Q 01/05

Which Japanese company's music-game division launched Pop'n Music in arcades in 1998?

A) Namco

B) Konami

C) Sega

D) Capcom

Answer · why

B) Konami

Konami built Pop'n Music as its second major music game, aiming at a wider audience than its club-focused debut. The arcade series went on past twenty...

Q 02/05

The Pop'n Music spin-off Pop'n Stage, played by stepping on ten floor switches, resembles which rhythm series?

A) Dance Dance Revolution

B) Para Para Paradise

C) Space Channel 5: Part 2

D) Samba de Amigo

Answer · why

A) Dance Dance Revolution

Dance Dance Revolution was the model: Pop'n Stage moves the colorful buttons onto a stage for players' feet. Only two versions were released, the orig...

Q 03/05

Which company's songs and characters fill a 2000 Pop'n Music arcade spin-off later ported to the Game Boy Color?

A) Sanrio

B) Studio Ghibli

C) Disney

D) Warner Bros.

Answer · why

C) Disney

Disney supplied the cast for Pop'n Music Mickey Tunes, which reached arcades in March 2000. A PlayStation version followed later that year under the n...

Q 04/05

Nyami, one of the two main mascots who appear on Pop'n Music title screens, is an anthropomorphic what?

A) Fox

B) Bear

C) Penguin

D) Cat

Answer · why

D) Cat

Cat is right, and her partner Mimi is an anthropomorphic rabbit. The pair also present the tutorial in Pop'n Music Sunny Park and Pop'n Music Éclale.

Q 05/05

A 1999 official guide noted Pop'n Music cabinets stood near photo booths and named which group as the main audience?

A) High-school girls

B) Office workers

C) Young children

D) University students

Answer · why

A) High-school girls

High-school girls were the main audience, and a wide mix of genres, from jazz to kayōkyoku, was chosen to give the game broader appeal than club-focus...