Bubble Bobble 4 Friends

• Title — Bubble Bobble 4 Friends • Developer — Taito • Director — Tsuyoshi Tozaki • Producer — Nikkou Yamashita • Designer — Tsuyoshi Tozaki Hidetake Iyomasa • Programmer — Yuta Sakamoto Teppei Moriwaki • Artist — Kazuhiro Ninomiya Yukina Izu • Composer — Yukiharu Urita Yu Shimoda • Series — Bubble Bobble • Platforms — Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows • Released — * Switch • November 19, 2019 • PlayStation 4 • November 17, 2020 • Windows • September 30, 2021 • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer

The game has a gameplay similar to other titles in the franchise. The game characters are 3D models, with only the background in 2D. Players control two dragons, Bub or Bob, that can trap enemies in bubbles and pop them in order to eliminate them from the screen. When eliminating an enemy, a fruit is generated that can be collected as a reward to increase the player's score. The game contains 50 different stages that can be played in two difficulty levels. To unlock the most difficult level, the player must first complete the 50 stages in the normal level. Also included is the original Bubble Bobble arcade game released in 1986. In addition, there is an "Arcade of the Future" feature that can only be completed with ten lives and no continues, consisting of 100 levels (one on each floor in a tower) where players can complete it by getting past the 100th floor.

The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, initially in Europe and Australia, on November 19, 2019. In February and March 2020, it was released, respectively, in Japan and American continents. Later, a free update known as Bubble Bobble 4 Friends - The Baron is Back was released on November 17, 2020, with a PlayStation 4 version releasing the same day. A Steam version, under the name Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop, was released on September 30, 2021.

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