Bomberman GB

• Title — Bomberman GB • Developer — Hudson Soft • Director — Norio Ohkubo • Producer — Norihito Miyamoto • Programmer — Kenji Ogata • Designer — Norio Ohkubo Katsuhiko Urabe Hiroji Kiyotake Yoshimitsu Chokki • Composer — Yasuhiko Fukuda • Artist — Shoji Mizuno • Series — Bomberman Wario • Platforms — Game Boy • Genre — Action, maze • Modes — Single-player is the first game in the Bomberman GB series, developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan, and published by Nintendo in North America and Europe under the name Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!. It was released on August 10, 1994 in Japan and later in November 1994 in North America, and on June 29, 1995 in Europe. In Bomberman GB, White Bomberman is out riding on his motorcycle, when he is suddenly ambushed by Black Bomberman and his gang, who rough him up and steal all of his power-up items. Now White Bomberman must chase them down to get them back. In Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!, Wario one day stumbles upon Bomberman's world, and, being the greedy sort he is, decides to loot it for his own gain. Bomberman is the only one that stands between Wario and the complete decimation of his world. Every stage is viewed from an overhead perspective. The objective of the game is to blow up enemies to move on to the next stage. Gray walls can be blown up as well. Certain gray walls contain power-ups (which increase the power of explosions, or the number of bombs that can be set) and locate enemies. In Wario Blast, the player can play as either Wario or Bomberman, but this only changes the enemies from Black Bombermen to Wario clones, and back. The game was enhanced for play on the Super NES through the Super Game Boy. The enhanced game offered color graphics, custom explosion sounds, a multiplayer mode which allowed for simultaneous gameplay between up to four opponents, and in Wario Blast a special Wario & Bomberman frame around the TV screen. The game uses a password system to save progress, where the passwords for Wario are the same as for Bomberman, but written backwards.

• Title — Bomberman GB 2 • Developer — Hudson Soft • Publisher — Hudson SoftNintendoVirgin Interactive Entertainment • Director — Tomohisa Goi • Producer — Norihito Miyamoto • Programmer — Tomonari Ikeda • Designer — Katushiko Urabe Sachiko Watanabe Koji Kato • Composer — Yasuhiko Fukuda • Artist — Shoji Mizuno Naoto Yoshimi • Series — Bomberman • Platforms — Game Boy • Genre — Action, maze • Modes — Single-player is the second game in the Bomberman GB series, developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan, published by Nintendo in North America and by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in Europe. The game was released in Japan on August 10, 1995, and later in North America in April 1998 and Europe also in 1998 as Bomberman GB due to the previous game being released under the title Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! in both regions. A Bomberman named Indy Bomber sets out on a long journey to uncover a legendary treasure called the Ring of Wishes. He discovers a scripture and begins to read it, but soon falls into a trap in the floor and ends up in a cave. Now he must find his way out of the cave and find the Ring of Wishes! The main objective of the game is to defeat the enemies that lurk in the cave and find the exit when done. There are two modes that can be selected before each new stage; Mode A, which requires the player to simply destroy all the enemies, and Mode B, which requires the player to defeat the enemies in a certain order. When an area is cleared, the player earns a new ability to help them in later levels. The game supports up to four players through use of the Game Link Cable and Super Multitap if used on a Super Game Boy.

• Title — Bomberman GB 3 • Developer — Hudson Soft • Publisher — Hudson Soft • Director — Norio Ookubo • Producer — Yoshinori Inoue • Programmer — Yukie Abe • Designer — Sachiko Watanabe Katsuhiko Urabe Koji Kato • Composer — Yasuhiko Fukuda • Artist — Shoji Mizuno Naoto Yoshimi Kozue Sato • Series — Bomberman • Platforms — Game Boy • Released — December 20, 1996 • Genre — Action, maze • Modes — Single-player is the third and last game in the Bomberman GB series, developed and published by Hudson Soft. The game was released only in Japan on December 20, 1996. Bomber Nebula's 11th planet, Owen, faces a sudden earthquake. Deep underground, the terrible Evil Bomber has been trapped for ages. He eventually breaks free and steals the Bomber Capsules, the energy that Bomberman relies on. Now he must take back the Capsules and defeat Evil Bomber! The game's main objective is to defeat the enemies with bombs and unlock the exit to proceed to the next area. Each stage is divided into six areas, the last being a boss battle. The fifth area of each stage is to get crystals; if the player collects enough, a 1UP will be awarded along with two Bell Items that will spawn near the exit. These items will offer help to the player against the boss. A White Bomber will appear to drop items and a Black Bomber will appear to damage one HP to the boss. After defeating a boss, they leave behind Bomber Capsules which can be used in Cutie Bomber's shop. There are 8 abilities to purchase, 4 of which are motorcycles. After purchasing one, the player can select them before each level, each granting additional HP and other abilities.