Rainbow Islands Evolution

PlayStation exclusive

Rainbow Islands Evolution is a game in the Bubble Bobble series.

Released: 8 February 2007
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Genres: Platformer
Developers: Marvelous Entertainment
Publishers: Marvelous Entertainment
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Fantasy
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Rainbow Islands Evolution is a game in the Bubble Bobble series for the PSP system. It is also known as New Rainbow Island: Hurdy Gurdy Daibōken!! (NEW(ニュー)レインボーアイランドハーディガーディ大冒険!!, Nyū Reinbō Airando Hādi Gādi Daibōken!!) in Japan. It is an enhanced remake of the arcade game Rainbow Islands.

Bub and Bob, the two main characters in the series, are against an evil recording company that seeks to pollute the Rainbow Islands' atmosphere by creating constant musical noise, therefore wilting the flora and mutating the fauna. Bub and Bob use a hurdy-gurdy as a weapon to create the rainbows.

›Story

Bub and Bob, the two main characters in the series, are against an evil recording company that seeks to pollute the Rainbow Islands' atmosphere by creating constant musical noise, therefore wilting the flora and mutating the fauna. In this game, Bub and Bob use a hurdy-gurdy (an old European musical instrument) as a weapon to create the rainbows.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 16 out of 40.