Bust-a-Move DS

Nintendo exclusive

Bust-A-Move DS brings all of the bubble bursting, puzzle fun onto the Nintendo DS. This time Bub and Bob return to center stage as they fling bubbles from the bottom screen to the top in an attempt to match 3 bubbles causing them to pop. With a multiplayer mode allowing 5 people to play via the Nintendo DS' wireless link, this Bust-A-Move will prove to be the ultimate battle party game.

Released: 6 December 2005
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Puzzle
Developers: Happy Happening
Publishers: Taito
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Fantasy
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Bust-a-Move DS, known as Hippatte!! Puzzle Bobble (Japanese: ひっぱって!!パズルボブル, Hepburn: Hippatte!! Pazuru Boburu; "Pull Back!! Puzzle Bobble") in Japan, is a puzzle video game developed by Happy Happening and published by Majesco for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console.

The game received mixed reaction due to the game lacking new features apart from the new slingshot system.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Instead of the usual firing mechanism used in previous games in the series, a slingshot system is used to fire bubbles, controlled by the stylus and the touch screen. There are 500 levels in all, divided evenly across two campaigns and grouped into 50 sets of 10 levels; players must finish a set's 10 levels in one sitting to progress.

Reception

In her preview, Carrie Gouskos of GameSpot noted that the touchscreen controls took some getting used to and lacked precision. Marc Nix of IGN felt that the touchscreen controls were cool, feeling that the multiplayer component would make it a worthwhile purchase when released.

Bust-a-Move DS received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40.