History VideoGame / RainbowIslands

* GottaCatchThemAll: All seven giant diamonds in each island must be collected in order to properly advance in the story.

* PlotCoupon / '''GottaCatchThemAll''': Big diamonds [[spoiler:and mirrors]].

* SecretLevel: Accessible only by specific means.

* TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: A large treasure chest awaits at the end of every non-boss level.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou:

** "Beware of the Skull's blood!! Otherwise, you will lose your all lives!!"

* OneHitPointWonder

* SecretLevel

* SuperDeformed

* TreasureIsBiggerInFiction

* [[DamselInDistress People in Distress]]: [[spoiler:[[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail The player does not know this the first time around, though.]]]]
* DeathThrows: In the US/Japanese NES version. Otherwise, the player character hits the platform he was shot off of.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou

** Upon defeating the TrueFinalBoss, he will say, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI "What strength! But don't forget there are many monsters like me all over the world."]]

* RedHeadedHero

''Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2'' is a vertically-oriented platform game by Creator/{{Taito}}, originally released as an ArcadeGame in 1987.

* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows

* KidHero

* MultipleEndings

* [[DistressedDamsel Distressed People]]: [[spoiler:[[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail The player does not know this the first time around, though.]]]]

* HomeVersionSoundtrackReplacement: In the original arcade version and a handful of early ports, the background music used part of [[TheWizardofOz "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"]]. Most modern ports use a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, or in the Game Boy Color version, the Bubble Bobble theme.

* GuideDangIt: For the best ending, you need to know you have to drop rainbows or use stars on enemies to get the diamonds.

* RandomDrop: Though items may seem to appear randomly, there are counters in the background that determine when certain things drop. The rainbow diamonds' colors are dependent on [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/583612-rainbow-islands/faqs/760 where the enemy that spawns a diamond lands on the screen]].

* RandomDrop: Although there are counters in the background that determine when certain things drop, the critical diamonds appear to have a randomly determined color, or they may be dependent on how far from the center or an edge the enemy lands on the screen.

* RandomDrop: Althoughthere are counters in the background that determine when certain things drop, the critical diamonds appear to have a randomly determined color.

* HundredPercentCompletion: You need to get each of the seven big diamonds on each of the first seven islands, and you need to collect 7 little diamonds to do that. If you miss one, you can't backtrack to previous islands.

* GuideDangIt

* TurnsRed

* InexplicableTreasureChests: A huge chest drops down at the end of each level.

* HomeVersionSoundtrackReplacement: The original arcade version and a handful of early ports used [[TheWizardofOz "Somehwere Over the Rainbow"]] as background music. Most modern ports use a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.

* PointOfNoContinues: [[spoiler:After world 7 unless the player goes into a secret room with [[http://tjasink.com/games/ri/items2.html a big "CONT." book]]]].

* GratuitousEnglish / BlindIdiotTranslation

* ShoutOut / NostalgiaLevel: So many that they take up a sizable chunk of the game! The entire fifth world, sound effects, enemies, boss and all, is a homage to ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}'', but the secret levels also are homages to Taito's other games. The last one, Bubble Island, is excusable, as this is the sequel to Bubble Bobble... still... ''{{Darius}}'' Island?

* [[DistressedDamsel Distressed People]] [[spoiler:[[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail The player does not know this the first time around, though.]]]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:The ''Bubble Bobble'' enemies have expanded versions of their attacks that never show up in later games.]]

* PlotCoupon / '''GottaCatchThemAll''' : Big diamonds [[spoiler:and mirrors]].

* ShoutOut / NostalgiaLevel - so many that they take up a sizable chunk of the game! The entire fifth world, sound effects, enemies, boss and all, is a homage to ''Arkanoid'', but the secret levels also are homages to Taito's other games. The last one, Bubble Island, is excusable, as this is the sequel to Bubble Bobble... still... ''{{Darius}}'' Island?

* SuperDrowningSkills - Bub or Bob die if they ''touch'' water.

* [=~It's A Wonderful Failure~=]: [[spoiler:If Bub/Bob gets trapped in the True Final Boss's bubble (thus getting re-transformed into a bubble dragon by it) on his last life, instead of a blank game over screen, he gets locked in TheAlcatraz with eleven other victims who've also been transformed.]]

''Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2'' is a sequel to ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble''. Following on from the end of that game, Bub and Bob have regained their human forms and now have to fight their way through the Rainbow Islands, seven differently themed islands each with different enemies and a huge boss at the end. Complicating this mission is the fact the islands are flooding, and each level must be completed before the water reaches the top, since the water kills instantly when touched.

The main difference between Rainbow Islands and its predecessor is the increased size of the levels, which are many screens high. It also introduces a new weapon for defeating bad guys; rainbows, which are fired in front of the player and have an arc shape, so that they can trap enemies, be stood or bounced on, and, most importantly, collapsed, which is the best way to destroy enemies.