I myself am not too familiar with Taito or many of their franchises that they have created over the years (not even fucking Space Invaders), but out of all of them, I am pretty familiar with this one. In terms of the entry that started it all, it is a wonderful time, and extremely fun, but of course, me being me, I have some problems with it.
The story is incredibly bare bones, but I'm sure no one cares about that, the graphics are very nice and colorful, the music consists of like two songs, but they are very catchy and nice, and will get stuck in your head, the control is simple and easy to pick up on, the gameplay is incredibly entertaining and gives you a good challenge that doesn't discourage you from continuing, and there is plenty of replay value with multiple endings and special passwords.
As I mentioned earlier, I do have some complaints, and that would be about the game's length. There are 100+ levels in the game, and while they do go by quickly, they do start to drag after a while, and not to mention, some of the gimmicks in the levels can get quite frustrating to get a hang of, with some platforms also seeming like you can jump on them, but you can't.
Not to mention, in order to get one of the endings, you have to get an item on the second to last level of the game, and it isn't as easy to get as you think. Despite these complaints though, I still had a blast with this game.
Overall, this is a fantastic port of an already fantastic game from the arcades, and if anyone wanted to get into the Bubble Bobble series, this is definitely a perfect place to start.
Game #29
The story is incredibly bare bones, but I'm sure no one cares about that, the graphics are very nice and colorful, the music consists of like two songs, but they are very catchy and nice, and will get stuck in your head, the control is simple and easy to pick up on, the gameplay is incredibly entertaining and gives you a good challenge that doesn't discourage you from continuing, and there is plenty of replay value with multiple endings and special passwords.
As I mentioned earlier, I do have some complaints, and that would be about the game's length. There are 100+ levels in the game, and while they do go by quickly, they do start to drag after a while, and not to mention, some of the gimmicks in the levels can get quite frustrating to get a hang of, with some platforms also seeming like you can jump on them, but you can't.
Not to mention, in order to get one of the endings, you have to get an item on the second to last level of the game, and it isn't as easy to get as you think. Despite these complaints though, I still had a blast with this game.
Overall, this is a fantastic port of an already fantastic game from the arcades, and if anyone wanted to get into the Bubble Bobble series, this is definitely a perfect place to start.
Game #29