Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is a Mario-themed puzzle game with role-playing elements from the Puzzle & Dragons series released for the Nintendo 3DS.[1] Originally, it was released in Japan on April 29, 2015. An overseas release was later confirmed[2], and announced during the January 2015 Nintendo Direct to be released in May 2015 with Puzzle & Dragons Z as Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.[3]
Story
The story, from the introduction of the game:'
This is the Mushroom Kingdom.
One day, mysterious glowing objects known as Orbs started to appear around Princess Peach's Castle.
Upon receiving an invitation from Princess Peach, Mario traveled to the castle, eager to take a look at the Orbs.
However...
When Mario arrives, a red Toad appears to inform Mario that Princess Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser once again. [4] There was even a message left by Bowser:
Bowser's Message, from the introduction of the game:'
Hey Mario!
Princess Peach and the Orbs are MINE now!
If you don't like it, follow me to my castle!
BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!
As it turns out, Bowser and his Koopa Pack heard about the orbs and launched an attack on the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser's Magician, Kamek, is stealing the power of the orbs for unknown reasons, but it's causing him to run around in a rampage, causing the Mushroom Kingdom to overflow with all kinds of Orbs.
To save Peach, Mario would have to use the power of the orbs to rescue Princess Peach. The Red Toad joins him to help out along the way.
Worlds
Normal Worlds
- World 1 - A grassland world.[4]
- World 2 - An underground world.[5]
- World 3 - A desert world.[6]
- World 4 - A beach/sea/ocean world.[6]
- World 5 - A jungle world.[6]
- World 6 - A sky world.[7]
- World 7 - A lava/volcano world.
- World 8 - Dark Land/Bowser's Kingdom.
Special Worlds - Unlocked by completing the game once. The themes of the special worlds remain the same like the regular worlds, but the challenges are different.
- ★World 1 - A grassland world, with a dark blue haze in the background.
- ★World 2 - An underground world, with a green tint.
- ★World 3 - A desert world.
- ★World 4 - A beach/sea/ocean world.
- ★World 5 - A jungle world.
- ★World 6 - A sky world, with orange skies.
- ★World 7 - A lava/volcano world, with pink lava.
- ★World 8 - Dark Land/Bowser's Kingdom, with gray ground.
Characters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Princess Peach
- Bowser
- Koopalings
- Kamek
- Bowser Jr.
- Toads
- Yoshis
- Winged Yoshis
- Rosalina
- Tamadra
Leaders and Helpers
The player can use Mario or Luigi (and ten of their power-up forms) as leaders of a team. Helper characters will also join the player after clearing levels or worlds. For a complete listing of every character that can be turned into allies, see: List of characters in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
| Name | Form/Color | Availability |
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| Mario | Small | Available at start. |
| Super | Unlocked by clearing World 1-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Ice | Unlocked by clearing World 1. | |
| Raccoon | Unlocked by clearing World 2-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Fire | Unlocked by clearing World 3-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Boo | Unlocked by clearing World 4-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Penguin | Unlocked by clearing World 5. | |
| Flying Squirrel | Unlocked by clearing World 6. | |
| Bee | Unlocked by clearing World 7. | |
| Statue | Unlocked by completing ★World 1. | |
| Cat | Unlocked by completing ★World 3. | |
| Luigi | Small | Available at start. |
| Super | Unlocked by clearing World 1-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Ice | Unlocked by clearing World 1. | |
| Fox | Unlocked by clearing World 2-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Fire | Unlocked by clearing World 3-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Boo | Unlocked by clearing World 4-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Penguin | Unlocked by clearing World 5. | |
| Flying Squirrel | Unlocked by clearing World 6. | |
| Bee | Unlocked by clearing World 7. | |
| Statue | Unlocked by completing ★World 2. | |
| Cat | Unlocked by completing ★World 4. | |
| Toad | Red | Available at start. |
| Green | Unlocked by clearing World 1-1. | |
| Blue | Unlocked by clearing World 1-2. | |
| Yellow | Unlocked by clearing World 1-4. | |
| Purple | Unlocked by clearing World 1-6. | |
| Yoshi[4] | Green | Unlocked by clearing World 5-File:Fort Icon.png. |
| Red | Unlocked by clearing World 6-File:Fort Icon.png 1. | |
| Light-blue | Unlocked by clearing World 6-File:Fort Icon.png 2. | |
| Purple | Unlocked by clearing World 7-File:Fort Icon.png 1. | |
| Yellow | Unlocked by clearing World 7-File:Fort Icon.png 2. | |
| Winged Yoshi | Green | Unlocked by completing ★World 3-File:Fort Icon.png. |
| Red | Unlocked by completing ★World 4-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Light-blue | Unlocked by completing ★World 5-File:Fort Icon.png. | |
| Yellow | Unlocked by completing ★World 6-File:Fort Icon.png 2. | |
| Purple | Unlocked by completing ★World 7-File:Fort Icon.png 2. | |
| Rosalina | Normal | Unlocked by completing ★World 2-File:Fort Icon.png. |
| Super | Unlocked by completing ★World 5. | |
| Princess Peach | Normal | Unlocked by completing the game once. |
| Super | Unlocked by completing ★World 8. | |
| Bowser | Normal | Unlocked by completing the game once. |
| Dry | Unlocked by completing ★World 8. | |
| The Koopa King | Unlocked by completing ★World 8. |
Enemies
Note that all enemies and bosses in this game can also become allies to the player. Sometimes, some of the enemies as seen in this list are reused for Boss Battles, but can sometimes be a bit stronger. Names in italics are names used in the PAL version.
Enemies and bosses will have a colored health bar beneath them with an orb next to it that represents its main attribute (Fire, Water, Wood, Light, and Dark). An enemy will take more damage depending on the attribute that is strong or weak against another attribute. For example: Fire is weak against Water, but is strong against Wood; Water is weak against Wood, but is strong against Fire; Wood is weak against Fire, but is strong against Water. Light and Dark attributes are equally weak and strong to each other, but inflict normal damage to the other three attributes.
Basic Enemies
This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.
Mash-Up Enemies
This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.
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| 2-Goomba Tower[4] | 
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| Goomba+Bill Blaster (Goomba on a Bill Blaster) |
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| Goombas + Bill Blaster (Two Goombas on a Bill Blaster) |
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| Koopa Troopa+Cheep Cheep (Koopa Troopa riding a Cheep-Cheep) | 
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| Cheep Cheep+Blooper (set of two Cheep Cheeps and a Blooper, shown to be one singular enemy)[6] |
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| Wiggler+Flame Chomp (Wiggler and a Flame Chomp, shown to be one character.)[7] |
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| Flutter & Flame Chomp |
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| Boo Trio[4] |
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| Whomp+Boo |
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| Lakitu + Lakitu (like a Commander Lakitu)[20] |
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| Flame Chomp and a Chain Chomp[6] |
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| Dry Bones & Cheep Cheep[19] |
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| Spiny Egg & Lakitu |
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| Thwomp & Thwimps |
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Bosses
This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.
| Name | Main Attribute | Sub Attribute |
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| Boom Boom[4] (Fortress Boss) |
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| Petey Piranha[6] |
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| Larry Koopa[21] (World 1-Castle and World 1-Airship Boss) |
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| Lemmy Koopa[7] (World 2-Castle and World 2-Airship Boss) |
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| Morton Koopa Jr.[9] (World 3-Castle and World 3-Airship Boss) |
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| Wendy O. Koopa[7] (World 4-Castle and World 4-Airship Boss) |
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| Iggy Koopa[22] (World 5-Castle and World 5-Airship Boss) |
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| Roy Koopa[13] (World 6-Castle and World 6-Airship Boss) |
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| Ludwig von Koopa[22] (World 7-Castle and World 7-Airship Boss) |
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| Bowser Jr. (Worlds 6, 7, and 8 Fortress Bosses) |
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| Bowser[6] (World 8-Bowser's Castle) |
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| Bowser and Koopalings[20] Bowser and his Minions + Bowser Jr. (Final Boss) |
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| Dry Bowser[6] |
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Items
Throughout the game, there are items that can be collected to help raise the levels of the player's allies.
- ? Block
- Super Mushroom
- Golden Mushroom
- Fire Flower
- Ice Flower
- Super Leaf
- Super Star
- 1-Up Mushroom
- Poison Mushroom
- Boo Mushroom
- P-Wing
- Berry
- Coins
- Star Coin
- Green Star Coin
- Grand Star Coin
- Cheep Cheep Coin
- Flame Chomp Coin
- Lakitu Coin
- Fire Block - unlocks a random Fire-Attribute ally after a level.
- Super Fire Block
- Grand Fire Block
- Water Block - unlocks a random Water-Attribute ally after a level.
- Super Water Block
- Grand Water Block
- Wood Block - unlocks a random Wood-Attribute ally after a level.
- Super Wood Block
- Grand Wood Block
- Light Block - unlocks a random Light-Attribute ally after a level.
- Super Light Block
- Grand Light Block
- Dark Block - unlocks a random Dark-Attribute ally after a level.
- Super Dark Block
- Grand Dark Block
Orbs
Demo
On April 30, 2015, a demo version of Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition was released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop[23]. Unlike earlier demos, this demo has unlimited uses, and requires 641 blocks to download. Despite being a demo for both games, players can only play Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and only has one continue.
There are two stages in the demo: an intro stage, and an expert stage unlocked by clearing the intro stage. In intro, players have two teams to select from, consisting of either Super Mario, a Goomba, a red Koopa Troopa, a Piranha Plant, and a Spiny; or Super Luigi, a yellow Koopa Troopa, a Hammer Bro, a Fire Chomp, and a Wiggler. (Note that the Mario brothers are level three, while the other party members are level 2.) The helper is the counterpart brother. The stage is a grassy stage, and the boss is Big Green Koopa Paratroopa.
In the expert stage, players can choose between two teams consisting of either Boo Mario (level 30) and a Fire Bro, a Fire Piranha Plant, a Cheep Cheep, and a Bony Beetle (all level 25); or Ice Luigi (level 30) and a green Koopa Troopa, an Ice Bro, a Magikoopa, and Koopa Troopa + Cheep Cheep (all level 25). The player's helper is the other brother, but with the same power-up as the one they selected. The stage is an underground stage, and the boss is Flutter and Flame Chomp.
Gallery
References to other games
- Super Mario Bros. 3: The World 1 Map theme has part of the Grass Land Map theme mixed in with the World 1 Map theme from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
- Super Mario Galaxy: Mario's Bee and Boo forms appear in this game as transformations. Gusty Garden Galaxy's music is used for the game's credits.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii: The Penguin suit transformation is used by Mario in this game. Several musical pieces that appear also originate from this game.
- Super Mario Galaxy 2: A remix of Slimy Spring Galaxy's music is used for the World 2 map theme.[24]
- New Super Mario Bros. 2: The world maps are almost similar in this game.
- New Super Mario Bros. U: The Koopalings' personalised airships return as the final stage of the worlds. The desert world is also a mix of the desert overworld maps from New Super Mario Bros. 2 and this game.
- Super Mario 3D World: The Cat transformation is used by Mario and Luigi in this game. Several musical pieces from the game are also used here.
Names in other languages
External links
References
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (January 7, 2015). Nintendo and GungHo team up for Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. Polygon. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ Puzzle & Dragons NA (January 7, 2015); Puzzle & Dragons NA on Twitter: "Details are forthcoming, but an overseas release of Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Edition via Nintendo has been announced.". Twitter. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ Nintendo. (January 14, 2015). Nintendo 3DS - Puzzle & Dragons Z Teaser Trailer. YouTube. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nintendo. (January 14, 2015). Nintendo Direct 1.14.2015. YouTube. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ^ TheGunghoChannel. (January 29, 2015). CM「マリオでパズドラ！デビュー篇」（30秒）. YouTube. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
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