Gameloft’s Bubble Bash is the iPhone’s first bubble shooting game.  Players need to group 3 or more of the same color bubbles together to pop them.  Sounds easy enough, but the game increases in difficulty as you go on.  There are also 17 special bubbles that can range anywhere from adding more bubbles to your screen or deleting whole sets of color.  The iPhone’s accelerometer allows you to turn on the gravity mode so that you can aim at the bubble by tilting your phone.  Vibrant colors make the game eye-catching and fun to play, and there’s even a “color blind” option for those who are color impaired.

The arcade mode has a story line that players can follow along.  The two characters in the game are Kale and Malia, and they set out to look for sections of a treasure map of Bubble Island.  There are a total of ten sections, and as the player proceeds through the game there are 30 items to collect for the gallery.  In addition, there are different outfits that can be collected so that Kale and Malia can have a wardrobe change.  There are a total of 100 arcade levels to keep you occupied.  The final mode is Crab Fever, in which the screen keeps on filling up with bubbles and you need to pop them until you can no longer keep up.  This is probably more useful for those dull queue moments where you want a brief distraction.