Bubbler

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)

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Bubbler

Bubbler
Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)

Bubbler (バブラー) is a scrapped enemy planned for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It is a three-eyed floating fish (also known as Mother Bubbler (マザーバブラー)) which would drop smaller, exploding enemies (Bubbler) which Sonic and Tails would need to avoid. This is listed as being set to appear in "Chemical Factory" (Chemical Plant Zone).

While the graphics for the object exist in two early prototypes of Sonic 2, the "Nick Arcade" and "Simon Wai" builds, it would not be until the "Alpha" build where code was attached. It was removed entirely in subsequent prototypes, and by extension, does not feature in the final game.

Graphics for the enemy were created by Tom Payne.

Concept art

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  Hirokazu Yasuhara concepts

• Sonic2 MD Yasuhara Bubbler Annotated.jpg

  Hirokazu Yasuhara concepts (annotated)

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  Tom Payne sketches

• Sonic2 MD TomPayne mbubblerconcept.jpg

  Tom Payne sketches

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  Tom Payne sketches

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  Tom Payne sketches

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  Tom Payne sketches

• Sonic2 MD TomPayne Bubblerconcept.jpg

  Tom Payne sketches

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Digitizer graphics

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