Good Ending translation: After defeating final boss: Finally, the Boss of Shadows "Super Skel-Monsta" has been defeated! Yes, the final battle is over. He planned to keep the captured people imprisoned forever, but thanks to you, the curse of the "Bubble Dragon" is no more! Thank you, Bubby! With your help, peace has returned to this world. We will never forget your courage!! Thank you!! ... At beginning of ending song: Bubby's long, long journey was at an end. With your's and Bubby's help, the villagers who were turned into monsters were safely changed back to normal. But the adventure-loving Bubby is already departing on his next journey. I wonder when and where we'll meet Bubby again.....?
Bad Ending 1 translation (didn't get all 3 mirrors): The cages are open! "Thank you! but... we're still Bubble Dragons." "To turn us back into humans, 'The 3 Magic Mirrors are needed!...' or so I heard. You must collect the 7 small diamonds on the hidden islands to obtain the mirrors. We're counting on you." Bad Ending 2 translation (didn't get all 7 big diamonds): The adventure in the Rainbow Islands is over! And you've managed to collect lots of treasure! you've reached your goal...... But then, the mountain of treasure fell over... "What! This is...!"... You found a letter for help from "The people of the Rainbow Islands"! We've all been captured by the "Boss of Shadows", and turned into "Bubble Dragons". When the 7 big diamonds have been gathered, the hidden islands will rise up. That's where he's hiding! Please, save us!
Big Boss (Naked Snake, At Good Ending): "Now Do You Remember... Who You Are, What You Were Meant To Do? I Cheated Death, Thanks To You. And Thanks To You, I Left My Mark. You Have, Too. Even (You Have Written) Your Own History. You're Your Own Man. I'm Big Boss, And You Are, Too. No, He's The Two Of Us, Together. What We Are, Today, We Built It... This Story, This Legend... It's Ours. We Can Change The World, And With It, The Future. I Am You, And You Are Me. Carry That With You, Wherever You Go. Thank You, My Friend. From Here On Out..... You're Big Boss." Bub To Bubby, In The Remade Good Ending Of Rainbow Islands Remake.
+124scratch For years the best, then in Japan Rainbow Islands Extra got ported to FM Towns Marty, and when I tried it out a few years ago, the quality blew me away. Pretty much the same way this did, and eventually got added to my collection (the FTM RIE is far too expensive to get these days now).
@@Bloodreign1 The Mega Drive port is the one which was the best for years (it was released in 1990) up until the FM Towns port was released in 1992. The PC Engine CD port was released *after*, in 1993, so it never was "the best". Just to be precise ;)
@@ryzmaker11 The PC Engine and FM Towns versions are the best, the MD version is missing too much stuff to be called perfect (even if it did come out first, it got surpassed by the FM Towns and PCE CD versions). I own this version, and the MD version as well, glad to have the MD version, but the lack of certain elements disappoints me to that port. Sorry, but the MD versions music is also fairly weak going against 2 CD systems capable of reproducing the exact same music as the arcade.
For it's time the best home port of Rainbow Islands outside the FM Towns version of RI Extra. Sorry Amiga fans, this one had all 10 worlds, arcade music, and all secrets. This one also had the Japanese J-Pop ending song, something oddly added to this one (likely for just the CD format). This is one I proudly own, no regrets as a friend managed to get this one for cheap for me.
Apparently the programmers for the Amiga version were constrained by the publisher (Ocean) insisting that the game fit on one disc instead of the two that would've been necessary for a completely accurate conversion. Insane!
>all secrets And what about the Mega Drive port, does it have all secrets too? Also I see that this PC Engine version has lot of flickerings and quite some slowdowns. The Mega Drive version seems to play better. Not sure which version I should get between this or Mega Drive. And the Mega Drive version was released 3 years before this!
@@phonedork Yes. The PC Engine port is one of the rather few games on the system that run in "hi-res" mode i.e. in 336x224 pixels but with black borders on each side which affect a bit the presentation whereas the Mega Drive port runs in the system's most used resolution of 320x224 pixels and fullscreen. Also the PC Engine version was actually released on Super CD-Rom format and 3 years after the Mega Drive version! But the Mega Drive version seems to play better (PC Engine version has lot of flickerings and some slowdowns...)
True ending: Collect all diamonds in all worlds, get the 3 coins and get more that 9.999.999 points in your score, plus find all secrets doors Normal ending: Collect all diamonds and get a decent high score Bad ending: Not collect nothing (big diamons, secret doors and coins)
One cool final boss, but if I had the choose my favorite final boss from the Bubble Bobble Series, it would 100% have to be Hyper Drunk from Bubble Symphony.
Electric Fan from Darius Gaiden was sort of a personal meme because it was such a hilarious boss. I couldn't stop cracking up that it's in this game too.
After watching videos of the various versions, this might be the only one where items don't disappear after a few seconds if not collected, which actually gives you a chance to actually get a majority of the items that are hidden, since uncovering them only gives you a few seconds to get them in all other versions, and diamonds don't vanish if you miss a jump and fall a little, wasting time.
There used to be a video from someone from Japan who posted the lyrics in English on their video, but I think the video is long, long gone. The song is called Fly Away.
Hear hear. Boodreign1 is dead on. I played both the Commodore Amiga version (had an Amiga 500) and the arcade version, and since MAME was impossible back then the PC Engine version was indeed the best home port. And I loved the amiga version, which I finished... BUT there's nothing like seeing those last 3 islands coming up. Not to mention how insane it gets from there.
Skel-Monsta like Disney movie is one of those villains of the games that can become truly evil. Must be an antagonist or ally of evil in a future Ralph movie. :3 I opened my eyes like 2 plates of amazement when I saw it the first time. Not knowing who the hell is the antagonist of this game saga.
There's the Super Drunk (Bubble Bobble), the Hyper Drunk (Bubble Symphony), Skel Bros (NES Bubble Bobble Part 2, remnants of the Rainbow Islands boss), Super Dark Dragon and Big Skel Monsta (Rainbow Islands), Khaostikhan (Parasol Stars), and Super Dark Dragon with robotic second form (Bubble Memories).
Well, PCE version looks a bit more sharpy than AMI port. I think Amiga graph chip with its color pallette was better for such colorful game. Anyway I found something psychodelic inn this game, dunno what, but it always freaks me out ;)
the pc engine was a powerful console for its class.. it could wipe the floor and nintendo nes and sega master system along with it.. too bad it werent marketed much worldwide..
Because the player in this video did not collect the diamonds in the correct order, the secret rooms were not unlocked. Does anyone know if they are included in the PC Engine version?
Very good for the PC Engine and one of the rather few games on the system that uses the "hi-res mode" of 336x224 pixels but with black borders on each side which affect a bit the presentation. Also this version has lot of sprite flickering and some slowdowns. In comparison the Mega Drive port runs in the system's most used resolution of 320x224 pixels and fullscreen. It also runs smoother than the PC Engine version but has less detailed graphics but the PC Engine version was actually released on Super CD-Rom format and 3 years after the Mega Drive version so that explains. Then there's a FM Towns port but it runs in lower resolution than the two aforementioned ones, 256x224 pixels, meaning that the entire playfield is not visible at any given time which is annoying. But apparently it has 2 player co-op unlike PCE/MD.
It Is True.... Rainbow Islands IS Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Bubby Is A Phantom (Look-alike Personality) Of Bub, Just As Ahab To Ishmael (Naked Snake). Bubby Takes Cares Of Diamonds, Just As Ahab Does. So, Diamond Dogs. Bubby Loves Animals, So He Doesn't Hurt Them, So As Ahab. Bubby Destroys The Source That Gave Rise To His Original Counterpart's Fear And Destruction, The Super Dragon Ghoul Knight. Ahab Does The Same, Destroying Skull Face, The REAL Reason Why Patriots AI Got Corrupted, And Cipher, a.k.a., The Sons Of The Patriots Gone Berserk, Out Of Zero's Control. So, Bubby IS Ahab, And Rainbow Islands IS The Phantom Pain..... *B* Has Come To....
PC Engine's a consolle, right? What difference do its games have in comparison to the MAME's? The MAME ones are identicals to the arcade ones, is it correct?
MAME is emulating loads of different arcade hardware. There's loads of different arcade hardware out there. Since the PC Engine is a stand-alone console not based on any arcade hardware (as far as I know) all PC Engine games were rewritten for the console. But it's about roughly on par with the Megadrive and Snes.
Replaced by Rainbows, as the series creator, Fukio Mitsuji, didn't like making 2 games the exact same, so he changed it up for this sequel. RIP Mr Mitsuji, taken from us far too soon.
What you call glitchiness is a sign from the game that rainbows are about to break, they only last for so long before they break. That's why in some laces, like DOH Island, when rainbows are your only platforms to the top of the level, you must be fast to go upward building multiple rainbow bridges, or you'll go right back downward instead.
i kind of thought the dinos looked better for main characters, the people characters are kinda weird. They dont look as good . i would have made the game like Bubble bobble one w.o the person
First of all, Bubble Dragons, not dinos. Second of all, the series creator, Fukio Mitsuji, did not believe in making the same game twice, hence why he changed things up for this sequel.
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Good Ending translation:
After defeating final boss:
Finally, the Boss of Shadows "Super Skel-Monsta" has been defeated! Yes, the final battle is over.
He planned to keep the captured people imprisoned forever, but thanks to you, the curse of the "Bubble Dragon" is no more!
Thank you, Bubby! With your help, peace has returned to this world. We will never forget your courage!!
Thank you!! ...
At beginning of ending song:
Bubby's long, long journey was at an end.
With your's and Bubby's help, the villagers who were turned into monsters were safely changed back to normal.
But the adventure-loving Bubby is already departing on his next journey.
I wonder when and where we'll meet Bubby again.....?
Bad Ending 1 translation (didn't get all 3 mirrors):
The cages are open! "Thank you! but... we're still Bubble Dragons."
"To turn us back into humans, 'The 3 Magic Mirrors are needed!...' or so I heard.
You must collect the 7 small diamonds on the hidden islands to obtain the mirrors. We're counting on you."
Bad Ending 2 translation (didn't get all 7 big diamonds):
The adventure in the Rainbow Islands is over! And you've managed to collect lots of treasure! you've reached your goal......
But then, the mountain of treasure fell over... "What! This is...!"... You found a letter for help from "The people of the Rainbow Islands"!
We've all been captured by the "Boss of Shadows", and turned into "Bubble Dragons".
When the 7 big diamonds have been gathered, the hidden islands will rise up.
That's where he's hiding!
Please, save us!
Big Boss (Naked Snake, At Good Ending): "Now Do You Remember... Who You Are, What You Were Meant To Do? I Cheated Death, Thanks To You. And Thanks To You, I Left My Mark. You Have, Too. Even (You Have Written) Your Own History. You're Your Own Man. I'm Big Boss, And You Are, Too. No, He's The Two Of Us, Together. What We Are, Today, We Built It... This Story, This Legend... It's Ours. We Can Change The World, And With It, The Future. I Am You, And You Are Me. Carry That With You, Wherever You Go. Thank You, My Friend. From Here On Out..... You're Big Boss."
Bub To Bubby, In The Remade Good Ending Of Rainbow Islands Remake.
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Thank you for this!
This, my friends, is a GOOD PORT.
+124scratch For years the best, then in Japan Rainbow Islands Extra got ported to FM Towns Marty, and when I tried it out a few years ago, the quality blew me away. Pretty much the same way this did, and eventually got added to my collection (the FTM RIE is far too expensive to get these days now).
@@Bloodreign1 The Mega Drive port is the one which was the best for years (it was released in 1990) up until the FM Towns port was released in 1992. The PC Engine CD port was released *after*, in 1993, so it never was "the best". Just to be precise ;)
Arcade perfect.
the Saturn version is the best.
@@ryzmaker11 The PC Engine and FM Towns versions are the best, the MD version is missing too much stuff to be called perfect (even if it did come out first, it got surpassed by the FM Towns and PCE CD versions). I own this version, and the MD version as well, glad to have the MD version, but the lack of certain elements disappoints me to that port.
Sorry, but the MD versions music is also fairly weak going against 2 CD systems capable of reproducing the exact same music as the arcade.
For it's time the best home port of Rainbow Islands outside the FM Towns version of RI Extra. Sorry Amiga fans, this one had all 10 worlds, arcade music, and all secrets. This one also had the Japanese J-Pop ending song, something oddly added to this one (likely for just the CD format). This is one I proudly own, no regrets as a friend managed to get this one for cheap for me.
Apparently the programmers for the Amiga version were constrained by the publisher (Ocean) insisting that the game fit on one disc instead of the two that would've been necessary for a completely accurate conversion. Insane!
But at least Amiga got 320x200 resolution instead of 256x224. I think its a bit sharper on the Amiga. But I do prefer it on the PC engine
I was wrong! Apparently the PC engine is running 320x224! Definitely better then the amiga. I just double checked it to verify
>all secrets
And what about the Mega Drive port, does it have all secrets too?
Also I see that this PC Engine version has lot of flickerings and quite some slowdowns. The Mega Drive version seems to play better.
Not sure which version I should get between this or Mega Drive.
And the Mega Drive version was released 3 years before this!
@@phonedork Yes. The PC Engine port is one of the rather few games on the system that run in "hi-res" mode i.e. in 336x224 pixels but with black borders on each side which affect a bit the presentation whereas the Mega Drive port runs in the system's most used resolution of 320x224 pixels and fullscreen.
Also the PC Engine version was actually released on Super CD-Rom format and 3 years after the Mega Drive version! But the Mega Drive version seems to play better (PC Engine version has lot of flickerings and some slowdowns...)
I used to own this game for the amiga 500 when I was a kid, it's good to come back it reminds me of the younger years
For a minute I was wondering, "How in the heck did they get such FM sound on the PC Engine?", but then I realized they used CD for it.
thank god this turbo graphix 16 pc engine had the identical arcade experience.
True ending: Collect all diamonds in all worlds, get the 3 coins and get more that 9.999.999 points in your score, plus find all secrets doors
Normal ending: Collect all diamonds and get a decent high score
Bad ending: Not collect nothing (big diamons, secret doors and coins)
Best domestic port of Rainbow Islands!
The ending is far longer on this version too!
One cool final boss, but if I had the choose my favorite final boss from the Bubble Bobble Series, it would 100% have to be Hyper Drunk from Bubble Symphony.
Oh and also, be sure not to get a Game Over one Robotic Bubble Dragon, I did and had to restart the entire round, which for me was a pain.
I agree I don’t have a Saturn but I love that they brang back the electro balls
Basically Sonic CD, Underrated With Awesome Music! And A Kool Animation With A Song At The End
Electric Fan from Darius Gaiden was sort of a personal meme because it was such a hilarious boss. I couldn't stop cracking up that it's in this game too.
1:11:42 Hinting at the next game in the series?
Has anyone realized the song is soooo similar to "somewhere over the rainbow" lol
It was intentional. Western ports replaced the song for copyright concerns
@@tfwmemedumpster Japanese versions outside of this and the FM Towns port of Extra also changed the music.
After watching videos of the various versions, this might be the only one where items don't disappear after a few seconds if not collected, which actually gives you a chance to actually get a majority of the items that are hidden, since uncovering them only gives you a few seconds to get them in all other versions, and diamonds don't vanish if you miss a jump and fall a little, wasting time.
What's the name of the song at the end? 1:08:40
And is there English lyrics for it?
There used to be a video from someone from Japan who posted the lyrics in English on their video, but I think the video is long, long gone. The song is called Fly Away.
Hear hear. Boodreign1 is dead on. I played both the Commodore Amiga version (had an Amiga 500) and the arcade version, and since MAME was impossible back then the PC Engine version was indeed the best home port.
And I loved the amiga version, which I finished... BUT there's nothing like seeing those last 3 islands coming up. Not to mention how insane it gets from there.
Yeah, but the canonical original trilogy is Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Parasol Stars.
Parasol Stars is my fave of the three.
1:12:28 foreshadows
Skel-Monsta like Disney movie is one of those villains of the games that can become truly evil. Must be an antagonist or ally of evil in a future Ralph movie. :3
I opened my eyes like 2 plates of amazement when I saw it the first time. Not knowing who the hell is the antagonist of this game saga.
There's the Super Drunk (Bubble Bobble), the Hyper Drunk (Bubble Symphony), Skel Bros (NES Bubble Bobble Part 2, remnants of the Rainbow Islands boss), Super Dark Dragon and Big Skel Monsta (Rainbow Islands), Khaostikhan (Parasol Stars), and Super Dark Dragon with robotic second form (Bubble Memories).
Is the flickering of the rainbows a glitch of emulation or is it like that on real hw?
Three years late but it was like that, it was an indicator of the rainbow being close to breaking
Remember this when i was 15
Well, PCE version looks a bit more sharpy than AMI port. I think Amiga graph chip with its color pallette was better for such colorful game. Anyway I found something psychodelic inn this game, dunno what, but it always freaks me out ;)
the pc engine was a powerful console for its class.. it could wipe the floor and nintendo nes and sega master system along with it.. too bad it werent marketed much worldwide..
This game is so difficult! Good job!
Why is the 7 Crystal Fail high score after 25 rounds and not 28?
Because the player in this video did not collect the diamonds in the correct order, the secret rooms were not unlocked. Does anyone know if they are included in the PC Engine version?
They are!
1:07:30 shoot command 24 omega attack !?
If you dont make it past the Hurry! Seqeuence in any level, does like the whole island flood?
+Connor Gamer Yup, and slowly rises up, to the point you can drown.
Good gods! This is a near exact port of the arcade version! Why isn't this in my Turbo Duo collection yet!?!?
Because it's expensive. 😛
Very good for the PC Engine and one of the rather few games on the system that uses the "hi-res mode" of 336x224 pixels but with black borders on each side which affect a bit the presentation. Also this version has lot of sprite flickering and some slowdowns.
In comparison the Mega Drive port runs in the system's most used resolution of 320x224 pixels and fullscreen. It also runs smoother than the PC Engine version but has less detailed graphics but the PC Engine version was actually released on Super CD-Rom format and 3 years after the Mega Drive version so that explains.
Then there's a FM Towns port but it runs in lower resolution than the two aforementioned ones, 256x224 pixels, meaning that the entire playfield is not visible at any given time which is annoying. But apparently it has 2 player co-op unlike PCE/MD.
It Is True.... Rainbow Islands IS Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Bubby Is A Phantom (Look-alike Personality) Of Bub, Just As Ahab To Ishmael (Naked Snake).
Bubby Takes Cares Of Diamonds, Just As Ahab Does. So, Diamond Dogs.
Bubby Loves Animals, So He Doesn't Hurt Them, So As Ahab.
Bubby Destroys The Source That Gave Rise To His Original Counterpart's Fear And Destruction, The Super Dragon Ghoul Knight. Ahab Does The Same, Destroying Skull Face, The REAL Reason Why Patriots AI Got Corrupted, And Cipher, a.k.a., The Sons Of The Patriots Gone Berserk, Out Of Zero's Control.
So, Bubby IS Ahab, And Rainbow Islands IS The Phantom Pain.....
*B* Has Come To....
I remember this game
the music go hard
PC Engine's a consolle, right?
What difference do its games have in comparison to the MAME's?
The MAME ones are identicals to the arcade ones, is it correct?
MAME is emulating loads of different arcade hardware. There's loads of different arcade hardware out there. Since the PC Engine is a stand-alone console not based on any arcade hardware (as far as I know) all PC Engine games were rewritten for the console.
But it's about roughly on par with the Megadrive and Snes.
well pc engine turbo graphix 16 and arcade mame did have in common that is the correct version.
This is cool!
You also missed the last life death failure with the last boss. :)
Bubby is Bubble?
Goalin!
The last boss seems much more aggressive in this version than on the Arcade version... might just be me though.
43:31 - flying war popes, wtf?
43:31
Where's the bubbles? XD
Super Slam Bro :tell me!!😣
59:13 :)
Replaced by Rainbows, as the series creator, Fukio Mitsuji, didn't like making 2 games the exact same, so he changed it up for this sequel. RIP Mr Mitsuji, taken from us far too soon.
The enemies seemed to be moving slower than on the arcade version in Darius island.
👍👍👍!
If is like penguin climb
I missed the dino
There were never dinos in this series, but bubble blowing dragons instead.
got this on my pc duo turbo about 15yrs ago for thirty pounds=£30.00
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Meilleur
bubble bubble game The sequel rainbow island parasol star
The glitchy rainbows kind of ruin it.
What you call glitchiness is a sign from the game that rainbows are about to break, they only last for so long before they break. That's why in some laces, like DOH Island, when rainbows are your only platforms to the top of the level, you must be fast to go upward building multiple rainbow bridges, or you'll go right back downward instead.
i kind of thought the dinos looked better for main characters, the people characters are kinda weird. They dont look as good . i would have made the game like Bubble bobble one w.o the person
First of all, Bubble Dragons, not dinos.
Second of all, the series creator, Fukio Mitsuji, did not believe in making the same game twice, hence why he changed things up for this sequel.
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beast mobile game
This isn't a mobile game.
これ当時、発売を期待してたんだけどあまりにも発売延期で結局どうでもよくなってた買ってなかったw
1988年アーケード発売で1993年やっとpcエンジン発売ですよ？
でも流石に出来はいいですねw