Bubble Symphony

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| label2 = Developer(s) | data2 = Taito
Ving (Saturn)

| label3 = Publisher(s) | data3 = Taito
Ving (Saturn)

| label4 = Director(s) | data4 = Hiroyuki Maekawa

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| label6 = Designer(s) | data6 = Yoshitake Shirei
Hiroyuki Maekawa

| label7 = Programmer(s) | data7 = Harumi Kasuga
Takafumi Kaneko
Kunio Kuzukawa
Takahiro Natani

| label8 = Artist(s) | data8 = Takaaki Furukawa
Yoshitake Shirei
Toshiaki Ozaki
Akiyoshi Takada

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| label10 = Composer(s) | data10 = Yasuko Yamada
Tamayo Kawamoto

| label11 = Series | data11 = Bubble Bobble

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| label13 = Platform(s) | data13 = Arcade, Saturn

| label14 = Release | data14 = Arcade
October 5, 1994
Saturn
November 27, 1997

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| label16 = Mode(s) | data16 = Up to 2 players simultaneously

| label17 = Arcade system | data17 = Taito F3 System

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Template:Nihongo, also known as Template:Nihongo, is an arcade video game in the Bubble Bobble series developed by Taito in 1994.<ref name = "klov">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While being a new Bubble Bobble for a new generation, it takes place after Parasol Stars.

Story

For this adventure, Bubblun and Bobblun, the familiar green and blue bubble dragons, are joined by girls Kululun (an amber dragon) and Cororon (a pink dragon), but they are stated to be the children of the Bub and Bob of Bubble Bobble.<ref name="opening1">Template:Cite video game</ref>

According to the intro, the four characters (as humans) inadvertently unleash Hyper Drunk, the final boss, while reading books. Hyper Drunk transforms the four into bubble dragons and banishes them to a new world.<ref name="opening1" /><ref>Template:Cite video game</ref>

Bubble Symphony takes place after Bubble Memories, even though it was released earlier.<ref name = "rgamer28"/>

Cameos

The game includes cameos by other Taito characters and settings from The NewZealand Story, Darius, Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Liquid Kids, KiKi KaiKai (including Cindy, known in Japanese version as Sayo-chan and the English Pocky & Rocky games as Pocky), Yūyu no Quiz de Go! Go!, Pu·Li·Ru·La, and The Fairyland Story.

Gameplay

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Screenshot

Although a sequel to Bubble Bobble, the game inaugurates few changes to the gameplay formula of that title.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The small changes that have been made are that a boss is now encountered every five to ten levels, giving those scenes a similar prominence to Rainbow Islands, and the player takes a branching route through the levels by selecting one of two doors after every boss. The players can now charge the bubble shot; if released when the dragon's horns or bow is glowing, the player character will breathe three bubbles at once, with the specific formation dependent on the character chosen. The players must collect certain square cards with music notes inside, in order to get the 4 keys that lead to the final world or face an early false ending. Also, the characters have to collect a rod to turn their characters from their dragon to human forms during the course of the game.<ref name = "rgamer28">Template:Citation</ref>

All the enemies from the original Bubble Bobble appear in this game, along with a lot of newer enemies. The credits (in the arcade version) show all the enemies' names, and those of characters who make cameos from other Taito games.

Characters

• Template:Nihongo is the well-rounded character; he can fire three grouped bubbles straight ahead when powered up (the bubble button is held for a few seconds then released).
• Template:Nihongo has faster speed in exchange for shorter range. He can shoot three bubbles in a spread pattern when powered up.
• Template:Nihongo has the longest available range, but is slow. She can shoot her bubbles in a "T" pattern (forwards, backwards, and down) when powered up.
• Template:Nihongo has the fastest bubble blowing and can shoot her bubbles in an inverted-"T" pattern (forwards, backwards, and up) when powered up.

Ports

The only home port of Bubble Symphony was for the Sega Saturn in Japan.

The game was included in the Taito Legends 2 compilation for Microsoft Windows in North America and Europe, and on the Xbox in Europe only. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan only, via Taito Memories II Volume 2. The Xbox and PS2 versions run in upscanned 640x448 resolution, which results in slight flickering, no scanlines, and slightly blurrier image compared to the Arcade and Sega Saturn versions. A PlayStation version was completed, and was going to be published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, but was never released.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Soundtrack

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Template:Nihongo was released by Zuntata Records and Taito Corp on July 31, 2013 in Japan.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Bubble Symphony on their December 1, 1994 issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade game of the year.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

External links

• Template:KLOV game
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• Bubble Symphony at Arcade History.com