''Bubble Bobble Plus!'' and are

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s of the 1986

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Bubble Bobble is a platform game series originally developed and published by Taito. The first entry in the series, '' Bubble Bobble'', was released in 1986 as an arcade cabinet. In most entries in the series, players control two dragons named Bub and Bob. Th ...

''. The games were developed and published by

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. ''Bubble Bobble Plus!'' was released for

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in Japan (as ) on February 10, 2009, in the PAL regions on April 10, and in North America on May 25, while ''Bubble Bobble Neo!'' was released on the

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download service for the

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in Japan on August 5, 2009 and in North America on September 16 of the same year.

Gameplay

As with previous games, the player will have to defeat all enemies across a number of screens by trapping them in bubbles and popping them. The normal mode features the original two playable characters, Bub and Bob, while the Arrange Mode adds support for up to 4 players, joined with female characters Peb and Pab, as yellow and pink bubble dragons respectively. The game contains several playing modes - a remake containing 100 classic stages and a new story mode with 100 new stages, as well as more difficult "Super" versions of those stages. In addition, for ''Bubble Bobble Plus!'', two

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packs (Extra 1 and Extra 2) were released consisting of 50 "very hard" stages each, as well as new boss characters. These Extra modes also include four player support.

Reception

''Bubble Bobble Plus!'' received "generally favorable reviews", while ''Bubble Bobble Neo!'' received above-average reviews, according to the

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. ''N-Europe'' praised the Wii version, saying it had a wealth of content to enjoy, while the downloadable packs were fairly reasonably priced and offered a significantly ramped up challenge from the standard levels.

References

External links

Famitsu scans
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