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Bubble Bobble Revolution is a good example of the importance of game testers. It's a game tester's job to play a game backwards, forwards, sideways, and inside out to see if there are any programming bugs that could keep a game from being enjoyable. If they find problems, they report them to the programmers so they can be fixed before the game hits store shelves. Unfortunately, someone missed the boat with Bubble Bobble Revolution for the Nintendo DS, because if you play the updated classic past level 30 (out of 100), the game stops and you can't progress any further. It's been pretty much confirmed that all copies released in the US have this bug, and when I tried to contact Codemasters about this, I didn't get a response back from them as of this writing. So for now, it's best to avoid this buggy Bubble Bobble.
Bubble Bobble Revolution is an updated version of the classic arcade game of the same name. Bub and Bob, two bubble blowing dinosaurs, hop and run around mazes. Encase all the enemies in bubbles and pop them for bonus fruit to head on to the next maze. The new mode on the DS has updated graphics and sound. While the music includes great remixed tunes of the classic Bubble Bobble theme, the visuals are atrocious and the redesigned characters look much less charming than their original counterparts. Gameplay is sluggish and important elements of the original game are sorely missed in the new version, like chaining together clusters of bubbles to pop. You can only see about one-fourth of the screen at all times, which makes it hard to avoid enemy projectiles and other obstacles. There's also that ugly level 30 bug. After every ten stages, you face a boss enemy that's just a larger version of a common bad guy. At level 30, no boss ever shows up! Game over. There are other bugs in the game, too. Sometimes you randomly skip a level and bad guys die for no reason. How this game got released in this state is anyone's guess. Luckily you can play the original arcade Bubble Bobble, too. It's pretty accurate and bug-free, but you need two copies of the game for multiplayer and that's inexcusable for such an old title. Avoid this game.  
It's a shame that Bubble Bobble Revolution is so bad. One of the first games that I had my little brothers play to introduce them to video gaming was the original Bubble Bobble and they loved it. The charming dinosaurs and enemy characters, simple bubble bursting gameplay, and two-player mode made Bubble Bobble a perfect game for young and old alike. Reading skill is not required and the game is somewhat violence free. You encase enemies in bubbles and when you pop them, they spin around and turn into fruit. Because it is an arcade title, Bubble Bobble Revolution becomes difficult and kids might get a little frustrated. But because of the bugs that end the game less than halfway through, Bubble Bobble Revolution isn't a good value for your kids.
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