Bubble Bobble Double Shot (Nintendo DS)

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Description

Bubble-blowing dragons Bub and Bob return (now with buddy Bubu in tow) for a more traditional 2D platform romp than earlier DS title Bubble Bobble Revolution, still however retaining some of its gameplay innovations.

The basic gameplay is as has lasted the test of time: expelling bubbles from their mouths, the adorable dragons first incapacitate monsters by enveloping them in bubbles, then put them out of commission by popping the containing bubble (replacing the enemy with a tasty piece of fruit!) -- each level ending with every enemy popped, through ten worlds of ten levels each with a boss fight at the end of each world. A trapped monster, if left unpopped, will eventually free itself, now red, angry, fast and aggressive, and if it takes too long for the dragons to clean up a level, the notorious invincible ghost whale "Baron von Blubba" appears to turn up the heat.

Things escalate in complexity quite quickly, however, considering that each dragon blows a different colour of bubble -- and that some enemies (designated by colour-coded stars) can only be trapped by certain-coloured bubbles. (Complicating things further, some enemies need to be trapped by combinations of two differently-coloured bubbles before they're down for the count. These elements remain even in single-player mode, where the player has the option of toggling their colour mid-game to produce the necessary bubble colour.)

An array of traditional power-ups (shot distance, movement speed, etc.), weapons (lightning bolts, floods and firebombs) and bonuses (freeze enemies, invincibility, flood level, etc.) remain in effect, as does the longstanding E-X-T-E-N-D bonus mechanism -- here regulated (among other effects) through subtle machinations of the new star bubble type.

When player lives are expended, the option of continuing is granted according to player performance in mini-games making use of the DS touchscreen and stylus, ramping up in difficulty through every continue used.

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Part of the Following Group

• Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands games

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Critic Reviews

Retro Gamer	May 24, 2007	76 out of 100	76
4Players.de	Apr 03, 2007	70 out of 100	70
Cubed3	Aug 19, 2007	6 out of 10	60
IGN	Mar 06, 2008	5.9 out of 10	59
Consoles Plus	May, 2007	11 out of 20	55
GameZone	Mar 12, 2008	5.2 out of 10	52
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 10, 2007	10 out of 20	50
Gamestyle	Apr 10, 2008	5 out of 10	50
The Review Busters	2008	4 out of 10	40
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Apr 09, 2008	2 out of 10	20

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