Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure Wii Ware Review

[Alejop1995]

man how do u see the channels from the sd? my wii memory slot is full and i cant install any other wiiware game

[DEIVION212]

If you're updated your Wii and have the SD card in then bottom left corner of the main screen that boots up when you boot your Wii up from standby.

[Alejop1995]

i have v3.4u, if i updte it with wninkoko uploader woud i stilbe able to use NeoGamma and homebrew?

[DEIVION212]

I haven't got a clue as I don't homebrew, I buy all my games.

[Looktisme]

Bubble Bobble Plus and Puzzle Bobble Plus are great. I think I'm gonna download this too. It looks good.

[KatziiYataki]

Has a date been confirmed for Parasol Stars?

I'm glad to see a favourable review of this game online - I felt I was in a huge minority!

[DEIVION212]

Well while I agree the original is better, I don't think this is utter shite like evryone claims.

Maybe they just forgot what the original was like and had rose tinted specs?

Nope for Stars :(

[KatziiYataki]

Exactly, although I admit that I much prefer the Amiga/Saturn/Arcade versions to the NES one, myself, if I were to choose versions I'd play.

I of course do agree that the original is better (check my profile for proof!), but people need to give this a chance and realise that it's the closest to a spiritual sequel of the amazing original that we've had... Unlike that awful DS version. I think this is pretty darn good!

I hope Parasol Stars comes out soon. That game was my childhood, haha.

[DEIVION212]

Yup, totally agree :)

[im160bpmplus]

yeah man- the game is great- i just said basically the same thing you did in another thread. Everyone is youtube bandwagoning it- but i cant stop playing it so good luck to you all

[Tanas666]

I wouldn't recommend this fucking shit to my worst enemy, crap gameplay and shit level design. Its brings shame to the name of Rainbow Island... Rainbow Island: Total ASS more like.

[DEIVION212]

I can't believe that's had a thumbs up.

12 YEAR WAIT FOR SUPER MARIO RPG! 1 and a HALF year wait for Excitebike 64 etc...

But NA gets a VC game and Wii Ware game a few weeks later than us and NA gets treat like shit and always has done.

I'd love to see how you'd react to our releases.

[DEIVION212]

We on average (At times) get half a game a week. We've been waiting for some Wii Ware games for ages now, you've got about 15 more than us and some that you have are MUCH cheaper than ours.

We're a goof 20 games short on the VC too.

[DEIVION212]

Oh, and we had about a 12 year wait for Chrono Trigger too, which we only got on the NDS, we've still never had the good version.

[DEIVION212]

As I've just said with Fantasy Zone.

It's not on the NA WW, but it IS on the EU WW.

I know I sound sweet FA like a Canadian and even less like an American. So just which part of NA did you think I hailed from, which part on the States or Canada sounds like North East England?

[irpacynot]

I remember catching news of its release, but I had no idea what type of game it was. Very helpful. Thanks.

I can't say I care for the aesthetic all that much, but there's always room for another decent platformer.

[DEIVION212]

I was hoping to have it up on Thursday, but my brother has to edit the vids for me and he's been on a nightmare week at work, so I knew it wouldn't happen until the weekend.

[braineaterknux]

Looks pretty good, although I must admit I'm not a fan of the new look of Bub (or Bob, I can't remember).

Great review as always DEMON, thanks for bringing this game to my attention.

[DEIVION212]

It's Bubby (Which I hate) and yeah, I think doing this new setup loses some of its charm.

Thanks :D

[STEFANROCKER23]

Oh this is the sequel to bubble bobble. If I may quote stuttering Craig "The kid that shoots rainbows out of his crotch"

Looks pretty cool actually! Great Review :)

[DEIVION212]

Well it's not THE sequel, it's a sequel of the sequel.

Basically in short there's Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 and then Parasol Stars The Story Of Bubble Bobble 3.

Then there's about 10 other Bubble Bobble games inclduing Bubble Memories and Bubble Symphony which are technically the reall BB2 and BB3 because they run on the same format.

And then there's about another 10 Rainbow Island games too.

[DEIVION212]

Whereas poor Parasol Stars (Which is probably my favourite of the 3. It's hard to say without playing it again, as nostaglia may be clouding my judgement, lol) got left alone.

Which is a damn shame.

But yeah I think RI:TA it is really good, I know some are complaining at the differences, but compared to the other RI sequels, this is perfect XD

Overall though I'd maybe give it somthing like an 8-10.

Thanks :D

[Ario444]

why does your wii menu look all wierd? another update?

[GameKube64]

Yes, that is an update Ario444.

It lets you play games you have downloaded straight from the SD card.

[Ario444]

Oh, i never really looked at that, I do have it though. So thats why I didn't recognise it.

[DEIVION212]

Yeah, it's a wonderful update for guys like me :D

[yoshinetzero]

the characters is a mii?

[DEIVION212]

Nah, just an annoying style they've went for.

[Xardueth]

@ Demon212: Another great review mate. Keep up the great work!

@ Gaki: Your christian stuff has no relation to this game review and thus was unnecessary.

[DEIVION212]

Thanks :)

Blocked him, hate religious nut jobs.

Have nothing against religion, just the nut jobs.

[Link261]

nice review but not something that i might get

Are you gonna get Cave Story for wiiware?

[DEIVION212]

Thanks :)

No point, can get it free on P.C, same exact game only with slightly worse graphics.

So why pay for a free game? Especially one that I never actually play XD

[Link261]

ehh so true i would recommend to try it though pretty good game

[DEIVION212]

I do want to, but I've just got so much else to play at the mo that I've paid for, that I just think "Why play a free game until I've beaten the ones I've actually parted with my cash for?".

[Link261]

Agreed

[toolslave]

Cool review. It looks fun.

[DEIVION212]

Thanks :)

It is if you like the older ones :)

[xxetfownsxx]

nice review

[DEIVION212]

Thanks :)

[YoungHenry101]

was this only realeased in europe?

[DEIVION212]

For now, yeah :)

[grorusso]

i think i'll download this game when avaliable for us nice review but the rainbow is kind of gay lol

[DEIVION212]

Thanks :)