Puzzle Bobble Live!

PERPLEXING PUZZLES GO ONLINE AS
MAJESCO SHIPS ‘ULTRA BUST-A-MOVE’ FOR XBOX
New Game Now Features Online Play Via Xbox® Live

EDISON, NJ, November 4, 2004 – Majesco (OTCBB: MJSH), a provider of diversified offerings and content for digital entertainment platforms, today announced it has shipped Ultra Bust-A-Move for the Xbox ® video game system from Microsoft. The bubble-bursting video game features five new puzzle types, hundreds of puzzles, full Xbox ™Live support and a suggested retail price of $19.99.

“With addictive game play at its core, Ultra-Bust-A-Move is the latest installment of a classic franchise with an established worldwide audience,” said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing for Majesco. “By combining online play via Xbox Live with an attractive $19.99 price, we believe Ultra-Bust-A-Move is a great addition to any Xbox owner’s library.”

In Ultra Bust-A-Move, players launch randomly colored balls from the bottom of the field in an attempt to attach them to bubbles of the same color. Once three bubbles of the same color are touching, they pop, causing all connected bubbles to drop. Players keep going until all the bubbles are gone.

With 12 different characters, each with their own strategies, Ultra Bust-A-Move offers hundreds of demanding game boards with colorful, graffiti-art graphics and five new challenging puzzle types including:

* See-Saw Puzzle – bubbles fired will teeter the game board; don’t tip it over;
* Blind Puzzle – players fire bubbles into a colorless field of bubbles revealing random patterns;
* Count Puzzle – score-based puzzle where only ‘dropped’ bubbles count towards player score.

Additionally, Xbox Live features such as Friends List, Voice and Xbox Live Aware will be supported. Players can also compete to be the top player through Ultra Bust-A-Move’s Xbox Live Ranking system.

Developed by Taito, Ultra Bust-A-Move is currently available nationwide for a suggested retail price of $19.99

I picked this up last week. I suck at it, but I'm up for any challanges. Feel free to drop an invite.

So is this the same exact thing as Puzzle Bobble Online, or are there no powerups and stuff with the game being straight Bust-a-Move with different attack patterns like Puzzle Fighter?

Question - does this by ANY chance have endless mode in it? I noticed that the upcoming PSP version does, so I can hope.

Either way, I might be picking this up soon, so I'll have to meet up with any of you who have it if I do.

Taito didn't actually develop it though, it's Altron. Right?

I still need to pick it up. But yeah i played the shit outta pbo while i could. Probally get this in a week or two when i start getting some income.

Puzzle Bobble Online was fun until you realize how flawed the game's design is. Matches would always play out the same way: people would randomly toss every bubble they had into a corner and hope and pray that they would get the right bubble to knock out their tower of junk in order to attack others. This heavy emphasis on luck really turned me off.

Who seriously cares about this junk now that Halo 2 is out? For reals.

I'll get this the second I can actually find it. Here's the GameFAQs board for it, with some good threads to be read - http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gen...p?board=920442

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

Who seriously cares about this junk now that Halo 2 is out? For reals.

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I'm really enjoying Halo 2, but I don't plan to do nothing but play Halo 2. Bungie made a good game, but it's not my new reason for living. :-P