Tuesday, February 7, 2012

World 2-17: Super Bomberman 4

Super Bomberman 4
~Super Famicom

When I originally read that there were 5 Super Bomberman games, I didn't realize the last two were only released in Japan. Surprisingly, the version I found said it was Japanese but came in full English, so it seems there was no real reason not for it to be released in North America as well - other than the fact that it was completely unoriginal from the rest of the series. There were hardly any new ideas implemented in this game that weren't there in Super Bomberman 3. The only real differences, other than the final boss (more on that in a bit), were the addition of a few new monsters to ride on and a couple new level themes. Overall, there was nothing astounding about Super Bomberman 4.

Super Bomberman 4 was much shorter than the first 3 games, featuring only 5 worlds (each with 7 stages) and the last world was just constant boss fights. However, the method for killing the final boss was finally changed up a bit. Rather than the usual picking up bombs and hurling them at him, he changed forms, much like Smithy from Super Mario RPG. That's about as far as the originality of this game went. Overall, it wasn't a bad game, but not really a great game either. 


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