Magical Drop II cover

Magical Drop Series

Magical Drop II

Puzzle Arcade Fantasy
67
User Score
11 ratings
March 21, 1996
Released 10993 days ago
Arcade Neo Geo AES Wii Sega Saturn Neo Geo CD Super Famicom

About

Magical Drop is played in a style and gameplay similar to Compile's (now Sega's) Puyo Puyo and Taito's Puzzle Bobble franchises; a "stack" of random colored bubbles descend from the top, and a player is defeated when a bubble hits the bottom. Bubbles can be picked up and dropped by the player's "clown" at the bottom, and are destroyed when three or more of the same color are put together on a single column. "Chains" are formed either when a single drop caused a chain reaction, or when more than one group of bubbles is destroyed in quick succession. The game is normally played with two players (one may be a computer opponent), and chains cause the opponent's stack to descend faster.

There are 24 characters, all but the Black Pierrot being named after a tarot card (although the Strength card has been represented by two characters throughout the series). Different characters have different attack patterns. The columns of the opponent's stack will descend at different rates relative to each other depending on the character chosen. This causes a disjunction of colors that may make it more difficult for the other player to clear their stack. For example, with the character Devil, all the columns will descend at the same rate, whereas with Sun, the middle columns will descend faster than the others.

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Artwork

Videos

Gameplay Video

Game intro

Release Dates by Platform

Arcade Worldwide
Mar 21, 1996
Neo Geo AES Worldwide
Apr 19, 1996
Arcade Worldwide
May 1, 1996
Neo Geo CD Worldwide
May 24, 1996
Super Famicom Worldwide
Sep 20, 1996
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Sep 27, 1996
Wii Worldwide
May 25, 2010
Wii Worldwide
Nov 29, 2010
Wii Worldwide
Dec 3, 2010

Game Info

Developer
Data East
Publisher
D4 Enterprise, Data East, Sega
Engine
Neo Geo MVS
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Puzzle Arcade
Themes
Fantasy

Multiplayer

Split-screen Yes

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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