Dr.Mario X Puzzle Fighter X Sonic Columns

Dr.Mario X Puzzle Fighter X Sonic Columns is an upcoming puzzle game for Wii U, Wii, 3DS and Arcade being released in 2014

The game is a collaboration between Nintendo, Sega and Capcom featuring characters from Mario, Sonic and Capcom franchises considered part of Mario & Sonic series and Capcom VS. series allowing up to 4 players to play at the same time as well as online functions

Game modes
The game contains 4 main modes, All these modes can be played on Dr.Mario mode, Puzzle Fighter mode, Columns mode and Crossover mode which mixes all 3 games
 * Arcade mode (Battle against different opponents and get the respective ending, 1 player only)
 * Versus mode (Freely battle any opponent you have unlocked, 1 to 4 players)
 * Free mode (Play on a variety of non battle variants, 1 to 4 players)
 * Online mode (Battle opponents around the world, Up to 4 players, 1 player per console)

Arcade mode has 5 difficulty levels Free mode is split into 4 variants
 * Easy (3 stages)
 * Normal (7 stages)
 * Hard (9 stages)
 * Brutal (12 stages, Must be unlocked by completing hard on Dr.Mario, Puzzle Fighter, Columns and Crossover modes)
 * Survival (Infinite stages, Must be unlocked by having all characters including bosses and Mii)
 * A-type (Endless mode, Play until the playfield is full)
 * B-type (Countdown mode, Clear a number of blocks as fast as possible)
 * C-type (Time Attack mode, Score as many points within 3 minutes)
 * D-type (Score Attack mode, Score as many points using only 100 blocks)

Character list
The game includes 40 different characters from each universe (8 normal + 4 secret + final boss + Mii)

Characters in bold are unlockable characters and characters in italics are final bosses

Unlocking Conditions

 * Rosalina-Clear Arcade mode Dr.Mario once
 * Toad-Clear Arcade mode Dr.Mario twice
 * Toadette-Clear Arcade mode Dr.Mario 4 times
 * Birdo-Clear Arcade mode Dr.Mario 7 times
 * Phoenix Wright-Clear Arcade mode Puzzle Fighter once
 * Frank West-Clear Arcade mode Puzzle Fighter twice
 * Viewtiful Joe-Clear Arcade mode Puzzle Fighter 4 times
 * Strider Hiryu-Clear Arcade mode Puzzle Fighter 7 times
 * Vector-Clear Arcade mode Sonic Columns once
 * Big the Cat-Clear Arcade mode Sonic Columns twice
 * Rouge-Clear Arcade mode Sonic Columns 4 times
 * Espio-Clear Arcade mode Sonic Columns 7 times
 * Mii-Clear Arcade mode Crossover 5 times

Trivia

 * Puzzle Fighter roster was modified in order to include modern characters
 * Originally Puzzle League was going to take place of Sonic Columns
 * Columns is based on Sega Master System version
 * Dr.Mario is based on Dr.Mario 64
 * Mii has 3 outfits for each gender (Dr.Mario, Ryu and Sonic for males and Nurse Peach, Chun-Li and Amy for females with their respective favourite colour)
 * Arcade version uses Tatsunoko VS Capcom processor
 * Megaman was changed in favour of Phoenix Wright
 * Capcom characters are now chibified 3D models instead of 2D chibi sprites