Virtual Console Gems (Recommendation Thread)

[TruckOSaurus]

Justin said:

TruckOSaurus said:

In the hidden gem category I'd go with : Bubble Bobble! Simple but effective gameplay, a hundred levels, two player fun, very very challenging and only 5$

Edit : But be warned the song (yes there's only one) will get stuck in your head.

 

As someone who never played it and downloaded it based on other peoples recommendations I have to admit I find it kind of awkward.  The combat system is absolutely ridiculous.  I could never even make it to Lvl 2 without dying.  From what I've heard though the music is fantastic.  I wanted to like the game, but I must be doing something wrong if I can't kill enough bad guys to gain a level before I die.

You don't gain levels in Bubble Bobble (when I mentionned levels I was talking about stages). You do get power ups which make you shoot your bubbles faster, farther, make you faster, if you die you loose all of them. You can also collect letters that spell EXTENDED but I never managed to get them all so I'm not sure what it does.

As for the combat system, it is simple (trap bad guys in bubbles, jump on them to kill them) but there's some hidden depth to it. You'll sometimes have to jump on your own bubbles to get to otherwise inaccessible enemies and you also get better rewards if you kill many enemies at the same time.