Ignition imports Marvelous games

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Oct 11, 2007 4:18 pm PT

Long-term partnership between publishers to start with North American releases for revamped Taito games.

US developer-publisher Ignition Entertainment announced today a long-term agreement with Marvelous Entertainment to bring the Japanese publisher's games to North America. Although Marvelous is best known for its Harvest Moon series of games, the first three products released under the agreement will instead focus on revamped installments of vintage Taito arcade franchises. Ignition Entertainment will bring Bubble Bobble Double Shot and New Zealand Story Revolution to the Nintendo DS, and Rainbow Island Evolution to the PlayStation Portable.

Bubble Bobble Double Shot introduces a third character to the mix, Babu, as well as a single-player campaign mode, three-player multiplayer modes, and levels that span both of the DS system's screens. New Zealand Story Revolution offers a similarly overhauled take on its own arcade predecessor, but adds in a new four-player wireless mode and a "spot the differences" gameplay mechanic. Finally, Rainbow Islands Evolution puts players in control of more human versions of Bubble Bobble's dinosaurian protagonists Bub and Bob as they try to thwart the plans of an evil record company. Like its fellow reimaginings, Rainbow Islands Evolution also contains new multiplayer modes.

All three games are expected to be released in North America in early 2008.

13 Comments

  • SS2Dante

    Posted Oct 15, 2007 11:05 am PT

    Bring back Bubble Bobble 1!
    Class game, that was.

  • Yojimbo8

    Posted Oct 13, 2007 10:54 am PT

    They go from fighting Grumple Gromit in the original to thwarting "the plans of an evil record company" in this new one??

    Interesting......I guess the series HAS changed a lot.

  • Franzkill

    Posted Oct 13, 2007 3:33 am PT

    Umm yay?

  • kca89

    Posted Oct 12, 2007 11:34 am PT

    The original Bubble Bobble games were great. Wish they would show up on the Wii VC sometime soon.

  • Megavideogamer

    Posted Oct 12, 2007 10:34 am PT

    I'm a big fan of The Bubble Bobble series, recently the series has lost direction. Will these new games Suck? Will they Rock? Taito may be trying to hard.

  • Joystick_n_hand

    Posted Oct 12, 2007 10:20 am PT

    Bubble Bobble is a classic. Right up there with Strider , Double Dragon or Ghost n Goblins. Worthy of an update. Good news!

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 9:39 pm PT

    Why does Bubble Bobble need a new character?

  • xcollector

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 8:45 pm PT

    I'm still waiting for them to release Mercury Meltdown Revolution. They keep changing the release date when the date approaches.

  • War-Tex

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 6:54 pm PT

    bubble bobble? kiddish.we need other great games.something not so immature..

  • niteowl74

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 6:07 pm PT

    WOW you guys have never heard of Bubble Bobble? Rainbow islands I can understand cause its not a well know sequel but Bubble Bobble?

  • Warfust

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 5:54 pm PT

    The only name I recognized was Harvest Moon, lol

  • SearchBomber

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 4:31 pm PT

    The only time I've ever heard of Ignition Entertainment was during complaints about the European release of King of Fighters XI.

    Not good?

  • DonutTrooper

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 4:27 pm PT

    Never heard about this company or any games except Bubble Bobble, but hey, if it means some more good games, why not?

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