Puzzle and Dragons Z + Puzzle and Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition (Nintendo 3DS/2DS)

Puzzles & Dragons (P&D) started life as a fantastically lucrative Free-to-Play game which became the world's top-grossing app in 2013. Now the 3DS plays host not to one but two P&D games on the same cart, and as far as I can see (from 13 hours in) there are no in-game purchases at all. You buy the game and you're set (which will be refreshing to anyone irritated by Pokemon Shuffle and its constant prompts to pay to win). Given how much gameplay here, that means that it's already a considerable bargain, but - more's to the point - the game itself is superb.Both games on the cart are gem-matching RPGs. Most players will head straight for the Super Mario Bros. edition which, just as you would hope, is a loving makeover in Mushroom Kingdom livery with all the expected enemies and, importantly, sound effects. The underlying engine is the same as that for P&DZ, but typical Nintendo magic has been added to turn it into a charming, pick-up-&-play pleasure. The difficulty curve seems to be better on this version as well (P&DZ goes from trivially easy to quite tricky in the blink of an eye) and this is the more polished of the two games.P&DZ, by contrast, came as a surprise to me. It's a bland Japanese RPG along the Pokemon line where a teenager goes around defeating enemies and collecting, evolving and levelling a collection of monsters. It's the same core game from a different angle, very nicely put together and featuring some great music (along Final Fantasy lines) and inventive enemy character models. Although I love the Mario version I think that it will be here that I spend more of my time.The gem-matching mechanic, by the way, is difficult to describe but is certainly more satisfying than is seen in many games of this sort. There's no time limit (except in the Score Attack mode) and you plan how you will move one gem around the field of play, displacing other gems as you go. Then - once you touch a gem and start moving it - a fast countdown timer starts, meaning that speed & dexterity form an important part of the game. Crucially, this is not a game where you get two lines and then depend on luck where the lines shake out: there's more skill to it than that.As a package, this is fantastically complete and - just as long as you don't mind grinding to level the monsters that you collect - it will soak up as much of your time as you can spare for it. This is the perfect mobile game for 3DS (nice 3D visuals as well) and is a strong candidate for the ten best games on the system.

Not the same as the free app- no collabs.

The core concept and gameplay of this game are very addictive. Initially I thought this was going to be a new favourite, but after a few worlds I found I was relying on grinding earlier levels for experience and resources. It also increasingly seemed to be that the enemies had health bars so high that I was relying on luck as to which blocks fell to give me combos rather than skill and at that point I became frustrated. Rare item drops that I needed also required repeated playthroughs of stages.A shame as apart from the balancing issues this could have been a genuine classic.

I don't write game reviews on the whole, I leave that up to my son, but this game is just brilliant and so absorbing. I love match 3 games and am also a fan of RPG. Well I was so surprised when I started Puzzle and Dragons Z, it is like Pokemon, Pokemon Ranger, Spectrobes and Digimon all rolled in together.You have to save the world, evolve eggs into dragons, then evolve them further with chips and there are quests thrown in along the way. I haven't gotten around to really playing the Mario side of the game, but that is an added bonus two games in one. If my son wasn't still obsessed with Monster Hunter , then I know he would love this game as well. I am so pleased that I downloaded the demo off Nintendo otherwise I would not have discovered this brilliant game. Highly recommend!

Awful game

If you like the Puzzle and Dragon series you will like this game and the Mario version will make the purchase a three star rating.But.... if you want this because you are a Mario fan and are not bothered with the Puzzle and Dragon game then just a two star. The Mario game is quite good as Puzzle games go, but not at that price.

In alI honesty, I was not expecting this game to be anywhere near as brilliant as it is! It's basically all the things you love about Mario and all the things you love about tetris all rolled onto one, with a few surprises added in there too! (You won't be alone if the description does not sound that amazing, it even made me think that this game would probably be kinda cheesy, but wait til you play it and you'll see different!) It is \very hard to put this game down!

I brought this expecting a nice little pick up and play mobile style puzzle game I could play on my daily commute without too much thought.I quickly found out it's not that at all in-fact for a puzzler it's actually got a lot of depth which at first knocked me and put me of playing it.Now I've gone back and properly invested some time into it, I've found this is a rich detailed very rewarding puzzler.I must add I've not actually played the Puzzle & Dragons game, this is based solely on the Mario Bros edition, which in my opinion once you get into it, is worth the entrance fee alone.

Spiel kam in einem Einwandfreien Zustand an. Kind hat sich sehr gefreut. Das Spiel läuft und alle sind glücklich :)

Juego bonito y barato. Que mas hay que decir. Otro juego para completar mi pequeña colección de juegos Nintendo 3DS.

J'avais testé ce jeu sur ma 3DS avant d'acheter. Au début, je l'avais vu dans un magazine Nintendo mais je pensais qu'il avait l'air bizarre.J'avais rien compris! Mais ce jeu est sympa.Si vous aimez les puzzles (comme Bejeweled) et les RPG vous allez aimer le style de ce jeu. Ce n'est pas un jeu dans lequel on va se perdre pendant des heures mais amusant et on passe un bon moment à y jouer.

Lo compré y la verdad que todo perfecto.Aunque sea de importación inglesa el juego está completamente en español, lo que si que está en inglés es la caja del juego.Lo obtuve a un buen precio, un pelín más barato que en otros lugares.Dejo fotos de prueba.

Cet avis ne porte que sur p&d z.C'est un puzzle/rpg avec une ambience parodie de pokemon. 200 dragons à faire évoluer (l'aspect rpg) et des combats tour par tour que l'on commande avec un match3 (aspect action-puzzle) pour déclencher des attaques élémentaires et des combos. Simple, facile d'accès, avec quand même de la difficulté à certains moments clés, et une longue durée de vie (>50h). Le concept à été en partie repris, récemment, dans l'excellent "sushi striker". Très bon.