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Jul - Posts by JorphoXL
JorphoXL
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Posted on 05-12-13 05:49:26 PM, in Bubble Bobble for Game Boy (the first one) Bad Ending? Link
Hello folks,

I've been meaning to make a page on TCRF about this for years, but I thought maybe I should make a thread about it here first, especially since I can't be sure if this is, in fact, unused content.

So: There's actually very little information out there about the original Bubble Bobble Game Boy port. The big twist on the game is that every 25 rounds, there's a boss fight. Namely, there's Cream, a giant springy-thing; Jam, a giant wizard (and quite the pain the the arse); and Choco, a giant fuzzy thing. After you fight each one (there's always a powerup that lets you breathe fireballs instead of bubbles), there's a cutscene in which a fairy gives you a cup, a jewel, and a crown, respectively.

There is, in theory, no way to skip these boss fights, and, in theory, only two passwords for Round 100: KZBJ (normal mode) and KZ5J ("super" mode).

However! If you enter a password such as KZLJ or KGLJ, you will start on Round 100, but defeating the boss will give you a bad ending, in which one or more of the cup, the jewel, and the crown are shown to be missing! Bad endings are, of course, not at all atypical for the Bubble Bobble series, but again, as far as I know there is no way to encounter this bad ending over the course of normal gameplay.
JorphoXL
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Posted on 05-13-13 10:58:10 PM, in Bubble Bobble for Game Boy (the first one) Bad Ending? Link
Originally posted by ReyVGM
What if you take too long to beat the boss, does the boss die like many arcade games?
Actually, the boss goes into "hurry-up" mode of you take too long. And it doesn't seem to be possible to warp past them, either.


Originally posted by ICEknight
I think I used to get the bad ending from time to time by killing any boss, then waiting for the magic door to disappear (thus, not getting the required item for the good ending).
Ahh, that's the ticket! How profoundly unintuitive! There's plenty of time to make it to the door, and no apparent advantage to passing it up (unless you don't want to watch the cutscene, I guess).

Well, I'm glad I didn't bother making that page now. I guess this is not unused content after all.
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