Difference between revisions of "Bubbler"

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Bubbler

Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)

Bubbler (バブラー^[1]) is a scrapped enemy planned for Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Overview

It is a three-eyed floating fish (also known as Mother Bubbler (マザーバブラー^[1])) that flies in the air using rocket propulsion. As it flies, it would drop smaller, exploding enemies (Bubbler) from the exhaust pipes on the sides of its body that swell up and explode into foam which Sonic and Tails would need to avoid. This is listed as being set to appear in "Chemical Factory"^[1] (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 August 21st "Alpha" build where code was attached. It was removed entirely in subsequent prototypes, and by extension, does not feature in the final game.

The 2013 remake restores the enemy and makes it placeable in Chemical Plant Zone using edit mode where it functions much like it would in concept sketches, speeding up and dropping Bubblers whenever the player is underneath it. In this version of the game, the Mother Bubbler has a red palette.

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+{{Breadcrumb|noitalics=yes|Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|l1=''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (16-bit)|:Category:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) enemies|l2=Enemies|{{PAGENAME}}}}
-[[Image:Sket bubbler.png|140px|right]]
+{{EnemyBob
-The '''Bubbler''' was set to appear in [[Chemical Plant Zone]]. It is dropped onto the ground by [[Bubbler's Mother]] where it would proceed to bubble up before exploding.
+| image=Spr 3eyefish.png
+| spritescale=4
+| game=Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
+}}
+'''Bubbler''' (バブラー{{fileref|TomPaynePapers Binder Clip 6 (Sonic 2 Enemies) (Original Order) image1707.jpg}}) is a scrapped enemy planned for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''.
-[[Image:Spr bubble.gif|left]]
+==Overview==
-Several sprites of it were found in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Simon Wai prototype)|Simon Wai prototype]] as can be seen on the left.
+It is a three-eyed floating fish (also known as '''Mother Bubbler''' (マザーバブラー{{fileref|TomPaynePapers Binder Clip 6 (Sonic 2 Enemies) (Original Order) image1707.jpg}})) that flies in the air using rocket propulsion. As it flies, it would drop smaller, exploding enemies (Bubbler) from the exhaust pipes on the sides of its body that swell up and explode into foam which [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] would need to avoid. This is listed as being set to appear in "Chemical Factory"{{fileref|TomPaynePapers Binder Clip 6 (Sonic 2 Enemies) (Original Order) image1707.jpg}} ([[Chemical Plant Zone]]).
+While the graphics for the object exist in two early prototypes of ''Sonic 2'', the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nick Arcade prototype)|"Nick Arcade"]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Simon Wai prototype)|"Simon Wai"]] builds, it would not be until the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (alpha)|August 21st "Alpha"]] build where code was attached. It was removed entirely in subsequent prototypes, and by extension, does not feature in the final game.
+The [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2013)|2013 remake]] restores the enemy and makes it placeable in Chemical Plant Zone using [[edit mode]] where it functions much like it would in concept sketches, speeding up and dropping Bubblers whenever the player is underneath it. In this version of the game, the Mother Bubbler has a red palette.
+Graphics for the enemy were created by [[Tom Payne]].
+==Gallery==
+===Concept art===
 <gallery>
-File:Bubblerconcept.JPG|More concept art.
+Sket bubbler.png|Hirokazu Yasuhara concepts
+TomPaynePapers Binder Clip 6 (Sonic 2 Enemies) (Original Order) image1707.jpg|Hirokazu Yasuhara concepts (annotated)
+TomPaynePapers 8.5x11 Miscellaneous Loose Pages (No Order) image1476.jpg|Tom Payne sketches
+TomPaynePapers 8.5x11 Miscellaneous Loose Pages (No Order) image1508.jpg|Tom Payne sketches
+TomPaynePapers 8.5x11 Miscellaneous Loose Pages (No Order) image1510.jpg|Tom Payne sketches
+TomPaynePapers 8.5x11 Miscellaneous Loose Pages (No Order) image1494.jpg
+TomPaynePapers 8.5x11 Miscellaneous Loose Pages (No Order) image1438.jpg|Tom Payne sketches
+TomPaynePapers Binder Clip 1 (Sonic 2 Enemies) (Original Order) image1294.jpg|Tom Payne sketches
+TomPaynePapers Binder Clip 1 (Sonic 2 Enemies) (Original Order) image1304.jpg
+TomPaynePapers 8.5x11 Miscellaneous Loose Pages (No Order) image1493.jpg
+TomPaynePapers Digitizer Pages image1579.jpg
 </gallery>
-{{S2MDOmni|3}}
+===Digitizer graphics===
-[[Category:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) Badniks]]
+<gallery>
+TomPayneDisks sonic enemies backup mamabub.png
+TomPayneDisks sonic enemies backup bubbler.png
+</gallery>
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{S2MDOmni|2}}

Difference between revisions of "Bubbler"

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Contents

Overview

Gallery

Concept art

Digitizer graphics

References