Bubble Bobble Revolution recalled

by James Ransom-Wiley { Feb 6th 2007 at 2:43PM }

As skeptical as we've become about the prevalence of patches and updates delivered through online console services like Xbox Live, the alternative -- the old way -- is still far worse. Take Exhibit A: Bubble Bobble Revolution. Codemasters' DS puzzler was released with a crippling bug that would not permit players to pass level 30 in the game's New Age mode.

The result? More than four months later, Codemasters is finally issuing a recall, asking owners of the defective Bubble Bobble Revolution to ship their broken games back to the publisher (via pre-paid envelopes), and then wait for replacement cartridges, which begin shipping out February 23.

Xbox Live and its ilk may provide a cushion for lax QA testing, but bugs occur regardless. We'd much prefer a downloadable patch delivered to us a few weeks after a game's release than rely on a cumbersome work-around or snail mail replacement.

Exhibit B: EA offers "Work Around" for Madden PSP crash
Exhibit C: EA replacing faulty NCAA 07 PSP games

Tags: Bubble Bobble, Bubble Bobble Revolution, BubbleBobble, BubbleBobbleRevolution, Bug, Codemasters, DS, Patch, Recall, Update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Intentless @ Feb 6th 2007 2:53PM

YAY!

Intentless @ Feb 6th 2007 2:58PM

Sorry... Slaziman or whatever might be upset because it does not specifically refer to the game in general. Correction being as follows. "I love Bubble Bobble and am so overwhelmed and overjoyed at the prospect that this is being corrected!"

dis_guy @ Feb 6th 2007 3:00PM

I didn't know this came out for the DS...

shivr @ Feb 6th 2007 3:12PM

I got this game for christmas... and really the only part worth playing is the classic game anyway.

Slaziman @ Feb 6th 2007 3:18PM

You might've saved yourself this time Intentless, but I'll be watching you!

Intentless @ Feb 6th 2007 3:37PM

Hah hah hah... No hard feelings right Slaziman?

benjamin @ Feb 6th 2007 3:40PM

Are they going to be recalling the horrid box art while they're at it?

eight @ Feb 6th 2007 3:56PM

Shouldnt this have been corrected, oh i dont know MONTHS ago when the glitch was reported? There the video on youtube that really kicked the whole thing off. That was december. It is now February. Someone dropped the ball.

Randolph @ Feb 6th 2007 6:42PM

It is unfair to state that Xbox Live and other services are crutches for poor QA testing. In my experience QA, and thus the publisher, are usually aware of bugs and simply decide to submit anyway due to low estimates of end-user occurrence or financial constraints.