Bubble Bobble bursts onto retail shelves with busted cartridges

Apparently all North American customers are up the proverbial creek without the requisite paddle as Codemasters confirmed that ALL copies of the game shipped to the territory are defective. This comes as very sad news, as not only are several bubbles left unbobbled, but this also marks the first occasion where a DS game has shipped with known defects in the territory. As you may already know, the game shipped to Japan and European territories last year without a problem.