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| | Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 | | Publisher(s) | Nintendo | | Platform(s) | NES | | Release date | JPN November 22, 1984
NA October 18, 1985
EU February 15, 1987 | | Genre(s) | Puzzle | | Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer | | Media | 192-kilobit cartridge |
Clu Clu Land (クルクルランド, Kuru Kuru Rando?) is an arcade and Nintendo Entertainment System game released in 1985. The game was called Vs. Clu Clu Land in video arcades. The game has been re-released for the Nintendo GameCube in the game Animal Crossing.
OverviewIn Clu Clu Land, the player is a bubble fish named Bubbles — Groopy (or Gloopy) (グルッピー, Guruppī?) in the original Japanese version — who swims around in a maze trying to uncover all the golden ingots.
DescriptionClu Clu Land's story starts with a type of Sea Urchin, the Unira, stealing all of the treasures in the underwater kingdom of Clu Clu Land. Bubbles, the hero, sets out to retrieve the treasure. The object of the game is to uncover all the golden Ingots in each stage while avoiding the Unira and Black Holes. The golden Ingots usually form an outline of something, such as a heart or a mushroom. There are Turning Posts throughout the stage, and that's the only way Bubbles can turn around to go to another side. Bubbles can stun the Unira by using a Sound Wave. When they're stunned, Bubbles can push them into the wall to get rid of them and receive points. In later levels, the player has to pass over the gold Ingots twice to uncover them, and passing over them in later levels will re-bury them.
LegacyA successor to Clu Clu Land was released for the Famicom Disk System. This revised edition is called Clu Clu Land Disk Version (クルクルランド・ディスク版, Kuru Kuru Rando Disuku-Ban?) in Japan and became known in North America as Clu Clu Land D due to its presence as one of the unlockable games in the GameCube title Animal Crossing; however, its title screen actually refers to it as Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Cluclu Land. It has different puzzles, a new enemy (Boss Unira), and easy and hard mode option. Some elements are derived of the Arcade VS Clu Clu Land. It was the last game to be released for the Disk System. Bubbles also appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Clu Clu Land music as well as the Unira enemy as an item, has been revealed to be in its sequel, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. She also reappears again as the last secret character in the Game Boy Advance game DK King of Swing. There is also a Clu Clu Land "Remake" microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves for Wii, as well as a Clu Clu Land "Spintendo" microgame in WarioWare: Twisted!
TitleAlthough "Clu Clu Land" is the official English title for the game, it should be noted that "Clu Clu" is actually a romanization of "Kuru Kuru", a Japanese expression that refers to something which goes "around and around". In order for Bubbles to move around the mazes, she must grab onto poles with her hands. When she holds on to a pole without letting go, she spins "around and around". Hence, this game could also be called "Kuru Kuru Land". (The same phrase is also the basis for the title of the Game Boy Advance game Kuru Kuru Kururin.)
See also
External links- Clu Clu Land guide at StrategyWiki
- Clu Clu Land at MobyGames
- Nintendo Database's Nintendo Stars - A profile of Bubbles.
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