Rainbow Islands XBLA

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/leve ... lands.html

Was never a big fan of the original. Any one excited about this?

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:16

The little screenshot on that page looks hideous.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:17

I haven't checked the link as I'm on mh phone.. But didn't this come out on the Wii a little time ago? Anyway.. It's nothing without the correct music.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2051

It's horrible.

The controls are sluggish, the music is gash, the rainbows don't break right, the levels are too long and it feels like an upside-down Mr Driller for some reason.

It's ugly as well. Really ugly.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 13:37

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

I adore the Speccy version:

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

I liked the original, but from what Bluce said this is just another Bubble Bobble NEO :'(

I'll stick to playing it on MAME.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 14:12

I was dead excited when I saw this thread, but reading all your posts makes me infinitely sadder than I ever was before :'(

Is it on a deal or something? Or just standard XBLA price? Demo available? I really really want to like it, a copy of this came with my Amiga back in 1991 or so and I was still playing it happily until I went to Uni in 98 :luv:

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

Craig · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1236

It made me very very angry. The only similarity is the name.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

Craig wrote:

It made me very very angry. The only similarity is the name.

And, y'know, the Rainbows

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 14:35

Doesn't look that ugly to me... although I wouldn't want my character to have pixie ears.

If it looks cheap I'll probably buy it anyway and join Craig's angry club

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Doesn't look that ugly to me... although I wouldn't want my character to have pixie ears.

If it looks cheap I'll probably buy it anyway and join Craig's angry club

You can use your AVATAR if you want*

*may cost extra.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 14:49

MrDavPaz wrote:

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Doesn't look that ugly to me... although I wouldn't want my character to have pixie ears.

If it looks cheap I'll probably buy it anyway and join Craig's angry club

You can use your AVATAR if you want*

*may cost extra.

But pixie ears > my actual ears

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 14:56

It looks far worse than I imagined.

WTFF

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 15:05

File this in the same folder of ABOMINATIONS with Bubble Bobble NEO and the recent Puzzle Bobble, both of which were SHIT. DE-File, in fact! Because that's what they've done? DYFSWIDT?

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

MrDavPaz wrote:

Craig wrote:

It made me very very angry. The only similarity is the name.

And, y'know, the Rainbows

And the islands probably.

Craig · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1236

Nirejhenge wrote:

MrDavPaz wrote:

Craig wrote:

It made me very very angry. The only similarity is the name.

And, y'know, the Rainbows

And the islands probably.

Play the demo and see if you have the will to mock. I at least hoped that they would include a faithful port of the original, but hell no.

Anonymous X · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2046

It's a rule of the universe that all remakes of the Bubble Bobble series must turn out to be shite. :spew:

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Maybe it's like the LHD & goes back in time to ruin itself as it's an affront on nature.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

if it is on Wiiware it's certainly shit. I gave up on torrenting wiiware games. Their quality is below freeware. How can people pay for 8 or 10 euros for those games is beyond me.

Lost Winds was pretty but boring and Gradius rebirth was fun but pointless as there are many better shmups on MAME. And these were the only above-crap games that i played.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 17:48

Ok, maybe I won't fucking buy it then you fucking fucks :'(

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 17:48

RuySan wrote:

if it is on Wiiware it's certainly shit. I gave up on torrenting wiiware games. Their quality is below freeware. How can people pay for 8 or 10 euros for those games is beyond me.

Lost Winds was pretty but boring and Gradius rebirth was fun but pointless as there are many better shmups on MAME. And these were the only above-crap games that i played.

So far I've bought Gradius Rebirth and the Devil Crush remake type thing and I thought both we're pretty good.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 23:07

Ok, I played the trial version. It's not that bad. It just isn't worth spending any money on.

Craig · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1236

Rainbow Islands is one of the best games ever made. Releasing a 'Rainbow Islands' game and it being a mediocre platform game is a very bad thing. It's like Wyclef Jean's remix of Another One Bites the Dust.

Craig · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1236

Maybe worse.

MarzSyndrome · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 426

chinnyhill10 wrote:

I adore the Speccy version:

No traditional "Amstrad version" love, this time?

Zen-Chan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 326

I recommend any Wii owners wanting a fix of RI to play the still brilliant Megadrive version on a Homebrew Channel emulator.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Anonymous X wrote:

It's a rule of the universe that all of the games of the Bubble Bobble series must turn out to be shite. :spew:

FTFY

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 20:15

Bluce_Ree wrote:

it feels like an upside-down Mr Driller for some reason.

I played this for the first time ever at about 2am today, this was pretty much my opinion of it. I shalln't be buying it.

metalangel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:04

I played it again to be sure I wasn't wrong. The 'Evil Dr Crescent' needs to fuck off, why the hell doesn't he just go fight Holly's Comet directly?*

And how has someone built this tower if there's no elevator to get to the top?**

It remains a serious BLEH from me.

*because he's evil, obv.
**see also: Agency Tower

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:07

Of course Agency Tower had a lift! It was just that because of all the steroids and other chemicals used to create your agent, he stank. He wasn't allowed indoors due to the prohibitive cost of Oust.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:13

Dimrill wrote:

Of course Agency Tower had a lift! It was just that because of all the steroids and other chemicals used to create your agent, he stank. He wasn't allowed indoors due to the prohibitive cost of Oust.

That and the time when the agent tripped on a loose carpet tile and put a wall through.

metalangel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:13

I was going to say that his preposterous shoulders wouldn't fit through the vary obvious little hatch that you do see when you finally attain that height of such magnitude.

But yes, I suppose Crackie would whiff a bit. That's what makes the baddies fall over when he picks up a bus - his armpits.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:14

devilman wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

Of course Agency Tower had a lift! It was just that because of all the steroids and other chemicals used to create your agent, he stank. He wasn't allowed indoors due to the prohibitive cost of Oust.

That and the time when the agent tripped on a loose carpet tile and put a wall through.

It's about time they fixed that carpet. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find a Claims Direct letter on the doormat if I was Mr Crackie.

metalangel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:21

I just googled our old name for him and found the best quote ever (to which I attach a picture of him):

Blacktion Man says:

"TASTE THE PAINBOW, BITCHES!"

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Nov 02, 2009 21:22

I'm getting Crackdown hunger pangs.

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