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Rainbow Islands

by Taito·published by Taito

26 July 198819
NESSEGA Master System

Reader score

7.0/ 10

19 votes

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About

While on a search for treasure, Bubby and his brother Bobby travel to the Rainbow Islands. Instead of finding treasure, they find out that the people of the Rainbow Islands have been kidnapped. Now it's up to the brothers to save them using their rainbow powers.

This version of Rainbow Islands has some differences from the original Rainbow Islands.

Some of the differences include:

  • This version has eight levels, compared to ten of the arcade original
  • The sixth island is based on Taito's KiKi KaiKai, only also available on the Game Boy Color version of the game
  • The level layout has been changed on the islands it shares with the original
  • The maximum number of simultaneous rainbows is two, compared to three
  • The original had a 2 player hot seat mode, while this is 1 player only
  • The different colored diamonds the player collects throughout the levels, spell out the word RAINBOW. Defeating the boss of that island after completing the the word will earn the player a big diamond
  • Getting a big diamond gives the player a cutscene where they can choose to have dialogue with a character or open a treasure box for a chance to receive an item

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Ported as

Rainbow Islands

Port of

Languages

2 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——
Japanese——

Also known as

Rainbow Islands: Story of the Bubble Bobble 2 — European SEGA Master System tag-lined title

Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 — In-game title

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Facts

Developer

Taito

Publisher

Taito

Ported by

Disco

Released

26 July 1988

Platforms

NESSEGA Master System

Standing

Top 85% by want to play

Tags

Side view2D scrollingArcadePlatformDirect control