Editing Bubble Bobble (video game) (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
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| C64 = true
| NES = true
| SGG = true
| ZX = true
| Allgame_NES = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Couper |first=Chris|title=Bubble Bobble-Review|publisher=[[Allgame]] |access-date=April 12, 2013 |url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=263&tab=review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115151433/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=263&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref>
| CRASH_ARC = Positive<ref name="crash">{{Citation | last1=Penn | first1=Gary | last2=Kidd | first2=Graeme | last3=Stone | first3=Ben | title = A Day at the Seaside | magazine = [[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] | publisher = [[Newsfield]] | issn = 0954-8661 | issue = 39 | pages = 30–5 | date=April 1987 | url=https://archive.org/details/Crash_No._39_1987-04_Newsfield_GB/page/n29 | via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| CRASH_ZX = 90%<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue45/Pages/Crash4500132.jpg | title=Bubble Bobble Review | journal=Crash | date = October 1987 | issue = 45 | pages = 132–133 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201044921/http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue45/Pages/Crash4500132.jpg | archive-date = February 1, 2016 | access-date=2012-08-10}} [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/45/bubble.htm Alt URL]</ref>
| CVG_ARC = Positive<ref name="CVG"/>
| CVG_C64 = 27/30<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue072/Pages/CVG07200015.jpg |title=Bubble Bobble Review |journal=C+VG | issue=72 | pages=14–15 |date= October 1987 |access-date=2012-08-10}}</ref>
| EGM_SGG = 31/40<ref name="EGM63"/>
| SUser_ZX = 8/10<ref name = "suser">{{cite journal | url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue068/Pages/SinclairUser06800050.jpg | title=Bubble Bobble Review | journal=Sinclair User | date = October 1987 | issue = 68 | pages = 50 | access-date=2012-08-10}}</ref>
| TGM_C64 = 93%<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=TheGamesMachine/Issue01/Pages/TheGamesMachine0100066.jpg | title=Bubble Bobble Review | journal=The Games Machine | issue=1 | pages=66 | date= November 1987 | access-date=2012-08-10}}</ref>
| YSinclair_ZX = 90%<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue69/Pages/YourSinclair6900056.jpg |title=Bubble Bobble Review |journal=Your Sinclair |date=September 1991 |issue=69 |pages=56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201054051/http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue69/Pages/YourSinclair6900056.jpg |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=2012-08-10}} [http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/bubblebobble-69.htm Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618210358/http://ysrnry.co.uk/articles/bubblebobble-69.htm |date=2014-06-18}}</ref>
| Z64_C64 = 97%<ref>{{citation | journal = Zzap!64 | url=http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=030&amp;page=012&amp;thumbstart=0&amp;magazine=zzap | title = Bubble Bobble Review | publisher= [[Newsfield Publications]] | date = October 1987 | access-date=2014-06-23 | issue = 30 | pages = 12}}</ref>
| award1Pub = ''[[Zzap!64]]''
| award1 = Gold Medal
| award2Pub = ''Crash''
| award2 = Smash<ref>Game review, Crash magazine, [[Newsfield Publications]], issue 45, October 1987</ref>
}}

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Bubble Bobble'' on their November 1, 1986, issue as the second-most-successful [[table arcade cabinet]] of the month, after Taito's ''[[Arkanoid]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=295|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 November 1986|page=29|lang=ja}}</ref> It went on to be the fifth-highest-grossing table arcade game of 1987 in Japan.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '87 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=324 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1988 |page=20 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880115p.pdf#page=11 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880115p.pdf#page=11 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, ''Bubble Bobble'' was the top-grossing arcade game for three months in 1987, from April to June.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 July 1987 |issue=70 (August 1987) |page=112 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-070/page/n111}}</ref> The home conversions were also successful in the United Kingdom, where the game appeared on the sales charts for several years. The ZX Spectrum budget re-release topped the UK charts in July 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=CVG Charts |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 August 1991 |issue=118 (September 1991) |pages=99–102 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-118/page/n98}}</ref>

The arcade game received positive reviews from ''[[Computer and Video Games]]''<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action: Bubble Bobble |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 October 1986 |issue=61 (November 1986) |page=123 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-061/page/n122}}</ref> and ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Other Screens Seen... Bubble Bobble |magazine=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] |date=26 March 1987 |issue=39 (April 1987) |page=35 |url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-39/page/n35/mode/1up}}</ref> ''[[Mean Machines]]'' gave the Game Boy port of the game a score of 91%, noting that, while some changes had been made, the game played identical to the original arcade port and "provides much addiction and challenge".<ref>{{cite journal | date=August 1992 | title=Bubble Bobble Review | journal=Mean Machines | issue=23 | url=http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/pdf/bubblebobblegb.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028052329/http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/pdf/bubblebobblegb.pdf | archive-date = 2015-10-28 | access-date=2009-06-04}}</ref> The four reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' stated that the Game Gear version is a faithful conversion of the original which works well in portable form. They particularly praised the simplicity of the gameplay concept and the graphics, and the two-player link option.<ref name="EGM63">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Bubble Bobble|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=63|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=October 1994|page=42|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_63_October_1994_U/page/n44}}</ref>

''Bubble Bobble'' has been listed by numerous publications among the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest video games of all time]]. ''[[Your Sinclair]]'' magazine ranked the ZX Spectrum version at #58 in their "Top 100 Games of All Time" in 1993 based on reader vote.<ref>{{citation | date=September 1993 | title=Let the People Decide | journal=Your Sinclair | issue=93 | pages=11 | url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/YourSinclair/Issue93/Pages/YourSinclair9300058.jpg | access-date = 2014-06-24 | archive-url= http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ystop100.html | archive-date= 16 August 2006}}</ref> In 1996, [[GamesMaster (magazine)|GamesMaster]] rated the game 19th on its "Top 100 Games of All Time".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1996 |title=Top 100 Games of All Time |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |journal=GamesMaster |issue=44 |pages=77}}</ref> ''[[Yahoo!]]'' ranked it at #71 in their "100 Greatest Computer Games Of All Time" in 2005 for its charming premise and cute character designs.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Greatest Computer Games Of All Time |url=http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/specials/100games/8.html |website=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Video Games]] |access-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050730233842/http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/specials/100games/8.html |archive-date=30 July 2005 |page=8 |date=2005}}</ref> ''[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]]'' magazine listed it as part of their "100 Greatest Games" in 2008, while ''[[GamesTM]]'' magazine listed it in their "Top 100 Games" in 2010.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[GamesTM]]|title=GamesTM Top 100|date=October 2010|issue=100}}</ref> ''[[Stuff.tv]]'' ranked it at #47 in their ''Top 100 Games'' in 2009, saying "Today's kids might laugh, but this was gold in 1986".<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Games - Bubble Bobble |url=http://top100.stuff.tv/top100?page=53 |website=[[Stuff.tv]] |access-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819124116/http://top100.stuff.tv/top100?page=53 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |date=2009}}</ref> ''[[GamesRadar+]]'' ranked it at #95 in their "100 Best Games Of All Time" list in 2011, praising its multiplayer and secrets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/the-100-best-games-of-all-time/ |title=The 100 best games of all time |date=April 1, 2011 |website=[[GamesRadar]] |access-date=March 7, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118151554/http://www.gamesradar.com/the-100-best-games-of-all-time/ |archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> ''GamesRadar+'' also labeled it the 24th greatest [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] game of all time in 2012 for its advancements over other games of its genre and its usage of multiple endings.<ref>{{citation |title=Best NES Games of all time |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/best-nes-games-all-time/ |journal =GamesRadar |date=2012-04-16 |access-date=2013-12-05}}</ref> IGN named it the 23rd best NES game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 NES Games |website=www.ign.com |url=https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-nes-games/23 |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> ''Hardcore Gaming 101'' listed it in their book ''The 200 Best Video Games of All Time'' in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=HG101 Presents: The 200 Best Video Games of All Time|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-200-best-video-games-of-all-time/|website=hardcoregaming101.net|access-date=October 28, 2017|date=December 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065018/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-200-best-video-games-of-all-time/|archive-date=October 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Game Informer]]'' placed it in their "Top 300 Games of All Time" in 2018 for its long-lasting appeal and multiplayer.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|title=The Top 300 Games of All Time|date=April 2018|issue=300}}</ref>