I have a reputation for writing videogame questions that often focus on development history, technology, obscure hardware, and weird common links. There's definitely going to be some of that stuff in this set but it will be balanced with more straightforward primary clue tossups.The untranslated 1994 Sega arcade shooter Ambitions of ZunZun has you playing as one of these things. In their original appearance, Rotodics can only be destroyed when the player takes the form of one of these things. Larry Butz owns two replicas of a famous one of these objects that also doubles as a clock and a murder weapon in the first case in the original Phoenix Wright. We're not looking for a star, but a virtual one of these objects is the source of the meme 🕹 "L is Real 2401" from Super Mario 64. Mario turns into one of these things when the player presses the down button while equipped with the Tanooki Suit. For 10 points, name these (*) objects, the aforementioned Phoenix Wright example being a replica of one created by Auguste Rodin.
ANSWER: a statue [accept Jizo statue; or a sculpture; accept The Thinker] (1)
I'm trying to keep the answer line difficulty for this tournament down. But there will be a handful of relatively hard answers and I imagine even some of the stuff I consider easier is going to play hard to the crowd whose retro system of choice is the Xbox 360.
I have approximately two packets written. I expect this will probably get finished in early 2024 but we'll see. It will be run as an online event.
If you're interested in writing some RPG questions for this set, please let me know. There will probably be some in here even without any freelance contributions but ideally I can find someone who actually enjoys this genre.
