Review of single-player mode. Will update when/if I play the multiplayer down the road.

tbh the single-player is pretty bad here, the puzzles don't mesh well with bomberman's power-ups and it ends up being really gimmicky and frustrating. the last world in particular is really bad. the bomber bosses are also weirdly overly-hard while their mecha forms are really easy. it's an overall odd experience that clashes with itself a bit too much for my tastes. i had a better time with bomberman's more traditional 'blow everything up' campaigns.

I honestly miss the days when a successful game would be followed up barely a year later with another full-length game that's basically the same but with small tweaks and refinements - unless it's a blatant cashgrab of course.

That's the case here - a fun follow-up to the original Super Bomberman, with really enjoyable multiplayer and a rather less-refined single-player experience. I marginally prefer the first game for its emphasis on different enemy behavior and movement patterns as opposed to this game's larger focus on stage gimmicks which can get rather annoying, but there is a lot to like about this game too - I think it handles the duel bosses very well, giving them a more erratic and aggressive AI which leads to some gloriously chaotic battles that end in the blink of an eye.

It's more of the first game - which isn't a bad thing!

A decent sequel to SB1. Mostly the same gameplay although the levels look more interesting. Visually the game is also quite pretty, and the music is solid.

It gets a little cheap near the end (hi invisible minefields) but most level gimmicks aren't that frustrating to handle at least.

The villains this time, the Five Dastardly Bombers, are pretty cool, and I'm quite fond of their designs. I think they're neat :) For boss battles you find one of the dastards first, then the big robot they control. Fighting against the bombers is pretty fun and somewhat challenging, while the boss battles are similar to the previous game's where they're big, take a lot of hits, and can become a bit of a drag.

Overall, solid sequel. Honestly its the graphics that make me like it most, its just so pretty <3

More Super Bomberman games huh? Well, that one isn't really "super" if I'm being honest.

I think the first question we all ask ourselves before starting a new Bomberman game is "Will we see new gimmicks and content" But then all the game has to offer is shitty puzzle stages and invisible minefields, it's a bit disappointing.
This game is quite literally the same as Super Bomberman 2, the main difference being that this time the throwing move does not require a power-up and is available by default. That's pretty much about it, this is a really underwhelming sequel and I'm tired of Bomberman games being kinda lazy and doing the same damn thing every year.
Classic Bomberman games tend to be less criticized because most people just play one Bomberman game, usually one that they grew up with but when you play the entire library you will notice he lack of new content and ideas.

Maybe I'm being too harsh on the game, and people will usually tell me "You are not supposed to play Bomberman for the singleplayer, it's all about the multiplayer" Then why would they bother making new games that only change the single-player and keep the exact same multiplayer mode for each entry. I'm sorry if this Bomberman rant does not fit in this review but It's something I have to get out of me.

Back to Super Bomberman 2, another notable difference is the boss fights are very similar to how Super Bomberman did them with large and fairly easy bosses but huge chunks of health. Though this time each boss battle has a small 1 VS 1 Classic Bomberman match before the real boss arrives and I think if the Bomberman fight were the only bosses we had to face it would be so much better, I don't want to fight a slow boss that takes thousands of bombs to defeat I think the 1V1 idea was great but when mixed with another forced boss it just becomes even more annoying than the first game because I don't want to fight two bosses in a row!

So yeah, this game only adds worthless additions to the game and I think we could live in a world without Super Bomberman 2. You have 3 more Super Nintendo Bombermans up your sleeves Hudson, and they better be good.