Whereas Symphony had bright, colorful backgrounds based on the themes of each world, the backgrounds in Memories are nothing more than pixelated animals. Unfortunately, all this effort is brought down by the awful backgrounds found throughout the stages.

It’s clear a lot of effort was placed into the sprites and it’s easily one of the best aspects of the game. The boss Mighta P, a jester-like enemy, puts on one last juggling show before being defeated while Taro P, a Drunk-type boss, staggers across the screen hiccuping and crashing into the sides of the stage.

The common Drunk enemies, for example, drain their bottles and shake them out to make sure they’re empty before whipping them at the brothers. Enemies are well-animated, expressive, and full of personality. Bub, Bob, the enemies they face and the special effects caused by the magic items they collect have never looked better. When playing Bubble Memories two elements are immediately apparent the spritework in the game is absolutely gorgeous and the backgrounds are hideous. It’s up to Bubby and Bobby to scale the tower, find seven different colored potions to recreate the rainbow potion, and then defeat Dark Super Great Dragon to save Rainbow Island and once again reclaim their forms. The monster – Dark Super Great Dragon – then seals itself at the top of a tower that was intended to overlook and protect Rainbow Island. Brothers Bubby and Bobby are relaxing on Rainbow Island when a powerful monster suddenly appears, transforms them into bubble dragons, and destroys the rainbow potion that would return the brothers to their human form. While Bubble Memories is certainly an improvement over Bubble Bobble, it falls flat in other ways making it equal to or even somewhat inferior to Symphony.īubble Memories, despite being the third direct game in the series, falls between Bubble Bobble and Bubble Symphony in the game’s storyline. As the third direct entry in the Bubble Bobble series, Bubble Memories attempts to marry the action-oriented focus of Symphony and the puzzle-like approach to level design found in Bubble Bobble to varying effect.

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