Classic Nintendo Quiz
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- Castlevania helped define a genre of adventure games known to this day as "metroidvania" games. The series is widely regarded for its sense of exploration.
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- Final Fantasy, alongside Dragon Quest, ushered in a new era of roleplaying games and influenced a generation of game designers.
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- Kirby's Adventure was the second game starring Kirby, but arguably the first "Kirby game." It introduced the game mechanic of Kirby copying enemy's abilities, which has now become a core part of the brand. It also introduced Kirby's official pink color.
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- Mega Man 2 was a major turning point in platform gaming, not least because it almost didn't exist. Mega Man had poor enough sale figures that the creator had to push for the opportunity to make a sequel. The resulting product was, luckily, great.
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- Tecmo Bowl was the first real breakout football game for consoles, a subgenre that continues to churn out high sales. It was also the first to feature real player rosters in the game, although ironically it couldn't get the rights to use the team names.
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- Metroid famously features the post-game reveal that its protagonist Samus Aran is, in fact, a woman. This was deliberately concealed in the game book, and was only revealed for players who met certain conditions.
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- Shigeru Miyamoto's other most famous creation, the Legend of Zelda has routinely churned out highly acclaimed and best-selling games. The original game has been released many times for new generations of consoles, and continues to attract new players.
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- This was a bit of a trick. Tetris was ported to the NES as a solo release, but would go on to be bundled in other best-selling games (most notably Tetris & Dr. Mario).
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- The game was in fact originally released as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! This was changed in later releases. The final boss of the game is MIke Tyson himself, renamed Mr. Dream in later versions. The Foreman game is also real.
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- Super Mario Bros. 3 remains one of the best regarded games in the series, due in no small part to its variety of power-ups for Mario. The best known of these is his Tanooki suit, which gives him some ability to fly.
