursed the dream world of Subcon: the Western Super Mario Bros. 2 was a reworked version of another Japanese game, Doki Do...

Q 03/05

In which 1996 Super Nintendo game does Bowser join Mario's party after losing his own castle?

A) Paper Mario

B) Yoshi's Island

C) Super Mario RPG

D) Super Mario World

Answer · why

C) Super Mario RPG

Super Mario RPG: with his castle seized and his army deserting him, Bowser saves face by declaring Mario an honorary member of the Koopa Troop and tag...

Q 04/05

Which Nintendo designer pointed out that the early Bowser looked more like a turtle than an ox?

A) Takashi Tezuka

B) Yoichi Kotabe

C) Koji Kondo

D) Satoru Iwata

Answer · why

A) Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka made the point, and animator Yoichi Kotabe then redrew Bowser to look like the leader of the turtle-like Koopa Troopas.

Q 05/05

Bowser was first drawn as an ox, after a demon king in an anime film of which Chinese novel?

A) Romance of the Three Kingdoms

B) Journey to the West

C) Water Margin

D) Dream of the Red Chamber

Answer · why

B) Journey to the West

Journey to the West: the Toei film, released in America as Alakazam the Great, features the Ox Demon King, the villain Miyamoto had in mind for Mario'...