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POKEMON
HISTORY & TRIVIA
ICONIC PROTAGONISTS
100

Before becoming a hero, Mario made his first appearance under this name in the 1981 arcade hit Donkey Kong.

WHAT IS
JUMP MAN ?

100

The month and year the world was introduced to the legendary "Konami Code" in the NES port of Gradius (or Contra).

What is 1986?

100

In Generation I games, using a Poke Ball on this specific NPC ghost inside the Pokemon Tower results in the text saying "It dodged the thrown BALL!"

What is Marowak (the Ghost of Marowak)?

100

In 1993, this landmark game’s shareware version was installed on more PCs worldwide than Microsoft's brand-new Windows 3.1 operating system.

What is Doom?

100

This Final Fantasy VII protagonist was originally designed with slicked-back black hair before designers spiked it up to make him stand out against Sephiroth.

Who is Cloud Strife?

200

Originally intended as a sci-fi game titled Stunt Race 2, this 1997 N64 classic was repurposed to feature Nintendo's favorite fox.

What is Star Fox 64?

200

The year the infamous "Corrupted Blood" incident accidentally turned World of Warcraft into an accidental epidemiology simulation.

What is 2005?

200

The total amount of core pokeballs.

What is 39?

200

The original name proposed for the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee sounded like a fantasy spell: "Mesh." But the programming language created to build web pages became known by these four letters.

What is HTML ?

200

Silent Hill 2 protagonist James Sunderland receives a cryptic letter calling him to the town from his wife, Mary, who died from an illness this many years prior.

What is Three years?

300

In Super Mario Kart, Mario's dinosaur companion Yoshi isn't classified as a reptile, but as this specific animal species in game lore.

What is a Dragon?

300

The year Valve released Steam, which was initially met with heavy backlash from players mandatory-updating Counter-Strike 1.6.

What is 2003? 

300

The only Pokémon type that has no natural type weaknesses whatsoever when combined with the "Levitate" ability (or prior to Gen VI).

What is Electric ?

300

This classic shape-stacking game was created in Moscow during the Cold War by a Soviet software engineer.

What is Tetris ?

300

The main hero of the God of War series is Kratos, but his signature ash-white skin tone was caused by a curse binding these onto his body.

What are the ashes of his dead family ?

400

Mario and sonic met  during the Olympic Games.

What is 2007?

400

The year Sega officially announced it was discontinuing the Dreamcast and exiting the hardware manufacturing business entirely.

What is 2001?

400

The move synchronoise is useless when used by this pokemon.

What is Umbreon?

400

The year Pong was first released.

what is 1972?

400

In The Witcher series, this genetically enhanced monster hunter is also known as the "White Wolf."

Who is Geralt of Rivia?

500

The first ever Megaman game published by Nintendo

What is Megaman6 ?

500

The year Nintendo aquired the concole rights for tetris.

What is 1989 ?

500

This Pokemon only has 1 official card in it's TCG form.

What is Cubfu?

500

The happiest year of the announcement of GTA 6

what is 2022?

500

A game character that gains momentary invincibility once he collects 3 masks.

What is Crash Bandicoot?

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