
Yeah this is just a cutesy Arkanoid. But I like Arkanoid better, strangely enough. I know I've told you this already, but get the DS version.
Plump Pop makes me think of two other Taito games that are kind of similar to this. The first is Pop N Pop. It plays more like Space Invaders meets Puzzle Bobble, but a lot of classic Taito characters appear in it. A company made a Game Boy Color version of Pop N Pop but replaced the characters with Yogi Bear and friends. Yuck.
The other Taito game that's kind of like Plump Pop is called Puchi Carat. It came out in the mid to late 90's and is like a cross between Breakout and Puzzle Bobble. One of the characters in it is the same cute girl from Cleopatra Fortune. I'm not sure if Pop N Pop is on a Taito collection, but I'm pretty sure Puchi Carat is.