{"id":79278,"date":"2026-05-21T12:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=79278"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:36:28","slug":"bubsy-4d-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=79278","title":{"rendered":"Bubsy 4D Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Bubsy was one of several video game mascots that tried to nip at the heels of Mario and Sonic in the \u201890s, but this quick-witted feline\u2019s oddball, comical nature ended up being more memorable than the actual games he was in. Still, Bubsy has an endearing appeal \u2013 if maybe as a meme more than a mascot \u2013 which makes the go-for-broke energy of his next game, Bubsy 4D, all the more admirable. It tries to recapture the fast and fierce reputation of those early platformers, funneling that energy into a modestly sized, meta-level redemption story that gives Bubsy his proper due.<\/p>\n<p>Equal parts parody and legit legacy sequel, Bubsy 4D sees the washed-up video game mascot clumsily make a comeback. This time, he reluctantly has to save the galaxy from another invasion of the returning Woolies, along with a new enemy known as the BaaBots. Guided by his friends, along with his Gen-Z-coded niece and nephew, he&#8217;ll once again take to being the main character of a video game platformer \u2013 whether he likes it or not. While many retro-inspired 3D platformers these days tap into nostalgia, Bubsy 4D&#8217;s take is a bit more self-deprecating and aware of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bubsy was one of several video game mascots that tried to nip at the heels of Mario and Sonic in the \u201890s, but this quick-witted feline\u2019s oddball, comical nature ended up being more memorable than the actual games he was in. Still, Bubsy has an endearing appeal \u2013 if maybe as a meme more than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":79280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79278"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79282,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79278\/revisions\/79282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}