Puzzle & Dragons X details – game features, monsters, more

Puzzle & Dragons X’s Japanese launch is fast approaching, and Famitsu published another feature on the title this week. The latest coverage includes details on game features, monsters, and more.

Here’s the rundown:

New game features

1. Cross Drop

When you remove drops in a combo of seven or more, a sparkling Cross Drop will appear on-screen. If you remove this drop, it will trigger a Cross Attack which deals more damage to enemy than usual.

2. City Facilities

– Talk to Multi-G to access local co-op multiplayer. Cross-version multiplayer is also possible.
– In the Dragoza Communications Place, you can trade monsters and guild cards with friends, and also receive presents.
– In the Monster Lab, you can strengthen and evolve monsters, or sell away monsters you don’t need. Strengthening is done by merging the monster with other monsters. Once the monster reaches max level, it can be merged with certain ingredients to make it evolve.

3. Ultimate Evolution

The three starter monsters each have a fourth, Ultimate Evolution… that’s still shrouded in silhouettes for now.

4. Details of six Tamazo Armor

– Tamazo x Izanagi, skill: Breath of Creation: Deals damage of Attack Power x 30 to an enemy. Doubles Divine type attack damage for a turn
– Tamazo x Lucifer, skill: Command of Angel: HP gets reduced to 1, but deals Dark element damage of Attack Power x 100 to an enemy
– Tamazo x Amaterasu Ookami, skill: Light of Healing: Recovers all HP and also recover 2 turns worth of Bind status
– Tamazo x Zeus, skill: Wrath of God: Reduce enemy HP by 35%
– Tamazo x Gadius, skill: Sunrise Change: Produce 3 drops of each of Fire, Light, Dark and Recovery drops
– Tamazo x Sonia, skill: Summon Dragon Formation – Fire & Dark: Changes all drops to Fire or Dark elements

Some field names in each areas are introduced as well. These are as follows:

– Wood Area: Woodmir Forest
– Fire Area: Erebna Mountains
– Water Area: Linus Grasslands and Cascade Glacier
– Light Area: Dune Desert
– Dark Area: Greyyard Wetlands

Famitsu also teases that there will be also secret areas in this Dragoza Island.

Monsters

Version exclusive monsters are introduced in Famitsu. All listed monsters are their evolved versions (evolved titles are omitted):

– God Chapter: Sakuya, Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu Ookami, Susanoo no Mikoto, Lucifer
– Dragon Chapter: Zerog Infinity, Avalon Drake, Hi no Kagutsuchi, Typhon, Yamata no Orochi

Powerful Advent Monsters will also be published as extras post-release. These include Zeus, Athena, Beelzebub, and Satan.

And finally, there’s a teaser of a screen with a VS on it, which might imply a multiplayer versus mode. Details on this will be divulged through the next information batch.