Q 01/05

Which Super Mario game arrived in the Switch's first year, 2017?

A) Galaxy

B) 3D World

C) Sunshine

D) Odyssey

Answer · why

D) Odyssey

Odyssey. In Super Mario Odyssey, Mario throws his cap to take control of enemies, and the game sold nine million copies within about two months.

Q 02/05

What codename did Nintendo use for the Switch before its official unveiling?

A) Revolution

B) NX

C) Dolphin

D) Project Café

Answer · why

B) NX

NX. Nintendo kept the hardware hidden under that name, and Shigeru Miyamoto said it skipped E3 2016 because the company was worried about imitators.

Q 03/05

What are the Switch's detachable wireless controllers called?

A) Wiimotes

B) Nunchuks

C) Joy-Con

D) Switch Pads

Answer · why

C) Joy-Con

Joy-Con. Turned sideways, each half works as a small controller of its own, so two people can play straight out of the box.

Q 04/05

Which Nintendo console did the Switch succeed?

A) GameCube

B) Wii

C) Nintendo 3DS

D) Wii U

Answer · why

D) Wii U

Wii U. It sold only 13.56 million units in its whole life, a total the Switch passed within ten months of going on sale.

Q 05/05

What does Nintendo call playing the Switch propped on its kickstand on a flat surface?

A) Tabletop mode

B) Stand mode

C) Party mode

D) Desk mode

Answer · why

A) Tabletop mode

Tabletop mode. It sits beside TV mode and handheld mode as one of three official ways to play, and the 2021 OLED model swapped the original kickstand ...