Review: Puzzle Bobble Everybubble
destructoid.comPuzzle Bobble has been around roughly forever and has received far more sequels than its progenitor, Bubble Bobble, probably ever will. Far more than I can keep track of. I’ve generally been staying in my safe bubble (heh) of the first two titles.
Generally, the Puzzle Bobble formula is simple enough that there isn’t a whole lot of room for variation. New bubbles, power-ups, selectable characters; you can’t shake things up too much. With that in mind, Puzzle Bobble Everybubble is the best one I’ve played. And that’s simply because it’s the first I’ve played with co-op.
It’s not the first game in the series to have co-op (Bust-a-Move Bash on Wii allowed for 8-player cooperative), but it is the one that is most thoughtful about it, and that goes a long way.
Puzzle Bobble Everybubble (Switch)Developer: TaitoPublisher: ININ Games Release: May 23, 2023 MSRP: $39.99
If you’re unfamiliar with Puzzle Bobble, you might know it better as Bust-a-Move, its localized title under Acclaim. I have no idea why it was called that. It doesn’t have anything to do with dancing. However, if you’re unfamiliar with Bust-a-Move, then that’s weird. Puzzle Bobble is a match-3 puzzle game that has you bouncing bubbles onto a field of colored bubbles, trying to eliminate them all.
Puzzle Bobble is technically a spin-off of Bubble Bobble, the all-time great arcade title about bubble-spitting lizards. It has very little in common, aside from starring the same characters, and I’m just learning that there’s deeper lore that’s at play here. Worse, Puzzle Bobble Everybubble seems to think you’re already up to date on it. I thought I was. I am clearly mistaken.
While Puzzle Bobble Everybubble takes place on the Rainbow Islands, it’s implied that Bub and
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