Topic: Big big Nintendo DS contest results!

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Quoted: <fudge> what is game and watch

Question authors:
"Forrester" Sklens: 1, 20-23
"The Younger Plumber" Michael Cole: 15, 25-32
Jeff "Deguello" Shirley: 16, 17
"Jonnyboy" Metts: 18, 19
"Aussie" Ben Kosmina: 2-6, 8-11
"MotoCross Superfly" Shughart: 7, 12, 13, 24
"Nickname goes here" Jonathan Lindemann: 14

And a special thank you to CHRIS KOHLER for his halftime questions and book pimping!

Point earners:
MegaByte: 5
shammack: 4
David: 3
bobnodensetsu: 2
TheHumanCow: 2
SS4Gogita: 2
LegacyX: 2
ulanshad: 2
Kharon: 1
Achilles480: 1
flyntbros: 1
Sir_Pinch-a-Loaf: 1
FFantasyFX: 1
Rimmer: 1
Ninkendo_DS: 1




Q1: What was Nintendo's internal code name for Nintendo DS?
<bobnodensetsu> nitro

Q2. Which four Pokemon are seen on the boxart for "Pokemon Zany Cards" for the Pokemon mini? (ONE LINE, SPELLING COUNTS)
<Ninkendo_DS> meowth, wobbuffet, arbok, pikachu

Q3.  What two items do Klonoa and Huepow want to eat when they reach Jibob in Klonoa: Empire of Dreams?
<shammack> steak and a hamburger

Q4.  What is the Chozo Statue called in the Metroid II: Return of Samus manual? (SPELLING COUNTS)
<TheHumanCow>  Artifactor Statue

Q5.  What does pressing Down+B do when you transform into a Tinkerbat using the Advance Dance in Shantae?
<SS4Gogita> You can ram things

Q6.  Which two worlds from Donkey Kong Country 2 were merged into one for Donkey Kong Land 2? (ONE LINE, SPELLING COUNTS)
<Kharon> Crocodile Cauldron and Krem Quay

Q7: Who is the mysterious space mercenary that recognizes the Turtles' fighting style as coming from Hamato Yoshi, as seen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus?
<Achilles480> slasher

Q8.  What is the comment for the Peach Award in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe?
<MegaByte> You received all the Challenge Medals!

Q9: What GameCube game does Reiko Nagase appear in?
<David> Pac-Man Fever

Q10.  What is the advantage of using Kine in Kirby's Dreamland 2?
<flyntbros> eating [underwater]

Q11.  What is there a picture of above the Jump Button in the Gold Cliff Game & Watch?
<LegacyX> crab

Q12: Who is the "One Deadly Zombie" in Resident Evil (GC)?
<bobnodensetsu> forrest

Q13: Sonia Belmont has a life meter and a 'B' meter. What does the 'B' meter stand for?
<TheHumanCow> burning

Q14: Which video game executive did Minoru Arakawa deeply offend when he fell asleep after their dinner party, and what company did the executive work for? (ONE LINE, SPELLING COUNTS)
<ulanshad> Hideyuki Nakajima, Atari Games / Tengen

Q15: Who wrote the music for Super Mario Land for the Game Boy? (FULL NAME, SPELLING COUNTS)
<ulanshad> Hirokazu Hip Tanaka


HALFTIME QUESTIONS

- What was the name of the director of Super Mario Bros 2. (the US version)?
    Hint: not Miyamoto
    Hint: same as the producer of Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
<brak2000> Kensuke Tanabe
 
- Name another game soundtrack written by the composer of the Mario Party music.
<MegaByte> Chrono Trigger
 
- What is the connection between one of the creators of "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga" and Nintendo?
 <shammack> the writer of super mario adventures
END HALFTIME

Q16: Which Character in Wario Ware Inc. Mega Microgames$ is not confronting Wario about money in the ending?
<David> Dr Crygor

Q17: In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, only three islands have beached boats on them.  What are their names, in order of greatest number of beached boats to least? (ONE LINE)
A17: Outset (3), Greatfish (2), Private [or Link's] Oasis, (1)

Q18: When Howard Phillips left Nintendo of America, his character also left Nintendo Power's comic strip, "Howard and Nester".  What game was used as the theme for Howard's heartbreaking final strip?
<MegaByte> The Lone Ranger

Q19: What ability was shown in both the "New" Super Mario Bros. DS footage at E3 and in Bowser's sequences in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door?
<LegacyX> Grow huge

Q20: In Back to the Future II, Marty plays an old video game in the Cafe 80's. A young Elijah Wood comments, "you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!" What game is Marty playing?
<Sir_Pinch-a-Loaf> wild gunman

Q21: Who was the first westerner to ever play Go with (now-former) Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, and what was the name of that westerner's company at the time? (ONE LINE, FULL NAMES, SPELLING COUNTS)
<MegaByte> Henk Rogers, Bullet Proof Software

Q22: Who was the original editor of the Nintendo Power magazine? (SPELLING COUNTS)
<shammack> gail tilden

Q23: Which two Seattle bars were the original test locations for Donkey Kong?
<shammack> spot tavern and goldies

Q24: Who is the little girl that helped Raphael in the Soul Calibur II storyline?
<SS4Gogita> Amy

Q25: What are four (of five) games that include Kazumi Totaka's signature melody?
<David> Animal Crossing, Link's Awakening, Mario Paint, Yoshi' <David> story

Q26: Excluding system redesigns, which Nintendo systems feature a palette of 32,768 colors games may use?
<MegaByte> SNES, GBA, GBC

Q27: Nintendo NCL's current General Manager of Integrated Research and Development team is also credited as a script/screen writer of which NES-only game series?
<FFantasyFX> StarTropics

Q28: Everyone knows Fuzzy from "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy" in Yoshi's Island for the SNES.  In which other two Yoshi's Island levels (by name) can Fuzzy be found? (ONE LINE, EXACT SPELLING)
<MegaByte> Go! Go! Mario!!, Beware The Spinning Logs

Q29: According to the Mask Salesman in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, which mask is "filled with the joy of freedom"? (EXACT SPELLING)
<Rimmer> Postman's Hat

Q30: What is Mario's power flower ability in Super Mario 64 DS, and which item (by name) originally bestowed the same power-up in Mario history? (ONE LINE)
<shammack> inflate, p-balloon

-----TIEBREAKER(s)-----
Q: In the Super Smash Bros. (N64) intro, what everyday item "turns into" a warp pipe?
A: Pencil box/canister

Q: What character tells you "Sssh!  Don't tell anyone!" in the Super Mario Bros. (NES) manual?
<TheHumanCow> koopa troopa