There’s still the usual round of power-ups, from fire rate increasing candy and speed increasing shoes to time-stopping clocks and screen-clearing crosses of thunder. Statistics and health were removed from Double Shot, returning it to a more classical style of gameplay unlike other series entries. Neither activity is particularly engaging and the game could have easily done without these features.īeyond that, there’s really nothing else to the game. Some stages require players to blow into the mic to move fans – much like Revolution – while the touch screen is used to draw bubbles to revive the bubble dragons in order to continue the game. The DS’s mic and touch screen functionality comes into play, though only just barely. Certain enemies in the game can only be captured by specific colors – or combination of colors – requiring players to switch among characters in rapid succession as they clear each stage. The brothers and their cousin still look somewhat off, but it’s certainly better than their previous goblin-like appearance.ĭouble Shot’s major change to the series formula is the ability to switch between the brothers and the cousin who each fire their own different colored bubbles. The graphics are improved somewhat as Double Shot attempts to return to Bubble Bobble’s cutesy roots in its cover art, and the spritework hews more closely to the series’ cast of characters’ original designs. The game is playable, fortunately, and free of any game-breaking bugs like the previous release was prone to. While the story is relatively barebones, Double Shot is an improvement in many areas compared to Revolution. The boys find a treasure map which prompts them to set off on an adventure to find its location. The final Bubble Bobble release for the DS sees Bub and Bob visiting their crimson-colored cousin, Bubu, and their elderly grandfather.

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Final bubble bobble