Q 01/05

The original Legend of Zelda grew out of its lead designer's boyhood adventures in which Japanese region's countryside?

A) Hokkaido

B) Kyoto

C) Okinawa

D) Osaka

Answer · why

B) Kyoto

Kyoto's countryside is where the future designer, as a boy, found a cave and later came back to go inside.

Q 02/05

Link was the GameCube-exclusive guest fighter in which fighting game?

A) Tekken Tag Tournament

B) Dead or Alive 3

C) Soulcalibur II

D) Bloody Roar: Primal Fury

Answer · why

C) Soulcalibur II

Soulcalibur II gave each console its own guest, so Link fought on GameCube while Spawn went to Xbox and Tekken's Heihachi to PlayStation 2.

Q 03/05

Which Zelda II villager's odd self-introduction became a famous gaming meme?

A) Error

B) Bagu

C) Mido

D) Saria

Answer · why

A) Error

Error's line 'I am Error' became a meme, and he likely forms a two-part joke with Bagu, a character whose name translates as 'bug'.

Q 04/05

Which village does Link call home at the start of Twilight Princess?

A) Kakariko Village

B) Ordon Village

C) Hateno Village

D) Mabe Village

Answer · why

B) Ordon Village

Ordon Village is where Link works as a ranch hand until Twilight engulfs Hyrule and drags him into the fight to lift it.

Q 05/05

Link has been playable in every entry of which fighting game series?

A) Street Fighter

B) Super Smash Bros.

C) Pokkén Tournament

D) Custom Robo

Answer · why

B) Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. began as a prototype with original fighters, until its director swapped them for Nintendo's own famous characters.