Twenty Questions - Nintendo 2003 - 2005
Every so often, Chimpware will release Twenty Questions about a specific subject, anything from Custard to Nintendo. Difficulty will range from pretty difficult to so difficult you have to look it up... and still you may not find the answer! I'll be genuinely surprised if someone gets the right answer to all twenty questions. Answers will be released shortly.
And now, twenty questions about Nintendo in the period 2003 - 2005.
1. How did Toru Iwatani (of Nintnedo), Miyamoto-say (Pac Man creator), Harrison (of Capcom) and resident NoA translator decide on who would own the rights to Pac Man Vs at E3 2003?
2. How many DSs were sold, according to trade figures by Nintendo, at the end of the financial year 04/05 (31 March)?
3. What was ommited from the PAL edition of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for the Nintendo GameCube which appeared on the NTSC version?
4. Who was the new Nintendo of America's directotor of communications who famously and boldly proclaned that Nintendo of America would be 'kicking ass and taking names' at E3 2004?
5.When (to the nearest quater), was the Game Boy Advance - SP released in Japan, how much was it (in Japanese Yen) and which two games accompanied its launch?
6. What was bundled with the Nintendo GameCube in mid-2003 for free in what MVC called 'a desperate attempt by Nintendo to shift GameCubes'?
7. Which television channel unfairly accused Nintendo of 'causing epilepsy toward their customers without former warning' - which was unture, thus resulting in £3m being paid in damages to Nintendo in April 2004?
8. How many years is it between the release of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS?
9. In which European country is Nintendo of Europe's Headquaters located?
10. What is the name of the media adaptor for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance-SP and Game Boy Micro which allows you to play music and movies?
11. Which DS game, created by Masahiro Sakurai, was said (by Sakurai himself), to have taken one designer, one graphic artist and one programmer three days to put together the full, prototype alpha?
12. Which is the (currently) best-selling Game Cube game, ever, in Japan?
13. Which baseball team does Nintendo currently own a large proportion of?
14. On which format is the new Mario Kart (that's not Mario Kart DS) announced for, who is (controvercially) developing it and what is it's name?
15. Which MMO game is Nintendo sueing for violating trademarks in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker?
16. Name all seven Smiths in Killer7.
17. Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Revolution at this year's E3. As well as playing Revolution Games, GameCube Games and DVDs (via an adaptor), what else is it capable of playing and how?
18. What does XD stand for in Pokemon XD?
19. What did Shiguru Miyamoto ask, backstager a (female) fellow Nintendog fan after the E3 2005 Nintendo Press Conference?
20. Who is producing StarCraft: Ghost? (And no, its not blizzard, that would be too easy)
And now, twenty questions about Nintendo in the period 2003 - 2005.
1. How did Toru Iwatani (of Nintnedo), Miyamoto-say (Pac Man creator), Harrison (of Capcom) and resident NoA translator decide on who would own the rights to Pac Man Vs at E3 2003?
2. How many DSs were sold, according to trade figures by Nintendo, at the end of the financial year 04/05 (31 March)?
3. What was ommited from the PAL edition of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for the Nintendo GameCube which appeared on the NTSC version?
4. Who was the new Nintendo of America's directotor of communications who famously and boldly proclaned that Nintendo of America would be 'kicking ass and taking names' at E3 2004?
5.When (to the nearest quater), was the Game Boy Advance - SP released in Japan, how much was it (in Japanese Yen) and which two games accompanied its launch?
6. What was bundled with the Nintendo GameCube in mid-2003 for free in what MVC called 'a desperate attempt by Nintendo to shift GameCubes'?
7. Which television channel unfairly accused Nintendo of 'causing epilepsy toward their customers without former warning' - which was unture, thus resulting in £3m being paid in damages to Nintendo in April 2004?
8. How many years is it between the release of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS?
9. In which European country is Nintendo of Europe's Headquaters located?
10. What is the name of the media adaptor for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance-SP and Game Boy Micro which allows you to play music and movies?
11. Which DS game, created by Masahiro Sakurai, was said (by Sakurai himself), to have taken one designer, one graphic artist and one programmer three days to put together the full, prototype alpha?
12. Which is the (currently) best-selling Game Cube game, ever, in Japan?
13. Which baseball team does Nintendo currently own a large proportion of?
14. On which format is the new Mario Kart (that's not Mario Kart DS) announced for, who is (controvercially) developing it and what is it's name?
15. Which MMO game is Nintendo sueing for violating trademarks in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker?
16. Name all seven Smiths in Killer7.
17. Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Revolution at this year's E3. As well as playing Revolution Games, GameCube Games and DVDs (via an adaptor), what else is it capable of playing and how?
18. What does XD stand for in Pokemon XD?
19. What did Shiguru Miyamoto ask, backstager a (female) fellow Nintendog fan after the E3 2005 Nintendo Press Conference?
20. Who is producing StarCraft: Ghost? (And no, its not blizzard, that would be too easy)
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