Overview
- Number of Players
- 2
- Genre
- Release Date
WiiWare
15th Jun 2009, 800 points
8th May 2009, 800 points
3rd Mar 2009
- Controller Support
Reviews
Review Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! (WiiWare)
Is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow?
So there you are, transformed from a bubble-blowing dinosaur into human form again, ready to start your life afresh – maybe get a flat, a new car and settle into a good routine. But then, before you can say "9 to 5", you gain the ability to fire rainbows and have to use this skill to...
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Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! News
Nintendo Download Toasters, Rainbows, Catching, Calculators, Clocks and Harriers (US)
A whopping six games this week.
WiiWare seems to be the main focus this week, with a whole three new games for it. DSiWare gets two more non-games, while VC has to do with just one game. On WiiWare, you can get Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, from Semnat Studios. This promising game was first announced at the start of the year and looks to be quite...
Nintendo Download Fantasy Zone II, Rainbow Islands and More Magic (EU)
Two hits and one miss this week!
All the signs were pointing to a new Hanabi Festival starting today - Nintendo of Europe did not reveal today's new games in advance (Unlike the past two weeks) which lead us to believe there'd be something big. On top of that, it's "Golden Week" in Japan at the moment, a national holiday! How much longer...
News WiiWare Versions of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands Coming to Europe Soon
Bubble Bobble this week, Rainbow Islands next month!
Ratings for Bubble Bobble Plus! and Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! have been sitting on the OFLC for quite a while, and as you might know, Japan got the two games quite a while ago. Thankfully they're now coming soon! These two games are not just straight-out remakes of Bubble Bobble and...
First Impressions Rainbow Islands Towering Adventure!
Rainbow Islands has been selected as the 3rd of Taito's Collection on WiiWare; it seems natural given that it's the arcade sequel to Bubble Bobble, the previous release
I'm old enough to have seen the arcade game, but I guess I frequented the wrong arcades because I never laid eyes on this game until I bought the Bubble Bobble collection on the...
News Rainbow Islands Out in Japan Tomorrow
I'm pretty sure a lot of people expected a WiiWare update of this game after Bubble Bobble Wii (Plus outside of Japan) came out, but who could have suspected it would be released only a few weeks later? Well, it's coming out in Japan tomorrow for 800 points and I don't think I need to tell you I'll be downloading this and providing my impressions soon.
The game is titled Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure and looking at the screens it appears the kids have grown a bit taller and instead of a score you're ranked according to time and height scaled. Hopefully it will be a...
Previews
First Impressions Rainbow Islands Towering Adventure!
Rainbow Islands has been selected as the 3rd of Taito's Collection on WiiWare; it seems natural given that it's the arcade sequel to Bubble Bobble, the previous release
I'm old enough to have seen the arcade game, but I guess I frequented the wrong arcades because I never laid eyes on this game until I bought the Bubble Bobble collection on the...
About The Game
Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! is a new installment in the classic Rainbow Islands franchise.
As part of the Bubble Bobble series, the game features slightly similar gameplay. You play as Bubby or Bobby (Or both, with a friend) and have to make your way to the top of multiple long, vertical stages with the aid of rainbows, which you can create.
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I was never really a huge fan of the Rainbow Island series. Granted I only played one installment (Bubble Bobble Playstation One port) but it never really caught my attention as much as Bubble Bobble. I am though interested in Parasol Stars once it makes its way to the VC in NA.
As far as RIT goes, here's hoping it's a little bit more decent than the recent Rainbow Island ports.
I wish there was more info about this
I'm sorry to say that I've never heard of this series, but it sounds interesting...
not for me
Never heard of it
Rainbow Islands is a classic and you should look it up right now - its on one of the Taito collection titles on the PS2.
I've always been a big fan of the Rainbow Islands game so the idea of a new title for WiiWare is quite exciting for me personally.
Meh, prefer Bubble Bobble.
Never played Rainbow Islands, but it does sound pretty fun.
Oh my God. What have they done.... Bubby and Bobby just look ....wrong
It better have sommat to do with Mii support, or I'll be disgusted.
While I love Rainbow Islands (I played both Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands extensively on the NES), own both games on the Saturn, PS2, and have the NES version of Bubble Bobble on the VC, and even have an interest in the WiiWare Bubble Bobble game, this version looks particularly ugly.
I'm sorry, it really does. But so did the DS and PSP versions, for that matter. I'm perfectly content with what I have of this game on my collections.
When you make a game LOOK like shovelware, at least graphic-wise, especially a remake of something you already own, it's hard to be interested.
Potential buyers better hope they put more soul into the other aspects, or at the very least, not butcher the gameplay. Even if that's intact, you've still got a good-playing UGLY Rainbow Islands on your hands, instead of a good-playing attractive one.
I'm going to assume they're adding in 2P simultaneous play for this. I doubt that'd be too great with this game, though. Too many "Contra" falls and incidental rainbows in close quarters, I bet. Unless they change the game around, and they'd probably make it too easy then.
Still, I don't really care. Rainbow Islands is great though, so Bubble Bobble fans should give it a try. Yes, they're part of the same series, and yes, Bubble Bobble is a legendary two-player experience that must be played, but it's best not to compare them.
Now Parasol Stars, that's somewhat mediocre which is why most of you have probably never played it. It's never been re-released much. New Zealand StoryKiwi Kraze kicks ass though, play that. I'd avoid those DSPSP remakes though, they're probably all lousy. Just emulate or get Taito Legends 1.
Never played either but it's quite likely I'll give it a go.
I guess this means we aren't getting the original on VC.
This doesn't look so bad though, I don't guess.
Rainbow Islands DS was disapointing. The controls were awful.
Now this looks kinda okay but honestly, why don't they just release the original?
This modernised wiiware version doesn't really do anything for me...though I have respect for the whole Rainbow Island series of the past...
Ok player say: too tallest (rainbow tower) 650 stories. I planning to make a Rainbow Tower on gamemaker. I need texture 32x32 image for platformer, wall and background. Player maybe top of out of space. Player trie climb up all time, need rest.
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