Obscure RPGs
In Chrono Trigger, this character is a frog-like knight who was once the human knight Glenn.
Frog
In Dark Souls, this stat primarily governs how much stamina and equip load a character has.
Endurance
In Halo, what is the real purpose of the Halo rings?
To kill the galaxy's sentient life and starve the Flood
In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, what technique allows runners to manipulate Link's movement speed while climbing certain surfaces?
Hookshot/Climbing movement manipulation
What was Nintendo's first home console released outside Japan?
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
In Final Fantasy VI, what is the name of the floating continent's ruler who ultimately becomes the game's primary antagonist?
Kefka Palazzo
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, what happens when a weapon's durability reaches zero during a normal attack?
It breaks
In Red Dead Redemption 2, what is the name of Dutch van der Linde's gang's longtime strategist and senior member?
Hosea Matthews
In Super Mario 64, what famous glitch allows Mario to move through certain walls by exploiting the interaction between a long jump and a wall?
Wall kick / wall-slide momentum exploitation
In The Legend of Zelda on NES, what item allows Link to push certain tombstones and discover hidden passages?
The Power Bracelet
In Xenogears, what is the name of the massive gear piloted by Fei Fong Wong?
Weltall
In Pokémon, what hidden stat determines how much a Pokémon's individual stats can vary from another Pokémon of the same species?
IV — Individual Value
In Metal Gear Solid 3, what is the real identity of the character known as The Boss?
The Boss was a legendary American soldier and Snake's mentor
In Pokémon Red/Blue, speedrunners can manipulate encounters and other events using a phenomenon involving the game's internal memory values. What is this generally called?
RNG manipulation
In Sonic the Hedgehog 2, what character was originally intended to be playable alongside Sonic before being removed from the final version?
Tails
In Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, what is the protagonist commonly called after being transformed into a demon?
Demi-fiend
In Super Mario 64, performing a backwards long jump can produce an unusual speed increase because of what type of movement behavior?
A physics/state exploit involving the game's movement calculations
In Dark Souls, what major event caused the Age of Fire to begin fading and the world to enter its declining state?
The First Flame began to fade
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, what technique allows Link to gain extreme horizontal distance by manipulating shield surfing and momentum?
Bullet-time bounce / windbomb-style momentum manipulation
What arcade game famously introduced the character who would later become known as Mario?
Donkey Kong
In The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, what is the name of the ancient Dwemer tonal architect whose disappearance is central to the mystery surrounding the Dwemer?
Kagrenac
Wrong Warp / state manipulation exploiting the game's internal transition mechanics
In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, what programming exploit allows Link to perform actions that normally require different game states by manipulating the game's animation/state system?
In NieR: Automata, humanity's apparent survival on the Moon is revealed to be what?
Humanity had already gone extinct
In Super Mario Bros., what frame-perfect technique allows Mario to maintain unusual horizontal momentum by exploiting the game's physics while running and jumping?
Fast acceleration/frame-perfect movement manipulation
In the original Final Fantasy VII, what extremely rare materia can be obtained through the Chocobo breeding/racing system and is capable of summoning a powerful optional summon?
Knights of Round