Tom Skidmore of The Koalition writes:
A game about cute dragons and bubbles can't be that exciting, right? Wrong! This weeks Retro Recap is everyone's favorite Bubble Bobble!
Another simple puzzle game that hooked many people, Bubble Bobble employed the simple mechanic of trapping enemies in bubble that your friendly little friend could blow and proceeding to pop them with your spines. Sounds like something that would be aimed at child, but the difficulty level as you progressed could bring the most hardened gamer down to their knees.
70 years and still going strong. And with some amazing games, too.
"Taito's Bubble Bobble series started out in 1986 and remains popular to this day. Bubble Bobble 4 didn't get the world on first, but there will be plenty more adventures for Bub and Bob in the future, including the upcoming Puzzle Bobble Everybubble. Merchandise for this series doesn't come to international markets very often, but Strictly Limited Games currently has a bundle of Bub and Bob plushies available to order," says Co-Optimus.
Taito has revealed that it is working on a new Bubble Bobble game to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the series. However, details are extremely sparse.
And all my childhood memories come flooding back. I don't know if I should be excited or terrified for this. LOL.
I own Bubble Bobble on NES, SMS, and Genesis I'd say its one of my favorites the music all though repetitive was great.
Use to play this with my grandmother as a child, it was her favorite game, I was always 2nd player so I was always the blue one, 'til this day I always play as the second player kind of a nod to my grandmother.