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Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble is a Wii shooter game developed by Taito. It centers on collection and development goals, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion, with controls, information, and pacing arranged around Wii Remote pointing and motion input, the Nunchuk, and Classic or GameCube controllers where supported.

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7.8 / 10
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About this game

Bubble Bobble is a Wii shooter game centered on collection and development goals, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make its immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while standard-definition output, motion feedback, and interface scale at television distance need to preserve control readability. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and multiplayer service conditions can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include the Sensor Bar, remote batteries, motion calibration, peripheral requirements, storage limits, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features from other editions.

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7.8 / 10Wii

Enduring two-player bubble play made easier to revisit on Wii.

Bubble Bobble on Wii Virtual Console is the NES conversion. Bub and Bob trap enemies in bubbles, pop them before they escape, and even bounce on bubbles to reach higher platforms. One hundred increasingly demanding stages and simultaneous two-player play make those simple rules useful for both short cooperative visits and a longer campaign. Passwords and the Wii suspension point reduce the cost of returning after a failed session. The NES picture is less elaborate than the arcade original and its synthesised tune repeats, but enemies and rewards remain clear. This assessment is confined to the Wii distribution of the NES game. It does not include the new stages, visuals or leaderboards of Bubble Bobble Plus!, nor does it describe the separate Game Boy edition. New Wii Shop purchases are no longer a practical route; the relevant play condition is an already owned copy. Within that boundary, this remains an approachable cooperative challenge.

Strengths

  • Traps, bubble jumps and cooperation enrich the long stage set.

Weaknesses

  • Simpler NES art and a very repetitive theme.

Who it is for: Existing Wii Virtual Console owners seeking short cooperative stages.

Play notes: This is the NES Virtual Console version, not the WiiWare remake; new purchases are closed.

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短局和长期攻关都有目标。

Reviewed7.7 / 10Not provided
Dimension

少量规则形成灵活的合作与路线选择。

Reviewed8.0 / 10Not provided
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表现简洁且有辨识度。

Reviewed7.3 / 10Not provided
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重开成本低,操作直接。

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Taito
Release date
2007
Platforms
Wii
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
Linear LevelsShootingSolo-friendlyThird PersonFast-pacedCollection-richReplayableDodge3D GraphicsPlayer versus EnvironmentMain Story Under 10 Hours
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Co-opSingle playerMultiplayer
Perspectives
Side view

Release editions

Sources

  • www.world-of-nintendo.com