Bust-A-Move Again

aka: Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition, Puzzle Bobble 2, Puzzle Bobble GB

Released

July 1995 on Arcade

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Moby Score

7.6

#5,507 of 155K

Critics

78% (48)

Players

(98)

Ranking

#45 on SEGA Saturn
#104 on Nintendo 64
#217 on PlayStation
#883 on DOS

Collected By

82 players

Genre: Puzzle
Perspective: Side view
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Real-time
Gameplay: Arcade
Tile matching puzzle
Interface: Direct control
Setting: Fantasy

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Description official descriptions

Bub and Bob are back! Like in Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear.

This edition contains both puzzle challenges, multiplayer and normal progressive stages.

Spellings

パズルボブルGB - Japanese Game Boy spelling
パズルボブル２ - Japanese spelling

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Credits (Arcade version)

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Game Design	Seiichi Nakakuki
Character Design	Kazuhiro Kinoshita (K. Kinoshita)
Program	Hiroshi Maruyama Junichiro Noguchi
Sound	Norihiro Furukawa (Nakayama Joutohei [Zuntata]) Kazuko Umino (Karu [Zuntata]) Yasuko Yamada (Yasuko [Zuntata]) Shuichiro Nakazawa (Syu [Zuntata])
Character Design (2)	Kentaro Matsumura (Bawbaw) Koji Terada (Ko-ji Terada) Hisakazu Kato (Kat) Takako Akitsu (T. Akitsu-Osaru-) Rie Amino Uoosy Maler Yuko Kajihara Ryota Sasaki Yasunobu Kosokabe Miwa Kamiya Rieko Kobayashi Miyabi Masami Kikuchi Anpanmanda Saori Hiratsuka Vap Corp.
Design	Kumi Mizobe
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References to the game

The game makes an appearance in season 5 of the TV series The Sopranos. One of the minor characters is playing it on his laptop.

Awards

Electronic Gaming Monthly
March 1997 (Issue 92) - Puzzle Game of the Year runner-up (PlayStation / Saturn versions) + Puzzle Game of the Year runner-up (multiplatform) (Readers' Choice)

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MobyGames ID: 5864

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Game added by MetalHead.

PS Vita, PlayStation 3, PSP added by Fred VT. Game Boy added by J. Michael Bottorff. Arcade added by mars_rulez. PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch added by Rik Hideto. Windows Apps added by Kennyannydenny. PlayStation added by Kartanym. Windows added by KinopioKing. SEGA Saturn added by Douglas Jacobs. Macintosh added by Игги Друге. DOS added by SupSuper.

Additional contributors: Robert Morgan, Roedie, Alaka, Patrick Bregger, Rik Hideto, Infernos.

Last modified March 9th, 2023.