Second, they're offensive attacks again, in a different way - smashing one from above or below will cause it to break into a shower of stars, which can also damage enemies. First, they're offensive attacks - hitting a foe with one will knock it out. That allows you to generate arcing rainbows by pressing the 1 Button (as the game is played by holding the Wii Remote sideways) and those rainbows serve a variety of functions. But then you also get access to the mystic Comet's rainbow magic. You've got the simple ability to walk and jump up to each successive platform above you, for starters. Crescent's constantly-ascending, upward-pointing drills, and also racing a countdown clock that depletes every time the boys take damage from an enemy.
Driller in reverse, as Bubby and Bobby must make constant progress up the tower - running from both Dr. Crescent, is also chasing after them with a variety of massive and intimidating drilling devices. It's not going to be easy for the brothers, though, as monsters have infested the skyscraper and a mad scientiest, Dr.
At the top of this massive structure sits Holly's Comet, a celestial body rumored to grant the wishes of anyone who reaches it. Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! puts you in the role of young, now-uncursed lads Bubby and Bobby as they make their way to a tropical tower.
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And, once again, it seems it's a series still doomed for nothing more than a silver medal, thanks to the comparison that keeps being forced upon it by its own developer. The impressive, feature-packed Bubble Bobble Plus! just arrived in the American Wii Shop a few months back, and now Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! has appeared on its heels. The connection's never made all that much sense, but to this day Taito continues to position the happy, shiny Islands as a follow-up to the more well-known and well-loved Bobble - and it's now happened again. They got sent out on another adventure, in the arcade spin-off/sequel/follow-up Rainbow Islands - where they climbed up a technicolor tower instead of descending through a dark and dreary dungeon, and attacked their enemies with bright, magic rainbows instead of burping up bouncing bubbles. But they didn't get much of a break, even then. The little dinosaur heroes in Bubble Bobble, "Bub" and "Bob," weren't dinosaurs to begin with - they were cursed into those bodies, and after completing the quest in that bubble-blowing original arcade adventure they went back to being human boys.
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