Q 01/05

Who wrote the Sword Art Online light novels?

A) Tappei Nagatsuki

B) Nisio Isin

C) Reki Kawahara

D) Gen Urobuchi

Answer · why

C) Reki Kawahara

Reki Kawahara says the one trait he shares with Kirito is that neither is any good at forming parties: he jokes that both of them mostly play online g...

Q 02/05

How was Sword Art Online first released, from 2002 to 2008?

A) As a free web novel

B) As a serialized manga

C) As a radio drama

D) As a PC game

Answer · why

A) As a free web novel

As a free web novel on its author's own site, the story grew to four arcs; he took every chapter offline when a publisher offered to put the series in...

Q 03/05

Under which imprint are the Sword Art Online light novels published in Japan?

A) Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko

B) Dengeki Bunko

C) MF Bunko J

D) GA Bunko

Answer · why

B) Dengeki Bunko

Dengeki Bunko's editors asked for the series after its author won their annual contest with a different story; he had written SAO for the same contest...

Q 04/05

What is missing from Sword Art Online's menu on launch day?

A) World map

B) Log-out button

C) Friends list

D) Inventory tab

Answer · why

B) Log-out button

The log-out button's absence is no bug: the game's creator appears to announce that he removed it, that clearing the whole castle is the only way out,...

Q 05/05

What is the name of the helmet that lets players dive into SAO by stimulating their senses?

A) AmuSphere

B) Medicuboid

C) NerveGear

D) Neuro Linker

Answer · why

C) NerveGear

NerveGear cuts off the body's own signals and feeds the brain a virtual world, so pulling it off by force, or dying in the game, kills the wearer; the...