Clu Clu Land
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| Clu CLu Land | |
| Developer | Nintendo R&D1 |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| System | Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, e-Reader, Arcade, Virtual Console, 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console |
| Release Date | NES JP November 22, 1984 US October 18, 1985 EU February 15, 1987 JP April 28, 1992 (FDS) Arcade JP 1984 US 1984 e-Reader US April 21, 2003 Game Boy Advance JP May 21, 2004 Wii Virtual Console US September 1, 2008 EU March 6, 2009 AU March 6, 2009 JP March 10, 2009 3DS Virtual Console JP June 12, 2013 US March 27, 2014 EU May 8, 2014 Wii U Virtual Console JP November 20, 2013 US/EU October 17, 2013 |
| Rating | ESRB: E |
Clu Clu Land is a puzzle game for the NES. The name "Clu Clu Land" is derived from the Japanese "Kuru Kuru" which means "around and around".
Story
A type of sea urchin named the Unira has stolen all the treasure in Clu Clu Land. Bubbles must retrieve the treasure.
Gameplay
The player must move around the board, trying to uncover all of the gold ingots. When they go over one, they become visible. In later levels, the player has to go over them twice for the ingots to appear and going over them once they appear will rebury them. The player can usually guess where the ingots are because they form a pattern. When all of the ingots are recovered, the player move on to the next level.
To control Bubbles, the player must press left or right to have Bubbles grab a pole to turn himself. The player can also use a sound wave to stun their enemies, which allows the player to defeat them.
Legacy
Bubbles appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee as well as being a playable character in DK: King of Swing (which has a similar gameplay style to Clu Clu Land). Also, one of 9-Volt's games in WarioWare: Smooth Moves is based on Clu Clu Land. Clu Clu Land is also one of the games featured in NES Remix, which gives players unique challenges set in excerpts of classic NES games and sometimes mixes different elements of the games.
Sequels
Nintendo released a revised version of the game on the Famicom Disk System called Clu Clu Land Disk Version (Kuru Kuru Rando Disuku-ban). The revised version has new puzzles, a new enemy (Boss Unira), and an easy and hard mode.
Ports and Remakes
- Clu Clu Land and Clu Clu Land D (see below) are both playable in Animal Crossing as well as Animal Forest.
- In 2003, Clu Clu Land was made available for the e-Reader.
- In 2004, Clu Clu Land was released on the Gameboy Advance in Japan as part of the Famicom Mini series.
- In 2008, it was released for download over the Wii's Virtual Console in America. It was then released for the other regions' Virtual Consoles in March 2009.
- It was released for the 3DS Virtual Console in 2013/2014 and for the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013.