🧠 Nintendo Quiz

Mario first appeared as 'Jumpman' in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong — he was originally a carpenter, not a plumber.

The Switch's hybrid design lets players seamlessly transition between TV play and handheld mode, a concept that drove it to sell over 140 million units worldwide.

A common misconception is that the hero is called Zelda — Zelda is actually the princess, while the player character has always been named Link.

Nintendo was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce Hanafuda, traditional Japanese flower playing cards still made by the company today.

The Wii sold over 100 million units worldwide, with its intuitive motion controls attracting a massive audience of non-traditional gamers.

Samus Aran was one of gaming's first major female protagonists — her identity was famously revealed only at the end of the original 1986 Metroid game.

The original Super Smash Bros. was developed by Masahiro Sakurai and HAL Laboratory with a small team, becoming a surprise hit that spawned one of Nintendo's biggest franchises.

Yamauchi took over as president at just 22 years old, succeeding his grandfather, and led Nintendo's transformation from playing cards into video games over the next five decades.

The Virtual Boy was discontinued within a year of release and sold fewer than 800,000 units — it remains one of Nintendo's most notable commercial failures.

Mario was originally a carpenter in Donkey Kong — he became a plumber when Nintendo developed Mario Bros., which was set in underground sewers.