JECHT
Round 3 – Vanilla Dome
Tossups
1) One level in this game has the main character piloting a giant bee through an urban war zone while another has that character pedaling a lost king’s tricycle through an obstacle filled cavern while pursued by a tidal wave. Among this game’s minor characters include a cat that you must defeat in a game of dodgeball during a winter festival and a young man named Terran who is a descendant of the legendary Blockman. The game’s villains include the three members of the Beastector: Lunar, Taurus and Merco who each pilot a large robotic vehicle which join together Power Rangers style for an epic final battle. The game is entirely set on the Planet Clancer, where the protagonist’s creator Dr. Theo is kidnapped while performing research. Called Yuke Yuke Troublemakers in Japan, FTP, identify this side-scrolling N64 game developed by Enix that stars Intergalactic Cybot-G Marina. Shake, shake!
ANSWER: Mischief Makers (accept “Yuke Yuke Troublemakers” before mentioned)
2) On the title screen for this game, the player can press on different letters in the title to activate such effects as a bomb going off, a wiggly screen with distorted music, and having one of the letters fall to the bottom of the screen. After leaving the title screen, there is a short animation of two men performing sit-ups and in-game by using the rocket command, the player can eliminate everything on the screen. A minigame titled “Coffee Break” was included in this game which features a gloved hand attacking such enemies as winged bombs, tiny gnats and the giant Fly King. One of the more popular aspects of this game was a musical composer that featured swans as violin notes, hearts as bass, Game Boys for synth as well as pigs, dogs and babies to create different sounds. Bundled with the Super Nintendo Mouse, FTP, identify this art game that is named after Nintendo’s mascot.
ANSWER: Mario Paint
3) In one game, an Italian-American man named Furio posed as this character after poisoning a computer programmer named Glen. After the vanishing of Enigmar, this character adopts as a daughter a young girl named Trucy who has a pair of magic panties and like Mr. Garrison, a puppet named Mr. Hat. In his college years, this character studied art and was once tried for the murder of his girlfriend’s former lover, Douglas Swallow, but it was later revealed that the girlfriend herself was the criminal by this character’s now dear friend Mia Fey. When this character was nine-years-old, he was blamed for stealing the lunch money of his friend and current rival, Miles Edgeworth. Once referred to as ‘porcupine head’ by an opponent, FTP, name this spikey-haired poker player and Ace Attorney, the star of his namesake courtroom simulator by Capcom.
ANSWER: Phoenix Wright
4) The most recent incarnation of this series features a glitch in which if the player loses his last life at the same moment he defeats a boss, he will be given 99 lives instead of a game over. One game in this series features the prevention of Colonel Bahamut dominating the world by wolf-human cyborg, Brad Fang and a robot named Browny. In the third game in this series, there are two Mode 7 enabled overhead labels that take place in a ruined city and an alien-insect infested desert. The games’ villains include two alien overlords named Black Viper and Red Falcon who are hunted down and destroyed by the bad-ass Lance Bean and Bill Rizer. With the first game considered extremely difficult, even when using the 30 lives code, FTP, identify this testosterone pumped run-and-gun Konami series that employs the use of the iconic spread gun and once had its named changed to avoid associations with a US-Iran conflict.
ANSWER: Contra or Probotector
5) In one ending of the game this character appears in, he can be seen walking toward a statue located in a cathedral and in another, an old wedding video shows him to be an old relative of one of the other playable characters. This character studied sword-play under one of the Knights of the Square Table who is known for his powerful Nirvana Strike. He is first encountered when he helps the protagonists defeat a group of monstrous snake women called Naga-ettes to save Queen Nadia and in a later scene his uses his trademark weapon to cut a mountain in half. Although he shares his true name, true appearance and the X-Strike attack with Glenn of Chrono Cross fame, it has been confirmed that they are not the same character. Hailing from 600 A.D., FTP, identify this wielder of the legendary sword Masamune and amphibian member of the Chrono Trigger party.
ANSWER: Frog (prompt on Glenn before mentioned)
6) The screams made by defeated enemies in this game are digitized versions of sounds ripped from the movies Rambo: First Blood and Conan the Barbarian. Console ports of this arcade game usually included an extra Duel Mode in which players either fought each other or against preset enemies without healing items or magic. This game was notable for its use of “bizarrians” which were riding creatures such as the Chicken-Leg which attacked using its tail and the more powerful fire-breathing red and blue dragons. Characters in this game include the dwarf, Gilius who has lightning spells and the Amazon warrior, Tyris who utilizes deadly fire magic. Set in the fantasy realm of Yuria, FTP, identify this 1989 side scrolling hack-and-slash game produced by Sega named after a certain gilded weapon.
ANSWER: Golden Axe
7) A revamped version of this game subtitled The Hyperstone Heist appeared on the Sega Genesis but was much shorter and blended elements of this game’s levels together. Additions to the SNES version from the Arcade version of this game include the addition of the Rat King as a boss in the third level and a new fourth level where the players must throw henchmen toward the screen to hit an off-screen boss in a giant robotic tank. The Neon Night Riders stage deviates from the side-scrolling action of the other levels and instead features the characters on futuristic forward-scrolling skateboards in the year 2020. Other levels include a prehistoric themed level, the streets of New York City and a pirate ship themed level in which Tokka and Rahzar are fought in the Arcade version and Bebop and Rocksteady are fought on the SNES. FTP, identify this 1991 Konami beat-em-up game in which Raphael, Leonardo and the other two protagonists travel through the past, present and future.
ANSWER: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV:Turtles in Time (prompt on partial answer)
8) In the unreleased prototype for the first game this character appeared in, he wears a tan trenchcoat and is pictured with a bloodhound. In a non-canon game on the Game Boy Color, this character was sent to eliminate a prototype weapon thought to be found on the luxury liner, the Starlight. In his most recent appearance, he has delivered the hilarious one-liners of “Where is everybody going?Bingo?” in response to villagers leaving after a church bell rings and “Your right hand comes off?” which is said to Ramon Salazar after a threat. In another game, he sneaks through a military quarantine during a police operation and meets up with fellow zombie-apocalypse survivor, Claire Redfield. A RaccoonCity police officer, FTP, identify this character that had starring playable roles in both Resident Evil 2 and 4.
ANSWER: Leon ScottKennedy (accept either underlined part)
9) One character created by this developer is a guardian angel with both male and female forms depending on its dominant attribute named Zohar while another character is a parasitic creature capable of inhabiting both animal and machine, Epsilon-Eagle. In addition to the games Silhouette Mirage and Alien Soldier, this developer was responsible for creating for Nintendo the Gamecube game, WarioWorld. Another game by this company is currently the most expensive game on the Wii’s Virtual Console and is a rail shooter that has Saki attempting to defeat creatures called ‘ruffians’, Sin and Punishment. One game made by this company for the Sega Genesis featured a star-puppet that used his detachable head to defeat enemies while another game was a unique shoot-em-up where players must alternate between black and white colored spaceships. Founded in 1992 by Masato Maegawa, FTP, identify this third-party developer known for creating Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy and Ikaruga.
ANSWER: Treasure
10) Enemies in this game include the Pluton Fly which in addition to being invincible can steal your weapons on contact forcing you to buy them back on the Black Market and Komayto, an enemy that looks almost identical to the Metroid, but instead attacks by ramming rather than attaching and draining energy. A little known sequel to this game was released on the Game Boy which added a hammer item used to break certain walls in addition to the previous game’s Pegasus Wings which allowed flight and the continuously firing Light Arrows. Each of these items is bestowed on the player by the goddess, Palutena. When the hero is defeated, a screen is displayed with the words “I’m Finished” and then is given the arduously long Sacred Words as a password to continue. Involving a quest to defeat the evil Medusa, FTP, identify this 1986 NES game that features the heroic adventures of Pit in Angel Land.
ANSWER: Kid Icarus
11) A man holding one of these objects in one game is associated with the phrase “Fuzzy Pickles” and in Donkey Kong 64 one of these objects is required to obtain the various banana fairies located around DK Island. Another of these objects is given to you by the clerk of a swamp boat ride center and can be used to net a Heart Piece by using it on the Deku King. In Dark Cloud 2, this item can be used to collect ideas for creating new inventions and in certain missions in Pilotwings 64, one of these is used while riding the hang-glider. In Bioshock, Jack can increase his strength and defenses against different Splicers by using this item to research his enemies and in Super Mario 64, it is revealed that Lakitus control these objects from the end of their fishing hooks and can be controlled using the C-buttons. FTP, identify this type of object used to defeat ghosts in the Fatal Frame series by sealing their souls in film.
ANSWER: cameras
12) A trading card featuring this character has the effect that when it is put into play, the rest of the player’s allies are exhausted until the next turn. In this character’s most recent inventory, he holds the Libram of Divine Judgement which can grant up to 200 attack power and a ring called Angelista’s Revenge. In one scenario, he and his companions, Spiffy and Forekin were subjected to their predicted 2/3 failure rate after stepping on dragonwhelp eggs in the Rookery of Blackrock Spire. When one of his fellow members of “Pals for Life” refers to this character as “stupid as hell”, he simply replies “At least I have chicken.” Created by Ben Schultz, FTP, identify this human paladin from the World of Warcraft that has become an internet phenomenon for saying “Alright chums, let’s do this!” before shouting his namesake battle cry.
ANSWER: Leeroy Jenkins
13) In response to the protagonist’s questioning of a character named Cynder’s behavior, this character claims that Cynder is ‘Evil, Monstrous, Big and Sexy’. This character has been playable in several minigames including a rail-shooter in A Hero’s Tale and a number of overhead maze-like games in Season of Ice. This character was born from a yellow egg the same time his best friend was hatched from a red egg and they first met when the said friend saved this character from a bird. This character serves as a living health bar for his companion starting as gold and then after subsequent hits turning blue to red and then vanishing. By destroying small creatures called fodder, this character is able to create and eat butterflies in order to regain the player’s health. Voiced in the past by Wayne Brady and David Spade, FTP, identify this comic-relief character, a dragonfly protector and companion of Spyro the Dragon.
ANSWER: Sparx the Dragonfly
14)This character is apparently fluent in the Monkey-style martial arts as well as Hapkido and in one game he has wielded a weapon called the Troll Hammer. In this character’s first appearance, he could be fought by winning 50 straight matches and borrowed his move set from another character. In Deadly Alliance, this character found the inert body of the cybernetic ninja, Smoke while searching the ruins of Shao Khan’s fortress and reprogrammed him in order to create an army of cyber-demons. When this character was first given an original moveset, he had the extremely cheap special attacks of a catatonic blast that made the opponent temporarily disabled and the ability of throwing a shadow duplicate of himself. The original Sub-Zero, FTP, identify this black-outfitted ninja from the Mortal Kombat series whose name is derived from creators’ Ed Boon and John Tobias names backwards.
ANSWER: Noob Saibot
15) [BC] While enemies in the second game can be stunned or killed by running into them with the buggy, in the first game they are defeated by using the namesake blaster. Aside from the changing of the main task between the first and second games in this series, the main character is assisted by Chip in the second game instead of Telly Vision and the enemies change from robotic spiders to Smoglings and Smogglobs. The spoon and the squirter carry over from the first game but the mug and toothbrush do not and are replaced with a host of vehicles, clippers, and a boom box. The boom box is filled with tunes, such as those learned from Kid Kombo, and are used to make flowers dance and sprout seeds. One of the side tasks in the first game is to help Mort win the love of Princess Pitts and to collect all of the hidden Frog Rings. With its main character initially bought by Mr. Sanderson for his daughter Jenny, FTP, identify this game series about the namesake 4-inch high robot who cleans the house and patrols parks.
ANSWER: Chibi-Robo
16) Some minor sites in this location include an automated shop that shoots at the player with a Gatling gun when they enter and a gym staffed by a bunch of squat-loving homosexuals. A major portion of this location contains a number of broken railroads and toppled and wrecked passenger cars; a haunted place known as the Train Graveyard. The working trains in this city spiral around the main support structure and are equipped with sensors designed to scan each passenger’s ID. It is said that each of this place’s eight main towns used to have individual names but now are merely referred to as numbered slums. Sector Five of this city houses a large church and is one of the only places where flowers are able to grow; the said garden being tended by Aeris Gainsborough. The sub-facto capital of Gaia, FTP, identify this dystopian city run by the Shin-ra company, the starting location in Final Fantasy VII that sounds similar to the land of men in Norse myth.
ANSWER: Midgar
17)A recurring joke involving this character involves him seeing a poster on the wall and saying “Circus? I love circus!” In the third game this character appears in, he manages to use a pepper mill, a fallen rope and some oil of flask in order to blow-up the Rollercoaster of Death. In another game, this character attempts to stop the Australian developer Ozzie Mandrill who wishes to transform the character into a well-to-do individual and confuses him with his bizarre slang. This character has competed and won a number of insult swordfights and in the first game used a spray of root beer to save his love interest, Elaine Marley from the evil ghost pirate LeChuck. With the ability to hold his breath for 10 minutes, FTP, identify this lanky blonde hero and protagonist of the MonkeyIsland series.
ANSWER: GuybrushThreepwood (accept either)
18) In one game, this character is unlocked after defeating 1000 enemies located throughout the game’s courses and rides on a Wheelie. In the minigame, “Quick Draw”, he is the fourth opponent after Chef Kawasaki and is defeated using a blue and white megaphone. He is also the commander of several monsters including the cannon-toting blimp Kaboola and the bomb throwing Poppy Brothers. This character’s fortress is located on his namesake mountain has a fully-equipped boxing area and rooms that resemble areas encountered earlier in the game such as Bubbly Clouds, the Float Islands and Green Greens. In the adventure mode of Smash Bros. Brawl, he places pins on dead characters to revive them after they have fallen and as a playable character, there is an 8% chance that this character will throw a spiked Gordo using his Forward-B attack. The ruler of Dreamland, FTP, identify this hammer-wielding blue penguin, the major villain of the Kirby series.