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    A video game area that takes place on solid clouds in the sky. The characters may be seeking out a landmass or building in the sky, but they also might just be wandering through a huge field of solid clouds. Naturally, not falling to one's death is the biggest challenge of such an area, which can be made worse by the presence of annoying flying enemies. Fluffy Cloud Heaven is often this. It's interesting to mention that already the first sidescrolling platformer - Jump Bug, released in 1981, contained solid clouds.

    Named after the stage from Kirby's Dream Land.

    Examples of Bubbly Clouds include:
    • Mario seems to end up in the clouds often:
    • Kirby finds himself in the sky a lot, what with his flying ability and all:
      • The Trope Namer comes from the first game, Kirby's Dreamland. Bubbly Clouds shows up again in Kirby Super Star's Updated Rerelease of the original, along with the "Skyhigh" level in the Milky Way Wishes mode.
      • Grape Gardens in Kirby's Adventure.
      • The second level of the icy Shiver Star in Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards.
      • Cloudy Park in Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3.
      • And in select stages of Kirby Squeak Squad. Note: Do not attempt a final cutter when wielding a Fire Sword in one of these stages. Since fire burns away clouds and final cutter is uninterruptible, the result can only be described as an Epic Fail Fall.
      • Nutty Noon in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
    • Air Man from Mega Man 2 hides in a sea of clouds and odd blocks with evil faces on them.
      • Snake Man from Mega Man 3 resides in a cloudy tower and giant snakes.
      • Ring Man (4) also waited in a cloudy tower, although it reached to space and was filled with hippos, not snakes.
      • Gyro Man from 5 had a base that fit this trope to a T.
      • Wind Man's (6) has a variation; his level is semi-cloudy, but has more of a Chinese-motif.
      • Cloud Man, naturally. His level in 7 was at a research institute, but clouds were major platforms in this level.
      • Tengu Man's level in Mega Man 8 eventually got to the point where there were no more cloud platforms. To continue, Mega Man had to undergo an Unexpected Gameplay Change and fight through a Shmup section. There were still clouds, but no platforms.
      • His level in Mega Man & Bass was just a regular example of the trope.
      • Finally, Tornado Man from 9 had the clouds in the level change from normal, to snow, to rain.
    • Sky Sanctuary in Sonic And Knuckles, as well as Angel Island from Sonic Advance (though both consist mostly of Floating Continent).
    • Several levels in the Adventure Island series. The sixth island in Adventure Island II was an entire island dedicated to this (even if there were only two levels in the clouds up there).
    • Cloud Tops in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.
    • The Dark Cloud and Above the Clouds in The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures.
    • Dalaam in EarthBound.
    • Super Smash Bros. Brawl starts with a few levels which are made out of clouds, based mostly on Kid Icarus.
    • Speaking of the angel, the third world and the final level in the first game of Kid Icarus take place in this trope setting. Most of the game in the Gameboy sequel take place here as well.
    • Above the Clouds in Wario Land 3.
    • The sky sublevels in Wario World.
    • Sky Tower in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
    • Mega Man Star Force 2 featured Sky Road, which also acts as the Hub Level for a lot of later areas.
    • Baten Kaitos features Diadem. Heck, there's even a castle entirely made out of clouds. Even more relevant in the appropriately named "Cloud Passage" level.
      • Worse in Origins, perhaps? With the Cloudvents, the origin of that bunch of sugary-looking clouds, in that same nation.
    • In Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu, the second part of the fourth level largely takes place on clouds.
    • The Wind Elemental level in Wizards and Warriors : Ironsword takes place on clouds as well. You can also get inside the clouds and the boss is a cloud-shaped Eldritch Abomination.
    • Chimpanzee Clouds from Donkey Kong Land.
    • CloudRun from An Untitled Story is unusual in that it is actually one of the lowest lying areas in the game world. There is also pink. Lots of pink.
    • The fourth and fifth Might and Magic games, Clouds Of Xeen and Darkside Of Xeen, had these at the top of every tower. If your Levitate spell wore off while you were up there, you'd fall straight through the clouds and take a lot of damage.
    • The Sky World (stages 6–7) from Forgotten Worlds.
    • The Genie stages in Aladdin has some areas with cloud platforms, including one where the Genie determines which platforms you get based on how well you did on the stage so far (with the clouds being the easiest platforms to use)
    • In Jabless Adventure, many above-ground areas have a line of cloud platforms near the top, and even those that don't will lead to a cloudy sky area if you fly off the top of the screen.
    • Although it's not apparent in the original, Final Fantasy I has the Sky Castle, which takes place in the sky. It's also home to Death Machine/WarMECH.
    • Cloud Ruins in Little Nemo the Dream Master.
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