Evangelion and Puzzle and Dragons in the mix
Will Evangelion + Puzzle and Dragons become a good mix?
This was a really unpredictable collaboration so i must say. I mean, Evangelion and Puzzle and Dragons (for iOS and Android). Really? Yes, i know. It´s really hard to believe. But that´s actually 100% correct. And it´s going to happen soon. To be exact, it will happen in Japan on the 24th of February.
The day when Evangelion and Puzzle and Dragons becomes one. And you can read all about it in the press release below =)
Press release:
"EVANGELION COLLABORATION COMING TO PUZZLE & DRAGONS
GungHo Online Entertainment Joins Forces with Rebuild of Evangelion Series to
Bring Massive, EVA-themed Event to Puzzle and Dragons
TOKYO – Feb. 20, 2014
– GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc., a multiplatform publisherfor the online gaming community and publisher of the highly successful mobile title Puzzle and Dragons, today announced that its newest collaboration with the popular filmseries, Rebuild of Evangelion, is set to take place beginning Feb. 24 in Japan and in
March in the US and Europe.
The latest in-game collaboration for Puzzle & Dragons is a must for Anime andEvangelion fans around the world. Puzzle & Dragons players will be able to battle in aspecial Evangelion-themed dungeon where they will face off against the mysterious Angels.
In addition, a special Rare Egg machine shaped like the EVA-01 will be featured in thegame. Special egg drops will include popular Evangelion characters Shinji, Rei, Asuka,Mari and Kaworu, depicted with the EVA units they pilot, along with a depiction of Misatowith the AAA Wunder flying battleship. Special Awoken Skills have been added the collaboration monsters, and all new Evangelion-themed Ultimate Evolutions will be
available.
A mobile gaming phenomenon, Puzzle and Dragons continues to see tremendous growth resulting from the game’s addictive combination of puzzle, dungeon-crawling and monster-collecting gameplay. Players capture, collect and evolve hundreds of elemental monsters while using quick thinking to chain combos and maximize the abilities and skillsof their monsters. Puzzle and Dragons has now surpassed 27 million downloads worldwide.
Puzzle & Dragons is available for free on the App Store.Evangelion sparked a pop culture phenomenon with the release of the original animated TV series in 1995, with the project soon branching out into comics, films, videogames,and other media.
The Rebuild of Evangelion film series launched in 2007, and with three installments released to date Evangelion continues to enjoy a great deal of popularity among a diverse audience. Released last autumn, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo attracted 3.8 million viewers and more than 5.2 billion yen in box office revenue.
DVD/BD sales of the Rebuild of Evangelion film series alone exceed 2 million units sold. Last month, serialized publication of the Neon Genesis Evangelion comic concluded after 18 years, with the first 13 volumes in the series exceeding a total of 23 million units printed. The excitement surrounding the Rebuild of Evangelion films
continues to build with the approach of the next installment, the series climax."
