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Rainbow Islands Extra

Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 →

First release
1988
Publisher
Taito
Genres
Platform, Arcade, Puzzle · Action, Fantasy

Rainbow Islands Extra is a strange update to Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, released by Taito for arcades in 1988. Although it offers a port of the original Rainbow Islands, the default option is the "extra" mode, in which all the cute and colourful enemies found in the original game are replaced with enemies found in Taito's shoot-'em-up series, Darius. The story for both modes is the same: Bubby's friends have been captured and turned into Bubble Dragons by Super Skull Monsta, and Bubby needs to save them by destroying the Super Skull Monsta's minions with rainbows and collecting Little Diamonds to get Magical Mirrors needed to break the spell.

Also known as Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 - Extra Version, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble II - Extra Version, Rainbow Islands Extra Version

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
Bubby and Bobby set off to rescue the inhabitants of the Rainbow Islands, who have been turned into Bubble Dragons by the evil Boss of Shadow. They must collect the big gems and mirrors on the ten Rainbow Islands and defeat the Boss of Shadow to return the islanders to normal.Read more

Bubby and Bobby set off to rescue the inhabitants of the Rainbow Islands, who have been turned into Bubble Dragons by the evil Boss of Shadow. They must collect the big gems and mirrors on the ten Rainbow Islands and defeat the Boss of Shadow to return the islanders to normal.

Release dates
Arcade
1988
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Oct 05, 1990
FM Towns
1992
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
multiple endings, vertical scrolling, japan only, extra mode

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 16 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 16 Oct 2026