is a quiz game released in exclusively in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 by Capcom

Capcom

is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

 in as a coin-operated video game

Arcade game

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. It was the 20th game released by Capcom for their CP System hardware, as well as Capcom's fifth quiz game for the arcade. Capcom World 2 is actually the second sequel to their quiz game Adventure Quiz: Capcom World (the first sequel was titled Adventure Quiz 2: Hatena? no Daibōken, released in ). All three games were released exclusively in Japan. The game features cameo appearances by characters from previous Capcom games such as Street Fighter II

Street Fighter II

is a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in . It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware...

, Final Fight

Final Fight

is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...

, Strider

Strider (arcade game)

Strider, released in Japan as is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. It became one of Capcom's early hits before Street Fighter II, revered for its innovative gameplay and multilingual voice clips during cutscenes .-Plot: Strider is set in a...

, Captain Commando

Captain Commando

is a futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up game originally developed and published by Capcom as a coin-operated video game, and later ported to several other platforms. It was the seventeenth title produced for the company's CP System hardware...

, Knights of the Round, King of Dragons, Magic Sword

Magic Sword

, fully titled as Magic Sword - Heroic Fantasy, is a side-scrolling fantasy arcade game released by Capcom in 1990. The game casts the player as a hero who must fight his way through a mystical tower in order to save the world...

and Mega Man

Mega Man (series)

Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...

.

Plot

Capcom World 2 in the fictional world of the Capcom Kingdom, a once peaceful land that was protected by three Dragon statues symbolizing Love, Courage, and Wisdom. These benevolent deities guarded three radiant Crystals. But one day, the Crystals were stolen by a mysterious villain, turning the Dragons into ferocious beasts. In order defeat this villain, four young heroes decide to embark on a journey to the villain's three castles, each containing one of three guarded by its dragon. The heroes are assisted on their quest by numerous Capcom characters.

Gameplay

Capcom World 2 can be played by up to two players simultaneously, with both players given the chance to answer the same question at the same time. The player begins by being asked to choose from one of the four characters: can sometimes score two points by answering a single question correctly; has the ability to select the genre of her questions; can sometimes eliminate one or two wrong answers from his choices; and is more likely to recover energy than the other characters with his correct answers. After selecting the character, the player to choose between three different courses which will determine the difficulty of the questions: Beginner, Normal, and Expert.

Each stage consist board game-like map in which the objective is to reach the final panel and confront the boss to their quiz challenge. The player moves their character by throwing a dice

Dice

A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...

, which determines the number of steps their character will take and which panel they will land. In each panel, the player will be challenged by a Capcom character to a series of questions. Some characters will offer awards for answering their questions such as extra points or health, while other characters will give players some kind of benefit to answering their questions such as allowing the player to choose the genre or reduce the number of possible choices.

Further appearances

Pure makes a cameo appearance in Street Fighter Alpha 2

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Street Fighter Alpha 2, known as in Japan, Asia and South America, is a fighting game originally released for the CPS II arcade hardware by Capcom. The game is both a sequel and a remake to the previous years Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, which is itself a prequel to the Street Fighter...

as a background spectator at Ken's home stage. She also makes an appearance as a "helper character" in Marvel vs. Capcom, along with Fur.