version version changes the speed and various other aspects of gameplay. On October 30, the game was then ported to PlayStation under the subtitle Yokubari Tokudaigou!, which allows the player to choose between the Saturn's re-balanced version and a version more faithful to the original arcade iteration. In 1998, the Saturn version was re-released as part of the "Sakatore" budget line. A second PlayStation version titled Magical Drop III + Wonderful was first released in Japan on February 25, 1999, featuring the re-balanced gameplay from Yokubari Tokudaigou! and includes a port of Magical Drop Plus 1!. The game was also ported by Sakata SAS to Neo Geo Pocket Color as Magical Drop Pocket, first being released in Japan by Data East on June 24, then by SNK in North America on December 5 and later in Europe on March 4, 2000. On July 23, Magical Drop III + Wonderful was released in PAL regions by Swing! Entertainment as simply Magical Drop III. The game was ported by Conspiracy Entertainment to Game Boy Color as simply Magical Drop as well, first released in Europe by Swing! Entertainment on August 25 and later in North America by Classified Games on October 18. The GBC version does not include a CPU mode, and thus players only gain access to the full character roster by playing two-player mode. On December 22, a Microsoft Windows port based on Toretate Zoukangou! was released only in Japan by MediaKite Distribution. In 2001, Magical Drop III + Wonderful was re-released by Taito as a budget title. Magical Drop III has since been re-released through various digital distribution platforms, such as the subscription service GameTap. In 2009, the first PlayStation version (Yokubari Tokudaigou!) was re-released on PlayStation Network in Japan. In 2010, it was included as part of Data East Arcade Classics for Wii. On April 22, the game was ported by Onan Games to Zeebo and distributed in Brazil by G-Mode. The game was also re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console first in Japan on July 6, then in North America on December 27, and later in Europe on January 14, 2011. In 2018, Hamster Corporation re-released the game for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One as part of their ACA Neo Geo series. It was re-released on the AntStream service as well. Reception In Japan, Game Machine listed Magical Drop III on their April 1, 1997