![]() They probably did the title change because Natsume had released BAM4 for the PS1 in the US back in '98, so releasing BAM3 a year later under its original title would probably not sell as well. These are the same as the Japanese releases in the above paragraph, however. After that, in 1999, they brought over the N64 and PS1 versions of BAM3 as "BAM'99". Now, Acclaim, who had the Western BAM series rights by this point, decided to make an N64 port of BAM2 first, and they developed and released that in 1998 (yes, N64 BAM2 was made by Acclaim, not Taito.). In the meantime BAM4 followed in 1998, and Natsume released the PS1 version in the US that year. However, neither one was immediately brought over to the West. An N64 port followed in 1998 that is called "Puzzle Bobble 64". Later in 1997 (that is, some time after the Saturn release earlier that year), Taito released a Playstation port in Japan, "Puzzle Bobble 3 DX". The US release, by then-US rights holder Natsume, is the only US version of the game called "BAM3". It released in all three regions (Japan, the US, and Europe) in 1997. ![]() I know this thread is from a few months ago, but to answer the question, Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble in Japan) 3 for Saturn was Taito's first home port of the arcade BAM3 game. ![]()
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