And Nintendo's WiiWare roster continues to grow in the run up to the system's March 2008 launch, adding another new third party title to the announced line-up today. Is it another game from Square-Enix? Is it the Wii's Geometry Wars, the game which will click with millions world-wide and really sell Nintendo's XBLA equivalent to the masses? Is it exciting in any way imaginable whatsoever?
Well no. It's a game in which you pop bubbles. And then you pop some more.
Seriously. Don't be coming to me asking for the big twist or the clever, genre-flipping gimmick that will turn the noble art of bubble popping on its head forever. Bubble popping's what you get. That's all. Bubbles come along and you pop them. You point at them, press A, and they pop. There are some details on the game's site regarding combos, score multipliers and the like, and the ability to inflate the bubbles for extra points and play with up to four people, but essentially it's all about popping those bubbles, and popping them good.
Now hit the jump for a - hopefully very early - trailer which will show you exactly how those bubbles are popped.
[Golden Donut, Golden Donut, marry my daughters. All of them]
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7:13 PM on 10.17.2007
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Unless they do introduce some mind-blowingly clever gimmick, this unfortunately is representative of final game quality.
I've got a horrible feeling that the Wii will probably go down in history as the most understood console of all time, do any developers other than Nintendo, actually get the Wii? I've seen no evidence so far to suggest that they do.
So far developers have treated the Wii as a watered down standard next gen console or a slightly beefed up PS2, both treatments are way off the mark. Now we move on to WiiWare, and developers are already making the exact same mistakes, they are treating it as a watered down XBLA.
I'm still hopeful that this Winter's big releases from Ninty will give the third parties a kick up the arse though
fuckken' soap!
Hell, they'll start bubble popping teams in elderly homes everywhere!
This is seriously the stupidest game concept I have ever heard. I can say with reasonable certainty and little bullshit that I could literally make this game in a single afternoon(albeit a PC version), assuming the trailer's the majority of what's to the game.
Cheers!
More and more amazing titles get announced and they all have one thing in common, no Wii version.
Oh well, I'm sure they'll settle for popping bubbles over things like Street Fighter 4 and Bionic Commando.
Would Nintendo ever stoop to this level? Well, given that Link's Crossbow Training and Wii Play are sold at retail, who knows what level of quality the Big N has planned for the service. Apparently, they gave this title the green light, so who knows.
lol
I'd rather spend money on this than Lair anyday.
True, I also think a lot of developers are holding out on Wii, because they want to work with PS3 more. These are dangerous times and with many having invested early in PS3 development, while some have switch to Wii, others might not be able or can't afford to.
http://www.tokenarcade.com/play-46-Bubbles-Flash_Game.html
3x - Great!
5x - Good Job!
10x Bubbletastic!
13x - Instant inferno rising hell murder!