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This game looks strangely appealing to me. For the right price i'd definitely give it a go.

Same here, Simple Pleasures are the best

nnooo doubt about me getting this game. I know it doesn't look like it has much, but i don't care!

i still dont know what to do! i just hope it'll good value and fun

This game looks like fun, I want it now!!

Looks OK but I know they are going to screw it up by pricing it too high. I wouldn't buy it for anything more than 5 USD

Popping bubbles... sounds like something I can do without a Wii. Geez, I hope there is more to this game than just bubble popping.

@Virus-- read the review on the home page

Yeah I'm thinking 500 pts unless it has good (online?) multiplayer or better level diversity. Much more than that and it wont be worth it, methinks

I hope its around 3 USD. It looks interesting

no online 4 this but it will have leaderboards and stuff
jus get it it will be fun

It looks...okay...? I can't really say anything until I play it, but it'll probably be alike to Wii Sports in that it is fun in short jaunts. Though the music is great...in a weird way!

it looks fun, but we'll have to see about the price. I don't know how much replay value it'd have. It'd probably get boring after a while. So for 300 points, maybe. It couldn't have cost too much to make the game.

Yeah a game that I'd get only if it were cheap honestly.

This one's a maybe for me at the moment.

It does look interesting, but there may be other games that grab my attention first.

Looks pritty cool. Wounder how it plays. Sounds promising.

I like the music to this. I was skeptical at first, but I think I might consider buying this if the score from WiiWare World is highish.

This seems like a fun "kill time while drunk/faded" game... I'm definitely getting it once I know if B pops the bubbles (or can be set to), since I see this as a relaxed Point Blank level.

700 points to pop bubbles? Sorry Nnooo but i'm a gamer who likes to spend his points wisely. I could get Gyrostarr for that many points

hey guys here's an idea

if you love popping bubbles on a vdeo games get wario ware touched

because it has more than just dumb bubble popping

Well, I was going to buy Dr Mario (there's still hope it may come out anyway), but this looks like challenging fun and something my fiance or my mom could play on a simpler level. BTW, I dig those radioactive symbols; I wonder what they do???

Seems to me most people don't seek to realise the amount of strategy thats supposed to be involved with this game when they complain that its only about popping bubbles Considering the ability to pump bubbles up so they send a shock wave destorying other bubbles. The radioactive symbol and other power ups which can effect the play area helping or hindering you and an up to 4 player multiplayer mode with mario kart-esque power ups. Not to mention online leaderboard for bragging rights and a challenge. This very probably will be first wii ware game i buy when the service comes out in the uk

@Jonny. Indeed, its like people confused this with that bubble wrap popping game thats set for Japan (at 800 points). Pop is score attack puzze through and through (though I would like to know if the leaderboards have regional and world-wide). Anyway, I came here to say there is a new trailer up now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZr5xGYqSSY

Dude, I just woke up at 8:00 (CDT) this morning, and Wiiware was up and running, so I downloaded ASAP (took over an hour on my dialup modem). Man, this game kicks butt! On my first try ever, I scored just barely over 3 million points, and got my name "StarDust" up at the #17 slot on the worldwide high scores list for "Normal" Dude, that is freakkin' sweet, although it probably won't stay there for long once more people have played the game...

Download this game immediately - The Nukes are my personal favorite power-up - 5 Stars hands down, this rocks - it makes me forget all about Dr Mario not being present for launch, yayaya...

Technically, as it is 10:40am CDT, and Pacific time lags us by two hours, it should not be up until 20 minutes from now, but they released it early!!!

I just downloaded Pop and have to say it's really addictive and worth the 700 points.

@StarDust: I just finished my first round of Pop at 2.9 million and saw you right above me on the leader boards.

I just had a quick go on Pop. For anyone doubting this is actually quite good fun. Yeah you are just popping bubbles but once you get the hang of it you can do some great chains and mix things up with the multipliers to boost your score.

The WiiConnect stuff looks pretty neat too. You can challenge your friends scores and even get it to automatically send updates to them it seems.

I am #120 in the world at the time of writing!

This is good to know. I've been holding off on getting anything but this might be a good fit for my wife and I...

I just had my second go on Pop and I did a lot better this time. I am now at #56 in the world (one under StarDust!) with a mighty 3019061 points.

I was going along fine stringing together mad chains of colours and then on level 12 it all just got too much! I made foolish mistakes and a screen of skulls taunted me. Before I knew what hit me it was all over!

i got this and it is fun,, tha music is great too

Wow, very positive stuff...now slightly considering this...though not getting it till my next card probably

I'm getting 2000 points soon. Since I have 200 points left over from my last shopping spree, I can sqeeze Pop, Defend Your Castle, and Lost Wiinds (pun) out of my card. Nice. I hope I can still compete with all of you even though I may not be able to purchase Pop until later this week!

@O'ban; @Dazza - Kudos to you both. I had a feeling that my reign in the world top 20 would be short lived, so I took a photo of the TV screen. Hopefully, the screenshot will develop clearly as my mom's film camera was the only thing handy at the time.

[off-topic] Dazza, how did you do that big-grin smiley? These are all I figured out so far:

Hi Guys,
Thanks to all of you who bought Pop on launch day!

We are noticing that some people are experiencing crashes when connecting to Nintendo Wifi at the end of the game. If this happens to you you can turn off this feature in the Options menu.

We would be most obliged if anyone with these issues emails us regarding their setup e.g. how they are connecting to the internet (using the lan adapter, using a usb wifi stick, what sort of router etc). So that we can try to sort this issue out. support@nnooo.com

Oh and congratulations on getting into the leaderboards!! I posted the high-score so lets see if anyone can beat it

Any way to see the leaderboards from a non-wii (ie firefox)?

Unfortunately not. We didn't have time to implement web side high-scores. We may try to work with Nintendo and see if there is something we can do tho.

C'mon Nic, give us a yyeesss to website based hi-scores!

@StarDust - is a : and a D

@Nnooo - cool stuff. Thanks for replying so quickly! Hope this game gets much success for your company and leads to more great WiiWare games!

Yeah, that's great seeing a dveloper take notice of us fans! Thank you indeed.

I for one am interested in this title and it may get gifted to me.

I hear the replay value is a little lacking but I'm mostly concerned with the multiplayer experience which, from what I've seen, seems very fun.

It being lacking in single player depends on your viewpoint it seems. Quite a lot of people really like the high-score challenge it presents.

I hope you enjoy it Knuckles please let me know what you think!

I love high score based games, so I look forward to purchasing this. I'll try to climb the leaderboards as quickly as possible! Since I finally beat SMB3, I can devote my time to destroying everyone's high score in Pop.

Well, I finally decided to give this game a download and I have to say it's great! The concept is really simple. However, it's not "just popping bubbles" like many people think. The purpose of the game is to score as many points as possible, and to do so, you will have to indeed pop bubbles, but in a strategic way. Pop same colored bubbles to create chains. Switch between popping big bubbles for more time or small bubbles for more points. And there are even power ups and hazards thrown in as well. You may be surprised at just how deep the scoring system is.
So yeah, there is more to this game than "just popping bubbles". I'd say if you like arcade-style puzzle games, you should definitely give this one a try.

I heard somewhere that this has achievements. Any truth to that? And if so, roughly how many?

If you have any sort of fondness toward score attack based games this is a must have!!!
The music is great, too. I would definitely buy the OST if it ever became available...(hint hint Nnooo)

WiiWare World's Pop review is up now!

Will we be able to access the reviews from the overview pages at some point? Or will we always have to follow separate links? Or am I just overlooking the link to the review at the top of the page?

All in good time, we're just ironing things out

Nnooo: Don't worry, I will. You guys deserve a lot more attention for what you guys are doing with the game, and I admire your idea. simple, yet fun, just like Defend Your Castle. I still haven't gotten it yet but when I do, I'm sure the Multiplayer alone will keep me coming back for more time and time again making it a worthwhile purchase in my books, despite the fact that I thought this would originally be only 500 Points.

Ha just played again for about 1/2 hr. I got to level 12 and it all went to pot again so I didn't even manage to beat my previous hi-score. I did notice my worldwide ranking had sunk to #489 now so I have a lot of machine gunning to do to catch back up!

@Nnooo - Thanks for a great game- Hooray for pOp!
@Dazza -

Seeing my screenname at #17 will always be a fond memory. I played it later that same day and made it to level 13 and had 3.5 million points (My ranking was up in the 60s at that point, I think). As long as you continue to score points and not run out of time, you will advance levels. You automatically gain level 12 at 3 million. Making mad chains will earn you more badges and advance the levels faster - a requirement for excelling in advanced mode, but not to just get a big score.

@Nnooo: one tiny critique I have is that since Advanced is simply a race to get to 10 million points, it could have been combined with Normal mode. (Ex: If you fail to make 10 million in advanced mode, why not be able to save a new high score, or if you achieve 10 million in Normal mode, why not record your "Advanced" time and then continue playing for points).

seeing as how i dont really want star solder r anymore ( because of no main game!) i may get this. but ill wait till monday to decide