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Magical Drop II

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…

21 March 1996

Magical Drop II is an arcade developed by Data East, released 21 March 1996 on Wii, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD.

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What Magical Drop II is

Magical Drop II is an arcade game developed by Data East and released in 1996. It was published by D4 Enterprise. It is available on Wii, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Super Famicom and Arcade. It runs on Neo Geo MVS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Magical Drop II launched on 21 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Kirby Super Star.

Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Kirby Super Star.

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When did Magical Drop II come out?
Magical Drop II was released on 21 March 1996 for Wii, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Super Famicom and Arcade.

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