Bomberman GB

Nintendo exclusive

Bomberman is searching the depths of the earth in hopes of finding the Legendary Treasure. In the Story Mode, guide him through 48 levels of puzzle-solving action, collecting power-up items and defeating monsters along the way. The Battle Mode is the old favorite, where one to four players battle it out on six different maps.

Released: 1994
Platforms: Game Boy
Genres: Action Arcade Maze
Developers: Hudson Soft
Publishers: Hudson Soft
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E
Composers: Yasuhiko Fukuda

About

Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! is a video game developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan, and published by Nintendo in North America and Europe. It was released on August 10, 1994 in Japan and later in November 1994 in North America, and on June 29, 1995 in Europe. It was released in Japan as Bomberman GB.

›Story

White Bomberman is out riding on his motorcycle, when he's suddenly ambushed by Black Bomberman and his gang, who rough him up and steal all of his power-up items. Now White Bomberman must chase them down to get them back!

Keywords

explosion
super game boy enhancement
japan only

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In Bomberman GB, White Bomberman is out riding on his motorcycle, when he is suddenly ambushed by Black Bomberman and his gang, who rough him up and steal all of his power-up items. Now White Bomberman must chase them down to get them back.

In Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!, Wario one day stumbles upon Bomberman's world, and, being the greedy sort he is, decides to loot it for his own gain. Bomberman is the only one that stands between Wario and the complete decimation of his world.

Reception

GamePro criticized the game's graphics and difficult controls, but judged the game overall enjoyable due to its classic Bomberman elements, summarizing that "A legendary concept gets a great Nintendo treatment." Nintendo Power commented that the game was "great multi-player action." with "good use of Super Game Boy colors and music." and that the game had "larger areas than in previous Bomberman games." The reviews commented on the graphics stating it was "difficult to recognize your character" and that more characters would have helped.

Games World magazine gave the game an 86% score. Dave Perry said they "love Bomberman in this office" and the Game Boy port "is the perfect portable interpretation of" the game.