Nintendo and Gaming
Nintendo saved the gaming industry from collapse in 1983 with their first console called ___.
What is the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)?
The Nintendo Switch 2 launched on June 5th, 2025, with this game.
What is Mario Kart World?
Fill in the blank:
"Valve can't count to _."
What is 3?
This game was initially released in 2009 but was eventually acquired to become one of, if not the largest, AAA games of all time.
What is Minecraft?
This company popularized PC gaming and holds the largest game launcher on the platform.
What is Valve?
Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) was a reskin of this game that was released in Japan only.
What is Doki Doki Panic?
Before Nintendo settled on "Nintendo Switch 2" as the new console's name, they had originally considered this name but passed on it to prevent confusion.
What is the "Super Nintendo Switch"?
This game, as of July 2025, is currently one of the PlayStation 5's only central console exclusives and has won Game of the Year.
What is Astro Bot?
An indie developer team collaborated with Nintendo to create this game.
What is the Cadence of Hyrule?
(Which is by the team behind "The Crypt of the Necrodancer")
Microsoft offers its Game Pass system to provide gaming through a subscription. Aside from online play on the Xbox, they also offer this on other platforms such as mobile and PC.
What is Cloud Gaming?
As of July 2025, the Super Smash Bros. franchise has this many games on separate platforms.
What is 6?
(64, Melee, Brawl, 3DS, Wii U, and Ultimate)
The Nintendo Switch 2 utilizes a custom chip by NVIDIA that is comparable in power to this NVIDIA Graphics Card, with the assistance of DLSS.
What is the RTX 30 Series?
(Specifically, a 3050)
Epic Games is known for publishing Fortnite, but they're also known for developing this game engine.
What is Unreal Engine?
This is a notable indie publisher company that has published games like Night in the Woods and Wilmot's Warehouse.
What is Finji?
This game franchise is a co-op multiplayer game that relies on your ability to describe scenery to solve puzzles via voice chat.
What is We Were Here?
Before making video games, Nintendo originally made these kind of games up until the early 80s.
What are playing cards?
The Nintendo Switch 2's code name was never publicly revealed. This was its name found in the code of select games.
What is "Ounce"?
After Microsoft's acquisition of Rare, they would develop this game for their Xbox platform, incorporating mechanics that utilize Xbox Live.
What is Viva Piñata?
Undertale's developer, Toby Fox, originally started his work by creating a mod for this classic Nintendo RPG.
What is Earthbound?
Nintendo and Sony were initially going to collaborate on the PlayStation, but Nintendo ultimately decided to work with a different company and ended up making one of their biggest mistakes.
What is Philips?
The Legend of Zelda has a spinoff series that was never released in the West, featuring this side character from the franchise.
Who is Tingle?
The Nintendo Switch 2 was in development for years up until its launch. It first started development in this year.
What is 2018?
(One year after the Switch 1's launch)
This was the first game to introduce cross-platform online multiplayer.
What is Final Fantasy XI
(Between PC and PS2 in 2002)
This infamous indie game surrounds a character named Alex, a college graduate, who investigates a mystery of a woman who has gone missing.
What is "YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG?"
This is the earliest game known to have been on the PC platform, dating back to 1962. It is also noted as possibly one of the first known indie games.
What is "Spacewars!"