A re-worked/remixed Bomberman 94, mostly just an excuse to save on making new assets while integrating Buggler and Louie into the Super Famicom games. I don't like it as much as 94, I don't think the levels have as much a semblance of location here, since they never get larger than a single room and have more repetitive tilesets. It's also weird how the bosses are the Dastardly Bombers piloting mechs, but they don't really reflect their abilities at all? So you just get Magnet Bomber controlling a random racoon guy.

It's solid otherwise tho, of the three Super Bomberman games I've played it has my favorite singleplayer. Destroying the glass capsules has a better flow than beating up all the enemies, and there's none of the shitty puzzles from 2.

Also appreciate the new variant of world 4. Desert stages >>>>>>>>>>>>> Haunted stages. That said, why does the main level have Egyptian iconography, but the boss is cacti with sombreros? Huh????????????

Couldn't say much about the music but I do love the mix of hyper-crunchy percussion with soft glockenspiel and synth.

Have a cool stage select theme: https://youtu.be/g9KPtykff0I

Reviewed on Jul 13, 2023


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