After quite a long time, Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo Online Entertainment (3765) has released a new mobile game in Japan today, Picotto Kingdom.
In contrast to recent GungHo games like Summons Board or Divine Gate however, this title is not “original” but based on Picotto Knights, a free-to-play Vita action RPG that was published in 2012.
Another point that is interesting is that back then, Picotto Knights didn’t really find too many fans on the Sony handheld, causing GungHo to shut it down after only a year. A (planned) English version was never released.
Picotto Kingdom is a port of the Vita title and lets players equip soldiers (s0-called Cocoroids) with around 600 different weapons and other items. Users can then fight against enemies together with up to three other allies (computer-controlled or actual people), by completing quests in real-time.
Players can choose between 300 different Cocoroids, with GungHo saying more will be added later.
At the moment, Picotto Kingdom is only available in Japan and only on Android. An iOS version is in the works.
Here is the official Picotto Kingdom trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As95Q9E59M8
