Super Puzzle Bobble

Super Puzzle Bobble
Japanese PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)Taito
Altron (GBA version)
Publisher(s)
Taito
  • PlayStation 2
    Game Boy Advance
    Windows
    GameCube
    • JP: Taito
    • WW: Ubi Soft
SeriesPuzzle Bobble
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Windows
Game Boy Advance
GameCube
Mobile phone
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • JP: September 28, 2000
  • NA: November 27, 2000[1]
  • PAL: December 15, 2000
Windows
  • JP: September 7, 2001
  • NA: October 19, 2001
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: November 7, 2001[2]
  • PAL: November 30, 2001
  • JP: December 21, 2001
GameCube
  • NA: February 12, 2003[3]
  • JP: February 27, 2003
  • EU: September 5, 2003
Mobile
December 11, 2004
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Super Puzzle Bobble (スーパーパズルボブル, Sūpā Pazuru Boburu), released as Super Bust-A-Move in Europe and North America, is a puzzle video game in the Puzzle Bobble series. It was developed by Taito, and released on November 27, 2000 by Acclaim Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, and by CyberFront and EON Digital Entertainment for Windows in 2001. It was later ported to the Game Boy Advance that same year, the Japanese version under the name Super Puzzle Bobble Advance (スーパーパズルボブルアドバンス, Sūpā Pazuru Boburu Adobansu). It was re-released in Japan for the PlayStation 2 in 2004 as part of Super Puzzle Bobble DX (スーパーパズルボブルDX, Sūpā Pazuru Boburu DX) (along with its sequel, Super Puzzle Bobble 2), which is Volume 62 of the Japan-exclusive Simple 2000 Series. This compilation includes a few graphical enhancements.

Super Puzzle Bobble was ported to the GameCube in 2003, under the name of Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (スーパーパズルボブル オールスターズ, Sūpā Pazuru Boburu Ōru Sutāzu) in Japan, Super Bust-A-Move All-Stars in Europe, and Bust-A-Move 3000 in North America. The game is a direct port, except for the inclusion of new backgrounds and remixed music. It also features new box artwork, more in line with the in-game artwork.

It is the first mainstream game in the series not to see an arcade release, although there is an arcade game with the same title, which is a completely different game to this one.

  1. ^ "Acclaim Entertainment Ships First Title For PlayStation 2 Computer Entertainment System". Acclaim Entertainment. November 27, 2000. Archived from the original on August 26, 2004. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Gameshark Calendar". GameShark. IGN Entertainment. November 2001. p. 14.
  3. ^ "Bust-A-Move 3000". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.