The four latest Bubble Bobble games on Wii and 360
Matt Barton wrote:
Bubble Bobble is one of my favorite arcade games for sure. It's one of the only games I ever played actively with my sister while we were growing up. We played it many, many nights on the Amiga 1000 - but never beat it. I did finally beat it with MAME, though, since you could just keep "inserting credits" and weren't limited like you were in the Amiga version. We tried so hard! If we lost a man before level 13 we'd start it over, for instance.
I never liked Rainbow Islands or whatever it was, and never really got into puzzle bobble. Only the original game really hooked me. What an original concept!
Not to be confused with "Bubble Ghost," a game I never cared for. Though I did love Wizball.
I actually liked Bubble Ghost (if we're talking about the Accolade game), though it's certainly not the greatest game I ever played.
Just now, I was enjoying Bubble Bobble Neo on the Xbox 360. The redid the graphics and sound but kept the original gameplay intact. It's the first time in ages that I thought the new graphics and sound are an improvement on the classic era graphics and sound. Usually it's made gaudy or ugly, but this is absolutely perfect. Interestingly, there's another Bubble Bobble game on both the Wii (WiiWare) and 360, and something similar to Bubble Bobble Neo on the Wii (again, WiiWare) without the improved audio-visuals. You should check out the WiiWare titles, Matt.
Bubble Bobble is one of my favorite arcade games for sure. It's one of the only games I ever played actively with my sister while we were growing up. We played it many, many nights on the Amiga 1000 - but never beat it. I did finally beat it with MAME, though, since you could just keep "inserting credits" and weren't limited like you were in the Amiga version. We tried so hard! If we lost a man before level 13 we'd start it over, for instance.
I never liked Rainbow Islands or whatever it was, and never really got into puzzle bobble. Only the original game really hooked me. What an original concept!
Not to be confused with "Bubble Ghost," a game I never cared for. Though I did love Wizball.
I actually liked Bubble Ghost (if we're talking about the Accolade game), though it's certainly not the greatest game I ever played.
Just now, I was enjoying Bubble Bobble Neo on the Xbox 360. The redid the graphics and sound but kept the original gameplay intact. It's the first time in ages that I thought the new graphics and sound are an improvement on the classic era graphics and sound. Usually it's made gaudy or ugly, but this is absolutely perfect. Interestingly, there's another Bubble Bobble game on both the Wii (WiiWare) and 360, and something similar to Bubble Bobble Neo on the Wii (again, WiiWare) without the improved audio-visuals. You should check out the WiiWare titles, Matt.
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