Lost In Translation/Puzzle Bobble 3

About The Game
Puzzle Bobble 3, as its name implies, is an arcade video puzzle game.

Link 3 or more coloured bubbles by shooting an identical coloured bubble. When they are joined together, they pop.

Trivia
Released in September 1996.

One of the playable characters is an enemy character from "Sonic Blast Man 2 - Real Puncher".

Another of the characters is a homage to Capcom's Ryu, complete with Shouryuken and Hadoken motions when he gets good combos. In his win-pose (where he turns his back to the player), he has the Taito logo on his back.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'PB3'.

Soundtrack releases :

Puzzle Bobble Variety / Zuntata [Zuntata Records - ZTTL-0009 - Mar 28, 1997]

Updates
The US version is slightly different, it has a "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and a "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.

Alternative Game-play
Press Shoot, Left, Right, Shoot on the title-screen before inserting coins. If done correctly, a small character will appear. On the next play, you will play on a different stage layout.

Series

 * 1) Puzzle Bobble (1994)
 * Puzzle Bobble [MVS] (1994)
 * 1) Puzzle Bobble 2 (1995)
 * Puzzle Bobble 2 [MVS] (1999)
 * Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
 * 1) Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996)
 * 2) Puzzle Bobble 4 (1997)
 * 3) Super Puzzle Bobble (1999)
 * 4) Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002)
 * 5) Super Puzzle Bobble 2 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
 * 6) Super Puzzle Bobble All-Stars (2003, Nintendo GameCube)
 * 7) Puzzle Bobble Vs. (2003, Nokia N-Gage)
 * 8) Ultra Bust-a-Move (2004, Microsoft XBOX)
 * 9) Puzzle Bobble Pocket (2005, Sony PSP)
 * 10) Puzzle Bobble DS (2005, Nintendo DS)

Staff

 * Game Designers:
 * Seiichi Nakakuki
 * T. Saito


 * Programmers:
 * Nak (Njk Techno)
 * Maru (Njk Techno)


 * Character Designers:
 * Takao Yoshiba
 * Midori
 * Mari
 * Chino Maeda
 * M. Ishizuka


 * Music Composer:
 * Yukiharu Urita (Zuntata)


 * Designer:
 * Kumi Mizobe


 * Round Designers:
 * Aya Yamamoto
 * Ayako Ishitsuka
 * Ayumi Kuroda
 * Chiaki Tanaka
 * Daiki Tanihiro
 * Etsuko Nakaya
 * Iesato Mikami
 * Ikue Sakuma
 * Junichi Sakurada
 * Junko Tanaka
 * Kaori Saito
 * Kazuaki Kimura
 * Kazuma Mori
 * Keiko Yano
 * Kiyotaka Yokota
 * Kuniaki Yamamoto
 * Mai Miyata
 * Masahiko Inoue
 * Masaki Iida
 * Miwa Akieda
 * Naoko Okada
 * Naoki Matsumoto
 * Naomi Abe
 * Ryo Sasaki
 * Souichiro Takakura
 * Sumiyo Kurosaki
 * Susumu Tsukamoto
 * Tsuyoshi Kanetani
 * Yasuki Fujino
 * Yoshimichi Omori


 * Voice Performers:
 * Adachi Tsubame Youchien
 * C. Tanaka
 * Y. Sekiguchi


 * Narration Assists:
 * Norihiro Furukawa (Zuntata)
 * Richard H.B (Zuntata)

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Sega Saturn (1997)
 * Sony PlayStation (1997)
 * Nintendo 64 (1998, "Bust -A- Move 3 DX")
 * Nintendo Game Boy (1998, "Bust A Move 3 DX")