| Bust-A-Move Bash! | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Taito Happy Happening |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Series | Puzzle Bobble |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Bust-A-Move Bash! (formerly known as Bust-A-Move Revolution), known in Europe as Bust-A-Move, is a bubble shooter tile-matching video game released exclusively for the Wii, as part of the Bust-a-Move series. It is the first Bust-a-Move game released on a Nintendo console after Bust-a-Move 3000 , released in 2003 on the GameCube.
Bust-A-Move Bash! incorporates the same gameplay principles and premise of prior games in the Bust-A-Move series, as a colorful bubble shooter. Bash features several different modes: puzzle, shooting, endless and a multiplayer mode.
For all modes except shooting mode, there are three control schemes involving the Wii Remote that are used to control the bubble shooter: baton, gun and easy-gun. Gun and easy gun utilize the pointer to determine the angle of the next shot, with easy gun displaying the pointer's cursor. Baton involves holding the Wii Remote upright and tilting it left or right to determine the shooting angle. The baton control scheme is the only control scheme available for multiplayer contestants using a Nunchuk, and the Classic Controller uses both analog sticks to aim the shooter. Bubble-swapping is mapped to the down button on the d-pad for the Wii Remote and Classic Controller, or a downward flick of the Nunchuk's analog stick.
Ken Gold, the vice president of Majesco marketing, stated that Majesco wanted Bash! to "maximize the intuitive nature of the Wii controller to create a revolutionary offering of the highly popular Bust-A-Move franchise", [1] eventually leading to the idea of leveraging the Wii Remote's expansion capabilities to allow up to eight players to compete on a single screen by having two players share one Wii controller by each holding one of its two individual parts - the remote itself or its external controller.
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 53/100 [2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 1Up.com | C+ [3] |
| Eurogamer | 4/10 [4] |
| GameSpot | 4.7/10 [5] |
| GameSpy |    [6] |
| IGN | 5.3/10 [7] |
| NGamer | 50% [8] |
| Nintendo Power | 6.5/10 [9] |
| Nintendo World Report | 3.5/10 [10] |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 59% [11] |
| VideoGamer.com | 5/10 [12] |
| 411Mania | 7/10 [13] |
Bust-A-Move Bash! received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2]
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