Bomberman (series)

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This article is about the Bomberman series of video games. for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game, see Bomberman (1983 game). For the Nintendo DS video game, see Bomberman (Nintendo DS)

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Bomberman is a strategic, maze-based computer and video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft. The original game was published in 1983 and new games in the series are still being published to this day. Today, Bomberman is featured in over 60 different games.

1 Gameplay
2 Bomberman
3 Powerups
4 Characters
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Gameplay

A bomb explodes in the Bomberman arcade game.

The general goal throughout the series is to complete the levels by strategically placing bombs in order to kill enemies and destroy obstacles. Exploding bombs can set off other bombs, kill or injure enemies and destroy obstacles. However, they can also kill or injure the player character, destroy powerups, and sometimes "anger" the exit, causing it to generate more enemies. Most bomberman games also feature a multiplayer mode, where other Bombermen act as opponents, and the last one standing is the winner. In this mode, powerups are plentiful. Although most games in the Bomberman series use the same type of maze-based levels established by the original game, some are Zelda-like adventure games, Mario-like platformers, Tetris-like puzzle games, and kart racers. It is considered to be a classic franchise by many video game players.

[edit] Bomberman

The term Bomberman also refers to the actual "species" of the series's protagonists and titular character. A "Bomberman" is a robotic-like man with a flat computer screen face which have eyes, but no visible mouth, within a sometimes squared, sometimes circular helmet, with a roundish body, long limbs and usually balled hands and feet. The series first began with a Bomberman that went from being a robot to achieving humanity (and change its appearance accordingly). Should Bomberman Act: Zero in fact be a prequel to all the other games in the series, it may be taken as proof that Bomberman are cybernetic (though, arguably no longer, in later games, necessarily made out of pre-existing beings).