Super Puzzle Bobble
The fifth and final arcade installment of the main Bust-A-Move (or Puzzle Bobble) series adds a variety of new gameplay elements and modes, including co-operative Puzzle Mode. Unlike most of the series, this was only released in Japanese arcades.
OverviewSuper Puzzle Bobble (not to be confused with the console game of the same name) is a tile-matching puzzle game developed and released by Taito for arcades (using PS1-based Taito G-NET hardware) exclusively in Japan in 1999.
The last arcade release of the main Bust-A-Move series (not including the licensed Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble spinoff), Super Puzzle Bobble adds new gameplay elements (such as small bubbles that can fit in smaller spaces, large bubbles that change the color of all normal bubbles when popped, reflective blocks that bounce bubbles, and damper blocks that move the player's launcher when bounced on) and new game modes (including a co-operative puzzle mode and a player-vs-player versus mode with a gap in-between the playfields). Most of these changes are reflected in the console-exclusive sequel, which is also known as Super Puzzle Bobble in Japan.
