Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures

Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures features three playable characters: Twinbee, Winbee or Gwinbee.{{Cite news|url=https://gamedrive.jp/news/1515286801|title=【1月7日】今日は『ツインビー レインボーベルアドベンチャー』の発売24周年！【レトロゲームの誕生日】|date=January 7, 2018|work=Gamedrive|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223122105/https://gamedrive.jp/news/1515286801|archive-date=December 23, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} All characters use their punch to attack, which can be charged to unleash a punch wave. They have two sets of weapons, one of them is either a short or long-ranged weapon (a hammer for Twinbee, a lasso for Winbee, and throwing rattles for Gwinbee), and the other one is a gun, which is a reference to Detana!! TwinBee{{'}}s cutscene, in which Twinbee is shown with two guns on each hand. All three can temporally fly in eight directions by propelling via a rocket pack that must be charged, as well as hover.

Aside from their weapons, the major difference between the characters is the time they require to fully charge their punch wave or their rocket propeller: Twinbee has an average charging time; Winbee charges her rocket propeller the fastest, but takes the most to charge a punch wave; Gwinbee, on the other hand, fills charges his punch quickly, but takes a while to charge his propeller.

The bell power-up from the rest of the series also appears here, and it allows any of the characters to obtain various kinds of power-ups, depending on the color of the bell, such as the sets of weapons, the gun, speed, options and invincibility. Unlike other Twinbee games, the bells are obtained by defeating enemies instead of shooting clouds.

The game also features a versus mode, in which players must defeat their opponents for three rounds.

• The level order in the Japanese version is a set of levels arranged in a quadrilateral form, with an interconnection between different stages. Some stages have alternate exits, similar to Super Mario World. In the European version, the order is strictly linear and a specific level can't be accessed if the previous ones aren't cleared.
• The dialogue by Dr. Cinnamon and the pilots (Light, Pastel and Mint) at the level select screen were deleted in the European version.
• The European release only uses passwords for saving data, while the Japanese version uses primarily an internal battery back-up, but the passwords are also an option.
• The Japanese version has multiple endings depending on the player's performance.

{{Video game reviews

| CVG = 81/100{{cite magazine|last=Ahmet|first=Deniz|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:CVG_UK_148.pdf&page=57|title=Review: Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventure|magazine=Computer and Video Games|issue=148|publisher=EMAP|date=March 1994|page=57}}

| Fam = 28/40{{cite magazine|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ツインビー 〜レインボーベルアドベンチャー〜|magazine=Famitsu|issue=264–265|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=January 7-14, 1994|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=1350 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113013938/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=1350|date=2015-01-13}}).

| GMaster = 90/100{{cite magazine|last1=Tucker|first1=Tim|last2=Lowe|first2=Andy|last3=Ellis|first3=Les|title=Reviews: Pop'n Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=GamesMaster|issue=15|publisher=Future Publishing|date=March 1994|pages=40–41}}

| SP = 70%{{cite magazine|last=Norris|first=Tim|title=UK Review: Pop'n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Super Play|issue=18|publisher=Future Publishing|date=April 1994|pages=36–37}}

| TOT = (UK) 90%{{cite magazine|last=Buxton|first=Chris|url=https://archive.org/details/total-27-march-1994/page/42/mode/2up|title=SNES Reviews: Pop 'N' Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventure|magazine=Total!|issue=27|publisher=Future Publishing|date=March 1994|pages=42–43}}
(DE) 2+{{cite magazine|last=Hartwig|first=Klaus-Dieter|title=Test: Pop 'n TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Total!|issue=11|publisher=MVL-Verlag|date=April 1994|pages=38–39|language=de}}

| rev1 = Max Overload!

| rev1Score = 83%{{cite magazine|last=McCarthy|first=Patrick|url=https://archive.org/details/max-overload-02/page/n19/mode/2up|title=System Overload: Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Max Overload!|issue=2|publisher=Dark Horse International|date=April 1994|pages=18–19}}

| rev2 = Nintendo Game Zone

| rev2Score = 43/100{{cite magazine|last=Nash|first=Jonathan|url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-game-zone-17/page/n39/mode/2up|title=Review: Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Nintendo Game Zone|issue=17|publisher=Future Publishing|date=April 1994|pages=40–41}}

| rev3 = Super Action

| rev3Score = 80%{{cite magazine|last=Sharples|first=Jay|url=https://archive.org/details/super-action-20/page/34/mode/2up|title=Official Review: Pop 'n Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Super Action|issue=20|publisher=Europress|date=April 1993|pages=34–35}}

| rev4 = Super Control

| rev4Score = 86%{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/super-control-11/page/n16/mode/1up|title=Super Review: Pop 'N' Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Super Control|issue=11|publisher=Maverick Magazines|date=April 1994|pages=17–18}}

| rev5 = Super Gamer

| rev5Score = 72/100{{cite magazine|last1=Pullin|first1=Keith|last2=McDermott|first2=Andy|url=https://archive.org/details/super-gamer-01/page/66/mode/1up|title=Super NES Review: Rainbow Bell Adventures|magazine=Super Gamer|issue=1|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=April 1994|page=66}}

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According to Famitsu, Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures sold approximately 36,601 copies during its lifetime in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search|title=Game Search|website=Game Data Library|access-date=2025-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118005114/https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search|archive-date=2024-11-18|url-status=live}} Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game tenth in popularity in its April 1994 issue, and it received a 23.1/30 score in a readers' poll conducted by Super Famicom Magazine.{{cite magazine|last=Yamanaka|first=Naoki|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1994-04/page/n279/mode/1up|title=スーパーファミコン|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|series=Super Soft Hot Information|issue=142|type=supplement|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=April 1994|pages=14–18|language=ja}}{{cite book|chapter=超絶 大技林 '98年春版|title={{ill|PlayStation Magazine (Japan)|lt=PlayStation Magazine|ja|PlayStation Magazine}}|type=special|language=ja|volume=42|publisher=Tokuma Shoten Intermedia|date=April 15, 1998|page=320}} It also received generally favorable reviews from critics.{{cite magazine|last1=Bright|first1=Rob|last2=Boone|first2=Tim|title=Review: Rainbow Bell Adventure|magazine=Nintendo Magazine System|type=special|series=Konami '94|issue=18|publisher=EMAP|date=March 1994|pages=10–13}}

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• [http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/d/twin.htm Original Japanese game ending, translated]

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