Here’s something we did not expect: Minecraft Dungeons gets an arcade box.
The colorful, fun collaborative Minecraft action game features an arcade box from Play Mechanix that will be released in North America, Mojang revealed in a blog post. This is called Minecraft Dungeons Arcade.
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It really fits – Minecraft Dungeons is a four-player co-op game and the arcade box has room for a full party. It looks like this:
However, there are some important differences. This arcade version has a total of nine levels, and each player only needs to focus on three specific buttons: Melee, Dodge and Range.
Without saving files, Minecraft Dungeons Arcade uses physical maps earned during each gameplay session to maintain the progress of character equipment, such as weapons, pets, skins, and items. Each time you play the game, you are given a card to keep. There are 60 cards to collect, and each player can scan up to five cards per session using a scanner on top of the arcade machine.
A limited number of Minecraft Dungeons Arcade cabinets are currently being distributed across North America for testing, and more will be released later this year.
Mojang said he makes sure the cabinets are tested in arcades that follow local health guidelines to reduce the risk of the ongoing pandemic.
Tom Phillips wrote Eurogamer’s Minecraft Dungeons review, calling it “a Diablo-like thing just deep enough”.