Bust-A-Move 3000

12.02.2003
Users 65/100
Genre: Puzzle Arcade
Everybody's favorite bubble-bustin' puzzle game is in the house for the Nintendo GameCube! Launch your bubbles and pop as many as you can before they reach the deadline. Score high by matching 3 bubbles or more to trigger a chain reaction. While the game play remains unchanged from Super Bust-A-Move, this version features new artwork and remixed music. The European and Japanese releases also include a new Space Invaders-style mini-game called "Shoot Bubble"

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Super Bust-A-Move introduces some new elements to the series (and removes some others): Large bubbles are found in certain levels. Shooting a bubble of the same color at them makes every bubble in the level change into that color. In some levels, the pointer and the bubbles that are shot are of a very small size, enabling the player to shoot bubbles between small gaps. These bubbles grow into normal size after being clustered. Occasionally, a conveyor belt will surround the level. This makes bouncing off the ceiling and the walls significantly tricky, since the bubbles' trajectory will change upon bouncing. Levels do not always have the usual rectangular shape. Some of them are jagged or have walls inside them, which forces the player to change strategy. Small blocks appear in some levels. They change the bubbles' trajectories, much like walls, but they move down with the level and fall off when they touch the line. The pulley system introduced in Puzzle Bobble 4 is nowhere to be seen. Chain Reaction is only present in 2P battles, but it is completely optional.

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