Puzzle & Dragons is one of the few mobile franchises to have successfully made the transition to console, with Puzzle & Dragons Z and a Super Mario-themed crossover proving to be commercial hits for developer GungHo. The firm is now following up with the 3DS sequel Puzzle & Dragons X, which hits Japan on July 28th.
Taking a leaf out of Pokémon's book, the title will be released in two versions: God Chapter and Dragon Chapter. Each version has exclusive monsters which cannot be obtained in the other.
Japanese fans can preorder the game on March 16th. The retail version costs 4,800 Yen while the digital version is a little cheaper at 4,074 Yen. There's no word on a western release as yet, but the chances are good given that the previous game was well-recieved when it launched in this part of the world.
[source gonintendo.com]
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I think if you're going to follow the two versions strategy then you need to do it as Fire Emblem appears to have: two games with interlocking but not identical storylines. I am a huge Pokémon fan but the only time I ever bought both versions was Diamond and Pearl whereas with Fire Emblem Fates I intend to buy all three pathways (providing Europe gets a release some day).
Not this multiple versions bs again. Whats wrong with having everything on just one game?
Won't buy this, Z and the Mario version was enough to me.
I have over 130 hours on the Z+Mario cart and somehow I'm still having fun. New game looks cool, will buy if it gets localized.
I liked this game, didn't love it, but it was decent. That said, I thought the first one completely bombed outside of Japan?
@MoonKnight7 Nope, it did excellently. The original sold over a million, I believe.
enough with the multiple verions already ughhh...
Very nice trailer for a company known for mobile games.
Hitting all the right notes - 2 games like Pokemon, and throwing X in the title like Monster Hunter.
Dont' think it will be called "god" in the west, dragons certainly, but probably "beasts" or something.
Z and Mario were separate in Japan, together in the west, so it's possible both of these could be on 1 cartridge in the west. Though I doubt it. The entire industry has gotten completely out of control.
The game looks good and i did enjoy playing Z+mario and still do enjoy playing the game after i finished it so if it comes out in europa i will make sure to pick up my copy in my gamestore.
As for making it two versions well it makes sense and it not like it could be a bad thing if it like pokemon.
@XXIV
May I have a source? Keep in mind that I'm only interested in numbers outside of Japan.
Certainly will buy this if it comes to the UK!
Hope this comes to the west, it looks great! Glad that this looks a bit more like Pokemon but I'm not crazy about the dual versions. Still I've been getting hooked on P&D recently so I can't wait to play.
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