Bomberman

It’s pretty easy to stand out in the Virtual Boy catalog. There were only fourteen games. Half weren’t very good, half felt like tech demos, and half were Virtual Boy Wario Ware. If a game didn’t fit into any of those three halves, it stuck out like a missing tooth. Panic Bomber was one of those games. It’s a perfectly find match-3 puzzle game, with a heaping of Bomberman charm. It just didn’t benefit from being on the hardware in the slightest. The Virtual Boy had its advantages, but it’s hardly the ideal way to play a…

Super Bomberman R 2 released only two months ago, but you can already save big on the latest entry in the long-running series. Normally $50, Super Bomberman R 2 is on sale for just $30 at multiple major retailers ahead of Black Friday 2023. This is the first time the sequel has received a substantial discount.This deal is for the PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch editions at Amazon, but you can find the Xbox versions at Best Buy and GameStop for the same price (as well as Switch and PlayStation editions).In…

Konami announced today that the latest installment in the long-running Bomberman franchise arrives this September. Super Bomberman R 2, initially revealed last year, marks the series’ 40th anniversary by taking the foundations of its 2017 predecessor and adding level-building and a wacky 15 vs. 1 mode. For this installment, Konami added Castle mode, featuring “attack vs. defend” gameplay where you try to overtake or protect a fortress. Teams of 15 will try to open all the treasure chests to unlock passages into the…

Act Zero Konami has announced that Super Bomberman R 2 is slated for physical release on September 12, followed by it hitting digital storefronts on September 13. I have absolutely no idea why they’re doing it this way, but that’s what it says. I feel like Super Bomberman R 2 was announced about a zillion years ago, but it turns out it was just last year. Maybe I’m getting it mixed up with all the ports and rejiggering of the original Super Bomberman R that originally dropped on Switch in 2017.…

A few weeks ago, Konami announced that its newest Apple Arcade-exclusive title, Amazing Bomberman, would drop a mere 24 hours later. The latest in the nearly 40-year-old franchise, Amazing Bomberman takes the classic Bomberman gameplay and drops it onto iOS devices with explosive visuals, quick online matchmaking, and an aesthetic that feels much aligned with fan art you may have seen on platforms like Deviant Art, Tumblr, and Twitter.But of course, the biggest pull of Amazing Bomberman is its soundtrack. The game takes…

Last Thursday, Konami announced its latest Bomberman title would release exclusively on Apple Arcade the following day. The game, titled Amazing Bomberman, was shown off with a 30-second trailer that feels and hears like a person swiping through a Dance Dance Revolution song menu at the arcade.After watching it, I thought, could this actually be a weirder, distinct Bomberman game? Are getting a rhythm Bomberman? Could this be the new game that catapults Apple Arcade into the spotlight?No, no, and likely no. But that’s…

Coming to Apple Arcade on August 5 Konami and Apple Arcade teamed up for another game, and this one’s got a quirky musical twist. Amazing Bomberman flips the script on the series’ familiar explosion-dodging action with score chasing and battlegrounds that change to suit the song. As short as this trailer is, it’s worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBxlRu3Fd5I According to Konami, “the bomb placement and explosion sounds change with the songs, and the battle time also changes depending on the song. When the…

Four new games are coming to Apple Arcade this month with two Arcade Originals being joined by a pair of App Store Greats.Fans of Jetpack Joyride can look forward to the second installment as an Apple Arcade exclusive, while Bomberman will also be making an appearance in the App Store.  The App Store greats include My Talking Tom+ and Love You to Bits+.Amazing Bomberman — August 5Amazing Bomberman "is a brand new Bomberman game featuring stunning visuals and fantastic music created exclusively for the game," with battles…

Set to launch in 2023 It’s hard to believe that Super Bomberman R, a flawed revival of the series, came out five whole years ago, but here we are. It was a Switch launch game even, and over a year later it made the jump to PC, PS4, and Xbox One.  After all these years Super Bomberman R 2 is now a thing, and it’s going to launch on basically everything and ring in its own set of improvements. So this time, Konami is eliminating any of the mystique of a timed exclusive platform. Although it technically debuted during the…