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{{Infobox video game
|title = Bubble Bobble Plus!
|image = 
|caption = 
|developer = [[Taito]]<br>Dreams Inc.
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Taito|WW|[[Square Enix]]}}
|engine =  
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 10, 2009|PAL|April 10, 2009|NA|May 25, 2009}}
|genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms =[[WiiWare]]
}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Bubble Bobble Neo!
|image = Bubble Bobble Neo! Coverart.png
|developer = Taito<br>Dreams Inc.
|publisher = Taito
|designer = Fukio Mitsuji
|release = {{vgrelease|JP|August 5, 2009<ref>{{cite web | author=Spencer Yip | date=July 22, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Neo Bursting On Xbox Live In August | url=https://www.siliconera.com/bubble-bobble-neo-bursting-on-xbox-live-in-august/ | website=Siliconera | publisher=[[Enthusiast Gaming]] | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117052206/https://www.siliconera.com/2009/07/22/bubble-bobble-neo-bursting-on-xbox-live-in-august/ | archivedate=November 17, 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>|WW|September 16, 2009<ref>{{cite web | author=Microsoft | title=BUBBLE BOBBLE Neo! | url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/bubblebobbleneoxbla/ | website=Xbox.com | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | accessdate=September 14, 2009 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917080557/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/bubblebobbleneoxbla | archivedate=September 17, 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
|modes = Up to 4 players simultaneously
|platforms = [[Xbox 360]]
}}

'''''Bubble Bobble Plus!''''' and {{nihongo|'''''Bubble Bobble Neo!'''''|バブルボブル {{ruby|Neo|ネオ}}!|Baburu Boburu Neo!}} are [[Video game remake|remake]]s of the 1986 [[arcade game]] ''[[Bubble Bobble]]''. The games were developed and published by [[Taito]]. ''Bubble Bobble Plus!'' was released for [[WiiWare]] in Japan (as {{nihongo|'''''Bubble Bobble Wii'''''|バブルボブル Wii|Baburu Boburu Wii}}) on February 10, 2009,<ref>{{cite web | author=Spencer Yip | date=February 5, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Plus Out On WiiWare Next Week | url=https://www.siliconera.com/bubble-bobble-plus-out-on-wiiware-next-week/ | website=Siliconera | publisher=Enthusiast Gaming | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218132327/https://www.siliconera.com/2009/02/05/bubble-bobble-plus-out-on-wiiware-next-week/ | archivedate=February 18, 2019 | url-status=live}}</ref> in the PAL regions on April 10, and in North America on May 25,<ref>{{cite web | date=May 25, 2019 | title=Pop-Powered Adventures Bubble Up through the Clay | url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/cNvEoQ-YDZpGumnH12q5M3DoMBE9DCL1 | website=[[Nintendo]] | accessdate=May 26, 2009 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612102047/http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/cNvEoQ-YDZpGumnH12q5M3DoMBE9DCL1 | archivedate=June 12, 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref> while ''Bubble Bobble Neo!'' was released on the [[Xbox Live Arcade]] download service for the [[Xbox 360]] in Japan on August 5, 2009 and in North America on September 16 of the same year.

==Gameplay==
As with previous games, the player will have to defeat all enemies across a number of screens by trapping them in bubbles and popping them. The normal mode features the original two playable characters, Bub and Bob, while the Arrange Mode adds support for up to 4 players, joined with female characters Peb and Pab,<ref>''Bubble Bobble Plus'' Title Operations Guide, [[Wii Shop Channel]]</ref> as yellow and pink bubble dragons respectively.

The game contains several playing modes - a remake containing 100 classic stages and a new story mode with 100 new stages, as well as more difficult "Super" versions of those stages.

In addition, for ''Bubble Bobble Plus!'', two [[downloadable content]] packs (Extra 1 and Extra 2) were released consisting of 50 "very hard" stages each, as well as new boss characters.<ref>{{cite web | author=Marcel van Duyn | date=January 21, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Wii - Now With 4 Player Support | url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/01/bubble_bobble_wii_now_with_4_player_support | website=[[Nintendo Life]] | publisher=[[Gamer Network]] | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=February 5, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205111612/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/01/bubble_bobble_wii_now_with_4_player_support | url-status=live }}</ref> These Extra modes also include four player support.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| align = left
| WII = true
| X360 = true
| na = true
| MC_WII = 76/100<ref name=mcwii>{{cite web | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! Critic Reviews for Wii | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/bubble-bobble-neo/critic-reviews/?platform=wii | website=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[Red Ventures]] | accessdate=August 7, 2022}}</ref>
| MC_X360 = 70/100<ref name=mcx360>{{cite web | title=Bubble Bobble Neo! for Xbox 360 Reviews | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/bubble-bobble-neo/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 | website=Metacritic | publisher=Red Ventures | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=May 23, 2025 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250523180508/https://www.metacritic.com/game/bubble-bobble-neo/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| GamePro_WII = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=mcwii/>
| GSpot_X360 = 7/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Tom McShea | date=September 23, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Neo Review | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bubble-bobble-neo-review/1900-6229007/ | website=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=Red Ventures | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=February 5, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205111612/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bubble-bobble-neo-review/1900-6229007/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
| HCG_WII = 3.5/5<ref name=mcwii/>
| IGN_WII = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Lucas M. Thomas | date=June 9, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! Review | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/09/bubble-bobble-plus-review | website=[[IGN]] | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=February 5, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205111612/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/09/bubble-bobble-plus-review | url-status=live }}</ref>
| IGN_X360 = 7.9/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Daemon Hatfield | date=September 17, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Neo Review | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/09/17/bubble-bobble-neo-review | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=August 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807181215/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/09/17/bubble-bobble-neo-review | url-status=live }}</ref>
| JXV_WII = 13/20<ref>{{cite web | author=dharn | date=April 22, 2009 | title=Test: Bubble Bobble Plus | url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00010690-bubble-bobble-plus-test.htm | language=fr | website=[[Jeuxvideo.com]] | publisher=Webedia | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301043122/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00010690-bubble-bobble-plus-test.htm | archivedate=March 1, 2021 | url-status=live}}</ref>
| NLife_WII = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Marcel van Duyn | date=April 11, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! Review | url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/04/bubble_bobble_plus | website=Nintendo Life | publisher=Gamer Network | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=February 5, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205111612/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/04/bubble_bobble_plus | url-status=live }}</ref>
| NWR_WII = 6/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Zachary Miller | date=July 3, 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! | url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/18985/bubble-bobble-plus-wii | website=Nintendo World Report | publisher=NINWR, LLC | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archive-date=August 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807225132/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/18985/bubble-bobble-plus-wii | url-status=live }}</ref>
| ONM_WII = 74%<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! review | magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]] | publisher=[[Future plc]] | issue=43 | date=June 2009 | page=88}}</ref>
| OXMUK_X360 = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Bubble Bobble Neo! | magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine|Official Xbox Magazine UK]] | publisher=Future plc | date=December 2009 | page=107}}</ref>
| OXM_X360 = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Bubble Bobble Neo! | magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] | publisher=[[Future US]] | date=October 2009 | page=73}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Teletext GameCentral''
| rev1_WII = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Roger Hargreaves | date=April 2009 | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! (Wii) | url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/gamecentral/features-reviews/42c45f30225a654fabeb8b25f43b5e75/Bubble%2BBobble%2BPlus%21%2B%28Wii%29.aspx | website=Teletext GameCentral | publisher=[[Teletext Ltd.]] | accessdate=August 7, 2022 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424132534/http://www.teletext.co.uk/gamecentral/features-reviews/42c45f30225a654fabeb8b25f43b5e75/Bubble+Bobble+Plus!+(Wii).aspx | archivedate=April 24, 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
''Bubble Bobble Plus!'' received "generally favorable reviews", while ''Bubble Bobble Neo!'' received above-average reviews, according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=mcwii/><ref name=mcx360/> ''N-Europe'' praised the Wii version, saying it had a wealth of content to enjoy, while the downloadable packs were fairly reasonably priced and offered a significantly ramped up challenge from the standard levels.<ref>{{cite web | author=Sam Gittins | date=April 22, 2009 | url=http://n-europe.com/review.php?rid=451 | title=Bubble Bobble Plus! | website=N-Europe | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211115755/http://n-europe.com/review.php?rid=451 | archivedate=February 11, 2010 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.famitsu.com/image/912/QUc7C9h8HtUelLI6s7hH5uNb2YsCm9d3.html Famitsu scans]
* {{moby game|id=/wii/bubble-bobble-plus}}
* {{moby game|id=/xbox360/bubble-bobble-neo|name=''Bubble Bobble Neo!''}}

{{Bubble Bobble series}}

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