Fighting Games
This anime versus fighting game wowed with its animation and accuracy to famed Akira Toriyama's art style, putting Arc System Works on the map for many fans.
What is Dragon Ball FighterZ?
The 3rd Super Smash Bros. game was the first to introduce this ultimate attack.
What are "Final Smashes"?
Super Smash Bros. Melee was the first appearance of these two swordsmen outside of Japan.
Who are Marth and Roy from Fire Emblem?
This food chain has the slogan "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza."
What is Papa John's? (no Hylia, it's NOT Domino's)
This 2002 Namco swordslasher featured a different guest character for each of its console ports: Link on the Nintendo GameCube, Heihachi Mishima on the PlayStation 2, and Spawn on the Xbox.
What is SoulCalibur II?
What is Mortal Kombat?
The term and archetype "shoto" refers to fighting game characters who play like this iconic trio.
Who are Ryu, Ken, and Akuma?
This spiky-haired hero was the first third-party character announced for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (also known as Smash 4).
Who is Mega Man?
This term for ice cubes is common at bars and restaurants.
What is "on the rocks"?
This test stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee depicts an image of this Palo Alto caffe. (hint: Lifelight Café has a reference to this!)
What is Caffe Verona?
This Rare, Midway, and Nintendo arcade fighting game was originally meant for the Ultra 64.
What is Killer Instinct?
This mechanic lets you cancel your moves in this frantic anime fighting game.
What is Roman Cancelling in Guilty Gear?
The Fire Emblem series has this many characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, including Echo Fighters.
What is eight? (Marth, Lucina, Roy, Chrom, Ike, Robin, Corrin, Byleth)
This milk chocolate bar made of nougat, caramel, and peanuts is the bestselling candy bar in the world.
What are Snickers?
Including the arcade original, Street Fighter II has this many revisions across arcades and consoles.
What is eight? (The World Warrior, Champion Edition, Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super: The New Challengers, Super Turbo, Hyper, Super Turbo HD Remix, Ultra: The Final Challengers)
This was the first fully 3D fighting game released in 1993, the same year as Capcom's first ever CP System II game, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers.
What is Virtua Fighter?
This fighting game is where the term "wavedash" originates.
What is Tekken?
The original Super Smash Bros. (1999, Nintendo 64) characters, also known as the Perfect Attendance Crew, are listed in this order.
What is the order of chronological appearance/home game release date?
This popular programming language was named after this Indonesian coffee.
What is Java?
This two-pronged assault on both the point and assist characters in a team game like Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is cause for this yearly celebration: don't forget to blow the candles!
What is a Happy Birthday?
This crossover arcade classic's yearly iteration inspired Sakurai to create Smash in the first place.
What is The King of Fighters '95?
This brief period of time allows you to input a move early and apply it on the first frame possible.
What is a buffer window?
This player won the largest competitive tournament ever for Super Smash Bros. at this tournament. (both player and tournament)
Who is MKLeo at Evolution Championship Series 2019?
This fast food restaurant chain uses a song and jingle from rapper Pusha T.
What is Arby's?
This game started as a 3D Capcom-only crossover, but was cancelled due to poor reception. The game was reworked using prior assets and rereleased in Capcom Fighting Collection 2.
What is Capcom Fighting All-Stars, which became Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution?