Bust-A-Move Bash

''Bust-A-Move Bash!'' (formerly known as ''Bust-A-Move Revolution''), known in Europe as ''Bust-A-Move'', is a bubble shooter tile-matching video game released exclusively for the Wii, as part of the ''Bust-a-Move'' series. It is the first ''Bust-a-Move'' game released on a Nintendo console after '' Bust-a-Move 3000'', released in 2003 on the GameCube.

Gameplay

''Bust-A-Move Bash!'' incorporates the same gameplay principles and premise of prior games in the ''Bust-A-Move'' series, as a colorful bubble shooter. ''Bash'' features several different modes: puzzle, shooting, endless and a multiplayer mode.
*In puzzle mode, the player completes levels by eliminating all on-screen bubbles, which is done by shooting a bubble at a cluster of bubbles of the same color. There are also special kinds of bubbles with different game-altering properties, such as star, flame and rainbow bubbles. There is also a bonus round after every 10 levels beaten, which will unlock one kind of the aforementioned special bubbles when completed successfully.
*In shooting mode, bubbles of four colors will fly in from all sides of the screen and the player must shoot down whichever bubbles match the color of the on-screen cursor, using Wii Remote pointer controls.
*Endless mode is a survival mode where the player is challenged to destroy as many bubbles and collect as many jewels as possible before an encroaching mass of bubbles crosses a foul line.
*Versus mode is the game's couch multiplayer mode, where up to eight players can compete to test their bubble-shooting skills on a single screen, scoring as many jewels as possible until time expires. For games involving five to eight players, the first four designated players will use Wii Remotes, while the remaining players use external controllers connected to them (the Nunchuk or the Classic Controller), which cannot be used in single-player modes.

Controls

For all modes except shooting mode, there are three control schemes involving the Wii Remote that are used to control the bubble shooter: baton, gun and easy-gun. Gun and easy gun utilize the pointer to determine the angle of the next shot, with easy gun displaying the pointer's cursor. Baton involves holding the Wii Remote upright and tilting it left or right to determine the shooting angle. The baton control scheme is the only control scheme available for multiplayer contestants using a Nunchuk, and the Classic Controller uses both analog sticks to aim the shooter. Bubble-swapping is mapped to the down button on the d-pad for the Wii Remote and Classic Controller, or a downward flick of the Nunchuk's analog stick.

Development

Ken Gold, the vice president of Majesco marketing, stated that Majesco wanted ''Bash!'' to "maximize the intuitive nature of the Wii controller to create a revolutionary offering of the highly popular ''Bust-A-Move'' franchise", eventually leading to the idea of leveraging the Wii Remote's expansion capabilities to allow up to eight players to compete on a single screen by having two players share one Wii controller by each holding one of its two individual parts - the remote itself or its external controller.

Reception

''Bust-A-Move Bash!'' received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

See also

*''SpeedZone'', another Wii game that supports 8-player multiplayer with other controllers

References

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