Magical Drop DX (lost variants of mobile port of "Magical Drop 2" arcade game; 2000s): Difference between revisions

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"Magical Drop DX" title screen and menu.

Status: Lost

Magical Drop DX is the mobile port of the arcade game Magical Drop 2, which in turn is a port of the Super Nintendo version of the aforementioned (with elements of the first Magical Drop game). Developed by Matrix Software and published by G-Mode in 2004 for mobile phones in Japan only. This version of Magical Drop 2 lacks multiplayer features, only featuring two single-player modes, the Story mode and the Self-Challenge mode. The gameplay, however, remains largely the same as all other Magical Drop games: players are tasked to eliminate coloured balloons that drop down at the top of the game board. Stacking three balloons or more will result in the balloons disappearing and making frantic chain reactions and points to eliminate the opponent. If the balloons go down the game board, the game is over.

List of Variants

Over the course of the 2000s, variants of the game were made. ^[1] Mostly replacing the original characters (Fool, Devil, Chariot, World, Justice and Star) with characters from other IPs, such as Ragnarok Online.

Title	Description	Status
Magical Drop BATTLE ^[2]^[3]	Counterpart to Magical Drop DX with multiplayer features.	Lost (screenshots exists)
Magical Drop: Monster Rancher Edition ^[4]	Variant of the game with characters from Monster Rancher EVO by Tecmo (or Monster Hunter 5: Circus Caravan in Japan). Released in 2005 to presumably promote the said game's release in Japan.	Lost (screenshots exist)
Magical Drop: Ragnarok Edition ^[5]^[6]	Variant of the game with characters from Gravity's Ragnarok online games. Released in 2005.	Lost (screenshots exist)
Ekoeko Magical Drop (or Magical Drop: Emil Chronicle Online Edition) ^[7]	Variant of the game with characters from GungHo's Emil Chronicle online game. Interestingly, GungHo released a Flash version of II, which also remains lost. Released in 2007.	Lost (screenshots exist)
Magical Drop	Simplified version of the game, produced by G-Mode itself. Released in 2005.	Lost (no screenshots or footage exist)

Status

Today, the original version of the game is playable via the G-Mode Archives on Switch and PC (unless you have a Japanese Nintendo account for the former), but strangely, the Java ROM remains completely undumped. The variants of the game, however, remain completely lost and undumped. Only existing as screenshots in various Japanese websites like G-Mode for Magical Drop BATTLE. Not helping manners as these variations, as well as the main game itself, were exclusive to Japan only.

Gallery

Magical Drop Battle

Ekoeko Magical Drop

Magical Drop: Ragnarok Edition

Magical Drop: Monster Rancher Edition

External Links

References

[1] ttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%97

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111017101324/http://g-mode.jp/appli/vs/magidoro-btl2/

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111127142147/http://g-mode.jp/staff/interview/12.html

[4] ttps://dengekionline.com/data/news/2005/12/5/870b6dba17c61be7c212cbd93bcea4ea.html

[5] ttps://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000094.000001474.html

[6] ttps://gamebiz.jp/news/764

[7] ttp://manchi.extrem.ne.jp/ecohp/econline.gungho.jp/mailmagazine/2007/070411/HPC-index.html

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-|imagecaption="Magical Drop DX" title screen, which most of its variants uses it as base.
+|imagecaption="Magical Drop DX" title screen and menu.
-|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>}}
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
-''Magical Drop DX'' is the mobile port of the arcade game ''Magical Drop 2,'' which in turn is a port of the Super Nintendo version of the aforementioned. Developed by Matrix Software and published by G-Mode in 2004 for mobile phones in Japan only. This version of ''Magical Drop 2'' lacks multiplayer features, only featuring two single-player modes, the Story mode and the Self-Challenge mode. The gameplay, however remains largely the same like all other ''Magical Drop'' games: players are tasked to eliminate coloured balloons that drop down at the top of the game board. Stacking three balloons or more will result in the balloons disappearing and making frantic chain reactions and points to eliminate the opponent. If the balloons go down the game board, the game is over.
+}}
+''Magical Drop DX'' is the mobile port of the arcade game ''Magical Drop 2,'' which in turn is a port of the Super Nintendo version of the aforementioned (with elements of the first ''Magical Drop'' game). Developed by Matrix Software and published by G-Mode in 2004 for mobile phones in Japan only. This version of ''Magical Drop 2'' lacks multiplayer features, only featuring two single-player modes, the Story mode and the Self-Challenge mode. The gameplay, however, remains largely the same as all other ''Magical Drop'' games: players are tasked to eliminate coloured balloons that drop down at the top of the game board. Stacking three balloons or more will result in the balloons disappearing and making frantic chain reactions and points to eliminate the opponent. If the balloons go down the game board, the game is over.
 ==List of Variants==
-Over the course of the 2000's, '''variants of the game were made.''' <ref>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%97</ref> Mostly replacing the original characters (Fool, Devil, Chariot, World, Justice and Star) with characters from other IPs, such as Ragnarok Online.
+Over the course of the 2000s, '''variants of the game were made.''' <ref>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%97</ref> Mostly replacing the original characters (Fool, Devil, Chariot, World, Justice and Star) with characters from other IPs, such as Ragnarok Online.
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-|Magical Drop BATTLE
+|Magical Drop BATTLE <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111017101324/http://g-mode.jp/appli/vs/magidoro-btl2/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111127142147/http://g-mode.jp/staff/interview/12.html</ref>
 |Counterpart to Magical Drop DX with multiplayer features.
-|Lost (screenshots exists)
+|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (screenshots exists)
 |-
-|Magical Drop: Monster Hunter Edition
+|Magical Drop: Monster Rancher Edition <ref>https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2005/12/5/870b6dba17c61be7c212cbd93bcea4ea.html</ref>
-|Variant of the game with characters from Tecmo's ''Monster Hunter'' games (mostly from the then-upcoming 5th installment). Released in 2005, a year after the original game released.
+|Variant of the game with characters from ''Monster Rancher EVO'' by Tecmo (or ''Monster Hunter 5: Circus Caravan'' in Japan). Released in 2005 to presumably promote the said game's release in Japan.
-|Lost (screenshots exist)
+|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (screenshots exist)
 |-
-|Magical Drop: Ragnarok Online Edition
+|Magical Drop: Ragnarok Edition <ref>https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000094.000001474.html</ref><ref>https://gamebiz.jp/news/764</ref>
-|Variant of the game with characters from Ragnarok. Also released in 2005.
+|Variant of the game with characters from Gravity's Ragnarok online games. Released in 2005.
-|Lost (screenshots exist)
+|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (screenshots exist)
 |-
-|Ekoeko Magical Drop (or Magical Drop: Emil Chronicle Online Edition)
+|Ekoeko Magical Drop (or Magical Drop: Emil Chronicle Online Edition) <ref>http://manchi.extrem.ne.jp/ecohp/econline.gungho.jp/mailmagazine/2007/070411/HPC-index.html</ref>
-|Variant of the game with characters from GungHo's Emil Chronicle games. Interestingly, GungHo released a Flash version of ''II'', which also remains lost. Released in 2007.
+|Variant of the game with characters from GungHo's Emil Chronicle online game. Interestingly, GungHo released a [[Magical Drop (lost Flash game based on "Magical Drop 2" arcade game; 2006)|Flash version of ''II'']], which also remains lost. Released in 2007.
-|Lost (screenshots exist)
+|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (screenshots exist)
 |-
 |Magical Drop
 |Simplified version of the game, produced by G-Mode itself. Released in 2005.
-|Lost
+|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (no screenshots or footage exist)
 |}
 ==Status==
-Today, the original version of the game is playable via the G-Mode Archives on Switch and PC (unless you have a Japanese Nintendo account for the former), but strangely, the J2ME ROM remains completely undumped. The variants of the game, however, remain completely lost and undumped. Only existing as screenshots in various Japanese websites like G-Mode for ''Magical Drop BATTLE''. Not helping manners as these variations, as well as the main game itself, were exclusive to Japan only.
+Today, the original version of the game is playable via the G-Mode Archives on Switch and PC (unless you have a Japanese Nintendo account for the former), but strangely, the Java ROM remains completely undumped. The variants of the game, however, remain completely lost and undumped. Only existing as screenshots in various Japanese websites like G-Mode for ''Magical Drop BATTLE''. Not helping manners as these variations, as well as the main game itself, were exclusive to Japan only.
-== Gallery ==
+==Gallery==
+===Magical Drop Battle===
-=== Magical Drop Battle ===
 <gallery widths="150" heights="150">
 File:Magidoro-btl2 01.gif
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 </gallery>
-=== Ekoeko Magical Drop ===
+===Ekoeko Magical Drop===
 <gallery widths="150" heights="150">
 File:Mobile ph02.jpg
+File:Mobile ph03.jpg
+</gallery>
+=== Magical Drop: Ragnarok Edition ===
+<gallery widths="150" heights="150">
+File:101222gmode01.webp
+File:101222gmode02.webp
 </gallery>
-==External Links==
+=== Magical Drop: Monster Rancher Edition ===
+<gallery widths="150" heights="150">
+File:Mdmf5.webp
+File:12115 20051205 09 mdmf02.webp
+File:O0200020011860671737.webp
+</gallery>
+== See Also ==
-===Magical Drop Library===
+* [[Magical Drop (lost Flash game based on "Magical Drop 2" arcade game; 2006)]]
+==External Links==
 *[https://magicaldrop.fandom.com/wiki/Magical_Drop_DX Main game article]
 *[https://magicaldrop.fandom.com/wiki/Magical_Drop_BATTLE Magical Drop BATTLE article]
-== References ==
+==References==
-<references />
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Lost video games]]
 [[Category:Completely lost media]]