This is Bubble Ghost from Bubble Ghost! Would you like to see the Bubble from Bubble Ghost? It is a very important part of the game. I think it deserves our attention.
There we go! A bubble. Bubbles are really incredible things, aren't they? They're so beautiful, so fun to watch! It is IDIOTIC to act like this miracle of science is somehow "for children". If you're ever blowing bubbles and someone tries to shame you for it, just tell them you're sorry they lost the ability to find joy in the many places it's scattered around our world. The look on their face will be awesome!
Bubble Ghost is all about the delight of playing with bubbles. You're never too old for bubbles, and you're also never too dead! This ghost haunts a Kooky Castle full of Crazy Contraptions and has fun playing with bubbles. Since he is a ghost, this is considered Haunting the castle, which is so silly. I guess it makes sense, but the concept of "haunting" is just so silly! "You might not want to use the bathroom for a while, I just haunted it!" (ghost poop)
Bubble Ghost is a very cute ghost, with his winning smile and especially his strange antenna-like thing! That is the kind of appendage I would expect from a non-human ghost. If human ghosts are so widely accepted to get so abstracted from their living forms, why not anything else? Maybe Bubble Ghost IS the ghost of an angler fish. Awesome
This ghost is intangible, but his breath is NOT, which raises many questions. Is this just a case of ghosts being able to create supernatural wind? I don't think so, because his face gets red if he blows too much. This is real breath! So what's a ghost doing breathing? What's the use? I'll tell you the use. It is to direct the bubble through the halls of the castle! This is a very unique game where you control the ghost, but the bubble is what needs to get to the goal of each screen, and of course, as a bubble, it is very fragile. I like it! I am okay at it.
The Game Boy version goes with the cutesy, barebones story of "the ghost plays with a bubble for fun", but most other versions have Lore! This little creature of a ghost is the spirit of inventor Heinrich von Schtinker, who according to one version died from testing his electric bubble pipe in the bathtub. Whatever the case he is Dead, but he sure likes blowing a bubble around! One version even says that the bubble IS Heinie's soul. So in that case... what is a ghost? Is the ghost the real bubble?
Look at THIS cover art. Wowzers. That's not the kind of ghost for me! This looks like a cheeky modern Bubble Ghost trying to do a Jojo parody! The bubble even looks more like a Steel Ball! I don't think I would purchase this game with this as my first impression, and I think this ghost would pummel me into paste for not buying it.
THIS, though? This is impeccable. You see the Bubble Ghost text. You see a bubble reflecting a ghost. Yes, this is what you expect from the title. But how? It stirs intrigue! And despite the darkness and the spooky font, the ghost's playful expression reassures you that this is a silly fun time to be had. But really, the words Bubble and Ghost are all I need to be interested! I like those things! It's that simple!
