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Super Bust-A-Move came out for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, a Taito puzzle game that fit right in with the handheld's library of quick, portable time-killers. It was a solid entry during the GBA's early years, a time when having a good puzzle game in your pocket was almost a necessity.

You control a cursor at the bottom of the screen, aiming and launching colored bubbles upward to create groups of three or more of the same color. The main objective is to clear all the bubbles from each screen before they descend and trap you. Your main tools are a straightforward aiming reticle and the ability to swap the color of the next bubble in line, which becomes crucial for planning your shots. The game starts gently but the pace quickens, and later puzzles demand careful angles and bank shots off the walls. It feels satisfying to set off a long chain reaction that clears half the screen in one go.