_ No ads.

_ No need for internet.

_ Ability to save and continue easily.

For both the NES and Game Boy versions, the gameplay remains largely unchanged from the other games in the series. However, the player has the ability to float upward to higher platforms and over walls by holding down the B button.[1] In the NES release, unlike the original Bubble Bobble and many other games in the series, the 2-player mode has players take turns across levels, rather than cooperatively play through them simultaneously.

In the NES version only, there are three bonus games which are located after the player defeats a boss, or through a certain door.