Q 01/05

Nintendo was founded in 1889 to make which traditional game?

A) Shogi

B) Hanafuda

C) Backgammon

D) Mahjong

Answer · why

B) Hanafuda

Hanafuda, or 'flower cards', were hand-made by founder Fusajiro Yamauchi; Nintendo never dropped the line and was still selling hanafuda decks in the ...

Q 02/05

What was the first video game system Nintendo ever made, a series of dedicated consoles sold only in Japan from 1977?

A) Famicom

B) Color TV-Game

C) Super Famicom

D) Game & Watch

Answer · why

B) Color TV-Game

Color TV-Game began in 1977 with a machine playing six Pong variations, licensed from Magnavox and built with Mitsubishi, which supplied the manufactu...

Q 03/05

The character later known as Mario first appeared, as 'Jumpman', in which 1981 arcade game?

A) Popeye

B) Mario Bros.

C) Radar Scope

D) Donkey Kong

Answer · why

D) Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong cast Mario, then called Jumpman, as a carpenter on a building site; he only became a plumber in 1983's Mario Bros., set among underground ...

Q 04/05

Which Nintendo designer co-created The Legend of Zelda series alongside Shigeru Miyamoto?

A) Satoru Iwata

B) Koji Kondo

C) Takashi Tezuka

D) Gunpei Yokoi

Answer · why

C) Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka helped Miyamoto design the 1986 original, then directed Link's Awakening, asking for its villagers to be 'suspicious types' like the ca...

Q 05/05

Which Nintendo handheld launched in 2001 with a 32-bit ARM processor?

A) Game Boy Advance

B) Game Boy Color

C) Nintendo DS

D) Game Boy Micro

Answer · why

A) Game Boy Advance

The Game Boy Advance's unlit screen was hard to see in dim rooms, a shortcoming Nintendo fixed in 2003 with the front-lit, folding Game Boy Advance SP...