Ultra Bust-a-Move

Ultra Bust-a-Move^[a] is a puzzle video game developed by Taito for the Xbox in 2004. The game was later ported to PlayStation Portable as Ultra Puzzle Bobble Pocket (ウルトラパズルボブル ポケット, Urutora Pazuru Boburu Poketto) in Japan, Bust-a-Move Ghost in the PAL region, and Bust-a-Move Deluxe in North America in 2006. In line with other online-enabled games on the Xbox, multiplayer on Xbox Live was available to players until April 2010. Ultra Bust-a-Move is now playable online again on the replacement Xbox Live servers called Insignia.^[1][2]

Ultra Bust-A-Move
Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	NA: Majesco Sales JP: Taito PAL: 505 GameStreet
Series	Puzzle Bobble
Platform(s)	Xbox, PlayStation Portable
Release	Xbox NA: November 4, 2004 JP: January 27, 2005 PAL: May 19, 2006 PSP JP: March 23, 2006 AU: March 30, 2006 EU: March 31, 2006 NA: April 4, 2006
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PSP	Xbox
Metacritic	(US) 73/100[3] (UK) 67/100[4]	74/100[5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PSP	Xbox
Eurogamer	6/10[6]	N/A
Famitsu	24/40[7]	24/40[8]
Game Informer	N/A	7/10[9]
GameSpot	6.4/10[10]	7.1/10[11]
GameZone	N/A	7.4/10[12]
IGN	7.8/10[13]	7.3/10[14]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[15]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	8.8/10[16]
Pocket Gamer	[17]	N/A
TeamXbox	N/A	7/10[18]

Reception

Ultra Bust-a-Move and Bust-a-Move Deluxe received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3][4][5] In Japan, Famitsu gave both the Xbox and PSP versions each a score of 24 out of 40.^[7][8]

Notes

1. Known in Japan as Ultra Puzzle Bobble (ウルトラパズルボブル, Urutora Pazuru Boburu)