Touken Ranbu Puzzle opens pre-registration in Japan

Touken Ranbu Puzzle has opened pre-registration in Japan, turning sword-warrior charisma into a chibi match-3 puzzle RPG. That is a very mobile sentence, and somehow it makes perfect sense. The Touken Ranbu brand already knows how to turn historical blades into fan-favourite characters, so shrinking the cast into adorable puzzle warriors is less strange than it sounds. The game is coming to mobile and PC in Japan, which gives it a broader platform spread right out of the gate.

Expect cute animations, collection pressure, themed stages and enough sparkly tile-clearing to make strategy look suspiciously cuddly. History has rarely looked this determined to match three.