Rainbow Islands Revolution, known in Japan as , is a platformer game developed by Marvelous for the Nintendo DS. It is an update to the 1987 arcade game Rainbow Islands and thus part of the Bubble Bobble series. Unlike in the original, the main character, Bub, rides in a bubble; the player must guide him and draw rainbows with the stylus. The game uses mainly the DS's touch screen.
Gameplay The player drags Bub around using the stylus. Contact with enemies or dangerous objects such as spikes causes the player to lose a heart. When all hearts have been lost, the player loses a life and must begin the level anew.
When the player drags the stylus anywhere on the screen besides on Bub, the player can create a rainbow. The rainbow serves as a barrier through which enemies cannot cross. If a rainbow is drawn over an enemy, the enemy is killed. Additionally, when the player taps a rainbow, it falls down, removing any enemies that lie below. The player can also draw special shapes that create rainbows with special effects.
Reception
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens and two sixes for a total of 26 out of 40.
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