For detailed information about this series, see: Rainbow Islands at Bubble Bobble Wiki
Rainbow Islands is a side-scrolling platform video game series by Taito, and a spin-off series of Bubble Bobble featuring their main characters in human form. The main difference in gameplay is the use of rainbows as weapons instead of bubbles.
Video games[]
- Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble II (October 1987). Arcade. Later released on NES, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, XZ-Spectrum, PC-Engine, Sega Master System, Game Boy Color, PC and mobile phones.
- Rainbow Islands Extra Edition (March 1988). Arcade. A modified version with different stage order and enemy placement. Later released on Sega Mega Drive and FM-TOWNS (as Rainbow Islands Extra).
- Rainbow Islands: Putty's Party (June 29, 2000). WonderSwan.
- Rainbow Islands Revolution (December 29, 2005). Nintendo DS.
- Rainbow Islands Evolution (February 8, 2007). PlayStation Portable.
- Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure!! (March 3, 2009). WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade.
Links to other series[]
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Bubble Bobble | October 1987 | The Rainbow Islands series is a spin-off of Bubble Bobble. | 1 |
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Arkanoid | October 1987 | Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 includes an island ("Doh's Island") based off Arkanoid, with several enemies and DOH as the final boss; Bubby is one of the characters providing assist attacks in Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders. | 1 |
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Darius | October 1987 | The world of Darius is featured as an island ("Darius Island") in Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, including appearances of enemies and Electric Fan and King Fossil (former/NES port) as area bosses. | 1 |
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The Fairyland Story | October 1987 | Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 includes an island ("Magical Island") based off The Fairyland Story, with appearances of several enemies and Horned as the final boss, with Ptolemy making a cameo in the Game Boy Color port. | 1 |
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Metal Soldier Isaac | October 1987 | The enemies Isaac'n and Super Isaac'n are based on the main character of Metal Soldier Isaac II. | 3 |
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Pocky & Rocky | July 26, 1988 | The world of Kiki KaiKai is featured as an island ("Kiki KaiKai Island") in the NES port of Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, including appearances of Sayo-chan/Pocky, enemies and Manuke/Rocky as the area boss. | 1 |
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Cameltry | 1989 | Bubby from Rainbow Islands appears in Cameltry holding a 1000 Pts sign if the player reaches the goal with more than 60 seconds on the clock. | 1 |
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Space Invaders | September 09, 1994 | Stage 4 in the Parody Mode of Space Invaders DX is based on Rainbow Islands and features a playable Bubby; and Bubby is one of the characters providing assist attacks in Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders. | 1 |
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Pop n' Pop | February 1998 | Characters from Rainbow Islands appear in Pop n' Pop. | 1 |
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Taito Legends | October 14, 2005 | Taito Legends includes Rainbow Islands. | 2 |
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Taito Memories | January 05, 2006 | Taito Memories Pocket, II Gekan and II Joukan include Rainbow Islands. | 2 |
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The NewZealand Story | January 25, 2007 | Bob, Bub, Mike and Violet from Rainbow Islands Revolutions appear as captured friends in The NewZealand Story Revolution. | 1 |
