Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is an upcoming Mario-themed puzzle game with role-playing elements from the Puzzle & Dragons series, set to be released for the Nintendo 3DS. It will be released in Japan on April 29, 2015. An overseas release was later confirmed, and announced during the January 2015 Nintendo Direct to be released with Puzzle & Dragons Z as Puzzle and Dragons Z + Puzzle and Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, with an American release date of May 2015.

Story
Not much is known yet, but it traditionally involves Princess Peach being kidnapped by Bowser once again. Bowser's minions also steal a collection of magical orbs, with the reason for their doing so being currently unknown.

Worlds

 * World 1 - A grassland world.
 * World 2 - An underground world.
 * World 3 - A desert world.
 * A sky world.
 * A jungle world.
 * A beach/sea/ocean world.
 * A snow/winter world
 * Volcano/Lava/Bowser's Kingdom

Characters

 * Mario (Small, Boo , Fire , Ice , Super, Bee , Penguin , Raccoon , Cat , Statue forms)
 * Luigi (Small, Boo , Fire , Ice , Super, Bee , Penguin , Fox , Cat, Statue forms)
 * Toad (Normal, Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow)
 * Yoshi (Normal, Yellow, Red, Blue, Light Blue, Pink, Purple, Winged Form )
 * Princess Peach
 * Bowser
 * Bowser Jr.
 * Tamadra
 * Rosalina

Enemies
Note that all enemies 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.

Basic Enemies

 * Goomba
 * Paragoomba
 * Big Paragoomba
 * Goomba Tower
 * Koopa Troopa (Red, Green, Yellow)
 * Koopa Paratroopa (Red, Green, Yellow)
 * Dry Bones
 * Parabones
 * Bob-omb
 * Hammer Bro
 * Boomerang Bro
 * Fire Bro
 * Ice Bro
 * Sledge Bro
 * Bullet Bill
 * Bill Blaster
 * Banzai Bill
 * Banzai Bill Blaster
 * Blooper
 * Blooper Baby
 * Cheep Cheep (Red, Green, Yellow)
 * Piranha Plant
 * Fire Piranha Plant
 * Ice Piranha Plant
 * Inky Piranha Plant
 * Bone Piranha Plant
 * Buzzy Beetle (Black, Blue)
 * Spike Top
 * Para-Beetle
 * Bony Beetle
 * Big Bony Beetle
 * Lakitu
 * Spiny
 * Chain Chomp
 * Flame Chomp
 * Boo
 * Mini Boos
 * Wiggler
 * Flutter
 * Coin Coffer (Green, Purple, Red)
 * Magikoopa / Kamek (Blue, Green, Red, Purple )
 * Thwomp
 * Thwimp
 * Whomp

Mash-Up Enemies
For the first time, ever, in a Mario-themed game, there are enemy mash-ups.


 * Goomba on a Bill Blaster
 * Koopa Troopa+Cheep Cheep
 * A set of two Cheep Cheeps and a Blooper, shown to be one singular enemy.
 * A Wiggler and a Flame Chomp, shown to be one character.
 * A Flutter and a Flame Chomp, shown to be one character.

Bosses

 * Big Green Koopa Paratroopa
 * Big Piranha Plant
 * Big Wiggler
 * King Bill
 * Big Boo
 * Super Thwomp
 * Big Cheep Cheep
 * Cheep Chomp
 * Big Bone Piranha Plant
 * Boom Boom (World 1-Fortress)
 * Petey Piranha
 * King Boo
 * Larry Koopa (World 1 Boss)
 * Lemmy Koopa (World 2 Boss)
 * Morton Koopa Jr. (World 3 Boss)
 * Wendy O. Koopa
 * Roy Koopa
 * Iggy Koopa
 * Ludwig von Koopa
 * Bowser Jr.
 * Bowser

References to other games

 * Yoshi's Safari: The style of gameplay is similar to that of this game. But instead of using Super Scope Bullets to defeat enemies, you get to use combo moves by matching as many different colored orbs as you can.
 * Super Mario Galaxy: Mario's Bee and Boo form appear in this game as transformations.
 * 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.
 * New Super Mario Bros. 2: The overview of the level selection is similar to the World 1 map.
 * 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.