During a special event this evening, GungoHo and Square Enix announced a collaboration to bring the Final Fantasy-themed Puzzle & Dragons in-game event to North America. This originally took place for the Japanese version of Puzzle & Dragons in April, and will be available stateside "soon."

The full list of Final Fantasy characters and equipment (and the games they're from) featured in the collaboration is below.

  • Final Fantasy: Chaos
  • Final Fantasy II: Emperor of Palamecia
  • Final Fantasy III: Cloud of Darkness
  • Final Fantasy IV: Zeromus
  • Final Fantasy V: Gilgamesh and Neo Exdeath
  • Final Fantasy VI: Kefka
  • Final Fantasy VII: Cloud, Sephiroth, Buster Sword, Masamune, and Fat Chocobo
  • Final Fantasy VIII: Squall, Rinoa, Angelo, Gunblade, and Pinwheel
  • Final Fantasy IX: Zidane, Vivi, and Mage Masher
  • Final Fantasy X: Yuna, Tidus, Tidus' Brotherhood, and Yuna's Staff
  • Final Fantasy Type-0: Ace
  • Final Fantasy Dimensions Series: Aemo, Mootie
  • Mobius Final Fantasy: Wol



Final Fantasy hero characters can be found in the Puzzle & Dragons Egg Machine, while the villains are located in a dungeon called Netherworld.

Puzzle and Dragons is a free-to-play match-three puzzle game that is wildly popular in Japan. Gameplay revolves around players commanding a team of monsters to explore dungeons, do battle, and collect treasures. Battles themselves are conducted through a puzzle game similar in style to Bejeweled.

Final Fantasy is not the first major gaming franchise to come to Puzzle & Dragons through a crossover promotion. GungHo and Nintendo previously partnered for a special Super Mario Bros. version of the game, which featured several iconic Mario characters including Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Bowser.