Parasol Stars The Story Of Bubble Bobble III Review (PlayStation 5)

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Parasol Stars The Story Of Bubble Bobble III Review, a classic platformer developed by TAITO that first graced the gaming scene in 1991. As a sequel to Rainbow Islands and the third installment in the legendary Bubble Bobble series, it recaptured the magic and charm that delighted fans worldwide. While it never made its way to arcades, it instead captivated players on home consoles, such as PC Engine and TurboGrafx, and home computers like the Amiga. Now, it’s time to relive the excitement as “Parasol Stars” makes its triumphant return to modern platforms!

Parasol Stars The Story Of Bubble Bobble III Review Pros:

  • Decent graphics.
  • 124.6MB Download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • American and Japanese versions of the game choice.
  • Video settings – display (4:3 DAR/1:1 PAR/Perfect/Perfect 1x/Fullscreen), wallpaper, color, shader style, and scale filter.
  • Can remap controls.
  • Set the rewind speed.
  • Cheats menu for – infinite lives, invincible, doors, multi jump, and infinite credits.
  • Challenge mode – one credit and score the most points.
  • Online leaderboards for challenge mode.
  • Save and load state support.
  • Local two players.
  • Two ways to play the game – standard, and arcade.
  • Action platformer gameplay.
  • Very nostalgic atmosphere from the music to the simpler gameplay loop.
  • The goal of each level is for your Parasol to hit and throw enemies to defeat them and you need to clear the screen.
  • Enemies can drop food items that give a score.
  • Time limit in that after a short time you spawn a ghost-type creatine that hints you down.
  • Earn bonus lives from your score.

Parasol Stars The Story Of Bubble Bobble III Review Cons:

  • You can only earn trophies in the arcade mode.
  • Doesn’t offer any scans of the manuals or history of the game or the series as a whole.
  • Only one wallpaper choice.
  • No online con op play.
  • It takes some getting used to.
  • No tutorial or game manual to learn the basics.

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Parasol Stars The Story Of Bubble Bobble III:

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Developer: TAITO

Publisher: ININ

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!