User:Zhuguli232/sandbox/Some Bad Puzzle Bobble Games

= Bust-A-Move Bash! = "That's an absolute mess of FUN, that is."

- CGR Undertow

'Puzzle Bobble Bash! / Bust-A-Move Bash!, also known as Bust-A-Move' in Europe, is a puzzle video game developed Happy Happenings and published by Majesco in America and 505 Games in Europe. This game would be released in Japan by Taito but it got canceled.

It was first Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move to be released for Wii and the Nintendo console after Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars / Bust-A-Move 3000 due to the game has motion controls.

Gameplay
Bust-A-Move Bash! incorporates the same gameplay principles and premise of prior games in the Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move series, as a colorful bubble shooter. Bash features several different modes: puzzle, shooting, endless and a multiplayer mode.

In puzzle mode, the player completes levels by eliminating all on-screen bubbles, which is done by shooting a bubble at a cluster of bubbles of the same color. There are also special kinds of bubbles with different game-altering properties, such as star, flame and rainbow bubbles. There is also a bonus round after every 10 levels beaten, which will unlock one kind of the aforementioned special bubbles when completed successfully. In shooting mode, bubbles of four colors will fly in from all sides of the screen and the player must shoot down whichever bubbles match the color of the on-screen cursor, using Wii Remote pointer controls. Endless mode is a survival mode where the player is challenged to destroy as many bubbles and collect as many jewels as possible before an encroaching mass of bubbles crosses a foul line. Versus mode is the game's couch multiplayer mode, where up to eight players can compete to test their bubble-shooting skills on a single screen, scoring as many jewels as possible until time expires. For games involving five to eight players, the first four designated players will use Wii Remotes, while the remaining players use external controllers connected to them (the Nunchuk or the Classic Controller), which cannot be used in single-player modes.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The multiplayer mode is surprisingly disappointing but also chaotic nonsense. In this mode, you can get more points by just randomly shooting as fast as possible than by actually trying to aim or strategies.
 * 2) Although this game supports Nunchuk or the Classic Controller, they can't be used in the singleplayer modes.
 * 3) Unlike SpeedZone, this game doesn't support GameCube Controller, even if you are playing multiplayer mode, that means in this game you can only played with Classic Controller or Nunchuck in the multiplayer mode.
 * 4) Unlike most of Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move games, it has awkward control scheme, the motion controls are either too sensitive or not sensitive enough, make the game difficult to enjoy.
 * 5) The graphics are almost outdated and look like an early PlayStation 2 game.
 * 6) Althought the game has multiplayer mode, it lacks VS player and VS CPU modes. These of the most well known modes that is a staple to the franchise is completely absent.
 * 7) Making matters worse, there are no scores, simply rankings in multiplayer mode, so there is no way to ascertain who is in the lead and by how much.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) As mentioned above, the 8-player multiplayer was a great idea, althought it is a huge disappointment in the game.
 * 2) * The game is one of only two Wii game supports up to 8 players alongside with SpeedZone, but players 5-8 use the attachment of other players, you can plug Classic Controller or Nunchuck on the Wii remotes.
 * 3) * Due to this, Bust-A-Move Bash! is still loved by some people.
 * 4) The designs for the characters are surprisingly solid and very cute to look at.
 * 5) The soundtrack is really good to listen.
 * 6) * It also has remixed Original Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move theme music.

Reception
The game received a mixed-to-negative reception from critics and fans, on Metacritic, it holds a rating of 53/100 (Mixed or average), it also has a 3.5 by user score, IGN rated it a 5.3/10, and GameSpot gave a 4.7/10.

This game would be released in Japan by Taito Corporation (The creator of Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move) but it never released, it was considered to be commercial failure in the entire Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move franchise. Taito later did a Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move game on the Wii via Wiiware, and titled ''Puzzle Bobble Plus! / Bust-A-Move Plus!''.