{"id":24702,"date":"2024-07-19T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24702"},"modified":"2024-07-02T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:48:14","slug":"parasol-stars-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/19\/parasol-stars-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasol Stars (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I freaking love Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 I have so many good memories renting the NES version and playing it with my best friend, and then later playing the arcade version on a PSOne collection with my brothers.\u00a0 And it was a very popular game with many sequels and spinoffs.\u00a0 In fact, one of the spinoffs, Puzzle Bobble, is probably more popular than the game it was based on.\u00a0 But back to the main game, it had many sequels and was kind of confusing.\u00a0 There are three games claiming to be Bubble Bobble 2, and three more claiming to be Bubble Bobble 3!\u00a0 We won\u2019t go into it more than that here, as we\u2019d be here all day.\u00a0 But Parasol Stars was one of the games claiming to be Bubble Bobble 3.\u00a0 In the game, two boys Bobby and Bubby (formerly the bubble blowing dragons Bub and Bob), they have just saved the Rainbow Islands with their rainbow making powers.\u00a0 As a reward, they get two magical parasols and go flying off to save some planets from other cute and cartoony enemies.\u00a0 Originally Parasol Stars was on consoles like the TG-16, NES, and Game Boy.\u00a0 But now you can play it on all modern consoles (reviewed on PS4 here).\u00a0 Luckily the version they ported here is the TG-16\/PC Engine version, as that was the best one.<\/p>\n

When I first played Parasol Stars, I remarked that it was like Bubble Bobble with technique.\u00a0 And it really is.\u00a0 Move the boys around with the control stick and jump with the X button.\u00a0 The square button makes you swing your umbrella.\u00a0 When you do that to an enemy, it\u2019ll spin around.\u00a0 You can then swing your umbrella again and pick it up and carry it around.\u00a0 Swing again to toss the enemy.\u00a0 If it hits other enemies, they\u2019ll spin around, too.\u00a0 You can also catch special bubbles that you can then use as powers when you collect five.\u00a0 They are water, fire, and lightning bubbles and act the same way as they do in Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 You can also hold the umbrella over your head and glide down after a jump, or hold it out in front of you to block projectiles.\u00a0 Just like Bubble Bobble, you can collect food items for points (good for extra lives), and other goodies to give you an edge.\u00a0 Clear all the enemies to pass a level, and if you get hit, you\u2019ll lose a life.\u00a0 Lose them all and it\u2019s Game Over.<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s one of those \u2018one hit and you die\u2019 kind of games, it can be pretty hard.\u00a0 But luckily in this port, you can activate cheats to help you out.\u00a0 You can get infinite lives and continues, be invincible, or let you jump multiple times in the air.\u00a0 There are also lots of super hidden secrets in the game, and if you want to see the best ending, you can make those secrets visible, too!\u00a0 These cheats are handy if you want to see what all the game has to offer, or if you are with a younger player.\u00a0 If I had any problems with this port, it would be the lack of an art gallery or instructions.\u00a0 But luckily the game is pretty easy to figure out.\u00a0 So if you like Bubble Bobble and other single screen arcade action games, I highly recommend this one.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parasol Stars is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You hit cartoony enemies with umbrellas, and when you or an enemy gets defeated, they just spin around and fly off the screen.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, and while the game is challenging, the two player co-op option and cheats make this one accessible to everyone.\u00a0 I have so many good memories playing the original game with my brothers and friends, and I highly highly highly recommend this one to families and kids of all ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I freaking love Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 I have so many good memories renting the NES version and playing it with my best friend, and then later playing the arcade version on a PSOne collection with my brothers.\u00a0 And it was a very popular game with many sequels and spinoffs.\u00a0 In fact, one of the spinoffs, Puzzle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24706,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24702\/revisions\/24706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}