Talk:Puzzle Bobble
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Would it be reasonable to add references to reimplementations of the same game concept? (I'm asking not so much because I think this page desparately needs them, but rather because I'm new to Wikipedia and getting a feel for balance -- user:Martin Pool)
- just do it! --Tomheaton 15:59, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Is this game known in the UK and Australia as "Bust a Move"? If so, this should be moved. WhisperToMe 02:50, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- Versions published by Taito themselves (arcade, mobile, N-Gage, NGPC, SNES) have always been called Puzzle Bobble everywhere outside of North America. It's only versions published by other companies (ie. the vast majority of console and handheld versions) which retained the US "Bust a Move" name in Europe and Australia. CaptainMurphy 15:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
In the version of Puzzle Bobble I have on my mobile phone, you can score a large number of points by clearing the playing area of bubbles (i.e. you get at least one shot at an empty arena). The number of points scored is L × 5000 where L is the level number. So, if you clear the screen on level 7, you score 7 × 5000 = 35,000 points. Is this the case for other versions of this game? Also, both Puzzle Bobble and Bust A Move are used in Australia.
- I'm not sure about later versions of Puzzle Bobble, but PB1/PB2 do not have 'scrolling' playfields in puzzle mode. So, the only time you would ever get an 'empty arena' would be when you've completed the level anyway. There's likely a bonus like this in multiplayer modes though... but there wouldn't be any level multiplier then. All in all, I assume it varies greatly between each version. --CherryMay 23:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
It's also known as both Puzzle Bobble and Bust a Move in the UK - there have been games released under both names. I'm thinking this article should list some of the other formats the games have been ported to (there have been a lot). Vclaw 19:33, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
Has no one added info about Bust a move 3dx? --82.152.206.53 14:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)--82.152.206.53 14:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- Never heard of that. How is that part of Square / Enix Wikiproject?
- The Taito Corporation has been acquired by Square Enix in 2005. However, even knowing that this shouldn't be part of the Square Enix project; Taito is just too large a subject to be decently included in the SE project. Kariteh 16:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Any info on why they named it Bust-a-Move? I always thought it sounded like a dancing game (like Bust-a-Groove) --198.82.97.118 08:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hoyle Board Games contains a version of this game called 'Placer Racer'
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Most English-speaking parts of the world refer to this game as Bust-A-Move, not Puzzle Bobble, so why is it that this is only mentioned in passing, and not used as the main article name? DanTheShrew (talk) 12:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
