【Bomberman】The party battle game "Super Bomberman" series appears as a collection title! Among 8 titles with a total of 13 versions, there are also "Super Bomberman 4" and "Super Bomberman 5" with long-awaited localizations implemented!

If you think “Isn't Bomberman just a game where you place bombs?”, please wait a moment. To be sure, the basics are simple: set a bomb and defeat enemies with the blast. However, the mechanism of exploding a few seconds later creates an incredibly deep tactic. What allows you to enjoy the history of such a series all together is “Super Bomberman Collection”. Included are 8 titles, a total of 13 versions if including version differences, showing a substantial state. Not to mention people who want to play nostalgic works once more, even for players who think “I don't know old Bomberman”, it is a title where you can savor how the series evolved while actually operating it.

What one would want to call the main characters after all would be the 5 works from “Super Bomberman” to “Super Bomberman 5”. Starting from the battle with Carat Diamond and the robot army led by Dr. Mook, the story expands to the Dastardly Bomber 5, Professor Bagular, the Bomber Kings, and Terrorin the emperor of another dimension. If proceeding through works in order asking “What kind of enemy is waiting next?”, that you can enjoy not only game systems but even changes in worldview is interesting. Furthermore, for “Super Bomberman 4” and “Super Bomberman 5” which were not released overseas, English localized versions are also prepared, letting you feel value unique to collections that does not stop at simple re-releases.

It solidly answers even the question “What was even older Bomberman like?”. In “Bomberman”, you can enjoy the gameplay that became the foundation of the series and the strategy of all 50 stages, and in “Bomberman II”, battle elements that became later synonymous appear. Rather than lining up only completed works, that it includes even their origins is truly interesting. Mechanisms felt natural now appear fresh as “Did it start from here?” when touching successive works continuously. For people who played in the past, there is nostalgia evoking memories, and for first-time people, there are discoveries as if tracing game history. That different ways of enjoying are possible depending on generations is also a strength of this collection.

And what must not be forgotten is “Panic Bomber W”. This is not a type running around familiar fields, but a competitive puzzle game enjoyable by 1 to 4 players. If deciding chains, special directions occur, and by accumulating the meter, you can unleash “Big Bombs” to attack opponents. Being an existence making you think “Just with the subject of bombs, can even this way of playing be done?”, it becomes a good accent among included works centered on action. Because an English localized version is also prepared for this one, commitment trying to leave including up to unexpected sides of the series is conveyed.

Even if interested in retro games, there is no need to hesitate thinking “Old games seem difficult...”. That is because in addition to save and load that can be used at favorite timings during play, even a rewind function that can redo failed scenes is equipped. Making a mistake in the place to set bombs so you cannot escape yourself, or misreading enemy movements; such “Ah!” moments are easy to challenge again. Furthermore, there is a screen filtering function that can adjust resolution and display to preference, and while enjoying original atmospheres, ease of play is arranged modernly. This exquisite sense of distance is a quite pleasing point when playing re-released works for a long time.

For people thinking “Just clearing normally is not enough!”, the new mode “Boss Rush” is waiting. It is a replay element where you fight bosses of each work continuously excluding “Panic Bomber W” and can challenge time attacks. Because you challenge formidable enemies that waited beyond stage strategies in normal play one after another, the player's skill is purely tested. Wanting to challenge thinking “I struggled in the past, but now I might defeat faster” is the nature of Bomberman lovers. Not ending with clearing included works, but preparing new goals beyond that also feels like service spirit typical of this work.

What is further attractive is not ending by including only games themselves. In “BOMB Radio”, you can enjoy original sounds of each title, and can also create your own playlist. And in the gallery, over 200 items such as visuals and development materials of those days are included. Nostalgicing “I remember this song!”, or thoroughly gazing at materials usually without opportunities to see, you can immerse in the series' world up to time not gripping controllers. Because you can look back on history from multiple directions of games, music, and materials, it is content where the name “Collection” suits well.

The charm of “Super Bomberman Collection” is not simply putting together old works. Abundant included content of 8 titles with a total of 13 versions, localization of works unreleased overseas, comfortable support features, Boss Rush for skill testing, BOMB Radio where you can fully enjoy music, and a gallery exceeding 200 items. By each combining, ways of enjoying like “playing”, “listening”, and “knowing” the series are possible. Setting a bomb, escaping, reading opponent movements, and finally BOOM! -- you can savor this simple and clear interest that makes you want to challenge any number of times together with the series' steps. For people who were crazy in the past, and for people who know Bomberman from now on, it is a collection where new discoveries wait beyond the bomb blast.