Bust-A-Move 4

by GameBoy

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• ASIN: B00002ST69
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.9 x 4.9 inches ; 8 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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GameSpot Review

Taito's bubble-popping puzzle game has been around in one form or another for half a decade now, and it's one of those games that seems perfect for the handheld format. For the most part, this conversion has worked out well, but there are a few annoyances that prevent Bust A Move 4 from achieving classic status. The objective of Bust A Move 4, as it always has been, is to clear the screen of differently colored bubbles. This is done by firing more bubbles up into the pile from your cannon at the bottom of the screen, which can be directed through 180 degrees. If you connect three or more like-hued bubbles together, they pop. Any bubbles that are hanging off them disappear, too, so there's plenty of opportunity for smart combinations and quick screen clearances. These of course result in huge point bonuses later on. Each level must be cleared before the bubbles inevitably descend to the bottom row of the screen, in which case it's game over. Special bubbles increase the game's variety: Glue bubbles remain on the screen taking up space until all the bubbles above them are destroyed; clone bubbles remain neutral and can't be cleared until bubbles they are connected to pop; and gems destroy all bubbles of a particular color once hit. Three game variations are available - puzzle, vs. com, and challenge. The first is the one most Puzzle Bobble/Bust A Move arcade players will be familiar with: Keep clearing screens until you lose. After clearing a stage you can choose what level to go on to via a map screen. Challenge plays in a similar style; in fact, it's almost like a baby puzzle mode. These two are fine but offer no great incentive to continue playing besides a harder challenge later on. Vs. com is where the action is. At the start of each game you can choose what character to be, and each one has a different range of bubbles that will most likely appear during the game. Once that's done you're thrown into a head-to-head match with a Game Boy-controlled opponent, and for the most part it puts up a decent challenge. However, it's easy to force the opponent to lose simply by taking your time with every shot. Despite this disappointing gameplay loophole there's plenty of fun to be had when you rack up extra lines of bubbles that are added to your opponent's pile by clearing many bubbles at once. Bust A Move 4 has a fair number of letdowns, we're sad to report. The first and most glaring omission is the lack of a two-player mode. That's just insane, Acclaim. There's absolutely no reason why this game couldn't have one. Moving on, we have the graphics. While we salute the more-than-impressive effort made to fit the intricate designs of the arcade original onto the tiny GBC screen, the lack of color is off-putting. The biggest offenders in this department are the bubbles themselves - there are plenty of colors available, yet many bubbles are colored in using stipple shading. Looks like the development team wasn't sure if it was going to add a GBC-specific mode or not until it was too late. The monochrome bubbles, which use symbols rather than colors, work well, but they're a distant second to playing on a Color machine. The important question: Is it worthy of purchase? Yes, especially if you're a fan of the still-addictive series. In the great scheme of things however this isn't as compelling as Puyo Puyo Sun. Of course, you can't buy Puyo Puyo Sun in the US yet.... --Cameron Davis
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's More Addictive than Tetris, October 7, 2000

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J. Kovac (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bust-A-Move 4 (Game Cartridge)

This game is a great buy! If you are a bust a move fan, you will love this and thank me for recommending it to you. There are four different ways you can play - you can play a puzzle game, against the computer, against a friend with GameBoy link, and you can take the bust a move challenge. The best part is, all of these variations are a blast to play. It's very addictive and never gets boring. The only complaint I have is that if you do not have a worm light, it can be difficult to distinguish the different colors of the bubbles, but after playing a couple of rounds you get used to it. I have taught many people how to play bust a move and every single person became an addict like me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bust-A-Move Rocks, July 31, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Bust-A-Move 4 (Game Cartridge)

This is a awsome game. Like no other. All the bust a moves are great. I'm always playing them. Just to let parents know, this game keeps kids busy for hours. Well, any way this is my all time favorite GameBoy game.

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Bust-A-Move! And on GAME BOY, too!, May 5, 2011

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SMB Madman - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bust-A-Move 4 (Game Cartridge)

Everybody loves a good brain teasing puzzle game. What makes the puzzle game even better is when it's on a handheld system like the Game Boy or the Game Gear. Along with Tetris, Flipull, Puzzle League, etc, Bust-A-Move joins in with it's unique puzzling gameplay on the go. Previously released in arcades, the Playstation, and the Dreamcast, Bust-A-Move 4 is no different from its predecessors, and that's not a bad thing.

Puzzle Mode has you go advance through lots and lots of puzzles, but with an end. In Normal and Expert difficulties, there is a letter pyramid. You start at letter A, having to go all the way to Z or Y. In each letter, you must complete a number of puzzles. In Easy mode, there are only 5 puzzles.

You know the basic gameplay: Shoot colored bubbles into others with the same color. Match them to pop them, and the ones below will drop, too. This addicting premise will keep lots of players hooked as it did for me. It is a clever twist on Bubble Bobble's bubble-shooting platforming gameplay (In case if you didn't already know, the Bust-A-Move series is a spin-off series of Bubble Bobble).

You can also play against a CPU in a Vs Mode. The matches are only sometimes challenging, though, so I'd say this is the weak point of the game.

Challenge Mode is kind of like Puzzle Mode, except that this is just for a high score, although it does have your character travel in numbers 1-5, similarly to the letter pyramid. Even if you lose, however, you still move on. That's how you can tell it's based on scoring rather than progression.

All of these modes are very fun to play (Even the CPU Vs Mode, in a way). Even if you think they wouldn't differ much from each other, that doesn't mean that Bust-A-Move 4 isn't a must-have. After all, it's an extremely addicting puzzle game. If you never owned a handheld version of a Bust-A-Move game, this is one to buy.