Legendary Japanese Puzzle Franchise 'Magical Drop' Returns With A New Entry

Woohoo...! 😃
Magical Drop 6 !
Magical Drop 3 Japan PS1 was my first teenhood PS1 game since June 1998.
World is still being naked with few fabric on her body. 😆
Classic !

I wonder if Magical Drop 6 will have Home console Mode version from PS1 which each balls have their elemental animations (Red = Fire Sword, Yellow = Twinkle stars, Green = Leafy wind, Blue = Water glass poured) because the Arcade mode have different drop pattern from the same character.

Wish for physical release on either Switch or PS4 / PS5 version.

Not a fan of how they animated the characters on the playfield, but I'll take it! Certainly looks better than V, though that didn't set the bar very high.

Looks good! Character designs are fun.

Magical Drop 2 is on the SNES Switch Online app but I've not tried it yet.

Amazing news! This game is a must-have, I'd recommend trying Magical Drop II for SNES (SNES Online) first. I downloaded Magical Drop II for Neo Geo from the eShop and it's one of my favourite arcade games! Fingers crossed for a physical release but for sure a day one purchase for me!

V was one of my first games when trying Steam. May get this for old time's sake.

Nice. I already have 2 and 3 and that's enough for me but it's still good to see old franchises chugging along.

Always excited about new puzzle games.

which newer games are similar to this series? on switch of course.

@Elmotus Yeah, they're a bit smooth — I much prefer the hand-animated frame-by-frame vibe.

I liked very much the NeoGeo game. I didn't know that there were more titles after this !!! Wow! If it has a good price, day one purchase! I hope it will have 4 player local multiplayer!

Just when Bust-A-Move is returning Data East seen the interest and decided to bring their version back too.

I opened this article thinking "Cool, Magical Drop IV" only to discover they're up to VI!

A quick look on Wikipedia reminded me that there was a Japanese exclusive 4th game on the PS1 called Magical Drop F, but I had never heard of Magical Drop V. Will definitely keep an eye on this one as I've always loved III.

I wasn’t even aware that V was a thing and now a new game is coming? Sign me up.

Wow! Unexpected. What a great game.

It’s alright I guess, but I would far prefer a sequel to (or non-pixel anime-styled remake of) Money Idol Exchanger. The characters in that were adorable, and the mechanics led to some mad chain reactions.

I played 2 alot on NSO and fell in love with it.

Unexpected great news! MD is one of the few puzzle series I enjoy.😊

Well, Switch Online got a supposedly unreleased US prototype of the SNES port of 2. I guess that was the most recent.
I hear it cut content compared to the licensed aftermarket print, localized by a fan translator.

I’ve never played this series but based on the trailer is this basically Bust a Move but you can only shoot straight up? And also there’s anime girls?

DATA EAST logo front and center. O_O WHAT?

That trailer looked very low effort. I wonder about the game. After a decade just more of the same may be enough, but I'm not a hard-core fan of the series.

I've only played two entries in the series but I've loved them both. So I am looking forward to this.

@KoiTenchi, way more complicated. You have to “pull down” gems and then shoot them back up. You can pull down one color at a time and as many of that color as you want. Gems settle upward and can chain… and during the chain you can continue pulling down gems and shooting them up.

Requires an insane amount of fast twitch and field of play vision to see potential chains several steps away.

The Magical Drop series is by far my favorite puzzle game, and top 5 of all time regardless of genre. MD5 was a total disaster, and I hope this delivers.

@Coffeemonster i would LOVE a new money puzzle game. The closest thing I can think of is Critter Crunch, which is just as amazing. I don't think Capy games is around anymore though