<s>
is	O
a	O
1986	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
for	O
arcades	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Fukio	O
"	O
MTJ	O
"	O
Mitsuji	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitsuji	O
hoped	O
his	O
game	O
would	O
appeal	O
to	O
women	O
,	O
specifically	O
couples	O
that	O
visited	O
arcades	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
focus	O
largely	O
on	O
its	O
two	O
player	O
co-operative	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
became	O
one	O
of	O
Taito	O
's	O
biggest	O
arcade	B-Application
successes	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
credited	O
with	O
inspiring	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
many	O
similar	O
screen-clear	O
platform	O
games	O
that	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
long	O
list	O
of	O
sequels	O
and	O
successors	O
for	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
;	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
,	O
Puzzle	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
,	O
has	O
become	O
successful	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
and	O
spawned	O
its	O
own	O
line	O
of	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Fukio	O
Mitsuji	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
game	O
designer	O
at	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan	O
of	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
by	O
Namco	O
,	O
specifically	O
Xevious	B-Application
,	O
Mitsuji	O
felt	O
that	O
Taito	O
's	O
output	O
by	O
comparison	O
were	O
lackluster	O
and	O
of	O
poor	O
quality	O
,	O
hoping	O
that	O
he	O
could	O
help	O
push	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
produce	O
higher-quality	O
arcade	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
first	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
four-screen	O
racer	O
Super	O
Dead	O
Heat	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
shoot'em	O
up	O
Halley	B-Application
's	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
were	O
taken	O
from	O
Chack'n	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
older	O
Taito	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
often	O
considered	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
1986	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
wide	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
September	O
1986	O
and	O
internationally	O
in	O
October	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
Arkanoid	B-Device
,	O
Taito	O
licensed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Romstar	O
for	O
distribution	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
Electrocoin	O
Automatics	O
for	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
many	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
consoles	O
and	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
MSX2	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Sega	O
Master	O
System	O
—	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
these	O
has	O
two	O
hundred	O
levels	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
's	O
100	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Final	B-Application
Bubble	I-Application
Bobble	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
X68000	B-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Dempa	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
gamemode	O
paying	O
homage	O
to	O
Mitsuji	O
's	O
later	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
Syvalion	B-Application
,	O
titled	O
Sybubblun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversions	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
were	O
respectively	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
and	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
GBC	O
port	O
being	O
named	O
Classic	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
also	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
unreleased	O
Taito	O
WOWOW	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Taito	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
had	O
been	O
lost	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
all	O
subsequent	O
home	O
conversions	O
to	O
be	O
reverse-engineered	O
from	O
an	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	B-Application
1	I-Application
,	I-Application
1986	I-Application
,	O
issue	O
as	O
the	O
second-most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinet	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
after	O
Taito	O
's	O
Arkanoid	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
fifth-highest-grossing	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
of	O
1987	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
the	O
top-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
for	O
three	B-Application
months	I-Application
in	I-Application
1987	I-Application
,	O
from	O
April	O
to	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
budget	O
re-release	O
topped	O
the	O
UK	O
charts	O
in	O
July	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
and	O
Crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mean	O
Machines	O
gave	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
91%	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
changes	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
played	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
port	O
and	O
"	O
provides	O
much	O
addiction	O
and	O
challenge	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
has	O
been	O
listed	O
by	O
numerous	O
publications	O
among	O
the	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Your	O
Sinclair	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
at	O
#58	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
in	O
1993	O
based	O
on	O
reader	O
vote	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
24	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
of	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
and	O
on	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
NES	B-Application
Classic	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Device
Bobble	I-Device
Plus	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
(	O
2009	O
,	O
WiiWare	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
)	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Bubble	B-Device
Bobble	I-Device
Neo	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
and	O
musical	O
themes	O
of	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
were	O
used	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
a	O
tile-matching	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Puzzle	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Bust-a-Move	B-Application
)	O
and	O
its	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
