Q 01/05

Bug Fables models its art and battles on the first two games of which Nintendo series?

A) Mario & Luigi

B) Paper Mario

C) EarthBound

D) Fire Emblem

Answer · why

B) Paper Mario

Paper Mario and its sequel The Thousand-Year Door were the model, because the developers felt later entries had strayed too far from that formula.

Q 02/05

The entire land of Bugaria in Bug Fables turns out to sit inside what ordinary human-world location?

A) A greenhouse

B) A city park

C) A backyard

D) A school garden

Answer · why

C) A backyard

A backyard of an abandoned house holds all of Bugaria: its vast desert is really an old sandbox, and its lake is fed by a leaking pipe.

Q 03/05

Kabbu, the chivalrous warrior from the far North in Bug Fables, is what kind of insect?

A) Mantis

B) Cricket

C) Dragonfly

D) Beetle

Answer · why

D) Beetle

Beetle warrior Kabbu fights with the horn on his head, landing single heavy blows while Vi the bee favours rapid multi-strike attacks.

Q 04/05

In Bug Fables, what does TP, the shared pool the party spends on special attacks, stand for?

A) Teamwork Points

B) Tactics Points

C) Technique Points

D) Talent Points

Answer · why

A) Teamwork Points

Teamwork Points belong to the whole party rather than to each bug, and a rank-up can raise the pool by 3.

Q 05/05

What punning name does Vi give the boomerang she fights with throughout Bug Fables?

A) Buzzerang

B) Stingerang

C) Beemerang

D) Hiverang

Answer · why

C) Beemerang

Beemerang is Vi's own name for it; officially the weapon is the A.D.B.P., one of a professor's Automated Drone Boomerang Prototypes.

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