Rainbow Islands Revolution
This is an updated version of Rainbow Islands, the sequel to Bubble Bobble, taking the form of a platform game where the player must ascend through vertical levels that are slowly sinking into the ocean. The…
Rainbow Islands Revolution is a platform developed by Dreams, released 3 November 2006 on Nintendo DS.
What Rainbow Islands Revolution is
Rainbow Islands Revolution is a platform game developed by Dreams and released in 2006. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is an updated version of Rainbow Islands, the sequel to Bubble Bobble, taking the form of a platform game where the player must ascend through vertical levels that are slowly sinking into the ocean. The objective of the source material is to reach the top of each level, taking out any enemies in the way by firing magical rainbows that can trap or eliminate foes as well as providing bridges for the player to walk on. Rainbows remain onscreen for a short amount of time but can be ?broken? by the player if they jump on them. Once broken, the rainbow will fall off the screen, taking out the first enemy it touches. The game also features a pleasing bonus item system where dispatched enemies…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Bubble Bobble series
Rainbow Islands Revolution is the 63rd of 95 entries we hold in the Bubble Bobble series. The next entry was Bubble Bobble in 2006. Its critic score of 50 is 18 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Space Bust-A-Move at 100.
How it was received
Rainbow Islands Revolution holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Rainbow Islands Revolution launched on 3 November 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
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