AppSpy - New Puzzle Bobble refines the gameplay of the Bust-A-Move titles while adding a few new twists to make this a great handheld version of the series.
STP: Bust-a-Move (also known as Puzzle Bobble) is more than a Match-3 puzzle game: it's the King of Match-3 puzzle games. When Bub and Bob the Bubble Dragons stepped out of Bubble Bobble to engage in a bit of '90s era puzzle-play, the gaming world gave their vacation a thumbs-up. Bub and Bob have since made a full-time career out of popping colored bubbles with arrows, and chances are good that your mom still plays some counterfeit variant of the game on the Internet.
GameDynamo - "Yes, New Bust-A-Move even has enemies and boss stages in its Adventure Mode, outside of Classic Mode. Adventure Mode has players completing a variety of stages in seven or so worlds in an effort to defeat evil monsters and collect magical rods while competing for high scores and collecting keys to unlock special stages. "
New Bust-a-Move has all the makings of an excellent chapter in the long-running series. It just needs a little tweaking to clean up the controls. Once that’s been taken care of, IGN will have no problems whatsoever recommending it without hesitation, because the new gameplay modes (birds, bosses, etc.) are a lot of fun.
