Ludography
Bubble Symphony cover

1994 · Taito · Platformer

Bubble Symphony

Timed Sega exclusive

Bub and Bob are once again transformed into bubble dragons and have to climb up the Rainbow Tower to fight the Super Dark Great Dragon, while collecting potions to turn back into human form.

Released
1994
Platforms
ArcadeNintendo SwitchSega Saturn
Genres
Platformer
Developers
Taito
Publishers
—
Modes
Co-op
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionFantasy
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB E

About

Bubble Symphony (バブルシンフォニー), also known as Bubble Bobble II (バブルボブルII), is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It is an installment in the Bubble Bobble series, and takes place after Parasol Stars. A home port of Bubble Symphony for the Sega Saturn was released in 1997. The game was followed by Bubble Memories in 1996.

Keywords

  • gravity
  • mascot
  • boss fight

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Although a sequel to Bubble Bobble, the game features few changes to the gameplay formula of that title. The small changes that have been made are that a boss is now encountered every five to ten levels, giving those scenes a similar prominence to Rainbow Islands, and the player takes a branching route through the levels by selecting one of two doors after every boss. The players can now charge the bubble shot; if released when the dragon's horns or bow is glowing, the player character will breathe three bubbles at once, with the specific formation dependent on the character chosen. The players must collect certain square cards with music notes inside, in order to get the 4 keys that lead to the final world or face an early false ending. Also, the characters have to collect a rod to turn their characters from their dragon to human forms during the course of the game.

All the enemies from the original Bubble Bobble appear in this game, along with a lot of newer enemies. The credits (in the arcade version) show all the enemies' names, and those of characters who make cameos from other Taito games.

Story

For this adventure, Bubblun and Bobblun, the familiar green and blue bubble dragons, are joined by girls Kululun (an amber dragon) and Cororon (a pink dragon), but they are stated to be the children of the Bub and Bob of Bubble Bobble.

According to the intro, the four characters (as humans) inadvertently unleash Hyper Drunk, the final boss, while reading books. Hyper Drunk transforms the four into bubble dragons and banishes them to a new world.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Bubble Symphony as the fourth most successful table arcade game of 1994.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade5 October 1994Worldwide
Sega Saturn27 November 1997Japan
Nintendo Switch26 November 2025Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Included in
Taito Memories II GekanTaito Legends 2
Followed by
Bubble Memories
Follows
Bubble Bobble

Games like this

Collections3 collections

Platform libraries

Development status

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.