Q 01/05

Who created the Super Smash Bros. series?

A) Masahiro Sakurai

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

C) Eiji Aonuma

D) Satoru Iwata

Answer · why

A) Masahiro Sakurai

He had already created Kirby at HAL Laboratory when he was 19; Iwata handled the programming on the first Smash.

Q 02/05

Instead of a health bar, how does Super Smash Bros. track how hurt a fighter is?

A) A shrinking shield

B) A damage percentage that rises

C) A stamina clock

D) A number of hearts

Answer · why

B) A damage percentage that rises

The higher the percentage, the further a hit sends you, so the goal is to knock rivals off the stage rather than to zero.

Q 03/05

What was the working title of the prototype that became Super Smash Bros.?

A) Kirby's Fighting Dream League

B) Nintendo All-Stars Battle Royale

C) Dragon King: The Fighting Game

D) Brawl Royale: Legends Collide

Answer · why

C) Dragon King: The Fighting Game

Sakurai built it without permission and only showed Miyamoto once the four-character demo was balanced.

Q 04/05

Which four fighters were in the demo that persuaded Shigeru Miyamoto to allow Nintendo characters in Smash?

A) Mario, Link, Kirby and Pikachu

B) Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Kirby

C) Link, Samus, Fox and Ness

D) Mario, Fox, Samus and Donkey Kong

Answer · why

D) Mario, Fox, Samus and Donkey Kong

Miyamoto had initially rejected the idea of using Nintendo's characters at all.

Q 05/05

Which studio developed the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64?

A) HAL Laboratory

B) Rare

C) Intelligent Systems

D) Game Freak

Answer · why

A) HAL Laboratory

The same studio made Kirby; the game reached Japan on 21 January 1999 and North America that April.