75+ Nintendo Trivia Questions (And Answers) Wii Think You'll Love

Nintendo is very popular, it is one of the oldest and most beloved companies around and also one of the top-selling gaming consoles of the year.

Nintendo is a global leader in the interactive entertainment industry. It develops electronics and video games, and produces and markets software and hardware.

One of the most influential gaming enterprises for 120 years and counting, there are more than 200 'Mario' games alone, and dozens of consoles and handhelds. Do you think of yourself as a pro gamer? If yes, then play this Nintendo trivia quiz and prove it! Some of the most famous Nintendo games include 'The Legend Of Zelda', 'Super Mario', 'Mario Kart', 'Donkey Kong', and many more.  You can also check out our other exclusive 'League Of Legend' trivia and anime trivia too. So be ready and set some geeky Nintendo trivia team names, ready to ace this quiz!

Nintendo's Origin And Expansion

Here is some classic and original Nintendo trivia that covers the origin of this company alongside some weird video game facts often found in Nintendo quizzes. This segment is dedicated to the beginning of this enterprise, a hard Nintendo trivia quiz  only for the true experts. Can you ace this level?

1. Question: When was Nintendo founded?

Answer: 23 September 1889.

2. Question: Where was Nintendo founded?

Answer: Shimogyō-Ku, Japan.

3. Question: What was Nintendo originally called?

Answer: Nintendo Karuta.

4. Question: Who founded Nintendo?

Answer: Fusajiro Yamauchi.

5. Question: When did Nintendo distribute its first game console? It was after acquiring a legal status as a public company in the '60s under the current company name.

Answer: 1977.

6. Question: Which series was the first-ever gaming console by Nintendo?

Answer: 'The Color TV-Game'.

7. Question: Which series of game console gained Nintendo international recognition after it's release in 1985?

Answer: Nintendo Entertainment System.

8. Question: Where is Nintendo's headquarters located?

Answer: Kyoto, Japan.

9. Question: How many games are owned by Nintendo?

Answer: 716.

10. Question: What was the first ever product to be made and distributed by Nintendo?

Answer: Hanafuda, a Japanese variety of playing cards.

11. Question: Who became the second president of Nintendo Koppai in 1929? During this time, Nintendo (then Nintendo Koppai) was the largest card game company in Japan.

Answer: Sekiryo Kaneda.

12. Question: In 1950, due to Sekiryo's deteriorating health, who assumed the presidency of Nintendo?

Answer: Hiroshi Yamauchi.

13. Question: In which year was Nintendo contracted with Walt Disney to include the company's animated characters on the cards?

Answer: 1959.

14. Question: The early '70s represented a glorious moment in Nintendo's history as it released Japan's first electronic toy. What was the name of the toy?

Answer: The Nintendo Beam Gun.

15. Question: Who designed Japan's first electronic toy, distributed by Nintendo?

Answer: Masayuki Uemura.

16. Question: When did the company release the Laser Clay Shooting System that managed to surpass bowling in popularity?

Answer: 1973.

17. Question:  When did an oil crisis cause both a spike in the cost of plastics and a change in consumer superiorities that put essential products over games, and Nintendo lost billions?

Answer: October 1973.

18. Question: In 1974, Nintendo released two simulators consisting of a 16mm image projector with a sensor that distinguishes a beam from the player's light gun. What were they called?

Answer: Wild Gunman and Skeet Shooting.

19. Question: Nintendo reached an agreement with which Japanese electronic company to produce electronic products between 1975- 1980, including the first microprocessor for video games systems?

Answer: Mitsubishi Electric.

20. Question: One of the earliest handheld game systems, Game & Watch, was created by Yokoi and team from the technology used in portable calculators. How many games did it have in total?

Answer:59.

21. Question: In 1981, a game was developed by Miyamoto, it was one of the first video games that allowed the player character to jump. Can you name the game?

Answer: 'Donkey Kong'.

22. Question: The character Jumpman from the first-ever game to have a jumping player, was later renamed to what?

Answer: Mario.

23. Question: Nintendo's official mascot was named after whom?

Answer: Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo's offices in Washington.

24. Question: In 1988, Gunpei Yokoi and his team managed to develop the first handheld video game console to be compatible with interchangeable game cartridges? What was it called?

Answer: Game Boy.

25. Question: When was the first magazine, 'Nintendo Power', by Nintendo published in the United States, selling 1.5 million copies?

Answer: 1988.

26. Question: In July 1989, Nintendo held the first show of the kind to announce and demonstrate upcoming Nintendo products. What was the show called?

Answer: Nintendo Space World Trade Show.

27. Question: When did the first Nintendo World Championship happen, with participants from 29 American cities competing for the title of 'Best Nintendo Player in the World'?

Answer: March 1990.

28. Question: In 1993, Nintendo released a game that marked an industry breakthrough by being the first video game to make use of the Super FX chip. Can you name the game?

Answer: 'Star Fox'.

29. Question: Which Nintendo game was enhanced for the Super Game Boy and highlighted a "banana yellow" cartridge which was later used for its sequels?

Answer: 'Donkey Kong Country'.

30. Question: Which was Nintendo's second three dimensional game, and was the very first game to use polygonal graphics?

Answer: 'Star Fox'.

Nintendo's Gaming Consoles And Facts

Time and again Nintendo has brought us updated, newly developed gaming consoles. And this section is a consoles Nintendo trivia quiz, full of interesting facts about Nintendo. See if you can ace this level of classic Nintendo trivia!

31. Question: The much loved Nintendo 3DS was released in which year?

Answer: 11 October 2014.

32. Question: What is the Nintendo Switch?

Answer: It is a hybrid console, you can dock it to your TV and play on the big screen, or you can play it in handheld mode.

33. Question: Who invented the Nintendo Switch?

Answer: Foxconn Hosiden.

34. Question: Nintendo's first electronic games are arcade games. Which game is the company's first electromechanical game?

Answer: 'EVR Race'.

35. Question: 'Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy' Nintendo games are exclusive to which Nintendo console?

Answer: Nintendo 3DS.

36. Question: 'Yoshi's Crafted World' is exclusive to which Nintendo console?

Answer: Nintendo Switch.

37. Question: 'Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends' Nintendo games are exclusive to which console?

Answer: Nintendo 3DS.

38. Question: Which is the best-selling Nintendo handheld console of all time?

Answer: The Nintendo DS.

39. Question: Like the other Nintendo games consoles, the GameCube had a nickname given to it during its development. What was the GameCube's code name during development?

Answer: Dolphin.

40. Question: Which was the most expensive Nintendo console ever?

Answer: Nintendo Wii Supreme.

41. Question: The SNES made a huge profit, but it could have been revolutionary! A fact that many of us don't know is that Nintendo originally had a deal to develop an add-on CD-ROM drive for the SNES, but after a standalone variant of the drive was made, Nintendo canceled the contract. The CD-ROM drive was improved and became one of the most popular consoles ever, with an unlimited library of games spanning every genre. Surely, Nintendo regrets ending that contract because the famous gaming company that created it is none other than... whom?

Answer: Sony.

42. Question: In the handheld market, Nintendo has had many trials, the most successful being the amazingly addictive Game Boy, which was introduced to the world in 1989. However, Nintendo had another console sold as a "portable system", but it definitely was not. Released in 1995, it was a heavy and a dangerous console, and a major flop ! What was it called?

Answer: Virtual Boy.

43. Question: When the SNES was first released, Nintendo fans everywhere were happy to find many great new games, as well as attractively designed sequels of their favorite NES games. But over in Japan, it wasn't called the SNES! What was it called?

Answer: Super Famicom.

44. Question: Which year did Nintendo win an Emmy for their original control pad?

Answer: 2007.

45. Question: Which was the first N64 game to support the Rumble Pak?

Answer: 'Star Fox 64'.

Video Games Quiz Questions

This section is going to be every gamer's favorite, featuring questions from the Nintendo Switch trivia game to other exclusive Nintendo trivia games, alongside absurd Nintendo trivia games questions. All in all, we have tried to include a majority of exclusive Nintendo games in this section. This section is strictly for hardcore gamers, good luck!

46. Question: What happens after you fire a banana gun in 'Super Smash Bros'?

Answer: The gun turns into a banana peel.

47. Question: In 'Animal Crossing' which currency do you use to pay back Tom Nook for your start-up supplies?

Answer: Nook miles.

48. Question: Which light gun shooter game was developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game console in 1984?

Answer: 'Duck Hunt'.

49. Question: In 'Animal Crossing' what will happen when you greet Isabelle in the Plaza?

Answer: She’ll give you an item.

50. Question: What is Pikachu's special move in 'Super Smash Bros'?

Answer: Thunder Jolt.

51. Question: In 'Super Smash Bros' what kind of animal is Bowser?

Answer: A Koopa.

52. Question: Which is the best-selling Nintendo exclusive game of all time?

Answer: ‘Wii Sports' (2006).

53. Question: Name the movie that inspired the enemies in Nintendo's 'Metroid' series.

Answer: ‘Alien’.

54. Question: Which game is the Nintendo Switch's best selling game ever?

Answer: ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’.

55. Question: In 'Duck Hunt' which duck has a green head with a white ring around its neck, often called a greenhead?

Answer: Mallard.

56. Question: What's the name of the light gun used for 'Duck Hunt' on the original NES?

Answer: Zapper.

57. Question: In which game did the character Marth debut?

Answer: 'Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon And The Blade Of Light'.

58. Question: Which was the first NES game to use the 'Konami Code'?

Answer: ‘Gradius' (1986).

59. Question: Who is the first character to appear on-screen during the 'Super Smash Bros 64' intro video?

Answer: Master Hand.

60. Question: In 'Animal Crossing' which is the one fruit you cannot collect in New Horizons?

Answer: Watermelon.

61. Question: Who designed the 'Duck Hunt' games?

Answer: Hiroji Kiyotake.

62. Question: Which Nintendo games caused enough injuries in kids to result in an $80 million settlement?

Answer: 'Mario Party' (1999).

63. Question: What is the name of Nintendo's first-ever 'Game & Watch' caption?

Answer: 'Ball' (1980).

64. Question: Which was the first Nintendo game with Princess Zelda as a playable character?

Answer:’ Zelda: Wand Of Gamelon (1993)’.

65. Question: What do the fireworks spell out at the start of the display in 'Animal Crossing'?

Answer: The year.

'Legend Of Zelda' And 'Donkey Kong' Nintendo Questions

Try out these easy Nintendo trivia questions to see if you and your friends are true Nintendo trivia geeks!

66. Question: In the original game of 'Legend Of Zelda', an old man gives Link a sword. What does the old man give in the new version?

Answer: Baked apples.

67. Question: In the original game of 'Legend Of Zelda', you didn’t need a special item to make a raft move. But In the new game, you need?

Answer: A Korok leaf.

68. Question: Which 'Legend Of Zelda' game celebrated its 20th anniversary at the end of April 2020?

Answer: 'The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask.'

69. Question: In the game 'Donkey Kong', what does Donkey Kong mean?

Answer: "Stupid or stubborn gorilla".

70. Question: If the player does nothing during 'Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D', what does Donkey Kong do?

Answer: He plays with the Nintendo DS.

'Super Mario' Quiz Questions

In this game, the notorious King Koopa has kidnaped the Princess Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the toads of the Mushroom Kingdom have been held captive in the many castles of King Koopa. It's up to the two plumber brothers Mario and Luigi, to defeat King Koopa and his minions to save the Princess. Yes, this storyline is where a majority of gamers were hooked and played to save the Princess. Well, all those gamers this section is dedicated to you! Remember all those Mario games you've played and answer this section. Let's find out if you are a true Mario fan! This section for all those crazy 'Super Mario' fans featuring 'Super Mario' trivia questions and video game trivia facts. Can you get all of these correct?

71. Question: In the 'Super Mario' Sunshine game, Mario uses which tool to strapped to his back to clean up messes on Isle Delfino?

Answer: Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device or FLUDD.

72. Question: Name the game in which Super Mario first encounters the poison mushroom?

Answer: 'Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels'.

73. Question: In which game can Super Mario feel sleepy and take a nap?

Answer: 'Super Mario 64'.

74. Question: Luigi is what relation to Super Mario?

Answer: Hi younger brother.

75. Question: What is the name of Super Mario's raccoon-like suit that provides him the talent to fly through the air?

Answer: Tanooki suit.

76. Question: Name the first game in which Super Mario gets to ride on his lovable pal Yoshi.

Answer: 'Super Mario World'.

77. Question: Which year did Mario go three dimensional?

Answer: 1996.

78. Question: What was Mario’s first job before he became a plumber?

Answer: Carpenter.

79. Question: In which year was 'Two Brooklyn Plumbers', a movie on the 'Super Mario Bros', featuring Mario and Luigi, released?

Answer: 1993.

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