Bubble Bobble Part 4 | "Cryptic Messages" | The Basement - Let's Play & NES Gameplay | Ep. 4
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Here's more of the review from Lucas Thomas at IGN:
( http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/09/bubble-bobble-review )
Because the bubbles also serve as transportation for Bub and Bob, you can bounce off the top of them by holding down the jump button, and use the added boost to reach higher, out-of-the-way platforms. That becomes a required technique in later levels, where vast expanses of open space hold no normal surfaces for you to run across and reach each enemy. And, while each successive stage is getting more and more difficult to get around, the enemies populating each one also get more and more vicious. Near the end of the adventure, it's a definite challenge to keep Bub and Bob alive long enough to trap and pop every foe.
Bubble Bobble isn't a visually impressive game, as its matte black backgrounds never give way to anything different even as the foreground platforms constantly change their color and layout. Its storyline elements, too &#Array; if you can really call them that &#Array; are limited to one or two screens bookending the adventure. But there's an undeniable charm to the audio aspect of Bubble Bobble's presentation, which is one of the catchiest looping bits of synthesized 8-bit sound you could ever hope to hear in the NES era. It's seriously just the same song, repeating over and over, again and again, but it gets stuck in your head and you can't help but love it. It's like candy for your ears.
And there are additional treats hidden within this otherwise straightforward arcade port as well, like multiple different endings and hidden tricks that you can uncover with enough dedication and time. Bubble Bobble is one of those old-school games that can be played and appreciated well for what it offers on the surface, but that also has hold of a whole subculture of dedicated fans that know all its many ins and outs. When a game that came out over 20 years ago still has a cult following playing it religiously today, you know it's probably worth your time to check out.
The Verdict
Fans of the long-running puzzle series Bust-a-Move will no doubt recognize the characters of Bub and Bob &#Array; this is the game that first introduced the pair, years ago. And though some of the follow-ups to this original Bubble Bobble were less than stellar, and though some of the most recent of those follow-ups have been extremely less than stellar, there's no denying the lasting value and simple playability of this first ever adventure for the two little dinos. If you've got a boyfriend or girlfriend, invest the 500 Wii Points for a download of Bubble Bobble and ask him or her to play it along you &#Array; the two of you will have a blast. And if you don't have any significant other, well, download it even faster. You'll want to have it on hand and ready when the opportunity arises for you to pass that second Wiimote to your potential Player 2.
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