Also
known as Bubble Bobble II, this was actually the
third game in the Bubble Bobble series
discounting spin-offs Rainbow Islands and Parasol
Stars. (The second game was Bubble Memories - The
Story of Bubble Bobble III. Yes I know, confusing
isn't it?) If this was a Mortal Kombat game it
would have been called Ultimate Bubble Bobble..
we are talking a significant graphical
improvement and previously unheard of variety in
level design compared to the other games in the
series.. A branching route structure a la Darius
sees you picking various routes through different
Bubble 'Worlds' adding hugely to the game's
replay value and there's even more secrets and
special items than ever before! Stages include
'Waterfall Land' 'Treasure Land' 'Radish Land',
'Robot Land' - complete with mini games of Space
Invaders (!) and 'Sun Land' - a spoof of Taito's
Darius shooter series. A great effort by Taito
and an excellent conversion job by Ving which
adds up to one of the very best 2D arcade
conversions on Saturn. You can even select
between the original Japanese and English
language arcade versions!

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