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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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-'''Bubbler''' (バブラー{{fileref|Sonic2 MD Yasuhara Bubbler Annotated.jpg}}) is a scrapped enemy planned for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''.
+'''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]]''.
 ==Overview==
-It is a three-eyed floating fish (also known as '''Mother Bubbler''' (マザーバブラー{{fileref|Sonic2 MD Yasuhara Bubbler Annotated.jpg}})) that flies in the air using rocket propulsion. As it flies, it would drop smaller, exploding enemies (Bubbler) 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"{{fileref|Sonic2 MD Yasuhara Bubbler Annotated.jpg}} ([[Chemical Plant Zone]]).
+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 whenever the player is underneath it.
+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]].
-==Concept art==
+==Gallery==
+===Concept art===
 <gallery>
 Sket bubbler.png|Hirokazu Yasuhara concepts
-Sonic2 MD Yasuhara Bubbler Annotated.jpg|Hirokazu Yasuhara concepts (annotated)
+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
-Sonic2 MD TomPayne mbubblerconcept.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
-Sonic2 MD TomPayne Bubblerconcept.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>
-==Digitizer graphics==
+===Digitizer graphics===
 <gallery>
 TomPayneDisks sonic enemies backup mamabub.png

Difference between revisions of "Bubbler"

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Contents

Overview

Gallery

Concept art

Digitizer graphics

References