JECHT
Round 1 – Yoshi’s Island
Tossups
1) After finding a certain item in the ruins of this character’s home and receiving another after obtaining a time of 0:00 in a race, this character is able to utilize his most powerful weapon. A younger version of this character can be found in the Destiny Islands holding a wooden sword and in another game, a case of mistaken identity for this character leads to the founding of the treasure-hunting organization, the Gullwings. His unfamiliarity with the world once caused him to butcher a location’s name as “Macarena” and he continuously had to blame his ignorance on the effects of a powerful toxin several times throughout the game. At one point, is given an aqua blue sword called Brotherhood due to his resemblance to Chappu and earlier, was thrown by his father’s friend, Auron, one thousand years into the future to a world called Spira. The star player for the Zanarkand Abes, FTP, identify this son of Jecht, the main protagonist of Final Fantasy X [ten].
ANSWER: Tidus
2) In Mario Party 8, these creatures can be found feeding Chain Chomps in a barn while in Warioware: Smooth Moves, these creatures are seen flying through the sky until a player fails a microgame, having them fall Icarus-style to the ground. In the latter game mentioned, a microgame features one of these creatures answering a trivia question while using the Elephant motion to respond. These entities also make a cameo appearance in Metroid Prime: Corruption on the dashboard of Samus’ Starship as bobblehead dolls while they are also present in the parking lot of Coconut Mall in the most recent incarnation of Mario Kart. Recently, a new channel was formed to “Check these Out” and allows players to create versions of these entities to compete in look-alike contests. The spiritual successor to the DS’ caricature software, FTP, identify these humorously large-headed avatars used on the Nintendo Wii.
ANSWER: Mii
3) Players can purchase items such as the Isis Scroll or Excalibur in Merlin’s Mystery Shop which is strangely located behind a secret door in the Armstrong Tunnel. Other notable shops and restaurants in this game include a sauna where you can recover some health, “Read All About It!” a bookstore where the protagonists can buy magazines to learn new abilities and Merv’s Burger Joint where you can purchase a smile for free. Throughout the game, the players will encounter a number of street gangs such as the Frat Boys, the Squids, the Zombies and the Dudes – all of which exclaim “BARF!” when defeated whether by fist, chain or wooden crate. Made by the people who brought you Double Dragon, FTP, identify this NES side scrolling beat-em-up game that features Ryan with the help of Alex attempting to save his girlfriend held hostage in the title high school.
ANSWER: River City Ransom
4) A first-person shooter that takes its name from this object will be released for the Nintendo DS later this year and features Major Kane exploring a mysterious hatch. In a classic Rare game for the NES, two snakes called Rattle and Roll eat Nibbly-Pibblys in a race to reach one of these objects. In Okami, a giant fish called the Whopper is said to have swallowed one of these objects and Amaterasu learns how to draw them from a god in the form of a rabbit. In Blast Corps, the first unlockable demolition time trial stage is located on a place of this type. In Super Mario World, picking up an item shaped like one of these objects nets Mario three extra lives while in Final Fantasy IV, the party rides the airship Invincible to reach this location where they encounter a race called the Lunarians. Having its own ‘Patrol’ in a classic arcade game, FTP, identify this object that threatens to destroy Termina by falling from the sky in Majora’s Mask.
ANSWER: Moons
5) Entering a character’s name as “SUPERMAN” in this game bestows immortality upon that character. Examining a cemetery early on in this game reveals an epitaph that reads “here lies andy. peperoni and chease”. Music in this game only plays upon reaching the next stage and contains clips of such well-known tunes as “Skip to my Lou”, “Auld Lang Syne” and “Yankee Doodle”. A minigame at the end of this game involves dodging rocks while rafting down a river and then parking that raft after a third directional sign can be seen. In modern versions, a certain portion of this game is played using a crosshair, but in the older varieties a little man is controlled with the arrow keys as he only brings back 250 out of 900 pounds of food while hunting. Currently in its fifth edition since its inception in 1971, FTP, identify this classic educational game where your family can die from drowning after fording a river or from dysentery.
ANSWER: The Oregon Trail
6) In a remake of the classic arcade game, Flicky, by giving this character 50 of a certain item, he will transport you to a bonus stage that involves running on a wooden rope bridge across a pit of lava. In another game, this character controls four members of a comical detective organization such as Charmy Bee and Mighty the Armadillo with rubber band-like tethers. In a more recent game, this character had developed a friendly rivalry with a white female bat and in his first appearance he often hindered the main character by stepping on switches that would cause blackouts or destroy bridges. This character’s in-game abilities include gliding by trapping air under his dreadlocks and punching through certain walls using his namesake spikes on his hands. First appearing in Sonic 3, FTP, identify this character, a red echidna with an attitude problem.
ANSWER: Knuckles the Echidna
7) One character in this game agrees to help a large-breasted priestess explore the ruins of a sunken ship claiming that he would ‘do anything for those two’, while at a different point, another character steals a legendary sword from a village in hope that it will glow silver. Other prominent characters include Hayabusa, a turnip-digging champion and the daughter of a bamboo cutter, Kaguya. Special moves in this game involve using a calming mist to slow down time, creating gusts of wind and causing cherry trees to blossom while Praise can be earned by feeding animals or helping villagers in order to upgrade health or the size of the character’s inkpot. Recently ported to the Wii to make use of the Celestial Brush, FTP, identify this 2006 action-adventure game from Capcom whose art style mimics that of the ukiyo-e and which you play as Amaterasu in the form of a white wolf.
ANSWER: Okami
8) By examining a chair in this location, the player will find an item called ‘???” [Triple Question mark] and will be asked by an elderly woman to put it down. In one area of this place, the 64th Trivia Quiz-Off Competition was held while another location in this site is home to a pair of golden rabbits. Players can drain the water surrounding this location by pounding down two pillars leading to a secret area where an invisibility item can be found. Several of this building’s inhabitants were once trapped within its walls and in that game there were portals to worlds such as Lethal Lava Land and Bob-omb Battlefield via large wall paintings. Recently seen pulled into outer space by Bowser, FTP, identify this iconic location in the Mario series, the home of the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.
ANSWER: Princess Peach’s Castle or (Mushroom Kingdom Castle)
9) In the first level of this game, two players can repeatedly tap the attack button in order to lift up a police car which can subsequently be thrown at enemies and the boss of that stage is a pro-wrestler who has a problem keeping his pants up. The third stage in this game features enemies such as umbrella-wielding businessmen and a scene where enemy zombies dance ala “Thriller”. Bonus stages found in this game include tapping buttons to blow-up a balloon and slapping the playable characters awake after the Nightmare stage which includes enemies like lightning-throwing devils, men in radiation suits and flying saxophones. The game was praised for the use of team-up attacks between characters such as holding hands to clothesline enemies and each character used a different weapon such as a vacuum cleaner, jump rope and skateboard. A 1991 arcade game by Konami, FTP, name this side-scrolling beat-em up game that featured the title family attempting to rescue Maggie from Mr. Burns and Smithers.
ANSWER: The Simpsons Arcade Game
10) This person’s early work includes the audio for the 3D glasses equipped NES game, Jumpin’ Jack and a Japan-only Famicom game starring none other than Tom Sawyer. Another of this man’s pieces was used in the NES driving game, Rad Racer which later was borrowed by Homestar Runner to become the Stinkoman theme song. In addition to composing the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the opening fanfare for Play! A Video Game Orchestra, this man has released full albums such as 1994’s Phantasmagoria and 1999’s Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec which included tracks such as “Eyes on Me” and “Liberi Fatali”. In 2003, this composer founded a hard rock group that would perform covers of his works such as “Other World”, “Dancing Mad” and “JENOVA” and this group is called the Black Mages. The creator of themes for such characters as Celes Chere and Aeris Gainsborough, FTP, identify this Japanese composer, best known for his work on the Final Fantasy series
ANSWER: Nobuo Uematsu (accept either)
11) In an official manga, it is revealed that this character is able to revive itself time after time by consuming dead corpses. In one game, this character is seen frozen in the main deck of the BSL and is shattered upon the player’s entrance despite later appearing as a boss due to the ability of the X to mimic other species. In a different game, this character is defeated in a Leviathan Core by stunning him by aiming at his mouth and then ripping off his armor to expose his wounds. In “The Subspace Emissary”, this character is fought while fleeing on the Falcon Flyer and in his second appearance in any game he clutches a jar containing an infant organism in his talons. A pivotal day for this character was when he lead an invasion of the colony K-2L, an event that led to the deaths of the parents of Samus Aran. Existing in cybernetic Omega and ‘Meta’ incarnations, FTP, identify this general of the Space Pirates, a giant purple dragon from the Metroid series.
ANSWER: Ridley
12) In one game, a character with this name is thrown into a dungeon shortly after his wife is forced to marry a half-tiger-half-man Rugnor, while another character with this epithet once rode a magical horse to a temple where he learned that he must ‘die’ in order to receive the power of The Flame. In a 2010 movie based on the games, this character will be portrayed by none other than Jake Gyllenhaal and will be given the name Dastan. In an upcoming game set for release this Fall, he will be accompanied by a female character named Elika who uses her magic to revive this character after falling to his death. In a different game, a character of this name obtains a magical dagger from a woman named Farah which allows him to utilize such powers as slowing and reversing time. FTP, identify this character that appears in such games as the Sands of Time and might also name the son of the ruler of a land once ruled by Xerxes.
ANSWER: The Prince of Persia
13) Actions of this man that occur before the events of the game include promoting a plumber due to his savvy use of brass bathroom fixtures rather than tin ones and giving the key to an entertainment district to an aspiring artist. At one point this character tells that he “is not the giddy socialite that can be slapped around by government muscle” while at another he tells that “all things are connected by the great chain of endeavor”. The final confrontation with this character involves him forcing the game’s protagonist, Jack, to kill him using only a golf club – a scheme planned by his former partner, Frank Fontaine. This person was driven to his current location after being disgusted by the creation of the atomic bomb and dreamed of creating a society free of government influence and the ordinary people he calls “Parasites”. The founder of the underwater city Rapture, FTP, ‘would you kindly’ name this man, the main antagonist of 2K Games’ Bioshock.
ANSWER: Andrew Ryan (accept either)
14) In one game, stone replicas of this object can be found in a northwestern forest and can be picked up and thrown at enemies. In another, this object is guarded by a pair of giant statues that move according to the player’s movements and must be placed in the correct squares. In its first appearance, it can be upgraded to a more powerful version by bringing it to two hammer-wielding dwarves and a golden version can be obtained when thrown into a fountain inside the Pyramid of Power. While in another game, the chamber containing this weapon is opened by using three Spiritual Stones and when picked up transports the hero seven years into the future. Typically found deep within the Lost Woods or in the Temple of Time, FTP, identify this powerful blade from the Zelda series, the only weapon capable of defeating Ganon.
ANSWER: Master Sword
15) In one game, a picture of this character can be seen over the bed in Room 503 of a hotel while another picture featuring this character is at the top of a set of burning stairs at the start of that game. This character can also be seen in a painting entitled Misty Day, Remains of Judgement. Two clones of this character appear in a labyrinth located beneath an abandoned prison from the Civil War and in another appearance this character escapes into a flooded stairwell after hearing police sirens. In another appearance, he performs sexually abusive actions to an effigy of the protagonist’s wife Mary and in his first appearance he stands behind bars glowing with a red aura and makes the radio become static. A figment of the imagination of James Sunderland, FTP, identify this recurring monster from the Silent Hill series who is named for his oversized tetrahedral mask.