Bomberman Tournament

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Bomberman Tournament
Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Release date(s)	2001 (US)
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone)
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Media	Cartridge

Bomberman Tournament was a game in the long standing Bomberman series for the GBA. The game contains a fully realized multiplayer battle mode between linked Game Boy Advances. The player and up to three friends can compete in any of the game's eight multiplayer battle arenas, each of which has its own unique gameplay twist.

Contents 1 Story 2 Features 3 GamePlay 3.1 Karabons 4 External links

[edit] Story

When the planet Phantarion comes under attack by the evil Brain Bomber, Professor Ein and Max send Bomberman to investigate. Bomberman must fight his way through eight large cities, five puzzle-filled dungeons, meet up with several friends and defeat six bosses.

[edit] Features

• Each of the game's eight arenas is designed to affect the players' tactics in one way or another. Examples of this include environment hazards, such as buried explosives in one stage and the powerups in the Hi-Power Stadium. Tournament also includes a standard arena without any of these features, allowing for straightforward gameplay when desired.
• Powerup tiles that augment the player's abilities.
• A fully-fledged RPG-style singleplayer mode.

[edit] GamePlay

Tournament was generally lauded for its simple, approachable gameplay. In order to score, players must lay time bombs in order to trap and obliterate their opponents, with the last player alive becoming the winner. As the player defeats enemies and clear away obstacles, a variety of power-up tiles appear. Randomly selected from a pool of 10 different items, these tiles have a number of effects, such as increasing bombs' blast radius, increasing the player's bomb capacity, or even reversing a player's controls.

Unlike other Bomberman games, Tournament's single-player quest mode is actually a role-playing experience rife with all sorts of Zelda- and Pokémon-reminiscent enhancements.

The majority of the action takes place in 2D from top-down vantage point, while Karabon battles and select minigames are presented in a side view. Each of the game's six different environments possesses only a minimum of rectangular features and is detailed with all sorts of wacky nuances, such as trees that topple over or an earthen giant collapsed in the middle of a road.

[edit] Karabons

The game includes a number of critters, called Karabons, that form a major part of the quest mode. These critters not only give out advice and augment Bomberman's capabilities, but they also add a scavenger-hunt aspect to an otherwise-standard RPG. The player can acquire 25 karabons by capturing them (a la Pokémon) or by artificially creating them. From time to time, NPCs will challenge the player to Karabon battles, which, much like Pokémon battles, are one-on-one, turn-based fights. Unlike Pokémon battles, however, the outcome of a match is determined before it ever begins, as the player's Karabon's prevailing stats and pre-set attack strategies determine the course of the fight.

[edit] External links

• Official page at Hudson Soft's Japan Website