Kotaku: Bubble Bobble

The Best Snowboarding Skateboarding Video Game Rap Video You'll See Today

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:40:00 EDT

Video games, from Space Invaders to Bubble Bobble(!), invade the slopes and skate parks of Mt. Hood's High Cascade in the best video ever to combine snowboarding and Super Mario World, pool tables and Portal, chiptunes and hip-hop. More »

I <3 stupid games

Tim Rogers — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:00:00 EDT

My current least favorite part of the modern video game is when it tells me to stop having fun for a few minutes so I can think about something. More »

Cutesy Korean Girl Group Shilling Nintendo DSi

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

One of the country's biggest pop outfits, Girls' Generation, will be hocking the Nintendo DSi in South Korea. Imagine that! More »

Cute Korean Ramen Ladies Rip Off Bubble Bobble? [Update]

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:00:00 EDT

South Korean idol group Girls' Generation appears in a tasty noodle commercial, singing a very happy and familiar song. More »

The Nintendo Download: Adventurous Islands, Bubbles Bobbling, And Clay Fighting

Mike Fahey — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:40:00 EDT

While those of us in the U.S. were sleeping in, Nintendo spent yesterday adding a fresh crop of titles to their downloadable lineup, with a healthy dose of old games made new and the odd clock. More »

Bubble Bobble Wii-visited For WiiWare

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:20:18 EST

Bub and Bob will emit bubbles and bobble about in 2009 with a new, but retro take on classic Bubble Bobble gameplay. Famitsu spilled details on the WiiWare-bound game, which looks to go global. More »

End Of The Year VC Blowout

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:30:01 EST

It's the last Virtual Console update of the year, and Nintendo is going out with a bang! Well, more like a pop as Bubble Bobble for the NES (500 points) finally makes its way onto the Nintendo Wii. This classic puzzle-action game jump started my love-affair with the dinosaurs Bub and Bob, eventually leading to my one of favorite puzzle game series of all time, Bust-A-Move. If puzzles aren't your cup of tea, then perhaps the action RPG Light Crusader for the Genesis (800 points) is more up your alley. It contains all of the elements of a classic fantasy RPG with one of the most boring character leads ever created. Finally we have Top Hunter for the NEOGEO (900 points), a side-scrolling action game which features four standard video game worlds (ice, fire, forest, and wind) and an awesome assortment of two bosses to defeat! Okay, so the Virtual Console ends the year on a whimper. At least they didn't finish things off with a SpongeBob title. More »

Nintendo Bobbbleheads

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:00:47 EDT

Too cute! Back in 2002, these Nintendo character bobbleheads were released. Yup, Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and Bowser were all immortalized as 17cm tall statues with giant heads that bobble. They even have the official Nintendo stamp of approval. Ah, 2002 was a very good year. More »

Bubble Bobble Street Art Makes Worlds Less Brown

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:20:28 EST

It's the perfect cure for video games that are just too damned brown! Throw a little mashup of Bub and Bob on the outside of an historic bear garden and bring wacky colorful fun to passersby. That kind of fun is on par with packs of hunting dogs being maimed by chained, wild bears. And vice versa! More »

Custom Painted NESes On eBay

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:30:28 EST

eBay seller hellokitty11111111111 (yeah, that's right) is auctioning off a number of hand painted, custom NES consoles, including the pictured Metroid version, as well as ones based on Mega Man 2, Kid Icarus, Dragon Warrior, Bubble Bobble, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros. 3. At starting prices ranging from $120 and $150, these one-of-a-kind items aren't cheap, but they look surprisingly nice. Okay, that Kid Icarus looks half-assed at best, but many of them look quite lovely. More »

Bubble Bobble Buggy

kotaku.com — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:40:22 EDT

Dear Taito: we know that making games is hard. Heck, that's why we pay you guys to do it. Still, perhaps in the future you might want to budget for more than 30% of the game to be play tested? More »

Bubble Bobble In Coasters

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:22:10 EDT

This must be a Kotaku first: Gaming drink coasters, courtesy of Alice. And Bubble Bobble. Adorably crafty! Brian Ashcraft More »