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Re: Bubble Bobble

IAmChristinaAguilera

Okay. So. I played this as a kid ALL OF THE TIME and loved it. Probably the big question is whether to get this one or Bubble Bobble Plus on WiiWare. With this version, you get:

  • Charming sprite art and NES music instead of just-adequate, more generic-feeling 3D models and music
  • As I recall, you fall more slowly and enemies throw fire and projectiles more slowly in this version, leading to fewer cheap/unfair deaths
  • This is important -- THE ABILITY TO SUSPEND/SAVE THE GAME or use passwords -- in Plus, when you leave the game and come back, you (and your friends) are back at Level 1. Period. If you have a significant other or sibling or something that you want to work on this game with in short bursts of a few levels at a time over several days until you beat it, you can do that in this version, but not Plus.
  • You spend 100 fewer points
  • Any controller except the nunchuck works

On the flip side, Plus has:

  • In addition to the regular 100 levels and the 100 harder "Super" versions of the same levels available here, Plus also has regular and "Super" versions of another 100 new "Arrange" levels with new items and enemies that can be played by up to 4 players instead of just 2 (GameCube controllers won't work -- you need 4 Wii Remotes)
  • DLC if you want more levels
  • Bubble physics that by and large are closer to the arcade version of Bubble Bobble (which was more fun, in my opinion, though I have less nostalgia for it than the NES version)

I've still never beaten the full original or arrange game in Plus since it takes so long and you can't save, so to some extent, I almost wish that I'd bought this instead. To some extent, I still am considering buying this NES version at some point just to be able to save/suspend the game.

Re: Review: Yoshi's Story (Virtual Console / Nintendo 64)

IAmChristinaAguilera

I bought Yoshi's Story because I wanted a Super Mario Bros.-style game on my Wii that I could feasibly beat while intoxicated. I was not disappointed.

I had no interest in this game when it first came out, but when I tried it at a family friend's house a couple of years afterwards, I enjoyed how 2D Mario-esque it was, if more lightweight than usual. Mario 3 or Mario Bros. Wii it ain't, but it's worth noting that it was the last real new 2D Mario-style game until NSMB/Super Princess Peach/etc. came out on the DS.

That all said, I spent $10 on it and haven't played it in months. Your mileage may vary.

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