Bubble Bobble Plus! (WiiWare)

I really hope Taito revitalizes Bubble Bobble for WiiWare the same way they revitalized Space Invaders with Space Invaders Extreme. If there's one Taito franchise that needs the SIE treatment, it's Bubble Bobble.

Also some online co-op couldn't hurt either. =P

I'll most likely get this game. I hope it also supports GC controllers, I don't want to pay 40 bucks for an extra WiiMote right now.

This'll be great as long as it has online and GC support

I will wait to see wat the reveiws are, and some gameplay movies

@ Garrett: There's pretty much been a Bubble Bobble game every year, the DS even has two.

I hope it's multiplyaer is good.

If it has an online scoreboard, then I'll defienetly get it.

I have no idea what this game is about

I'll wait until I see more of it before I get too excited.

Now that's exiciting!

I Love Bubble Bobble, and have already downloaded the NES version from the WiiShop........ will definitely get this one to complete my collection, even if gameplay is identical

If this supports online cooperative play, I'm definitely in!

@Olimar_91
I'll second that. Co-op is what Bubble Bobble was all about.

Well well. I loved the first Bubble Bobble (getting it soon on VC!), so I'll keep this in mind.

I hope I can buy this. I liked Puzzle Bobble...

oh please i want bobble this friday.

This Friday is VC week, and the game is far from done

Bubble Bopp.. Uh, Bupple Bobb... Uh, Bopple Bupp...

Damn your twounge tisters, Twaito!

Wait...

What's the difference between the Rainbow Island remake and this?

They're different platform games completely. Bubble Bobble has you clearing a screen of monsters before you move on to the next screen. Rainbow Island has you working your way up stages which are several screens in height. I prefer Rainbow Islands.

As much as my interest is piqued here, I really want to know what's going on with the Rainbow Island game. It was one of my favorite games on my Amiga.

What's the difference between the Rainbow Island remake and this?
This one's Bubble Bobble, not Rainbow Islands.

Here's a couple of links showing off some video footage for Bubble Bobble Wii (+):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSIezS5Eif4
http://gonintendo.com/?p=72242

I'm still not digging the character models too much but it looks like good ol' Bubble Bobble. And that's good enough for me. =)

Bah, I hope this game comes out soon. XP

Definitely getting this. Question is, when can we expect this? Soon, I hope in light of the recent ESRB rating.

I was saving 800 points for this but couldn't wait any longer and got Super Punch Out today. Anyway this and Adventure Island are still my most anticipated WiiWare titles. So hurry up and get them out NoE!...Please

BTW does anyone know why this is published by Square Enix and not Taito?

Out of Adventure Island, Rainbow and this, BB interests me the most by far

BTW does anyone know why this is published by Square Enix and not Taito?

Square owns Taito

posting here aswell:

It's a bit "buggy", they've changed the range when you pop the bubbles, without compensating the levels, so you can get stuck in narrow spaces, like on level 99, and plenty others. The bubbles pop as soon as you touch them, so it's impossible to blow any in spaces that are 2 "squares" wide. One other bug is that you no longer can blow bubbles through narrow spaces, one square high, also unbalancing some of the levels.

North America gets their price in this game set at 600 points making the PAL regions jealous.

I like BB, but this ain't worth it for me, it just looks alot like the original.

EDIT: Well, maybe...

I'm actually quite surprised with the pricing decision they chose but who am I to complain? 600 Points can be seen as a big bargain especially since the original is 500 Points and there's more content found here.

I'm gonna buy this at 9:00,

How come it's 800 in PAL and 600 in NA?
That's not fair because that means it costs Americans $6 US = $7.63 AU
and in Australia it'll cost $9.829 US = $12.50 AU

@ Alexei123

Well, at least we got Toki Tori 100 points cheaper than North-America.

Kinda disappointing that there's no GC support though.

I'm really unhappy with this game. The graphical changes to Bub and Bob look AWFUL. Also, very slight platforming mechanics have changed. Little tiny things like movement being slightly more sluggish, jumps being a tiny bit shorter, bubble motion not being quite the same, enemies moving slightly earlier, and big things like needing wider space to blow a bubble without popping it, and not being able to shoot a bubble through a narrow vertical gap. Altogether, that means if you are accomplished at the original BB, your moves will be completely off. Plus there are now levels that are damn near impossible - like the very first one where you have to blow bubbles toward the wall to get up to a platform midway up the level and there are enemies on a second level just above that. Now it's nearly impossible to make it up safely. It used to be that blowing one bubble, if you bounced on it long enough you'd hit it JUST right and make it up to the first platform so you could carefully time your jump up to the second. Now that first bubble is not enough to get you high enough ever, no matter how long you bounce, so you have to blow a second one, which virtually always will bounce you too high and shoot you straight into the enemies.

Really not happy with that.

"Arrange" mode is fun though. 100 brand new levels with 4-player support.