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Bubble Bobble Plus!

Bubble Bobble Plus! is a platform video game developed by Taito and Dreams, Inc., and a remake of the 1986 arcade game Bubble Bobble. It was originally released for WiiWare in Japan on February 10, 2009, in the PAL regions on April 10, and in North America on May 25. It was later ported to the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service under the name of Bubble Bobble Neo! ) and released on August 5, 2009 in Japan, and in North America and Europe on September 16.

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Bubble Bobble Plus!
Xbox Live Arcade cover art
DevelopersTaito
Dreams Inc.
Publishers
DesignerFukio Mitsuji
SeriesBubble Bobble
PlatformsWii, Xbox 360
ReleaseWii
  • JP: February 10, 2009
  • PAL: April 10, 2009
  • NA: May 25, 2009
Xbox 360
  • JP: August 5, 20092
  • WW: September 16, 20091
GenrePlatform
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Bubble Bobble Plus! (Known in Japan as Bubble Bobble Wii (バブルボブル Wii, Baburu Boburu Wii)) is a platform video game developed by Taito and Dreams, Inc., and a remake of the 1986 arcade game Bubble Bobble. It was originally released for WiiWare in Japan on February 10, 2009,3 in the PAL regions on April 10, and in North America on May 25.4 It was later ported to the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service under the name of Bubble Bobble Neo! (バブルボブル Neo(ネオ)!, Baburu Boburu Neo!)) and released on August 5, 2009 in Japan, and in North America and Europe on September 16.

Gameplay

As in previous games, the player will have to defeat all enemies across multiple screens by trapping them in bubbles and popping them. The normal mode features the original two playable characters, Bub and Bob. At the same time, the Arrange Mode adds support for up to four players, joined with female characters Peb and Pab,5 as yellow and pink bubble dragons respectively.

The game contains several playing modes - a remake containing 100 classic stages and a new story mode with 100 new stages, as well as more difficult "Super" versions of those stages.

In addition, for Bubble Bobble Plus!, two downloadable content packs (Extra 1 and Extra 2) were released consisting of 50 "very hard" stages each, as well as new boss characters.6 These Extra modes also include four player support.

Reception

Bubble Bobble Plus! received "generally favorable reviews", while Bubble Bobble Neo! received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.78 N-Europe praised the Wii version, saying it had a wealth of content to enjoy, while the downloadable packs were fairly reasonably priced and offered a significantly ramped up challenge from the standard levels.19

References

References

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  5. Bubble Bobble Plus Title Operations Guide, Wii Shop Channel
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  8. "Bubble Bobble Neo! for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved August 7, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. Tom McShea (September 23, 2009). "Bubble Bobble Neo Review". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  10. Lucas M. Thomas (June 9, 2009). "Bubble Bobble Plus! Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  11. Daemon Hatfield (September 17, 2009). "Bubble Bobble Neo Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  12. dharn (April 22, 2009). "Test: Bubble Bobble Plus". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  13. Marcel van Duyn (April 11, 2009). "Bubble Bobble Plus! Review". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  14. Zachary Miller (July 3, 2009). "Bubble Bobble Plus!". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  15. "Bubble Bobble Plus! review". Official Nintendo Magazine. No. 43. Future plc. June 2009. p. 88.
  16. "Bubble Bobble Neo!". Official Xbox Magazine UK. Future plc. December 2009. p. 107.
  17. "Bubble Bobble Neo!". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. October 2009. p. 73.
  18. Roger Hargreaves (April 2009). "Bubble Bobble Plus! (Wii)". Teletext GameCentral. Teletext Ltd. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
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