Bub, Bob, Bab and Bib
...If you are in Japan of course! Yes that’s right, no sooner than Bubble Bobble Wii was announced now it is dated for release on Tuesday, 10th February on Nintendo of Japan’s website.
The game will have 200 maps, 100 for the original game and another 100 in the arrange mode. Taking into account the two difficulty settings this makes a mighty 400 maps. Four players are also supported, Bub and Bob are joined by Bab and Bib in their eternal quest to defeat the nasty Count Von Blubba. There are also online leaderboards available - all this for just 800 Wii points.
Being a Square Enix / Taito game it would not be complete without a smattering of DLC to mop up any spare Wii points you might happen to have. The two ‘expert’ packs will be priced at 200 Wii points each and both offer 50 more stages and a new boss to defeat.
Watch out for our first impressions by our resident Japanese correspondent Sean following the Japanese release. We’re confident of a Western release under the Bubble Bobble Plus! moniker, but when exactly that will be is anybody’s guess… not long we hope!
1. Alienjesus
06 Feb 2009, 13:24 GMT
the name conventions in bubble bobble are truly wonderful... Bab and bib? looking forward to this in the UK though.
also, first (and when i only signed up yesterday~? bonus!)
2. themortalangel
06 Feb 2009, 13:28 GMT
I was gonna say...out this week!! As much as I want to see this game, I don't have the extra points to get this and LIT, let alone DLC. Also I really want LIT to do well so I don't want a big shot like Square or Hudson to have a release on the same day.
3. Golgo
06 Feb 2009, 14:29 GMT
What about Beb?! I hope there's a Beb available via DLC,
just to bring closure to the vowels.
4. SmaMan
06 Feb 2009, 15:02 GMT
Hmm, they changed the name of the final boss from Super Drunk to Count Von Blubba... I understand. I just hope they also make him a smidge easier! Anyone who's gotten to the end of the original Bubble Bobble knows what I'm talking about.
Also there are were 120 levels in the NES Bubble Bobble. You had to do something special and then you could get access to level 0A on.. and then you get to an even harder version of the boss!
5. tkubas1
06 Feb 2009, 15:14 GMT
Lit looks dumb, really dumb. I hope it gets realeased on world of goo 2 day. Bubble bobble looks average at best.
6. worrybomb
06 Feb 2009, 15:36 GMT
"...If you are in Japan of course!"
That's Dazza all right...always pulling our leg. =P
I'm hoping to see some video footage once it is released in Japan. I'll also be praying that the character designs look better on video than they do on the screenshots we have been seeing.
7. Chipmunk777
06 Feb 2009, 15:50 GMT
Man.... You got me all excited about next week!
Lit and Bubble Bobble+ would make for a great week
8. Wiiloveit
06 Feb 2009, 15:58 GMT
Bubble Bobble Plus Out On WiiWare Next Week
WOOO
...If you are in Japan of course!
Awww
9. Ricardo91
06 Feb 2009, 16:12 GMT
"Bubble Bobble Plus Out On Wiiware Next Week."
"...If you are in Japan of course!"
Way to ruin my dreams, Dazza.
@tkubas. WoG 2? Where did you hear about this?
10. Turkey Brutus
06 Feb 2009, 16:32 GMT
@SmaMan:
"Hmm, they changed the name of the final boss from Super Drunk to Count Von Blubba"
This might be a mistake...Von Blubba is that ghostly whale thing that shows up and kills you if you take too long to complete a stage. Super Drunk DID have an alternate name, but it wasn't that. Can't remember what it was though.
11. SilentJ
06 Feb 2009, 16:38 GMT
That was cold! I got all excited and went strait to the comments. I then backtracked up and saw that whole Japan only thing. I hope we get it soon.
12. Chris Neilson
06 Feb 2009, 16:55 GMT
Woootooo (tireskipping)
next week on monday pick up bubble bobble plus.
Im make bubble bobble portal on gamemaker.
13. anthonyb
06 Feb 2009, 17:27 GMT
@Golgo: Vowels for the win.
@tkubas1: Yes, LIT looks retarded. It looks like a downscaled version of Alone in the Dark, which was shitty in itself.
14. Mik
06 Feb 2009, 18:58 GMT
This game looks quite nice and I may snap it up for a paltry 800 Wii points. Considering what you get it's a fantastic deal!
15. Shadx
06 Feb 2009, 20:09 GMT
Damn you Darren. Damn you straight to hell. You and your "Bubble bobble + is out next week ... in japan". You just love to crush my dreams, don't you? Either way, it was a nice prank XD, glad to see I wasn't the only one fooled. Let's hope it comes out soon, by the end of the month perhaps? Probably not, but we can hope.
16. Bahamut ZERO
06 Feb 2009, 20:11 GMT
@Dazza: Damnit Daz! I was jumping up and down, then I clicked this and get:
"in Japan"
You are an evil little mushroom mod you know that
17. Mickeymac
06 Feb 2009, 20:36 GMT
Cool, I hope the people in Japan have fun. Still not interested in this, though.
18. Dazza
06 Feb 2009, 20:56 GMT
Haha wait until you find out I made Bab and Bib up too! I am in a naughty mood today! lol
19. anthonyb
06 Feb 2009, 21:51 GMT
@Dazza: No Bab and Bib? It was a good idea, anyhow. I guess the other two players are simply unnamed.
I will continue to call them Bab and Bib when I buy the game. 
Bib will be appropriate for the pink one.
20. KnucklesSonic8
06 Feb 2009, 22:04 GMT
lol, I would've been disappointed over his comments too at the start if I didn't find out about this before I saw it here.
21. Objection_Blaster
06 Feb 2009, 23:48 GMT
Whenever someone says "in Japan" I think of Bandit Keith saying "in America" from YGOTAS. That stuff has been embedded into my brain.
22. tatemon555
06 Feb 2009, 23:50 GMT
Me want, but... Bab and Bib? Strangely deranged.
23. Terranigma
07 Feb 2009, 00:48 GMT
Not too surprised it's coming out so soon to be honest. It was revealed a fair while ago so i did think that when all this new info was revealed, it wouldn't be long. Should be worth a look, although i probably won't get it for ages.
24. Bahamut ZERO
07 Feb 2009, 01:30 GMT
Daz, you have to stop being so evil. That's Corbie's job
25. Twilight Crow
07 Feb 2009, 02:55 GMT
You're pure evil Dazza, this is my most anticipated wiiware game; still, I prefer it to come later on since I have no way to get wiipoints right now, so: Nice prank Dazza
.
26. Alienjesus
07 Feb 2009, 03:59 GMT
@19 - surely bab is more suited to the pink one considering its a girls name anyway. an abbreviation of barbera i think.
still bab and bib they will be named from this point on, if you talk to these guys you should suggest those names!
27. Tornado Man
07 Feb 2009, 07:56 GMT
...If you are in Japan of course! >: (
28. Wiiloveit
07 Feb 2009, 11:01 GMT
Daz, you have to stop being so evil. That's Corbie's job
Agreed, unless there's some kind of Freaky Friday goings on here...
29. -TR
07 Feb 2009, 15:58 GMT
Yeah, I wouldn't of belived for a minute that it was coming out in the UK or US next week.
30. SmaMan
07 Feb 2009, 16:58 GMT
@Chicken Brutus
Oh yeah, you're right. Well maybe the final boss would be easier with four players... now I just have to find three other people...
31. Dazza
07 Feb 2009, 18:21 GMT
Haha I like how you guys think Corbie is teh Evil... in his spare time he helps old ladies across the road and bakes cookies for the homeless.
32. Bahamut ZERO
07 Feb 2009, 18:48 GMT
@Dazza: I assume the roads lead to the underworld and the cookies contain poision
33. BlueFlameBat
09 Feb 2009, 00:32 GMT
Are Bib and Bab girls? It would be nice to balance the gender out a little.
34. Sean Aaron
09 Feb 2009, 11:09 GMT
The Bubble Bobble 2 (aka Bubble Symphony) arcade game featured four characters to choose from two being "girly" dinosaurs called Kululun and Cororon (Bub and Bob's full names are apparently Bubblun and Bobblun) which are orange and pink respectively. I'll be curious to see if that's who these other characters are or if they're completely new.
Bubble Bobble 2 is included on the Taito Legends 2 collection for PC (although I have a ahem less legitimate mode of playing this) if you're interested...
35. Chris Neilson
09 Feb 2009, 19:25 GMT
Hey, Bubble Bobble Plus Out On WiiWare Feb 10 2009 in japan and next week us and eu.
plz more screenshot.
36. Egg miester
10 Feb 2009, 01:39 GMT
i can't wait i love the bubble bobble games and with all the maps the game will never grow old i just hope we get it soon
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