Hamster Adding Puzzle Bobble And Sequel To ACA Neo Geo Library On Switch

Great news!

Which one is better?

I used to go to this bowling alley near me all the time just because they had a Puzzle Bobble cabinet there. I'm so happy that it's coming to Switch!!

Aww fantastic! Great puzzlers. (Maybe Bubble Bobble on the arcade archives is imminent; it's on the PS4.)

I enjoyed the 3DS game, but I'll try this one too! How different could it be?

Would there be any chance of tate mode in these, you would think it would really suit

I hope Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, & New Zealand Story follows

I loved Bubble Bobble, and while I never quite understood how Bub and Bob fit into this weird complex Bust-A-Move mythology, I really enjoyed playing these games on the PS1 in small spurts when I wasn't in the mood for a word-heavy jrpg.

I haven't picked up any of the Hamster games in the last year or so, but I'll definitely be grabbing this one.

Holy sh**!! Puzzle Bobble 2!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys, anyone else remember when Saturdays used to be slow news days?

@Ooyah Give em chance! Blimey, it's not like they have been slacking with their output! Jeez lol.

Puzzle Bobble on handheld? I'm sold.

@Gerald Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, & New Zealand Story

I agree, these games on one game card as a collection would be worth having.

I have the DS version of Rainbow Islands but the stylus control does not work. It should be the original game control Method.

Awesome.
Loved to play Puzzle Bobble 2 on the Taito Legends 2 Collection for PS2. I really hope we're gonna see Space Invaders 95 on Switch. Many People seem to not know about this Version of Space Invaders, but it's one of the most unique Games in the Series.

Puzzle bobble! Yeah!

Weird that according to MAME, Taito released the original arcade game on both their own hardware and on NeoGeo.
Was it the Japanese version was a Taito board and the west was NeoGeo? I think there was some difference.

I hummed the music as I read this!

I’ll take one.

OMG! Puzzle Bobble (Bust a Move) are some of my favorite games! Fantastic news!!

Oh man, I used to beg my parents to take me to the Peter Piper Pizza with the Puzzle Bobble cabinet, even though it was like twice as far as the one closer to our house. I might get this just for the memories.

Also, Hamster is like the best name for a game company ever

Great news! More Neo-Geo games please

@KingMike you seem to be right all around from what I can tell. I wonder if they moved it to Neo Geo for cost issues too, as producing more B System boards might have been more expensive for Taito than doing a deal with SNK. Here is what little explanation I found on twingalaxies:

"Two different versions of the original game were released. Puzzle Bobble was originally released in Japan only in June 1994 by Taito Corporation, running on Taito's B System hardware (with the preliminary title "Bubble Buster"). Then, 6 months later in December, the international Neo Geo version of Puzzle Bobble was released. It was almost identical aside from being in stereo and having some different sound effects and translated text."

I'm well in for Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move on Switch.
I'll cross my fingers for 3 and 4 as well, just to get all of the ones that were on arcade onto other consoles~

If they could do Bubble Bobble next with online 2 player that'd be swell.

Absolutely getting these though.

Great, I might have to pick the second one up. I remember putting many hours into Bust a Move 2 Arcade Edition on the N64...

Awesome. Space Invaders next please...

@Morph Not a chance, since these aren't vertically oriented 3:4 games.

They're 4:3 horizontally oriented games, so the picture area while respecting the original aspect ratio is actually going to be larger on a horizontally oriented Switch than it would be when rotated 90 degrees.

Would defeat the entire purpose of a TATE mode to include such a feature for these two games.

@Gerald : Oh, God. Yes, please!!!

I remember playing New Zealand Story at a little arcade in the hotel that we were staying at circa late 90s and fell in love with it.

It blew my mind when an instalment eventually came to the DS (I miss the DS days as almost EVERY genre and major publisher was on there in some form).

I was also really bummed that I missed out on Puzzle Bobble Galaxy on DS, which was crazy cheap at only $20, but I inexplicably had second thoughts about it, and the next time I went to Kmart, it was gone, like a mirage, and I have never seen an Australian copy since.

I'll definitely have a look into one of these as I have never played a Puzzle Bobble game (I skipped the 3DS version as it looked like a huge step down from Galaxy).

Ready....go!

Yes!! Keep em coming guys!!

Bub & Bob for Smash next please.

Yeah, I’m in! I used to play some bust-a-move game on psone and then some old mobile phone version too on a Sony Ericsson k750i 😁 These are great when you want to chill and play some game but are not in the mood to sink hours and hours.
The question that some asked: wich one? I don’t think I need both so whoever played them could say if one is better than the other?

Oh, I'll totally buy Bust A Move!!

Have to confess, Ive always loved these games. I played the arcade ALOT as a kid and played lots of the console games as well. The very first arcade game isnt the very best of the bunch, but it is always good fun. Ill def pick this/these up.