Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is much more than a mobile game port

Look, ma — no microtransactions!

GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons is an international mobile hit, making more than a $1 billion in profits the last two years. This simple, low-cost match-3 puzzle game continues to make money for the Japanese company, and a spin-off for Nintendo’s portable game console will help continue that trend. But what makes this even more important is that this marks the first time Nintendo has licensed Mario to a mobile games company.