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Puzzle Bobble VS
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Based on 9 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Taito
Developer: Taito
Genre(s): Puzzle, Arcade
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 6, 2003
Summary
Puzzle Bobble VS is an enduring classic. A deceptively simple puzzle game, you must blast the bubbles on your side of the screen by matching colors, then fire bubbles at your opponent's screen. Bluetooth wireless technology brings up to four-player multi-play action, and a unique Avec mode allows two people to play against each other on one game deck. Super-addictive puzzle action. [Nokia]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameNow
Once again, the inability to easily distinguish colors ruins the gameplay. [Nov 2003, p.76]
N-Gage World
It’s a shame that the guys at Taito and Nokia didn’t manage to recreate the classic arcade game play that so many people have become accustomed and addicted to.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Super-boring. Soporific, if you will. It's not even a little fun in the beginning. And if you stick it out, guess what? It doesn't get any better.
Read Full Review >Pocket Games
Nearly impossible to play because of the small balls in similar colors. [Spring 2004, p.18]
Game Informer
It's a plodding puzzle title with little variation in gameplay, and graphics created on a Lite Brite look more interesting and detailed than what this stinker offers. [Oct 2003, p.51]
IGN
We can't bring ourselves to even recommend it as a rental; it's much too frustrating (and eye-straining) to subject others to its blur of near identical bubbles, and snore-inducing pace. Stay away, for your optometrist's sake.
Read Full Review >GamerFeed
Small visuals spoil the experience, and the gameplay is so slow, senior citizen racing would perk things up. If Taito Memories is this bad, there will be problems.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
The three-player Bluetooth Versus matches are conceptually cool, but with all of the other problems, they are no fun in practice. [Nov 2003, p.37]
GameSpy
Maddeningly slow-paced, and the graphic flaws are more than just ugly... they actually make the game more difficult to play.
Read Full Review >Game Power Australia
Almost everything that made the Puzzle Bobble series fun has effectively been broken in the N-Gage's Puzzle Bobble VS, making it a game that you'd do well to steer clear of when you pick up your N-Gage.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
Somehow developer Mascot Capsule has managed to make the N-Gage version the slowest version in the world.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Sluggish gameplay and an inability to distinguish between some of the darker colors in the game render this version unplayable... A complete and utter mess.
Read Full Review >GMR Magazine
It's hard to say anything nice about this "Bust-A-Move" puzzler port, which runs at half-normal speeds, sans music. [Nov 2003, p.101]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 5.5 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bill F. gave it an 8:
This game is actually pretty good (and no I dont work for Nokia!!!). Stick with it for a while and it becomes extremely addictive.
Boba Fett gave it a 0:
Utter, utter sh1te.
Bobbé fur gave it a 1:
After this I almost threw my N-Gage to the dump... so boring !!
[Anonymous] gave it a 1:
Pure crap.
