One of these things is not like the others

[Dogysamich]

Game I thought of, dunno if it's been done before, but I was thinkin of some tricky ones to put in here.

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Rules:
Pretty simple, all you do is come up with a group of things where 1 of them does not share a common trait with another.

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In your entry, you must include

1) A Context Clue. If you don't have one, some of your questions may wind up with multiple answers you did not intend for.

a. Soccer
b. Football
c. Basketball
d. Rugby
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Basketball is the only sport where it NEVER legal to kick the ball

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*Without a context clue, you could come up with the answer of soccer being named futbol in other countries, but the other 3 sports are (generally) named the same*

**But if I listed it like this...

Clue: Cultural Naming
a. Soccer
b. Football
c. Basketball
d. Rugby
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Soccer is the only one of these sports that has a different in all other countries

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..,then you would be looking for the answer I intended for, which is that Soccer is the only sport that goes by a different name in other parts of the world (futbol, for anybody who doesnt know)

*note* If you need to list names of bands, games, or other things to distinguish a common selection, that is perfectly fine.

Clue: Famous Snacks
A. Mike Tyson (The Boxer)
B. Mike Tyson (Punch Out: NES)
C. Mike Bison (Street Fighter 2 (Japanese naming))
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Mike Tyson, the boxer, is the only one of these three that is known for biting another person. (Evander Holyfield)

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2) You must have atleast 3 answers, but no more than 5.
-6 and above is just overkill. Come on. This one isnt a big deal, but dont try to wreck somebody over a small detail.

3) You must wrap your answer in

Spoiler

tags.
-Because that's the only way we have to hide answers.

Spoiler

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One Final Note.

DO NOT ANSWER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS. Just highlight and check yourself. Feel free to comment on people's questions.

YOU MUST POST ATLEAST ONE QUESTION IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTS. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL BE LEFT TO THE WILL OF THE FORUM GAME MODS.

 

[Dogysamich]

Clue: Pow Hammer! (The Tales Series)
A. Colette Brunel
B. Estellise Sidos Heaurassein
C. Tear Grants
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Tear is the only one of the three who casts Pow Hammer. Colette and Estelle pull them from their pockets and throw them.

Clue: Evens and Odds.
A. Professional Basketball
B. Professional Football
C. Professional Soccer
D. Professional Hockey
Answer:

Spoiler

D. Hockey is the only game that has an odd number of units of time. Basketball and football have 4 quarters, Soccer has 2 halves, and hockey has 3 periods.

Clue: Codename
A. Coke
B. Pepsi
C. Sprite
D. Sunkist
E. 7-Up
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Coke is the only soda that is generally NOT called by it's full name, Coca-Cola. The other ones are called by their fullname

Clue: Insurance
A. Coins (Super Mario Bros)
B. Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog)
C. Bananas (Donkey Kong Country)
D. Fruit (Crash Bandicoot)
E. Hearts (Castlevania)
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Rings are the only ones of these items that insure that you can take another hit. The other collectables are serve for other purposes

Clue: The Man of Steel
A. The Mario Series
B. The Metroid Series
C. The Legend of Zelda Series
D. The Bomberman Series
Answer:

Spoiler

C. The Legend of Zelda series is the only series to never have the title "Super" (Super Mario Bros. Super Metroid, Super Bomberman)

Clue: "What's that hanging from the telephone wire?"
A. Stephon Marbury
B. Michael Jordan
C. Kobe Bryant
D. Allen Iverson

Answer:

Spoiler

A. Stephon Marbury is the only one of these basketball players to release "The affordable pair of sneakers", for $15 dollars. The other 3 guys want your money, lol

Clue: Rising Through the Ranks
A. Ovelia (Final Fantasy Tactics)
B. Zelda (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
C. Peach (Super Mario 64)
D. Mercedes (Odin Sphere)
Answer:

Spoiler

C. All four of these characters are pricesses, but Peach is the only one who never becomes a queen. (If you're calling bull**** on Zelda go find a Brawl manual. ... Dont ask me how it happened)

 

[Dogysamich]

Nobody has thought of any? Well have at a few more!

Clue: Stop being a bum!
A. Final Fantasy 4
B. Final Fantasy 5
C. Final Fantasy 6
D. Final Fantasy 7
E. Final Fantasy 9
Answer:

Spoiler

D. Final Fantasy 7 is the only one of these games in which the characters have no jobs, or there is no job system.

Clue: HANDS OFF MY BREAD!!
A. Marle (Chrono Trigger)
B. Rikku (Final Fantasy 10)
C. Colette Brunel (Tales of Symphonia)
D. Lupin the III (Lupin the III)
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Marle is the only character of the 4 who is not a thief. Lupin and Rikku are thieves (it's Rikku's "applied job" in FF10), and Colette is the item stealer of her party

Clue: Life on the Edge
A. Rainbow Road (Mario Kart DS)
B. Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
C. Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash)
D. Rainbow Road (Super Mario Kart)
E. Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64)
Answer:

Spoiler

E. Mario Kart 64 is the only Rainbow Road that has rails on the sides throughout the entire course.

Clue: NasKarts (Instead of Nascar, see what i did thar lol)
A. Mario
B. Kirby
C. Crash Bandicoot
D. Sonic The Hedgehog
E. Mega Man
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Kirby is the only character who doesnt drive a kart in any of his racing games. Mario has Mario Kart, Crash has Crash Team Racing, and Sonic has Sonic Drift

Clue: Fittin' the stereotype
A. Royce Da 5'9''
B. Eminem
C. Lil Wyte
D. Bubba Sparxxx
E. Haystak
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Royce Da 5'9'' is the only black rapper

Clue: IM ON A BOAT!!
A. California
B. Nevada
C. Georgia
D. Maine
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Nevada is the only state that doesnt have a coast

 

[ranmaru]

Clue: WHAT? WAR?!?!

A. George Washington
B. John Adams
C. Jefferson
D. James maddison

Spoiler

James maddison was the first to actually not stay neutral against france and england

 

[Dogysamich]

Nice one.

Threads still open, so I guess this means it's accepted as a game! YES!

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Clue: Firing Range
A) Yoshi's Safari
B) Hogan's Alley
C) Time Crisis
D) To The Earth
E) Gunstar Heroes
Answer:

Spoiler

E. the first 4 games are lightgun games. Gunstar Heroes is a Shoot 'em up

Clue: Sharpshooters
A) Rico (Gunslinger Girl)
B) Meg (Burst Angel)
C) Yoko Littner (Gurren Lagann)
D) Akari Himuro (Night Wizard)
Answer:

Spoiler

B. All for females use sniper rifles as one of their main weapons. Meg however, never actually hits anything throughout the course of her series. (if she did it like, once and i forgot, sombody please tell me)

Clue: Iris' Lineage
A) Atelier Iris
B) Atelier Iris 2
C) Atelier Iris 3
Answer:

Spoiler

C. The Iris in AI1 and 2 are both Iris Blanchimont (the same character, it's just a subtle detail of 2). The Iris in AI3 is Iris Frontier

Clue: A Handful
A) Dante (Devil May Cry)
B) Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy 7)
C) Hilde Von Krone (Soul Calibur 4)
D) Natsuki Kuga (Mai Hime)
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Dante, Hilde, and Kuga all dual wield weapons. Dante dual wields his Ebony and Ivory; Hilde dual wields her sword and spear, Kuga dual weilds pistols. Cloud only has 1 Buster Sword (and to fit the theme, he double hands it)

Clue: Contract Wavier (Final Fantasy 7)
A) Yuffie Kisaragi
B) Barret Wallace
C) Tifa Lockheart
D) Red XIII
E) Cid Highwind
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Out of all of these characters, Yuffie is the only one you do NOT have to get in your party to finish the game

Clue: Run That Back!
A) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
B) Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
C) Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
D) Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
E) Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Answer:

Spoiler

D. Link's Awakening is the only game that has a remake.

Clue; "I like your style. "
A) Karol Capel (Tales of Vesperia)
B) Magneto (Marvel vs Capcom 2)
C) Guile (Street Fighter 4)
D) Hilde Von Krone (Soul Calibur 4)
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Magneto is the only character who is not a "charge" character. Guile, Hilde, and Karol are all based on the mechaing of holding down a button for a specific amount of time to execute commands (Guile's Sonic Boom, Hilde's Charge attacks, and Karol's Mighty Charge)

Clue: "I like your style. " 2
A) Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
B) Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter Alpha)
C) Liu-Kang (Mortal Kombat)
D) Iori Yagami (King of Fighters)
E) Ky Kishe (Guilty Gear)
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Liu-Kang is the only one of these characters that isnt commonly refered to as a "shotoclone"

Clue: Oddman Out
A) Capcom vs SNK
B) SNK vs Capcom
C) Neo Geo Battle Colisieum
D) Capcom Fighting Jam
E) Namco X Capcom

Answer:

Spoiler

E. The first 4 games all involve Capcom and SNK characters. Namco X Capcom is Capcom and NAMCO. As Another answer, you could have pointed out that Namco X Capcom is an RPG while the other 4 are fighting games. As yet another answer, you could have pointed out that Namco X Capcom wasnt released in America while the others were

 

[Dogysamich]

Aight, for alpha, I did some Mega Man questions this time around. Got kinda bored so I only have 7. Sorry man!

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Clue: "I am your father!"
A) Proto Man
B) Wood Man
C) Guts Man
D) Cut Man
E) Bomb Man
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Wood Man is the only one of these robots that Dr. Wily created. All of the others, even the 3 robot masters, were created by Dr. Light. (The 3 robot masters were stolen by Wily in the original Mega Man)

Clue: Turn Up The Volume (Mega Man 8)
A) Astro Man
B) Aqua Man
C) Grenade Man
D) Tengu Man
Answer;

Spoiler

D. Tengu Man is the only character who has different music depending on what version of the game (Sega Saturn or PSX). All others stay the same

Clue: "Nice Track Shoes."
A) Mega Man X
B) Mega Man X3
C) Mega Man X5
D) Mega Man X8
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Mega Man X is the only game where you dont originally start with the ability to dash, you have to "find" it (you really cant miss it)

Clue: Put out the fire.
A) Fire Man (Mega Man)
B) Heat Man (Mega Man 2)
C) Napalm Man (Mega Man 5)
D) Burner man (Rockman and Forte)
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Napalm man is the only fire boss listed that is not weak to a water (or ice) weapon. Fire Man is weak to Ice Slasher, Heat Man to Bubble Lead, and Burner Man to Ice Wall. Napalm Man is weak to crystal eye (not Water Wall)

Clue: Work your Arms and Legs
A) Search Snake (Mega Man 3)
B) Charge Kick (Mega Man 4)
C) Metal Blade (Mega Man 2)
D) Rock Ball (Mega Man 8)
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Charge Kick is the only weapon that you do not shoot. You slide to use it. All of the other ones must be shot to be activated

Clue: "Lets head back to base"
A) Duff McWhalen (Mega Man X5)
B) Optic Sunflower (Mega Man X8)
C) Bubble Crab (Mega Man X2)
D) Jet Stingray (Mega Man X4)
E) Blizzard Buffalo (Mega Man X3)
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Duff Mcwhalen is the only boss who is NOT located in a base. All of the other bosses are (Troia, Deep-Sea, Marine, and Arctic, respectively)

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just for the record, does anybody actually look at these? I know I need to get off my game trip, but do people actually look at these?

 

[Cease Tick]

Kirby does in fact have a kart racer: Kirby's Air Ride.

 

[The Dinkoman]

just for the record, does anybody actually look at these? I know I need to get off my game trip, but do people actually look at these?

I look at them, some of them I actually get, some I don't

Spoiler

I think I should write these down and ask my friends >.>

 

[Dogysamich]

Kirby does in fact have a kart racer: Kirby's Air Ride.

I figured somebody call me on this, and when I put the question up, I figured it would kinda be implied that a kart racer kinda... needs a kart in it, lol. But after thinkin about it, I see what you're getting at, so I just went back, changed the clue and explained the answer differently.

Thanks for pointing that out. though

I look at them, some of them I actually get, some I don't

When you say you dont get them, do you mean they're just hard, or that when you look at the answer you dont see how you're supposed to get that from the clue?

** I appreciate both of you guys responding, I was kinda wondering if anybody really looked at these or just wrote them off **

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As for another question.

Clue: 2-Headed Giant (Game Shows)
A) The Mole
B) Survivor
C) The Amazing Race
D) Big Brother

Answer:

Spoiler

C. The Amazing Race is the only one of these shows in with people enter as teams. In the other 3, people enter by themself

 

[ranmaru]

Yeah I look at them. :] I look at them to see WHY the list is there, therefore I then look at the answer too. xD

 

[Dogysamich]

Clue: Lost in Translation
A) Final Fantasy II (SNES)
B) Final Fantasy III (SNES)
C) Final Fantasy VII (PSX)
D) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Final Fantasy VII is the only game that the same title when released in America and Japan. Final Fantasy II was Final Fantasy IV in Japan, III and VI, and Super Mario Bros. 2 was Doki Doki Panic

 

[#HBC | Mac]

im happy that i knew the above one.

 

[Dogysamich]

Clue: Dump The Clip
A) M1 Garand
B) Steyr AUG
C) Colt Python
D) M16 Rifle
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Out of these guns, the M1 Garand is the only one where you have to shoot the entire clip before you reload.

*Random Fact:

Spoiler

If you've never seen the gun, it makes a loud *** *ping* when the clip gets kicked out. In WW2, Germans and **** learned that this *ping* meant that somebody was outta bullets. GET *****

 

[Dogysamich]

Hmm. New batch of questions.

Clue: Cubed
A) Duct Tape
B) Offices
C) Mountain Dew
D) Sugar
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Every other item can be common found in cubes. Cubical offices, "The Cube" 24 Pack of Mountain Dew, and sugar cubes. Duct Tape is commonly found in a roll.

Clue: Ya Cracker!
A) Ritz
B) Club
C) Oreo
D) Krispy
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Ritz, Club, and Krispy are all brands of crackers. Oreo is a brand of cookie

Clue: Real Money (American Currency)
A) $2 dollar bill
B) $3 dollar bill
C) 50 cent coin
D) $1 dollar coin
Answer:

Spoiler

B. The 3 dollar bill is the only thing listed that is not an actual type of currently

Clue: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall" (Legend of Zelda)
A) Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (GBA)
B) Link To The Past (GBA)
C) Ocarina of Time: Master Quest (GC)
D) Twilight Princess (Wii)
Answer:

Spoiler

D. All of these games are indeed actually ports (inspite of TP being released first on the wii). However, Twilight Princess is a completely mirrored version of it's original game (the GC Version). Dont believe me? Turn on a copy and look at what hand Link holds his sword in. He's actually left handed.

Clue: Chip off the Old Block
A) Game Boy Pocket
B) Game Boy Color
C) Super Game Boy
D) Game Boy Micro
Answer:

Spoiler

D. The Pocket, Color, and Super Game Boy are all variants of the original Game Boy. Game Boy Micro is a variant of the Game Boy Advance.

Clue: The Source of My Power
A) Sega Game Gear
B) Sega Nomad
C) Game Boy Color
D) Game Boy Advance: SP
Answer:

Spoiler

D. The GBA:SP is the only one that, by default, runs off of a rechargable battery. The rest run off of regular batteries

Clue: Miscounting
A) February 29th
B) April 31st
C) August 31st
D) October 31st
Answer:

Spoiler

B. April 31st doesnt exist. February 29th exists every 4 years. Next time you'll see it is 2012 (it happened last year)

Clue: Need a friend?
A) Ski Free
B) Minesweeper
C) Solitaire
D) Hearts
Answer:

Spoiler

D. Hearts it the only one of these games that you "need somebody to play with" (whether its a cpu or somebody else)

 

[ranmaru]

Clue: Tacooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
A. Taco
B. Meat
C. Lettuce
D. Dog

Answer:

Spoiler

Dog, duh.

 

[Dogysamich]

*looks at sumo and laughs* Ya know, i actually got mindf**ked by that. XD

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Aight, new batch of questions from me.

1) Directional Influence
a) An 18 Wheeler
b) Lisa Lopez
c) Link (Legend of Zelda)
d) TIO's Losers Bracket
Answer:

Spoiler

A. A big rig is known for making wide RIGHT turns. Lisa Lopez is known as Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez, Link is left handed, and the Losers Bracket on TIO is the left side of the bracket.

2) The Original Source (James Bond)
A) Goldeneye (N64)
B) Tomorrow Never Dies (PS1)
C) Agent Under Fire (PS2)
D) From Russia With Love (PS2)
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Agent Under Fire is the only 007 game listed that's NOT based off of a movie.

3) The Final Game.... again?
A) The World Series
B) The Super Bowl
C) The NBA Finals
D) The Stanley Cup Playoffs
Answer:

Spoiler

B. The Super Bowl is the only championship game that is decided by ONE game. All of the others are a series of games.

4) "You Wont Believe What's On TV!" (Card Games as sporting events)
A) Magic The Gathering
B) Pokemon
C) Uno
D) Poker
Answer:

Spoiler

C. To this day, Uno is the only card game that hasn't been aired on tv as a sport. The other 3 have. (Yes I actually remember watching MTG and Pokemon, that was hilarious)

5) Man Power!
A) Horse Races
B) Dog Races
C) Plane Races
D) Boat Races
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Dog races are the only races where people are not directly in the race. Horse races have jockeys, and planes and boats kinda need people to operate them (Eevn RC, somebody has to CONTROL it ).

6) Vowel Movement
A) ABCD
B) EFGH
C) IJKL
D) MNOP
E) QRST
F) UVWX
Answer:

Spoiler

E. E is the only set that doesnt contain a vowel.

7) "Hey Kirby, where'd you find that hat?"
A) Mario
B) Samus
C) Zelda
D) Captain Falcon
E) Peach
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Zelda is the only character listed (actually only one in smash period) where when Kirby copies her ability, it's represented by something that's not there. (For people who dont know, the hat comes from OoT, and a few other games.)

8) The Family Tree (Final Fantasy)
A) Fira
B) Flare
C) Fire 3
D) Firaja
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Fira, Fire 3, and Firaja are all branches of the Fire spell. Flare is a completely different spell.

9) Brain Power!
A) Samus Aran (Metroid)
B) Princess Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
C) Master Yoda (Star Wars)
D) Azen
E) Valedictorians
Answer:

Spoiler

A. Samus is the only character/person/title listed that isnt commonly referenced as smart. Zelda has the Triforce of Wisdom, Yoda is the greatest Jedi, Azen is usually hailed as "ridiculously smart", and Valedictorians are the people who finish with the highest score in their class. Samus is just a badass.

10) Midway Sports
A) NBA Jam
B) MLB Slugfest
C) NFL Xtreme
D) NHL Hitz
Answer:

Spoiler

C. NFL Xtreme is the only title listed that wasnt developed and/or published by Midway. It was by 989Sports and SCEE. You're not missing anything if you've never heard of it

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Thinking of Final Fantasy, here's a bonus "Mind F*ck" question.

11) Piercing Weapons
A) White Mage *The one you have throughout most of the game* (Final Fantasy 4)
B) Summoner (Final Fantasy 4)
C) Red Mage (Final Fantasy 6)
D) Blue Mage (Final Fantasy 10)
E) White Mage (Final Fantasy 10)

Answer:

Spoiler

E.
Ok, first and foremost
FF4 White Mage = Rosa (I know there's one more, clue tells you not that one)
FF4 Summoner = Rydia
FF6 Red Mage = Terra
FF10 Blue Mage = Kimahri
FF10 White Mage = Yuna

Rosa and Rydia can equip bows, Rydia can equip daggers. Terra can equip swords (Heck, Reg Mages in generally usually have Rapiers), Kimahri has a spear (seeing as he's actually a dragoon/blue mage).

Yuna's... just got her staff. Poor girl.

 

[AntiC]

Clue: OBJECTION

1) Edgeworth
2) Phoenix Wright
3) Maya Fey
4) Mia Fey

Answer :

Spoiler

Maya Fey : Only person in the list who doesn't have a voice

 

[Lemonwater]

Martial Artists

A. Jackie Chan
B. Bruce Lee
C. Chuck Norris
D. Jet Li

Spoiler

Answer: B. Bruce Lee is a GOD, not a just a martial artist. The rest might be cool as well, but they are only human.

 

[Dogysamich]

1) Clone Wars (SSBM)
A) Ganon
B) Young Link
C) Luigi
D) Pikachu
E) Dr. Mario
F) Fox
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Luigi is the only character listed that is not or does not have a clone in melee

2) For the people!
A) G Gundam
B) SD Gundam
C) Gundam Wing
D) Gundam 00
E) Mobile Suit Gundam
Answer:

Spoiler

A. G Gundam is the only series listed that does not follow the norm of "A group fighting against a Federation". It's a large scale tournament

3) Take one for the team.
A) Mario Kart: Double Dash
B) Pokemon: Ruby
C) Resident Evil 5
D) Legend of Zelda: The Four Sword Adventure
E) Army of Two
Answer:

Spoiler

D. All of the games listed have a co-op system/mechanic. LoZ:4 Swords is the only one where the team is made up of 4 people.

4) "In the next exciting episode!"
A) Mega Man 6
B) Mega Man & Bass
C) Mega Man X4
D) Mega Man Battle Network 2
E) Mega Man ZX
Answer:

Spoiler

B. Mega Man & Bass is the only Megaman game listed that's NOT in a series. (It's an offshoot of the original series, but it's not officially in the series).

5) Broken mirrors (SNES/Sega)
A) Aladdin
B) Shaq Fu
C) Mortal Kombat 2
D) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tounament Fighters
Answer:

Spoiler

C. Mortal Kombat 2 is the only game listed that, for the most part, is the same in both SNES and Sega versions. Aladdin has 2 completely different gameplay mechanics (Aladdin gets his sword on Sega, and only has apples and jumps on people for SNES), Shaq-Fu on Sega has more characters that you can NEVER unlock on SNES (some dont even exist in the story), and TMNT:TF has 2 completly different fighting engines (SNES is practically tourney viable. Sega is one of the most broken fighters ever. lol)

6) Box Office Hits
A) Dead or Alive
B) Double Dragon
C) Resident Evil
D) Silent Hill
E) Super Mario Bros
Answer:

Spoiler

A. All of these game series have live action movies. Dead or Alive is the only movie that was so bad it went straight to DVD. The other 4 series had their movies hit the big screen.

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I'll have some more within the next day or 2, i just have to reword some stuff

 

[Dogysamich]

Clue: The Michael Jackson Complex

A) Notebook Paper
B) A Wii
C) A Snowfort
D) A PS3

Answer:

Spoiler

D: PS3's are black, the other 3 are white

I was just looking for a reason to bump this. I've got to find my list of questions I came up with.

 

[smashfan666]

Clue: allow me to make myself not unknown

A) Mr. L
B) Poochy
C) Spat
D) Pigmasks

Answer:

Spoiler

Spat was never brainwashed or hypnotized, he is evil by choice.

this thread seemed awesome...