Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 – Cane and Rinse No.521

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Leisure, Video Games, Games, Hobbies

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🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Although Taito ultimately followed up the original with some more formulaic, direct type sequels, Rainbow Islands tells the real and true Story of Bubble Bobble 2. Leon, Karl and guest Sadie Flayeh - along with correspondents from the Cane and Rinse community - muse on a more innocent time, when the deliriously cute and colourful Rainbow Islands was widely available on then-contemporary systems and a beloved part of the late 80s/early 90s gaming zeitgeist.

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0:00.0	I'm
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0:05.0	I'm
0:07.0	. Hello everybody and welcome to the Canaan Rince podcast. It's volume 11, issue 521, and it gives me great pleasure finally at last to say today
0:40.4	we're going to be talking about Rainbow Islands. The story of Bubble Bobble 2, which was its
0:45.9	original subtitle, although as we discussed in our previous Bubble podcast from last year on
0:51.7	that game's 35th anniversary, the titling and the sequel situation is complex.
0:57.0	But in this show, we'll mainly be covering just the arcade game Rainbow Islands and its conversions.
1:02.7	We'll also talk a little bit about a couple of legacy games that happened that I've never played.
1:07.3	We'll take it from here and you'll see how we go.
1:10.4	Joining me, Leon Cox, in this issue, are Camus.
1:14.2	Hey, everyone.
1:15.2	And it's Sadie Flayette.
1:17.9	Hello.
1:19.1	Apologies, I was going to ask you for a steer on the pronunciation of your surname.
1:23.6	Very close. Sadie Flayer.
1:25.3	So more like rhyming with Slayer, which is how...
1:29.0	That's pretty awesome.
1:29.8	I'm referred to at Konami as the PR Slayer these days. Sadie Flaier, the PR Slayer.
1:36.0	Awesome. Yeah, Sadie works at Konami on the UGO brand.
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