Magical Drop V is here

In 1995, as a response to the success of Taito's Puzzle Bobble series, Data East released Chain Reaction (or Magical Drop as it was known in its native Japan). The game did well enough for Data East to make two sequels for the SNK Neo Geo MVS, under the Japanese name. Thanks to the success of the Neo Geo, Magical Drop II and III were huge successes, even spawning their own clones, most recently Astro Pop on Xbox Live Arcade.

Over the years there have been a couple of non-canonical sequels, Magical Drop F for PlayStation in 1999, and Magical Drop Touch  for iOS/Android in 2009. Now, 15 years after the last arcade game, Ignition Entertainment is publishing Magical Drop V, developed by the brilliant Arkedo and Golgoth Studios.

The game is available now on PC, with XBLA and PSN versions due next year. In the mean time, here's the trailer.

MTW