The screens are very small, but we can at least tell a few things by looking at them closely - It has the same minimalistic graphical style as the original game (Available on VC), features new levels, and has 4-player support!
The Famitsu article also reveals that the game is taking a page from Taito's other WiiWare game, Space Invaders Get Even - The game will have DLC! For 800 Wii Points you'll get 100 classic stages, 100 new stages, and "hard" versions of all of those levels - There will be two DLC packs with 50 "very hard" stages each. These packs will cost 200 Wii Points each.
The latest Famitsu does not have any information on Taito's other upcoming retro WiiWare remake, Rainbow Island Tower, but we assume it is coming out later this year.
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If it'll have online play then I'm completely sold. I wonder if those new stages in the DLC pack will be all-new levels or just the same levels but increased in difficulty. I hope the former.
I can. Not. Wait.
Ohhh yes.
Is anyone else hearing the Bubble Bobble theme in their head right now?
Honest price tags, too
Awesome, although I think it's strange that they only have the hard levels in DLC, since this will put many people off buying the extra content.
I want this.
im getting this one!!!
SOLD!
I want this. im getting this one!!! SOLD!
Those were worth posting.
Hadn't heard of this one before! I realy want it now, too...
Looks freaking awesome.
"Hadn't heard of this one before! I realy want it now, too..."
The original is on the Virtual Console if you need it to tide you over
AWESOME! 4 player co-op is great and with reasonaly priced DLC, this is a must buy!
HOLLY F**KING ASS CRACKERS! A new Bubble Bobble? 4 player support? Downloadable Content? HELL YEAH! GAH, I CAN'T WAIT! I'm gonna have a heart attack ........ kay, I'm dizzy, just .... just let me .... let me sit down. My GOD this is gonna be awesome!
@Shadx: You've been on those magic pills again, haven't you?
Still waiting for Rainbow Islands Wii...
Wishing we had some better screenshots, it could be a game with SNES visuals for all we know, they're so small!
I downloaded the original on the VC a few months ago and enjoyed it, this looks even better. I may be put off the DLC if the extra levels are all a high difficulty but I suppose practice helps. 800 Points seems reasonable for what you're getting here, the 4 player will be interesting to see.
At least this DLC is worthwhile! Definitely getting this even though I've never played the original.
@Kokstra:
"it could be a game with SNES visuals for all we know"
Megaman 9 proved (and hopefully Bit Trip will reinforce) that graphical quality means nothing.
Seriously, this has just made my day!
@Chicken Brutus: Well I wouldn't mind SNES quality graphics, I just want bigger screenshots
HELL YES!!!!!!!
Im a huge fan of BB for the NES. This automatically goes to the top of my list. Classic stages with better graphics, better multiplayer, hmore stages, AND A HARD MODE!!!!
HELL YES!!!
@Wiiloveit "Those were worth posting" was worth posting as well. lol
This is a game that I will down load just because I have always loved Bubble Bobble. When it is all said and done, we will be getting 300 levels for 1200 points with four player support. I want this.
@Kokstra
Amen brother. I can't wait for more info to surface on this one!
Awesome!!! I loved the first game, and there is so many levels in this, and then DLC??? I'm getting this, especially with 4-player support.
Actually, 100 more DLC levels for 400 more points is pretty fair priced.
I look forward to not being able to fit it on my Wii's internal memory
Bubble Bobble is an awesome game, and the more it plays like the original, the better!
4 Players is a great feature. Hope for online too!
Is Taito now going to release all of their old games as WiiWare? When comes Rainbow Islands, Parasol Stars, Puzznic, Arkanoid and the many other games that Taito has released since 1973? C'mon boys. What about something innovative? Are there no new ideas anymore?
Cool, I guess. I still don't want it, but whatever.
It`s nice to see more and more DLC on Wiiware games lately! I truely hope this has online multiplayer in all.
@Terranigma
Yeah that is true in all but with all that DLC SIGE rounded up to be around 700 blocks...which sucks!
@Terranigma: Yes, I admit that Space Invaders GE is quite innovative. I hope they make more games like this and don't decide to rest on their laurels by re-releasing all the old stuff more or less unchanged.
I never played the original, but I do want it, looks simple but extremly fun, also it proves that developers who make pretty great games will continue to support the service like Square-Enix which recently announced its second game for the service, so all I can say to this great thing is Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!
4-player support? Oh goody! Now I actually have reason to buy this with the NES Bubble Bobble already on my Wii.
@Chicken Brutus. I'm hoping that the game ISN'T in retro style. Sure, it's cool with MM9, Bit. Trip and (to a far lesser degree) Gradius Rebirth, but this trend is starting to get a little old.
"Are there no new ideas anymore?"
ponders about all the FPSs, retro revivals, sequels, and remakes that populate the general modern-day gaming climate
Not really no.
I'll take a wild guess and say this will be a hot seller.
Crooked cucumbers, I thought that the were doing a PUZZLE Bobble remake!
p=( - _ - )
@Terranigma
Yes, I would love to see a new Darius game!
I haven't gotten the NES version of Bubble Bobble since I wasn't convinced I would like it entirely, but these new additions look pleasing enough to warrant my purchase...hopefully.
This sounds very good!!!!!!
@14. Wiiloveit: No, don't accuse me of things I didn't - yeah, I had six.
Anyways, this might have a chance at beating world of goo!
@39. MarkyVigoroth: That game was pretty fun too.
Yeah!! I was waiting for this news, 4 players yes yes yes! I want this sooo much...
Now the terrible wait until is released .
@Chicken Brutus
The curious thing is that when I read your first post I realise that I can summon the Bubble Bobble theme to my mind with extreme ease, I think I spent too many hours playing the GB version .
Mmh, why without a graphical update, like Toki Tori?
So probably i will pass on it.
@ Chicken Brutus (#20): "Megaman 9 proved (and hopefully Bit Trip will reinforce) that graphical quality means nothing."
Yeah, but the whole Mega Man series is defined by the NES games. For me Bubble Bobble Wii would be much more attractive with a graphical update.
@ness:
"why without a graphical update, like Toki Tori?"
It HAS a graphical update! Compare it to the screenshots on vc-reviews.
"the whole Mega Man series is defined by the NES games."
I see your point, but it's just as fair to say that Bubble Bobble is defined by its NES game. There were other versions (just as there were in the Mega Man series), but there's certainly a huge portion of gamers for whom the NES Bubble Bobble is definitive and classic.
And also, before this goes too much further, I'm NOT recommending they go the retro route! I'm just saying that it doesn't matter if they use undetailed sprites or something because it's the quality of the game that matters, not the quality of the visuals.
I'll take a quality Bubble Bobble game over a flashy Bubble Bobble game any day.
Online would be so nuts on this... but I'm not anticipating it sadly. But we'll see... seems good value for money so far. Played the arcade and C64 versions to death...
@ Chicken Brutus (#46): "It HAS a graphical update! Compare it to the screenshots on vc-reviews."
Yeah, but i mean it still has NES graphics.
And don't get me wrong, i absolutely agree with the point that the quality of the game that matters, not the quality of the visuals. I also love Mega Man 9, but because i'm not a huge fan of Bubble Bobble (although i like it), it would be much more attractive to me (and maybe to others, who don't know the game, too) with a graphical update.
Ouch to the people who bought Bubble Bobble NES. Guess this means the sales for that title have pretty much stopped but its been out for more than a year.
So let me get this straight. We have the 100 classic levels of the NES version (plus hard versions...given we can have 4 players now I imagine they could makes these the kind where you need 4 people), 100 more levels (and again hard versions). That is quite some content. Lets hope the true ending doesn't need 4 people
Yes!
I love Bubble Bobble, easily one of my favourite arcade games, and despite having the VC NES version I'll happily buy this as well.
Just please, please have Wi-Fi! I'll get it either way but I'd be very disappointed if it didn't have the feature
I am looking forward to when Bobble Bobble Wii gets released.
Awesome stuff.
cool.
@Pocketim:
Since the original 2 were called Bub and Bob, I'll guess...Bib and Bab.
hell to the yes
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