she was originally a kind and gentle woman. She debuted in the game as the final opponent. Black Pierrot: An evil jester-like demon who acts as the game's secret boss. He was responsible for the corruption of Empress. Introduced in Magical Drop III Emperor Hierophant Lovers Young Strength Death Temperance Sun Judgement Hermit Moon Hanged Man Tower Wheel of Fortune Games Magical Drop (マジカルドロップ) Magical Drop II (マジカルドロップ2) Magical Drop III (マジカルドロップ3) Magical Drop F - Daibouken Mo Rakujyanai! (マジカルドロップF・大冒険もラクじゃない!) The fourth entry in the Magical Drop series was released exclusively on the PlayStation in Japan in 1999. It features Magical Drop III's entire cast of characters. Magical Drop F includes character-specific items, which gives the players unique abilities during gameplay. The game replaces Adventure Mode from III with an RPG mode. The game's music and updated aesthetics were used in Magical Drop for Wonderswan (マジカルドロップ for ワンダースワン), released in 1999 for Bandai's WonderSwan. Magical Drop Touch The fifth game was developed by Data East staff and published by G-mode and released on October 20, 2009 for the iOS and Android platform. The game was specifically designed to make use of touch screen and respond to screen tilting and incorporates only six characters from the first two games. The game was discontinued in March 2012. Magical Drop V (マジカルドロップV) The sixth Magical Drop game was developed by French independent studio Golgoth and published by UTV Ignition for Steam in 2012. Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network ports were announced, but ultimately never materialized. The game features a much smaller selection of characters, omits items, and removes Puzzle Mode, but it adds new online gameplay modes. Characters from the cancelled Data East puzzle game Ghostlop are introduced; these three characters use Ghostlop gameplay instead of traditional Magical Drop mechanics. The game was later made unavailable to purchase from Steam in July 2020. Reception In Japan, Game Machine listed Magical Drop on their September 1, 1995 issue as being the tenth most-successful arcade game of the month. A review of the arcade version of the original game in Next Generation stated: "Chain Reaction is proving quite popular in Japan, despite the fact that this kind of game has been around now for at least five years". The reviewer scored the game two out of five stars, concluding that "it's not brilliant nor innovative, certainly not new, but it's fun and as addictive