Snood has enough distinctions from puzzle bobble to make it fresh (and I frankly find it to be the better game anyway, but maybe that's because I played a lot of it back in the day).

The story in story mode is just an excuse, but there is neat little twist at the end that throws the game on its head a little.

If I was Taito I'd be all over cheap, ugly clones like this and shut them down. Apple should be more vigilant too, as it makes the platform feel amateurish.

I've found that if you just close the app using the Home button, it will save your game exactly as you left it. However, if you use triple tap menu and quit it will not save your game. This feels a little weird, but I guess they felt it was more important to make sure you're covered in the event that the phone rings or you get a text message or something like that.

So far, so good for me. I'm a Facebook ho, though, so I don't mind the Facebook stuff. It appears I can play single player just fine without a Facebook account. It took me a little while to spot the Facebook icon in the lower right corner when I first launched Snood. To me, requiring Facebook is no different than having to sign up for some special account, like Fein for Pocket God. At least this way I'm instantly "inheriting" friends that I can play. Most of my Facebook friends are holding out for the Facebook app.

I'm not that patient

Now there *is* a game on the app store called "Papaya Puzzle Bobble" that I think Taito ought to be made aware of.

Lastly, while not a fan of Story Modes (scoreless campaigns), as far as I can tell THERE IS NO STORY IN STORY MODE...what a silly name choice for the mode.

The only slight complaint I have is that the game won't save a game in mid-progress. It doesn't affect much the average game, but it renders Story mode almost completely useless - not that the latter is all that great, anyway.