Mario Kart
Super Smash Bros.
Platformers
Spin-off Games
Mario Party
100

The amount of racers in Mario Kart Wii. 

What is 12?

100

The creator of the Super Smash Brothers series.

Who is Masahiro Sakurai?

100

This is the very first Mario platformer on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

What is Super Mario Bros.?

100

The Olympic Games spin-off series features Mario and friends competing against another franchise that includes this familiar blue hedgehog. 

Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?

100

This character was playable until Mario Party 4 and only becomes playable again in the tenth installment.

Who is Donkey Kong?

200

This Mario Kart 8 track features this much-loved theme from Super Mario Galaxy.

What is Cloudtop Cruise?

200

These crystalline models look like the 12 playable characters. You fight 30 of them in the tenth round in Classic Mode before the final battle against Master Hand. Unfortunately they were removed from Super Smash Bros. Brawl and later releases.  

What is the Fighting Polygon Team?

200

This is the name of the kingdom where Mario saves Princess Daisy.

What is Sarasaland?

200

Many of the Mario spin-off games on the Nintendo Wii uses this as a gimmick.

What are motion controls?

200

This classic mini-game from the first Mario Party caused blisters on the palm when played.

What is Tug 'o War?

300

This vehicle type joined bikes and karts in Mario Kart 8.

What are ATV's?

300

The creator of Super Smash Bros. used to work for HAL Laboratory and made the game there, however before Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he left HAL and started his own company known as this.

What is Sora Ltd.?

300

This game re-introduced the tanooki item which is when Mario touches the "leaf" item texture. The last time the tanooki item was used was in Super Mario Bros. 3.

What is Super Mario 3D Land?

300

This character last seen in the Donkey Kong Country series joins Mario and friends in a friendly game of baseball on the Nintendo Wii.

Who is King K. Rool?

300

These are the colors of the 3 Koopa Kids first introduced in Mario Party 5.

What are red, green, and blue?

400

This is Dry Bones default emblem in Mario Kart DS.

What is a head?

400

If you clear Adventure Mode in less than 18 minutes on Normal or higher in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario's archenemy becomes... nasty. It also became a Final Smash for the character it is in future installments.

Who is Giga Bowser?

400

This is a large, metal cylinder that is spiked and spins down fast to try to smash Mario. It then slowly reverses back and repeats the act over and over.  

What is a spiked piston?

400

Super Mario Maker has a very similar layout to this game on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

What is Mario Paint?

400

Mario Party DS has a special name for the last 5 turns in a match, known as this.

What is Final Five Frenzy?

500

This demo character was replaced by Donkey Kong in Mario Kart 64. 

Who is Magikoopa (Kamek)?

500

This character was going to be the first third party fighter in Super Smash Bros. history, but due to time constraints, this never happened.

Who is Solid Snake?

500

This jumping fireball with eyes that jump up and down from lava has this name.

What is a Podoboo?

500

Princess Daisy's stadium in Mario Super Sluggers is a callback to this game from the past.

What is Mario Kart Doubledash?

500

Mario Party 7 is the only Mario Party to have this feature.

What is Eight Player Party?