Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition

Orbs mysteriously started appearing around the Mushroom Kingdom and Princess Peach has been abducted by Bowser. After Mario receives a letter from Bowser daring him to come to his castle, Mario is now off to rescue the princess.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is a tile-based puzzle game with combat. Unlike other Puzzle & Dragons games, the Mario Edition is more streamlined with a focus more on puzzle battles than story.

Before a battle begins players select their team, with Mario or Luigi as the leader, 4 Mushroom Kingdom creatures, and a toad ally. While the game uses tile-based matching, the game has a unique orb shifting gameplay element. Players can slide an orb to anywhere on the playfield in order to make a match or a combination of matches. Matching elements the same color as a team member lets that team member attack one enemy. Matching 5 of the same element lets a team member hit an entire group of enemies,

5 different orb elements exist, with them being balanced against each other. Fire is strong against wood, wood is strong against water, and water is strong against fire Light and dark are the other elements and are strong against each other. There are also heart orbs that when matched heal the party. Each team member also has a skill. Skills can be used after a certain number of enemy turns are made.

Defeating enemies earns the players team experience points which will level them up and make them stronger. Defeated enemies may also join the player's team. Also, items can be found while out battling enemies. The players creatures can be transformed to a stronger version by using these items.