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1* CashCowFranchise: The game has raked in more than $8 billion and spawned a franchise.
2* FollowTheLeader: Let's just say ''many'' mimic App games pop out to the field after this game's success. Especially in Asia.
3** Japanese ''PAD'' players discovered the Chinese ''Dragon Attack'' was not only a clone but a shameless ripoff of the entire ''PAD'' app engine. The only thing that was different was monster art, but every monster was the same. While some monsters in ''Dragon Attack'' looked nothing like the original ''PAD'' ones, whoever was doing the art just gave up and just basically made fanart; however, all of the female characters ended up with larger breasts and smaller clothing. ''Dragon Attack'' also has collaborations which are even ''more'' of a copyright violation than the game itself, featuring blatantly lifted characters from ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Franchise/OnePiece'', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', ''Franchise/CodeGeass'', and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (pre-dating the actual ''Attack on Titan'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' collab in ''PAD''). ''Dragon Attack'' also became ''Dragon Crush'' in Thailand and ''Xếp Rồng Soha'' in Vietnam.
4** ''The Lost Palace'' actually saw release in English speaking countries, while still being a shameless ripoff of ''PAD''.
5** ''Battle Camp'' has been seeing a lot of advertisement on Tumblr professing that it is the "Lovechild of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft" along with some artwork that would probably get someone sued for copyright infringement (there was one that was [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ac2NnMMxiOg/VR70IHTIxjI/AAAAAAAAAAY/llTWp3DzAFE/s0/sb-ash_pika.jpg obviously a ripoff of Ash and Pikachu]]). It turns out it's just a ''PAD'' clone with Website/GaiaOnline-esque avatar customization and guilds. Their multiplayer predated PAD's by months.
6** ''[[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Three Kingdoms]] Puzzle Wars'' was a Chinese-made ''PAD'' clone featuring Chinese historical figures that gained popularity in Taiwan and Japan. Aside from all original characters, there is a unique difference in mechanics such that the tiles cascade upwards like an advancing army instead of dropping down and the play board is 7×5.
7** ''Tower of Saviors'', produced by Hong Kong company Madhead, is a ''PAD'' clone with a mechanical difference in which if you line up more than 5 orbs, it produces a reinforced orb. Everything else, from the characters to gameplay, are almost identical to ''PAD''. Unlike the aforementioned examples above, Madhead blatantly proclaimed that their game was original, which led to a protest. Somehow, it is still going strong, and has had crossovers with Music/BigBang, Pili, PAD's rival ''VideoGame/MonsterStrike'', Creator/{{Disney}} movies, and even ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' months before PAD had its own KOF event.
8*** And later on MADHEAD develop the new level of difference in their own mechanics ,Including leader skill which allow player to match three (not in line also do) to dissolve or skill(in both types) which allow player to dissolve with "two" or more matchs for devastating skyfall&combo.
9** ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoQuest'' can be basically described as ''PAD'' with a ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' board and ''Puyo Puyo'' characters. Everything else is nearly identical.
10* NoExportForYou: It would be easier to list which games ''did'' make it outside of Japan:
11** Several collaboration events have not been seen outside of Japan due to licensing rights. ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'', the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' Felynes, ''Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders'', ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'', Bikkuriman, ''Franchise/DuelMasters'', ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', ''Magazine/ShonenSunday'', ''Manga/{{Crows}}'', ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', ''Weekly Magazine'', and ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' are currently Japan-only. However, most rebalances and major additions (new god pantheons, new ultimate evolutions for existing pantheons, etc.) will arrive to the West after a month or two, thus averting this trivia trope.
12*** The international editions have, however, gotten some fairly obscure collabs such as Shinrabansho, Kapibara-san, and ''VideoGame/TaikoMaster'', and they have received ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', and ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''[[note]]except for the 3rd installment due to the author's arrest[[/note]] so there is some hope for some fairly recent acquisitions.
13*** The ''Puzzle & Dragons Battle Tournament'' collab was for a long time a Japan exclusive, despite it being a spinoff of PAD, but the end of the arcade game's service in Japan led to all of the formerly collab exclusive cards to enter the regular gacha lineup and its related dungeon was made a permanent addition to the Coin Dungeon lineup (the same fate which befell the "collaborations" for [=GungHo=], ''Emil Chronicle Online'', ''Taiko no Tatsujin'', Gunma Prefecture, ''VideoGame/GrooveCoaster'', and Takaoka City; ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' and Poring Tower are mysteriously absent, while ''RO Ace'' is in the regular descend rotation) which eventually made its way internationally.
14*** However several of these collabs have also been absent in Japan for a while. ''Hunter × Hunter'', ''Dragon Ball Z'', and ''Saint Seiya'' have all been absent in 2016, despite ''Hunter × Hunter'' returning from hiatus, the premiere of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', and ''Saint Seiya'' having its 30th anniversary (which was celebrated in rival ''VideoGame/MonsterStrike'' instead).
15** Both the Android and iOS versions are unavailable in several countries. Like, say, Russia. This follows [=GungHo=]'s policy from their PC games where regional distributors and/or publishers with exclusivity agreements would have to handle such a release.
16** ''Battle Tournament''. Unsurprising, given the decline of arcades and arcade games outside of Eastern Asia, especially games with network functionality or card systems.
17** The international versions have never gotten the addition of the ''PADW'' side game. Then again, PADW hasn't had a proper update in 2 years.
18** An odd inversion involves ''PADZ'' and ''[=PazuMari=]'', which are part of a CompilationRerelease...but only in North America, Europe and South Korea (and as the only way to get either game), while in Japan both games remain separate, full-price purchases only.
19* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: パズドラ (''pazudora'') amongst Japanese speakers. In English, the series can be called "[=PuzzDra=]", although in practice most Western fans call it "PAD" instead.
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