Editing Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)

|image=[[File:SSBU Bubbles Spirit.png|200px]]<br>The Bubbles [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Pinball (game)|VS. Pinball]]'' ([[List of games by date#1984|1984]], international version, overall)<br>''{{wp|Clu Clu Land}}'' (1984, ''Clu Clu Land'' series)

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]], cameo as [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]])

'''Bubbles''', also known as '''Groopy'''<ref>''VS. Clu Clu Land'' / ''Clu Clu Land D'' "All Star Casts" attract mode</ref> or '''Gloopy''',<ref>''Arcade Archives Clu Clu Land'' manual</ref> is a crossover character from ''{{iw|nwiki|Clu Clu Land}}''. She is a red bubble fish who has made various appearances in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]].

Bubbles appears in the international version of ''[[Pinball (game)|VS. Pinball]]'', replacing the red [[Family BASIC#Sprites|Achilles]] from the Japanese version as the character that returns the ball into play if the player hatches three pink [[chick]]s and the ball falls below the bottom of [[scene B]]. This appearance predates her appearance in ''Clu Clu Land'' by about a month. She is depicted wearing no gloves and blue or green shoes instead of red gloves and orange shoes.

 

Since ''[[Arcade Archives]] Pinball'' only emulates the original Japanese version of ''VS. Pinball'', Bubbles does not appear in that rerelease.

Bubbles appears as a [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

According to series director [[Masahiro Sakurai]], before the [[Ice Climbers]] were chosen to represent the "retro" gaming era, Bubbles was considered as a potential character instead, among other candidates such as the fighter from ''{{iw|nwiki|Urban Champion}}'', [[Balloon Fighter]] from ''{{iw|nwiki|Balloon Fight}}'', an ''{{iw|nwiki|Excitebike}}'' racer, and Ayumi Tachibana from the ''{{iw|nwiki|Famicom Detective Club}}'' series. Sakurai decided against Bubbles because he did not know how she would fight.<ref>{{cite|author=Soma|date=April 29, 2016|url=sourcegaming.info/2016/04/29/duflupdate|title=The Definitive Unused Fighters List in Smash|publisher=Source Gaming|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:CCLGame.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase'']]

Bubbles is featured in a few [[microgame]]s of the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]. In ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'', she appears in [[Clu Clu Land (WarioWare: Twisted!)|Clu Clu Land]], where the player must rotate the screen to guide Bubbles to the item, though if Bubbles misses the item, the player loses. In ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', Bubbles appears in a different microgame titled [[Clu Clu Land (WarioWare: Smooth Moves)|Clu Clu Land]], where she must navigate through the level while avoiding [[Unira]]s and black holes. In ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'', Bubbles appears in another microgame titled [[Clu Clu Land (WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase)|Clu Clu Land]], where the player must press {{button|wii|A}} while pointing a turnpost near Bubbles to have her grab the turnpost and change her direction, all while avoiding Uniras until time runs out.

[[File:DKKOSBubblesSprite.png|frame|left]]

[[File:SMM-SMB-Bubbles.png|frame|left]]

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==

{{appearances list

|title1=''[[Pinball (game)|VS. Pinball]]''

|role1=Cameo in international version

|release1=1984

|format1=[[VS. System]]

|title2=''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''

|role2=Cameo as [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]

|release2=2001

|format2=[[Nintendo GameCube]]

|title3=''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''

|role3=Cameo in [[microgame]]

|release3=2004

|format3=[[Game Boy Advance]]

|title4=''[[DK: King of Swing]]''

|role4=Unlockable playable character

|release4=2005

|format4=Game Boy Advance

|title5=''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''

|role5=Cameo in microgame

|release5=2006

|format5=[[Wii]]

|title6=''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]''

|format6=[[Nintendo DS]]

|title7=''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''

|role7=Cameo in microgame

|release7=2009

|format7=Wii ([[WiiWare]])

|title8=''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' ([[Super Mario Maker#Version 1.40|version 1.40]])

|role8=Unlockable costume for [[Costume Mario]]

|release8=2016

|format8=[[Wii U]]

|title9=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''

|role9=Cameo as [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]]

|release9=2018

|format9=[[Nintendo Switch]]

}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===

{{SSBM trophy

|name=Bubbles

|image=[[File:Trophy278.png|100px]]

|game=''Clu Clu Land''<br>10/85

|desc=The mysterious Bubbles can only move straight ahead and has problems stopping: she changes paths by sticking out her hand and grabbing a post on the way by. If Bubbles makes contact with a Sea Urchin, she'll pop and deflate like a balloon. Bubbles protects herself by shocking Sea Urchins and pushing them into walls to destroy them.

}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===

{{Spirit

|no=1121

|name=Bubbles

|image=[[File:SSBU Bubbles Spirit.png|100px]]

|series=''{{wp|Clu Clu Land}}'' Series

|type={{iw|smashwiki|Support spirit|Support}}

|slots=2

|class=Novice

|effects=[[Screw Attack]] Equipped

|obtain={{iw|smashwiki|Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light}} ({{iw|smashwiki|The Light Realm}}); {{iw|smashwiki|Spirit Board}}

|opponents={{iw|smashwiki|Pac-Man (SSBU)|PAC-MAN}}

|conditions='''Rule:''' Item: [[Unira]]

|stage=[[75 m (stage)|75 m]] ({{iw|smashwiki|Battlefield form|Battlefield}})

|song=Clu Clu Land

 

CluCluWario.png|Screenshot from ''WarioWare: Twisted!''

Bubble DKKoS select.png|Sprite from ''DK: King of Swing''

 

}}