JECHT
Round 6 – Valley of Bowser
Tossups
1) One minor figure of this tradition is depicted as carrying a massive longsword that he uses to cut the thread between the body and soul while another is the most agile of all gods and carries a mist-enshrouded double edged blade. In addition to the aforementioned Folstar and Solon, this mythos includes Aire, the battle-axe wielding giant and a figure that has a namesake Wishing Charm that can be crafted by tying together 1000 of a certain flower that only grows near the town of Peterny. The scriptures of this religion which were recorded by Holy Mother, Queen Aquaria in the Book of Ikelos predict the Arrow of this faith’s supreme god will rain from the heavens in a time of chaos – such as the invasion of the planet by the Vendeeni. Named after the sun god of the Elicoor system, FTP, identify this church of the people of Elicoor II; a major religion present in StarOcean: Till the End of Time.
ANSWER: Aprisor Church of Apris (accept knowledgeable equivalents)
2) When the protagonist loses a life in the first game of this series, he would be subjected to a number of comical deaths such as floating around like a popped balloon when hitting spikes, being liquefied after falling from a large distance or waving a white flag and wearing a Napoleonic hat when sinking in water. The third game in this series was released for the Atari Jaguar and had the protagonist defeating giants and the Mad Hatter in some “Fractured Fairy Tales”. The second game in this series introduced this character’s timid sidekick, Arnold the Armadillo and featured levels such as the music-themed “C Sharp or B Flat”. Power-ups in the first game in this series include the ability to become a shadow and invincible each caused by obtaining a black or flashing t-shirt with an exclamation point, respectively. In addition to speedy running abilities, the protagonist could also slowly glide across wide expanses. Featuring the attempts to stop the yarn-loving aliens, the Woolies, FTP, identify this wacky series of the mid-90’s starring the title wisecracking bobcat.
ANSWER: Bubsy the Bobcat
3) One technique for crossing bodies of water in this game is to transform enemies into eggs and then push them into currents creating a raft of sorts. This game’s protagonist has appeared in Kirby’s Dreamland as the boss of the second stage, though in this appearance he had an extra syllable in his name. Enemies in this game include Alma, a rolling armadillo-like creature that constantly pursues the protagonist and a moving gorgon head that spews lasers, aptly called Don Medusa. Each stage in this game is a room of a massive tower in which the protagonist must collect pink blocks engraved with hearts in order to unlock a treasure chest containing the magic pearl used to proceed to the next floor. Released along with two sequels on the NES, FTP, identify this classic puzzle game that has the title round blue character ascending a 10 story tower to save his similarly named girlfriend, Lala.
ANSWER: The Adventures of Lolo
4) [CR]One particularly popular member of this race to appear in gaming suffers from a split personality – her sister Therese – and was modeled on Erin Layne. The last game produced by the outstanding developer Troika Games before it disbanded centered on these individuals, whose numbers included Nines Rodriguez, Smiling Jack, and the aforementioned Jeanette Voerman. A truly terrible Artoon game butchered the stealth-action genre in a game titled for their “rain.” Two of these appear as small girls in Hugo's House of Horrors, while one of them named Kagan is pursued by his daughter in another series. One character belonging to this race is Alucard from the Castlevania series, while the protagonist of BloodRayne is half human and half this creature. FTP, identify these antagonists of Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi, who really do want to suck your blood.
ANSWER: vampires
5) When the flute item is used in this game, the melody it plays is the first measure of the starting gameplay music in the game Déjà Vu. At one point in this game, a vicious dog will appear after picking up a horn on the ground and can be avoided by splashing the hound with water. Another area in this game features rows of sarcophagi containing a mummy that can be destroyed with fire and a wave of caustic slime that dissolves the player. Along the way, the player will learn various spells such as HUMANA to become invisible and another which allows the player to control rope, EPOR. One quirk of the gameplay involves constantly keeping torches lit so that the player does not ‘stumble in the dark and break his neck’. The most popular game of the MacVenture series, FTP, name this 1987 fantasy point-and-click adventure game in which you must traverse the title castle.
ANSWER: Shadowgate
6) After defeating a boss called Frost Tiger, a serial killer android named Rachel disguises herself as this character in order to steal some rainbow oscars. In various extra stages in the first game she appears in, this character’s identical twin sister Goldie acts as a stand-in for her. This character is responsible for creating a special type of camcorder that allows another character to transform without the presence of an audience. She can be unlocked as a playable character by completing the game on ‘Adult Mode’ and has the ability to use the Replay command which allows the repetition of any action three times dealing triple damage and surrounding her in electric sparks. Unable to see anything without her glasses, FTP, identify this light-blue clad female superhero, daughter of the villain Captain Blue and girlfriend of Joe from the Viewtiful Joe series.
ANSWER: Sexy Silvia
7) Power-ups in this game include the ability to shoot rings of fire which in addition to incinerating enemies can be used to push objects to solve puzzles as well as large crystal shards that drop several weapon upgrades. Hazards in this game include water droplets on the roofs of caverns that can crush the player and toads that use their long tongues to eat the protagonist. At the beginning of this game, a dark crystal crashes into the Earth causing pollution and corruption and as a response the Earth’s Life Crystal bestows its power on the title character. This game’s health bar is shown only when damaged and takes the appearance of four smaller versions of the main character floating around the character sprite and can be replenished in game by drinking the nectar from a pollen-filled flower. Developed by Ecco the Dolphin creators, Novotrade, FTP, identify this game heralded by Penny Arcade as “arguably the finest hummingbird-based shooter on the Sega 32X”.
ANSWER: Kolibri
8) In Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, the characters Yuki and Ai can combine and transform into a character from this game. A sequel to this game was subtitled “The Next Thing” and had the playable characters from the first game teaming up in a side-scrolling adventure to stop such enemies as a scorpion with a detachable brain and Lavicus, a snake-like creature that lays eggs from its forehead. The stages in this game are confined by a large electrical barrier and are notable for having everything able to be destroyed – from tanks to helicopters to buildings. Playable characters from the original game include Astro Guy who looks similarly to Ultraman, Woo who is a giant gorilla and Geon, a blatant Godzilla rip-off. With many of the levels taking place in various Japanese cities, FTP, identify this classic arcade game by SNK that pits several classic giant movie monsters against each other.
ANSWER: King of the Monsters
9) [BC] Manipulation of the numbers and species of plants as well as land composition serve to entice characters to visit and sometimes stay, while new diets can result in color or evolutionary changes. The player can hire assistants such as Gatherlings from Arfur's Inn in order to help them out and Professor Pester and his minions can either be paid to not bother you or can be banned by buying the Captain's Cutlass from Ivor Bargains. Once residents have had their romance requirements fulfilled, which always include a unique house, a mating mini-game is enacted and an egg is delivered. The food chain in this game is called the "Doughnut of Life" although characters which are killed or eaten only actually lose their resident status and reassemble in the wilds outside the garden, with their brightly colored innards being eaten by the other residents. A sandbox life-sim developed by Rare, FTP, identify this game developed for the 360 staring paper candy-filled animals.
ANSWER: Viva Pinata
10) In the third game in this series, Wario appears via telepathic wormhole and he uses the protagonist as a throwing item to obtain four blue gems, while the protagonist himself makes a cameo in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga on a poster in Yoshi Theatre. The story in the first game involves the title character knocking over a jar while cleaning furniture in TenkaiPalace releasing the evil being Ogura. Supporting characters in this series include the loud-mouthed and cowardly Kyorosuke who is in love with the gentle HadeHirari who is a zebra turkeyfish. The game can be saved by speaking to mermaids that can be found by bumping into purple clams and the main character can attack by spinning around at a high speed. Often described as an underwater platformer, FTP, identify this Japan-only handheld series of games by Nintendo in which you play as an adorable starfish-like creature.
ANSWER: Densetsu no Stafy or Legend of Stafy or Legendary Stafy (or Starfi)
11) One PC game starring this character involved the stopping of a search for the Philosopher’s Stone in order to resurrect Hitler, although this idea was eventually scrapped and was instead replaced by an N64 game in which this character had to stop the use of an “Infernal Machine”. A 2003 game featuring this character was released for the X-Box and PS2 and featured adventures in the Chinese emperor, Huangdi’s tomb as he attempted to stop the emperor’s transformation into a dragon using the boomerang-like Pa Cheng. In a 1992 adventure game, this character teamed up with Sophia Hapgood who ended up reawakening her psychic powers by donning an ancient medallion in the Fate of Atlantis. With a game set in Africa to be released in 2009, FTP, these are all games featuring which action hero who most recently made his gaming appearance with Lego remakes of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom.
ANSWER: Indiana Jones
12) In one game, this character realizes during meditation that if he were to give in to his hatred he would be no better than his enemy, Oda Nobunaga while in another game he befriends the scientist, Doctor Boskonovitch and agrees to avenge the doctor after his lab was destroyed by the cyborg, Bryan Fury. In this character’s first appearance, he enters a fighting competition as a distraction so that his clan could steal the tournament funds, but then becomes enraged at a corrupt sumo wrestler named Ganryu who he then kills. Special attacks used by this character include the Dragonfly in which his sword spins like a helicopter sending him upward and the Pogo attack in which he hops around while perched on his katana. Leader of the Manji clan of ninjas, FTP, identify this character that regularly appears in both the Soul Caliber and Tekken series, a fighter clad in fearsome samurai armor.
ANSWER: Yoshimitsu
13) In the sequel to this game, the protagonists have the option of remodeling their homes in KaliVillage with flowers and curtains in order to attract a wife and eventually kids. In the original game, the player can accumulate health recovery fruits by jumping on an enemy-thrown boulder three times. The final boss is a mischievous imp called the Sick Devil who at one point tricks the players by having them kissed by an attractive woman only for him to change into a more powerful form. Stages in this game include an ice level in which you battle a woolly mammoth whose trunk and ears fall off as it takes damage and a volcano stage in which the boss is a bouncing and rolling Ankylosaurus. With the second game having the title characters “Lost in the Tropics”, FTP, identify this game by DataEast in which the titlular blue and green-haired caveman ninjas attempt to rescue their women.
ANSWER: Joe and Mac:Caveman Ninjas
14) In a 6-in-1 cartridge released by the Taiwanese developer Caltron, a game titled Adam and Eve in which all enemies are snakes has almost identical gameplay to this game. A DS sequel to this game was released to Platinum Members of the Nintendo Club in 2007 and stars Tingle from the Zelda games. In Warioware: Smooth Moves, an unlockable minigame recreates this game in a behind-the-back 3D view and uses the Nunchuk and Wiimote to flap the character’s arms to stay aloft. The giant fish enemy from this game appears in the Summit stage of Super Smash Bros. Brawl while the normal enemies from this game look like the blue and red overalled main protagonist with pointy-nosed masks. In addition to the main game, the ‘Trip Mode’ of this game involves maneuvering the protagonist through a side-scrolling field of electrical sparks. First appearing in the arcade in 1994, FTP, identify this Nintendo developed game in which players can attempt to pop each others title objects.
ANSWER: Balloon Fight (do not accept ‘Balloon Fighter’…because that’s not what it’s called)
15) A poorly received spin-off of this series for the PS2 was actually a remake of this series’ predecessor and was subtitled Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff. The campaign story of the second game featured two brothers, the knight Roland and the evil Necromancer Archibald fighting for Lord Ironfist’s throne, a conflict known as the Succession Wars. Purchasing the Mage Guild in this game allowed characters to increase their arsenal of spells while building the Castle bolsters town fortifications and increases creature production. A notable creature in the second game of this series the uber-unbalanced which grows in number for each monster it kills while powerful recurring creatures include the lightning-bolt throwing Titans, Unicorns with the ability to blind opponents and the Black Dragon which is immune to all spells. Though this series’ gameplay is based on its 1990 spiritual ancestor, King’s Bounty, its name comes from another series that its developer created. FTP, identify this fantasy style turn-based strategy game from New World Computing that is a spin-off of the Might and Magic series.
ANSWER: Heroes of Might and Magic (prompt on just “Heroes” but do not accept “Might and Magic”)
16) This character’s theme music is based off of the melody that plays in Princess Shokora’s item shop in a different series than this character appears. This character is associated with a variety of animals including #2, a soccer-ball kicking pig and #4.1 and 4.2, two mischievous wolf-like creatures. In one game, this character plays bass in a band with a rapping bear named Decko and a banjo-playing imp named Art, her namesake Hot Slices. In Smooth Moves, this character introduces the Form Baton motions of the Umbrella and the Handlebar while in Touched she is associated with Cute Cuts.This character has jobs serving dumplings to Young Cricket and Master Mantis, serving ice cream at the Gelateria and competing with the Pizza Dinosaur chain by working at her namesake pizza joint. Often seen speeding along on her red scooter, FTP, name this red-headed high school cheerleader who makes her appearance in the Warioware series.
ANSWER: Mona
17) In one game of this series, a power purchased from a Vendo machine can be kept permanently by exploiting a glitch that occurs when a character is revived after jumping into an Egg Teleporter. Creatures found within this series include a gorilla-horse hybrid called a Steef and legless creatures with tentacled maws and mechanical legs made for them by Glukkons. The most recent game in this series starred a bounty hunter that used in his crossbow live ammunition such as various insects or rodent-like animals and was subtitled, Stranger’s Wrath. An interesting feature in this series in the Gamespeak function in which the players can arouse reactions from NPCs by burping or farting or issuing such commands as “Wait!” or “Hello. Follow me!” Set on a planet almost ten times larger than Earth, FTP, identify this game series, a now cancelled quintology that notably featured the Oddysees of Munch and Abe.
ANSWER: Oddworld
18) In one game, this feature will allow the protagonists to access a location where they can obtain a vehicle that travels via aeroharmonic technology, the time-traveling train Ixion. In another game, this feature can be employed in NoruneVillage in order to obtain the Windmill Slash attack. Another use of this feature can be used to replace a leaning tower in the seaport of Queens while it can also be used to restore the guardian forest spirit, Jurak. In the first game it appears in, this feature is taught to the play via Manual given to the protagonist by the Fairy King after the first time the player dies while in the other game, it is taught by dwarves called Furbits and carried out by the robot Carpenterion. Used to repair the presents and futures of such locales as Sindain, Luna Labs and Muska Lacka, FTP, identify this SimCity-like town construction system, a major feature of the Dark Cloud series that sounds like it shares its name with a festival held on Earth Day.