PUZZLE BOBBLE
( Bust-A-Move )
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(c)TAITO CORPORATION 1995
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Cartridge SHVC-AYKJ-JPN
Puzzle game
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Released in America as
BUST-A-MOVE
( SNS-AYKE-USA )
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Released in Europe as
PUZZLE BOBBLE
( SNSP-AYKP-### )
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Who would have guessed that the two most famous digital dinosaurs featured in
Taito's arcade game Bubble Bobble in 1986 would also be the heroes of one
of the most addictive puzzle game ever created ? In Puzzle Bobble, bubbles
are still at the center of the gameplay. They are now colored and occupy most of
the upper-screen. They are also piled up following a crossed pattern. The player
controls a dinosaur standing at the bottom of the screen ready to fire his bubble-blower gun.
The game concept is inspired by the famous Tetris, and three of more Bubbles
of the same color pop when in contact. But Puzzle Bobble offers several well
designed twists compared to other puzzle games of its time. Bubbles are connected
and removing upper bubbles will cause the lowers ones to fall down. The bubble-gun
can also rotate and fire in any directions and bubbles can bounce off the walls.
Time is of course limited and the screen of bubbles slowly moves down, getting
dangerously close to our hero dinosaurs. If the wall of bubbles ever gets to them,
then it is game over. Some bubbles have also special powers (most of them inspired
by the original Bubble Bobble game) like lightnings, bombs, water tanks
etc... The game offers several single player modes and an intense
two players-versus-battle-mode.
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Puzzle Bobble first came out in the arcades in 1994, eight years
after the original arcade game Bubble Bobble which also featured
Bubblun and Bobblun, the two cute and bubble thrower dinosaurs.
The game was inexplicably called Bust-A-Move in the United States
(and some versions in Europe) and is also known as Bubble Buster.
The game was an instant success and was converted for most of the home systems
of the time: Super Famicom (1995), Neo Geo (1995), Game Gear (1996) etc... Many
sequels followed in the arcades such as Puzzle Bobble 2 (1996), Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996),
Puzzle Bobble 4 (1998), Super Puzzle Bobble (2000). But the game series stretches out
way beyond the arcade realm, and Puzzle Bubble games are still being released today.
Here are a few : Puzzle Bobble 3 (Sega Saturn, 1997), Puzzle Bobble GB
(GameBoy, 1998), Puzzle Bobble 3 DX (Playstation, 1998),
Puzzle Bobble 4 (playstation, 1998), Puzzle Bobble 64 (Nintendo64, 1999),
Puzzle Bobble 2 (NeoGeo, 1999), Super Puzzle Bobble (Playstation 2, 2000),
Super Puzzle Bobble Advance (GameBoy Advance, 2001),
Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (GameCube, 2003), Puzzle Bobble Pocket (PSP, 2004),
Hippatte! Puzzle Bobble (Nintendo DS, 2006)
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Puzzle Bobble is by far my all time favorite puzzle game.
It is easily the most addictive game ever created. This Super Famicom
version is not as complex as some of the latest episodes of the series. It
is nevertheless an excellent title, with a fun and balanced gameplay,
brilliant graphics and awesome musics. Definitively a must have. I wonder
why the US version was inexplicably renamed Bust-A-Move. Sounds more like a dancing game to me...
ironically, Enix released a dancing game called Bust-A-Move
in Japan in 1998 which had to be renamed Bust-A-Groove in the
United States so it wouldn't conflict with Puzzle Bobble. Anyway,
all in all, Puzzle Bobble is a fantastic and addictive game,
I personnally can not get enough of it.
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