Q 01/05

Who created Kirby?

A) Shigeru Miyamoto

B) Satoru Iwata

C) Masahiro Sakurai

D) Gunpei Yokoi

Answer · why

C) Masahiro Sakurai

He designed the character and directed the first game at HAL Laboratory when he was 19. He later created Super Smash Bros. and founded Sora Ltd. in 20...

Q 02/05

How old was the character's creator when he designed Kirby and directed the first game?

A) 17

B) 19

C) 23

D) 27

Answer · why

B) 19

Kirby's Dream Land was his directorial debut. HAL's president at the time, Satoru Iwata, later ran Nintendo.

Q 03/05

Kirby first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land in 1992 on which system?

A) NES

B) SNES

C) Game Boy Color

D) Game Boy

Answer · why

D) Game Boy

The monochrome screen is why nobody outside HAL knew what colour he was, and why the North American box art painted him white.

Q 04/05

What was Kirby called during development, when the first game had a different working title?

A) Puffy

B) Popopo

C) Pinky

D) Twinkle

Answer · why

B) Popopo

The name Kirby came late. Shigeru Miyamoto has said it was chosen partly to honour John Kirby, the lawyer who defended Nintendo against Universal over...

Q 05/05

According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Kirby's name partly honours John Kirby. Who was he?

A) A HAL Laboratory programmer

B) The lawyer who defended Nintendo against Universal

C) A Nintendo of America marketing chief

D) The founder of the Kirby vacuum company

Answer · why

B) The lawyer who defended Nintendo against Universal

The 1984 Universal City Studios v. Nintendo case established that Donkey Kong did not infringe King Kong. The vacuum-cleaner theory is the popular alt...