Sadly, the Bubble Ghost manual is one of the "others."
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It could be worse, I know. Much, much worse.
I mean, look at its logo, for starters. I'm talking about the main English one here, which is wonderfully and appropriately bubbly, although the Japanese one is awfully nice, too.
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And of course the eponymous bubble ghost sitting smack-dab in the middle of it doesn't hurt matters.
Beyond those elements, there's the raspberry-colored ink that's slathered over a good portion of both the Bubble Ghost manual's cover as well as its innards.
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Strangely, I'm pretty fond of the fuchsia-tinged screenshots that dot this booklet's pages.
I'm not as fond of the fact that those pages feature only a few illustrations. You'd think a game like this would come with a manual that's filled with drawings of the main character. It doesn't.
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Granted, I'm not sure the folks at publisher Pony Canyon put a whole lot of energy into the creation of this booklet.
For a case in point, take a gander at that rather pointless map that takes up more than half of its second-to-last page.
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Thankfully, Bubble Ghost's outer box and cartridge label go a long way toward making up for its manual's missteps.
To see what I mean, check out this blog post of mine: "Surprise! The Year of the GameBoy Continues: Bubble Ghost."
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Have any of you played this version of Bubble Ghost? Or have you played any other version of the game-, which began life (in 1987) on the Atari ST computer? If so, share your thoughts on the game--or this GameBoy manual--in the comments section below.
See also: previous 'Manual Stimulation' posts about Astro Rabby, Noobow, Peetan, and Taiyou no Tenshi Marlowe
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