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New WiiWare title Pop announced, simulates all the fun of soap photo

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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Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:06
Buster
thats.... i cant think of a word to describe it without being mean
MrRed's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:17
MrRed
Who approved this I mean are you kidding? How has the universe not exploded, Making this is like dividing by zero.
dprime's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:19
dprime
This game is a lot like the PS3. I'd play it if it were like, in front of me. But the hell if I'm paying for it.
Zarathustra's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:19
Zarathustra
"Footage from is not representative of final game quality"

Unless they do introduce some mind-blowingly clever gimmick, this unfortunately is representative of final game quality.
UNDERSTAR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:22
UNDERSTAR
I could go to the store and buy those bottles bubbbles and pop em myself. This game FAILS!
zardoz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:24
zardoz
Okay, everyone knows how addictive popping the air filled bubbles in bubble wrap is. I imagine this game will induce the same trance like state. You don't know why you are doing it, but you just can't stop.

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.
Spykron's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:28
Spykron
i used to spend my days karate chopping bubbles back in the day. this concept could easily be great, but it looks to be on the crap road to boredom.
David Houghton 's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:29
David Houghton
Yep zardy, you're right. It's bizarre that they're all desperate to get in on it because of how many units it's selling, but that so few seem to ever think about why it's selling so many.

I'm still hopeful that this Winter's big releases from Ninty will give the third parties a kick up the arse though
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:37
Necros
I can't wait for Paint, the game where you watch paint dry.
CreamyGoodness7's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:38
CreamyGoodness7
Hmm looks to be on par with Lair...
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:42
Justin Villasenor
Christmas dinner and multiple wives? Sweet deal!
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:51
Dexter345
Come on guys, this looked pretty varied. Sometimes, the bubbles fall down from the top, and other times, they float up from the bottom. Get this: they can even come from the sides. My mind is officially blown.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:54
Cheeburga
Holy shit guys!
fuckken' soap!
Mr Jonson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 19:57
Mr Jonson
OMG this is sooo casual gamer they're gonna just devour this.. you know, casually.

Hell, they'll start bubble popping teams in elderly homes everywhere!
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:14
brad drac
What. The. Fuck.


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.
Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:14
Buster
woooo zack and wiki
Deth's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:14
Deth
I simply cannot believe a game developer would release such tripe. Nevermind- Tranformers The Videogame (how I love these amazingly original titles) was released. This is GOTY compared to that piece of crap.

Cheers!
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:16
s0lesurviv0r
THE SOAP IS A LIE!
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:26
Professor Pew
This was built around a Pringles slogan?
Carbot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:27
Carbot
Hmm, I'm not convinced. Another trailer is in order to know exactly what the game play is like. :P haha.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:28
Kyousuke Nanbu
The Wii is a watered down next gen console, watered down for mass consumption.

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.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:30
GuitarAtomik
yeah uh....no.
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:31
JonDarkwood
thank god I knew another must have game would come along sometime, i'm glad I bought my Smash Bros. Brawl Box when I did.
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:31
Burnt Meatloaf
Looks Flashy! Nothing like an A+++ 3rd-party title like this to show off a brand new indie gaming service!

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.
Capn Birdseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 20:49
Capn Birdseye
This game is a lot like the PS3. I'd play it if it were like, in front of me. But the hell if I'm paying for it.

lol
superNinja's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 22:18
superNinja
..but you must admit that those bubbles do seem horribly realistic, ....and everybody said the wii couldn't deliver next gen graphics...blah!
znt's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 22:39
znt
A crap game for the Wii isn't the end of the world. Allow the system to mature, and wii'll see what Wii want. Any gamer here can name a hundred crap games for any platform. Only a cheesy fanboy couldn't.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 22:56
grrza
I'm sure Ninty bought exclusive rights to this gem to combat that pervasive "bored-gamer" epidemic they claim has been going around... yeesh 9_9
freeman1's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 23:28
freeman1
This game is like Duck Hunt, except it's completely different and terrible.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 23:49
Mxyzptlk
Umm.. are the developers aware there's already half a dozen games exactly like this... in flash, playable for free through the Wii browser?
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2007 23:55
Roryzilla
I don't know what you ruffians are going on about. This game seems to have a complex role-playing aspect in that the diverse storylines the characters have and the intuitive combat system are way out of any casual gamers range of interest. May I also recommend James Pond?
GIGANTOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 01:46
GIGANTOR
dude, i love bubbles, and popping the, but really, cmon wii just release super smash brothers so i can play it. thats all i really want....
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 04:42
bleep
come you're all being too harsh, this would be a blast to play with three other people....for like five minutes
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 05:17
Cowboy TTop
I think its a good concept and agree with Zardoz. If any of you put a piece of bubble wrap in front of some one and they will seek to pop every bubble. This game uses that kind of thinking and I'm sure it would go down well on Wii and DS.

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.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 06:45
brainderailment
when are they coming out with the game where you just become comatose then shit and piss all over yourself for maximum pwnage?
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 07:01
Justice
Pretty nice
WDot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 07:07
WDot
Curiously enough, this title was already leaked onto the Internet:

http://www.tokenarcade.com/play-46-Bubbles-Flash_Game.html
Rhoq's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 07:44
Rhoq
Could be worse. It could be "Yaris" for WiiWare.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 08:58
Holyetheline
Why does that actually look fun to me?
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 09:58
king3vbo
LOL, it could be Yaris
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2007 08:44
LarkOhiya
I'll just go take a bath. get the same effect AND get clean for once.
flynsk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2007 14:32
flynsk
Multipliers?

3x - Great!
5x - Good Job!
10x Bubbletastic!
13x - Instant inferno rising hell murder!
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