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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Taito

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Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 is a sequel to Bubble Bobble, originally released in arcades by Taito in 1987. It was ported to the Sega Master System six years later and released only in Europe and Brazil. It is seen as a fairly late conversion, as an update to Rainbow Islands, Rainbow Islands Extra had been released for Japanese Sega Mega Drive consoles in 1990, and many older consoles and computers received this game earlier.

Rainbow Islands sees the two dragons from Bubble Bobble, Bub and Bob, in human form, attempting to rid the rainbow islands of monsters. Rather than creating bubbles, the pair use rainbows, which can be used to defeat enemies, obtain items and be used as temporary platforms.

This version of the game changes the melody of the first stage theme, something only also done to the US release of the NES version of the game. It also seems to borrow some aspects from the NES version (for instance, the "world map" screen before stages being just a plain text screen, with identical layout in both versions).

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

83

^[3]

Consoles + (FR)

80

^[4]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

84

^[5]

Gamer (GR)

79

^[6]

Joypad (FR)

71

^[7]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

81

^[8]

Mega Force (FR)

72

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

78

^[10]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[1]

Player One (FR)

PAL

74

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

79

^[13]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

80

^[14]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

91

^[15]

Sega Master Force (UK)

PAL

91

^[16]

	80
Based on 15 reviews

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, AU

Manual

Master System, BR
Cover

NEC Retro has more information related to Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games for Sega systems
Bubble Bobble (1988) \| Rainbow Islands Extra (1990) \| Rainbow Islands (1993) \| Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands (1996) \| Bubble Symphony (1997)
Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move games for Sega systems
Bust-A-Move (1996) \| Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition (1996) \| Bust-A-Move 3 (1997) \| Bust-A-Move 4 (2000) \| Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002)
Unlicensed Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games for Sega systems
Super Bubble Bobble MD (1995)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SegaForce16UK.pdf, page 80
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 134
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 140
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 151
↑ Gamer, "Októvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98
↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 104
↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 48
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 50
↑ Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 24
↑ Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 80
↑ Sega Master Force, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 13

[:File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p54-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce16UK.pdf_p80-2] File:SegaForce16UK.pdf, page 80

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-08.pdf_p134-3] Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 134

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_021.pdf_p140-4] Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 140

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p151-5] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 151

[6] Gamer, "Októvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_021.pdf_p148-7] Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p65-8] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65

[:File:MegaForce_FR_17.pdf_p98-9] Mega Force, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-05.pdf_p80-10] Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_032.pdf_p104-11] Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 104

[:File:SegaPower_UK_42.pdf_p48-12] Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_19.pdf_p50-13] Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 50

[:File:SegaZone_UK_06.pdf_p24-14] Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 24

[:File:SegaForce_UK_16.pdf_p80-15] Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 80

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_02.pdf_p13-16] Sega Master Force, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 13

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