Bomberman Lan Multiplayer

Release Date: March 3, 2017 Platform: Switch Developer: Konami & HexaDrive Publisher: Konami Genre: Action Let's start by stating the bloomin' obvious: Bomberman's concept is brilliant in its simplicity. So brilliant, in fact, that it's barely changed since the original Bombermanemerged in 1983.

The most Massively Multiplayer Online. Retro Arcade on the web. 137 PLAYERS ONLINE. Incorrect nickname. Nickname must not be empty. Nickname must not. Mar 8, 2018 - Bomberman Land brings together three exciting game modes into one. The series introduces a bevy of mini-games, where most can be played.

You play as a little guy whose bombs disintegrate enemies and obstacles alike. The only downside is, he's also vulnerable to the tongues of fire that shoot out from each resulting blast. It's when you add other players to the mix that Bomberman's effectiveness becomes apparent. Every bout hovers between victory and humiliating defeat.

With anywhere from five to ten players running around planting explosives around each single-screen map, it's possible for even the most seasoned player to make a mistake. Get stuck between a wall and a bomb, or simply stray around a corner just as an explosion goes off, and you're out of the game. The result is one of the noisiest, most chaotic, and sweariest local multiplayer experiences in gaming. When series creators Hudson Soft wound up as part of Konami's portfolio, however, things started going a bit quiet in the Bomberman series. We've seen the odd download-only entry appear now and again, like Bomberman Live on the Xbox 360 and Bomberman Ultra on the PlayStation 3, but nothing close to a proper sequel that takes full advantage of the series' manic possibilities. Things seem to have turned a corner with Super Bomberman R - a launch title for the Nintendo Switch, and the most lavish-looking Bomberman game in years.

If you buy it from an old-fashioned shop, it comes in a proper box and everything. Bomberman and Nintendo have had a longstanding and fruitful relationship almost from the beginning. Aside from the NES version, which came out roughly around the same time as the 8-bit computer editions in 1983, there were a string of great sequels for the Super Nintendo, which allowed four or five friends to blow each other up - assuming you had a multitap and enough controllers lying around. With its anime-style opening cut-scenes and upbeat music, Super Bomberman R initially appears to be a throwback to those 90s golden years - and with an asking price of $49.99, you'd certainly expect the definitive version of Bomberman for all that money. Beneath the slick exterior, though, you'll find a competent yet disappointingly bare-bones rendition of the Bomberman formula. As ever, Super Bomberman R's divided into two parts. There's the story mode, which sees one or two players fight cooperatively through a series of themed worlds.

Each of the 50 stages are full of likeably dim enemies that plod about the map. There are also ramps, tunnels, and odd little traps to negotiate as you blast your way to victory.

Konami's added a bit of variety by changing the objective on each level - blow up all the enemies, activate all the switches, and so on - plus there are a few boss fights that recall some of those in Saturn Bomberman - for this writer, the entry with the best single-player mode of the entire series. In terms of level design, Bomberman R sadly lacks the intricacy and imagination of that 90s Sega Saturn game. While the characters, now rendered in 3D, are personable enough, the mazes they roam about in are stark and disappointingly colorless - there's none of the softness and charm, of, say, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, an example of a game that turns 2D characters into 3D with precision and flair. Put it this way: Saturn Bomberman's first world was set in a surreal theme park where mice gave out balloons, dogs rode a ferris wheel, and a hippo wallowing in a pond went boggle-eyed in fright every time you set off a bomb.