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[NintendoReport]

Worldwide release has been confirmed.

 

 

Site: http://pad-m.gungho.jp/

 

April 29th release in Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nintendo and GungHo Online Entertainment are teaming up to merge the wildly successful mobile puzzle game Puzzle & Dragons with Super Mario Bros. and, in the process, print a lot of money for both companies.

 

GungHo CEO Kazuki Morirainbowa and Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto joined forces today to announce Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, a Nintendo 3DS adaptation ofPuzzle & Dragons that's stuffed with Nintendo's characters: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi and more. The 3DS game is confirmed for a release in Japan on April 29, priced at 4,000 yen.

 

Puzzle & Dragons, a puzzle role-playing game, was first released for iOS in 2012. Since launch, the game has been downloaded more than 32 million times in Japan and more than 6 million times in North America.

 

Based on the game's debut trailer, Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition appears to hew closely to Puzzle & Dragons' tried and true color-matching gameplay, but adds familiar power-ups, characters and a Mario-style overworld map.

 

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said last year that the company planned to expand its character licensing business, saying it saw "possibilities in licensing character IP in areas Nintendo has never worked before,"

 

 

http://www.polygon.c...endo-3ds-gungho

[Hank Hill]

http://www.gonintend...ateside-release

 

That was fast.

[NintendoReport]

http://www.gonintend...ateside-release

 

That was fast.

 

great! nice to see this. Puzzles and Dragons is pretty fun, and more strategic then the usual game in the genre. Adding Nintendo into the mix here and some unique gameplay aspects, this looks like it will be quite fun. I am glad Nintendo is doing stuff like this with other companies.

[Tom]

Something tells me that the average person will be paying more than just $39.99 for this game.

[Jelloman]

Did you see the Nintendo japan stock rise after this, its sky rocketed, for some reason i cant post the image but here is a link to it: http://mynintendonew...edition-reveal/

 

 

[Guy Fieri]

I've never played Puzzles and Dragons, so maybe there's something I'm missing in terms of content. But I'm a little curious as to how they're going to charge $30/$40 for a puzzle game and make it worth it. I actually thought it was an eShop game at first.

[YoshiGamer9]

What is this game?

 

It's like mario party and bejewled or something...

[NintendoReport]

What is this game?

 

It's like mario party and bejewled or something...

 

From Wiki: Puzzle & Dragons is a puzzle video game with elements of RPGs and strategy games, developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire platforms

update from PR,

 

 

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 22, two huge and immersive puzzle games developed by GungHo are coming in one package to the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. The newest game, Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition, resembles a classic Super Mario Bros. game with a puzzling twist. Players drag and match colorful orbs to chain combos to battle opponents, level up and clear stages. But the action beyond that simple drag-and-match premise reveals much deeper game play. The game transports players to the Mushroom Kingdom, where they recruit Bowser’s baddies, like Goombas, Koopa Troopas and the Koopalings, along with much-loved characters like Toad and Yoshi to help fight more than 80 classic enemies across a variety of different worlds.

The second game, Puzzle & Dragons Z, which became a big hit in Japan and sold more than 1.5 million units in the first six months after launch, features similar drag-and-match game play with an even richer storyline. Players collect and battle a fantastic array of more than 250 Monsters, which can be hatched from Eggs that players gather from defeating enemies. Then, using collected Chips (from defeating enemies), players can evolve their Monsters to gain new Skills, a higher level cap and better stats on their quest to rebuild the world.

Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition launches on one game card at a suggested retail price of just $29.99. Best of all, everyone can try out Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition before it launches by downloading a free demo in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS starting in early May.

 

 

[Portal]

From Wiki: Puzzle & Dragons is a puzzle video game with elements of RPGs and strategy games, developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire platforms

update from PR,

Huh. I thought this was just a random $10 puzzle game. Guess not. I'll definitely have to check out that demo.

[NintendoReport]

Huh. I thought this was just a random $10 puzzle game. Guess not. I'll definitely have to check out that demo.

 

2 games in one. Puzzles and Dragons Z and the SMB Edition. 

 

[Scumbag]

Looks interesting.