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SantaC · Aug 15, 2005

- Traditional Bubble Bobble gameplay
- Will play up to 4 players simultaneously
- Will be released end of october

http://www.jeux-france.com/news11777.html

fugimax · Aug 15, 2005

Multiplayer == awesome.

impirius · Aug 15, 2005

Ditherrific

demi · Aug 15, 2005

SantaCruZer said:
- Will be released end of october

UK? US? Both?

SantaC · Aug 15, 2005

demi said:
UK? US? Both?

Europe according to Jeux France. Dunno that migth be worldwide also.

demi · Aug 15, 2005

Is it coming to America then? I will import if necessary.

SantaC · Aug 15, 2005

demi said:
Is it coming to America then?

wish I had those answers, but I don't

demi · Aug 15, 2005

Well why the fuck not?

SantaC · Aug 15, 2005

bubble bobble is my favorite amiga game! Also loved it on nes.

edit: I see no reason to not bring this one to america.

edit2:

Ditherrific

yep the screen quality is craptastic. Someone did a bad capture.

Rlan · Aug 15, 2005

Looks a little like Bomb Jack..

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

I'd expect either Mastiff or Majesco to pick up the American release. Maybe Natsume even, Marvelous/Rising Star's pretty close to them too.

demi · Aug 15, 2005

Majesco has their hands tied with Advent Rising 2.

callous · Aug 15, 2005

Still looks like ass.

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

It looks signifianctly better than Old&New on GBA though. At least Taito are doing things inhouse now.

SantaC · Aug 15, 2005

callous said:
Still looks like ass.

I'd say it's pretty safe that we wont play it with dithering. It's just that the screens that are ass.

callous · Aug 15, 2005

I hope so

But even without the dithering, it's quite obvious that Taito hasn't exactly gone to town on the backgrounds. Not that they ever do.

iced lightning · Aug 15, 2005

yes! I didn't even know bubble bobble was coming to ds.

BuddyC · Aug 15, 2005

I do hope this supports one-card multiplay.

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

iced lightning said:
yes! I didn't even know bubble bobble was coming to ds.

Not just Bubble Bobble but also Space Invaders, Rainbow Islands and Bust-A-Move are all also DS bound.

dark10x · Aug 15, 2005

yep the screen quality is craptastic. Someone did a bad capture.

No they didn't. Those are flawless captures. How on earth could you think otherwise?

The DS screens will hide some of that, though, so don't worry too much.

Jeff-DSA · Aug 15, 2005

Yes please.

I stilli play the original Bubble Bobble at times, this would be a great release if they don't screw it up.

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

Jeff-DSA said:
I stilli play the original Bubble Bobble at times, this would be a great release if they don't screw it up.

Hopefully they also include the original game, like with Old&New on GBA.

jman2050 · Aug 15, 2005

dark10x said:
No they didn't. Those are flawless captures. How on earth could you think otherwise?

The DS screens will hide some of that, though, so don't worry too much.

Maybe so. However, they are Jpgs. And as everyone knows, Jpgs SUCK.

demi · Aug 15, 2005

Should include Rainbow Islands instead.

ratcliffja · Aug 15, 2005

Reason #59173 of why I love my DS. 4 player Bubble Bobble with enhanced graphics? Droolgasm.

SantaC · Aug 15, 2005

dark10x said:
No they didn't. Those are flawless captures. How on earth could you think otherwise?

yeah how on earth could I think othervise? Ever heard of jpg's and compression loss. I sure as hell haven't played a DS or any other modern handheld with dithering problems like that.

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

demi said:
Should include Rainbow Islands instead.

They need to save that for Rainbow Islands Revolution.

Anyway, here's the announced Taito remakes for each machine so far by region...

Nintendo DS
-Bubble Bobble Revolution (Rising Star Games) EU
-Bust-A-Move DS (Majesco Games) NA
-Puzzle Bobble DS (Taito) JP
-Rainbow Islands Revolution (Rising Star Games) EU
-Space Invaders DS (Taito) JP
-Space Invaders Revolution (Mastiff Games) NA
-Space Invaders Revolution (Rising Star Games) EU

PSP
-Bubble Bobble Evolution (Rising Star Games) EU
-Puzzle Bobble Pocket (Taito) JP
-Space Invaders Evolution (Rising Star Games) EU
-Space Invaders: Galaxy Beat (Marvelous Interactive) JP

...I expect each will make it to every region eventually though.

bobble · Aug 15, 2005

BONER

Chibbi Brady · Aug 15, 2005

I prefer the simplicity of the original, not too found of the backgrounds to be honest. Although this won't matter one iota if it plays well. Fingers crossed.

dock · Aug 15, 2005

Not hugely into the graphics, but more importantly...

Horizontal scrolling? It looks that way!!! O_O YUCK!
Bubble Bobble really needs a static screen. The scrolling doesn't work, as you can't see the entire play area.

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

dock UK said:
Not hugely into the graphics, but more importantly...

Horizontal scrolling? It looks that way!!! O_O YUCK!
Bubble Bobble really needs a static screen. The scrolling doesn't work, as you can't see the entire play area.

Er... why do you think there's scrolling? The screen layouts look static to me? :/

Chibbi Brady · Aug 15, 2005

I think he's right, have a look at the edge of the pics. Hope there's a scale out function like Old & New on the GBA.

jarrod · Aug 15, 2005

Chibbi Brady said:
I think he's right, have a look at the edge of the pics. Hope there's a scale out function like Old & New on the GBA.

Oh, I though he meant vertically scrolling progression (like Kid Icarus). Yeah that sorta sucks.... they should just redesign things around the DS screens' real-estate rather than scroll. :/

Jonnyboy117 · Aug 15, 2005

Anyone else get that NES music in their heads just from looking at these screens and thinking about the old version?

bobble · Aug 15, 2005

Jonnyboy117 said:
Anyone else get that NES music in their heads just from looking at these screens and thinking about the old version?

Makes a fantastic ringer too

Varian · Aug 15, 2005

Maybe that's how it's set up, 2x2 screens. Bob's taking a healthy piss in that first one.

BobbyRobby · Aug 15, 2005

Awesome. I was waiting for media on this.

DECK'ARD · Aug 15, 2005

It may be Bubble Bobble, but it looks disgusting!

The artist should be shot for crimes against Taito, it looks like an Amiga public domain game from 15 years ago.

opkal · Aug 15, 2005

Jonnyboy117 said:
Anyone else get that NES music in their heads just from looking at these screens and thinking about the old version?

heh, yea, once I saw the words Bubble Bobble I started humming.

BuddyC · Aug 15, 2005

Nash said:
It may be Bubble Bobble, but it looks disgusting!

The artist should be shot for crimes against Taito, it looks like an Amiga public domain game from 15 years ago.

For your health, I sure hope you didn't catch the assets on the New portion of Bubble Bobble Old & New GBA. At least Bub & Bob look like, you know, Bub & Bob here. The oversized head-aneroxic-body look they had there was just ...freaky.

And if someone could remind Taito of a) Bubble Symphony and b) the PSP, and maybe mention that those two would work well together, I'd appreciate it.

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