Super Bomberman (mobile)

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Title Superボンバーマン / Super Bomberman
	Supported phones i-Mode EZweb Yahoo! Mobile Willcom EMOBILE Java Genre Traditional (defeat all enemies) Developer Hudson Publisher Hudson (JP) Living Mobile (EU) Releases 1 December 2003 (JP) 13 November 2004 (US/EU, Java) 28 March 2006 (JP, Willcom ^[src])

A mobile phone rendition of typical Bomberman gameplay: 30 stages of baddie-blasting, exit-finding gameplay in the single-player game, and a 4-player battle mode to play by yourself or with friends via online connectivity.
Super Bomberman BT (SuperボンバーマンBT) was a separate release for Yahoo! Mobile phones that allowed for Bluetooth connectivity, allowing you to battle nearby players without the need to search for lobbies.

To my knowledge, this is the first of the mobile phone Bomberman games to see release in America and Europe.

Not to be confused with Super Bomberman, by the way. They're spelled differently in Japanese!

All of the gameplay data on this page has been sourced from the English version.

1 Player mode

The object of the game is to defeat all the enemies and find the exit door hidden beneath a random soft block. Each stage contains one power-up item also hidden within a soft block.
You have 300 seconds to complete each stage; running out of time will restart the stage at the cost of a life.
There are 30 stages in total.

Player vs CPU / Player vs player

The goal is to eliminate all players to be the last man standing. Battles can be fought first to 1, 3 or 5 victories. The timer is set to 300 seconds, and a draw is declared if time runs out.

The only customizable options available are:
Stage: Standard (スタンダード), Snow (雪原), Japan (和室), Cake (ケーキ), Chess (チェス) and Space (宇宙空間).
The CPU opponent's item loadout (up to 2 Speed Ups, 2 Bomb Ups and 2 Fire Ups).
... and what I can only assume is their level of artificial intelligence: Soldier, Philosopher, Lawyer, Apprentice, Taxi driver, Miner, Hunter, and Fisherman.

Bombs, Fires and Speed Ups are retained until the end of the game; all other items are lost once you lose a life.

Bomb / ボム: Increases bomb stock by 1.

Fire / ファイヤー: Increases bomb blast range by 1 tile.

Speed Up / スピードアップ: Increases movement speed.

Remote Control / リモコン: Detonate bombs with the * or # key.

Kick / キック: Walk into bombs to kick them forward.

Life / ライフ: Grants you an extra life.

Wall Pass / 壁通過: Allows Bomberman to walk through soft blocks.

Fireproof Suit / 耐火スーツ: Protects Bomberman from explosions.

Round 1 Ballom x 3 Fire	Round 2 Ballom x 4 Bomb	Round 03 Onil x 4 Speed Up

Round 04 Onil x 2 Remote Control	Round 05 Onil x 4 Bomb	Round 06 Kondoria x 5 Fire

Round 07 Dall x 2 Life	Round 08 Dall x 4 Kick	Round 09 Minvo x 3 Wall Pass

Round 10 Minvo x 4 Fire	Round 11 Kondoria x 3 Speed Up	Round 12 Kondoria x 4 Remote Control

Round 13 Ovapi x 3 Bomb	Round 14 Ovapi x 4 Wall Pass	Round 15 Pass x 3 Fire

Round 16 Ballom x 3 Bomb	Round 17 Onil x 4 Speed Up	Round 18 Dall x 4 Kick

Round 19 Minvo x 4 Fire	Round 20 Minvo x 5 Fireproof Suit	Round 21 Kondoria x 4 Bomb

Round 22 Kondoria x 5 Remote Control	Round 23 Ovapi x 4 Wall Pass	Round 24 Ovapi x 5 Fire

Round 25 Pass x 3 Bomb	Round 26 Pass x 4 Kick	Round 27 Pass x 5 Life

Round 28 Pontan x 3 Bomb	Round 29 Pontan x 4 Fireproof Suit	Round 30 Pontan x 4 Fire

Ballom: Red balloon. Slow speed. Only changes direction upon hitting an obstacle..

Onil: Blue onion with feet. Slow speed. Changes direction at every second junction.

Kondoria: Blue squiggle. Slow speed. Changes direction at every junction. Can pass through soft blocks.

Dall: Purple barrel. Medium speed. Only changes direction upon hitting an obstacle.

Minvo: White coin. Medium speed. Only changes direction upon hitting an obstacle.

Ovapi: Pink octopus. Fast speed. Changes direction at every junction. Can pass through soft blocks.

Pass: Orange bear head. Fast speed. Will follow Bomberman to within 2 tiles of him; will not advance further unless Bomberman moves away. Otherwise only changes direction upon hitting an obstacle.

Pontan: Yellow spinning coin. Medium speed. Changes direction at every second junction. Can pass through soft blocks.

(as far as I know, an enemy's score value seems to increase throughout the game - Pass begins at 900 points, but is worth 1000 points by Round 25. Still need to look into this!)

Hudson Mobile page (old, backup)

The original page for the game, with basic info and item details. There were variations for all the phone releases: EZweb, i-Mode, EMOBILE and Yahoo Mobile, though they're all largely the same. This backup is of the Willcom version.

Hudson Mobile page (current, expired)

There would be an abbreviated version of the old page here if the site hadn't gone belly-up since then. You're not missing much.

Living mobile page

A totally nothing page for the international release of the game.

Hudson Corporate (press release)

A press release for the game, announcing the company's aim to release content for "Vodafone Live"; it was also reproduced on Keitai Watch.

Living Mobile press release

A press release celebrating the sales of this game and others in Europe under Living Mobile's banner.
Download the English PDF here (zipped).

The Guardian: Bomberman shifts 500,000 on mobile

Dated January 19th 2005. Keith Stuart reports on the healthy sales figures of the Living Mobile release... and pines for a mobile release of Hi-Ten Bomberman.

Gamemaga (ゲーマガ) November 2006

A variety of Hudson Soft mobile games are spotlighted in the pack-in booklet Gehard Yahoo! Mobile Vol. 1 (ゲーハドY! ケイタイVol.1), with an overview of Super Bomberman as its first feature.

print ad

An advertisement for the game (as well as the DS and N-Gage games) by Hudson Entertainment. Unknown magazine. Cheers to Steamy Jimmy for the scan!