About a month ago, we reported on Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition coming to Nintendo 3DS. A most curious mashup, it aims to take characters and locations from the Super Mario series and place them in a Puzzle & Dragons game. Puzzle & Dragons is itself a mash-up, blending match-three puzzle gameplay with RPG elements. While the series has yet to establish itself in the west to match success in Japan, the upcoming Super Mario flavoured title is set to be its debut.
In the most recent issue of Famitsu, several details about Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition were revealed. Players will be able to select either Mario or Luigi as team leaders and teams will contain up to six characters; consisting of the leader, the assist character, and four partners.
Characters can be powered up at Toad Houses via the usage of an item obtained from enemies or question blocks, and the player will be able to synthesize two characters by turning one into experience points that will be absorbed by the other.
Worlds will be typical New Super Mario Bros. fare, consisting of a grassland, a desert, a sky zone, etc., and each world will have a unique element that will dictate the enemy variety. Some stages will include secret passages that lead to underwater sections, as well.
The idea behind Puzzle & Dragons certainly sounds like an interesting concept, we'll be looking forward to its release. What do you think? Are you looking forward to this series' debut? Sound off in the comments below.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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It seems like a good game to play, may give it a go. And i like the mario idea as it sounds fun.
Thank you my lord and savor Miyamoto for not pulling a Pokemon Shuffle
Oh I cannot wait. My kinda thang since I really enjoyed Henry Hatsworth & Puzzle Quest.
This game is looking good so far, should definitely be worth a look.
Kind of difficult for me to pay $30 for a game I already played to death, but the Z and Mario editions do sound good. If it has more than 1 save slot there are 3 or 4 people in my household who might play this so I'd pick it up then.
How about a release date?
I like the idea, but I'll need to see more before I make a decision.
I'm very intrigued by this. This sounds like it'll be quite fun.
If this was an eshop release I'd be all over this. It's just hard to justify paying pull price for a match 3 game that I basically have (for free) on my phone. They're going to need more than "Underwater levels" for me to get hyped.
I already have this preordered. Can't wait until May to play this game.
Pre ordered and ready for action! I was already excited for Puzzles and Dragons Z to be localized- but the Super Mario edition being included on top of the original game in one cartridge was icing on the cake. Brilliant idea and such an obvious a choice- Mario is just a really good fit for this game.
I still wish they would release the mario edition on the E shop as a separate purchase, its the only version I am interested in.
I hope it's as much fun as i expect it to be. Hm.. it's dangerous to have high expectations.. but heard about the great sales of the original Puzzle and Dragons game over in Nippon and that's usually promising for my taste.
Interesting. I'm really curious to find out how far the slection of partners will go in the SMB Edition - hopefully some Rosalina! <3
As an eshop title, definitely... As a full retail release, hmm we'll have to wait and see.
This kind of makes me think Pokemon Battle Trozei, but with Mario.
This seems to be like a perfect game to download, just pick and play any time without changing cartridges. I'm afraid I'll waste so much time with this one
I'm looking forward to this. It's a neat idea to tie in Super Mario Bros
I think I will get this, that NSMB2 remix in the trailer was pure gold. (pun most definently intended).
Definitely looking forward for this. I never played the smartphone version and never liked F2P game on smartphone in the first place, so a complete package, especially 2-in-1 is tempting.
Don't forget that this'll come packaged with Puzzle & Dragons Z, so it's a "twofer" deal! I'm not sure what to think of this though, the concept seems to be one of those things that either really works well or completely misses the mark. Here's to hoping it's something special!
This seems like a great idea to drag my other half away from candy crush saga!
@LunaticPandora They did what?
@LEGEND_MARIOID OHHH S- wrong person, ignore me, carry on.
I'm not sure how much interest I have in another match three style game, but at least it has dragons in it! And the Super Mario Edition looks cool too. More interested in the regular Puzzles and Dragons though. Suits my style better.
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