PAD Project 2018 – Direction of PAD!

Details (JP): Official PDF file
GungHo released this official document to the media, announcing main goals in 2018 for PAD! Here are my brief translations… Sorry in advance for bad translations.

“Pazudora” (PAD), becoming a series!

New logo represent the series which contains PAD main game, PAD Radar, and PAD Challenge (app for practicing combos/old tournament dungeons).

Begin of eSports Project!

PAD certified as e-Sports competition, thanks to PAD Radar Battle mode! There will be PAD Challenge Cup (anyone can join, held in Japan though), and PAD Champion Cup (Yes, professional PAD lol)!

Logos for PAD Challenge Cup, PAD Open Cup, and PAD Champions cup.

The first PAD Challenge Cup (PAD Radar) will be held on 2/10 (Sat) and 2/11 (Sun) during Game Party Japan 2018 (闘会議 2018, held in Tokyo, Japan), and is for top players in ranking dungeons. Top 3 players will receive a PAD Pro License. More details announced later.Then there’s a PAD Challenge Cup 2018 that begins 4/8 (Sun), finale on 5/27 (Sun) at Tokyo.PAD Champion Cup will be held in 2019! (I don’t know what the PAD Open Cup is, they didn’t say in the document)

New PAD Manga at Coro-Coro Comics! (Monthly magazine)

Starts around February/March 2018 in Coro-Coro Comics (月刊コロコロコミック)! Artist is Inoue Momota (井上桃太), who also drew PADZ and PAD Cross mangas, and a few Pokemon manga (B/W and a few more).

New PAD Anime series!!

Starts April 2018. Yes, you can watch on YouTube when it’s aired (like how it is now).YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/user/PuzzleandDragons/featuredMain characters: Akashi Taiga (明石タイガ) and Tragon (トラゴン)

Monster Hunter Collab

New information that they didn’t post pictures for is that Female Hunter will get a new Uvo too!

New merchandise: Monster Memory!

These are new toys that are from the new anime/manga. Back side has a QR code which can connect to the game (PAD? PADR? No idea. Upgrade to the current Armor Drops?). The “L” represents “leader”, “M” for Monster. There will be cases for these new toys, and new touch pens…

Well, 6th anniversary, 6 items it is! Looking forward to this for sure. 🙂