Bomberman Channel

The clock is now ticking on Bombergirl, with around 4 characters left to be revealed before the full cast is complete! Meet Melora! After a bunch of Konami's usual vagueposting shenanigans on the game's Twitter, she was finally unveiled back at the beginning of November.  Based off of Princess Melora from Konami's Twinbee series, it's explained in-universe that she's the daughter of Melora and has been sent to Earth to deal with an oncoming threat. And who else would that threat be, then, than Platina, who's quite literally based off of Bomberman 64's Sirius? With Platina's debut (and us being made aware of the Cosmic Cube's existence here), we were introduced to an idol group called the "Pretty Bombers", who were essentially made aware of this threat. Something interesting worth noting, as pointed out by user @Shizen_Bomber, is that the four girls' main color schemes make up that of Super Bomberman 2's initial design for, well, Pre

So, we've received quite an exciting announcement more recently.  I'm guessing the NES Bomberman 1 and 2 vinyls by producer Ship to PhonoCo must've sold quite well because, and completely out of nowhere, Konami actually shows us once again that they SORT OF care about legacy titles that aren't the NES ones. For some context, earlier this year, Konami and Jun Chikuma put out a vinyl containing the entirety of the 2 NES titles' soundtracks on Vinyl with some very neat visuals, including animated sprites on the disc, as well as a nice fusion between the Japanese and US styles present on the cover. While I feel this was a good direction, in addition to a whole music video featured in the Apple-exclusive rhythm game, Amazing Bomberman, dedicated to recalling the events of said first NES title, Super Bomberman and the ambitious sequel, the release was kind of menial in that it featured no composer commentary or any extra goodies that celebrate both the series and it's

  With Hudson Soft's unfortunate closure back in 2012 following talks of becoming a subsidiary of partner Konami came an erasure of their immediate legacy. After the Wii U era, as many of us have since seen, we haven't seen too many of their IPs actually return. No, seriously.  It seems like ALL of the Hudson Soft franchises that weren't either Bomberman, or to a very light extent, Momotaro Dentetsu. None of their titles have gotten any re-releases or anything. Certainly not helping is what I've heard around about numerous of Hudson Soft's employees bailing ship in the months prior to their closure, including numerous big figures like the Kudo brothers or Yoshiyuki ('Takahashi') Meijin. If you're someone like me who really cares about the lasting legacy of a series, as well as the overall artistic integrity of a product, then the current state of Bomberman, as I've gone over numerous times before, has been a very sobering one.  Additionally, when mos

  With the opening of the Tokyo Game Show today, also comes Konami and their showcase of a plethora of games, including Super Bomberman R2! As I've gotten at in the last article, which can be found  HERE , Super Bomberman R2 is due to be shown and even made playable through the coming days at TGS 2022 by Konami! Intended to be a bunch of simple 4-player matches within the 'Standard' battle mode, I'm genuinely surprised by just how ALL-OUT they're actually going here. Unlike last time, where R's announcement kinda came out of nowhere with next to no fanfare, it looks like Konami's starting to give the series the treatment it deserves by actually putting money into advertising it. In advance of the booth's opening and the subsequent stream through Konami's Japanese YouTube channel, we've actually gotten a good look at their surprisingly elaborate setup. On the inside, it's about what you'd expect, really. Chairs surrounding a TV with switch

  The 2022 Tokyo Gameshow is coming up and Konami wants the public to try Super Bomberman R2 out! Announced during Nintendo's latest Direct: Partner Showcase, Konami rose out of the ashes of the now deceased Super Bomberman R Online to unveil their newest project: an outright sequel to 2018's Super Bomberman R.  For a SUPER quick summary, following Konami's acquisition and eventual absorption of Hudson Soft back in 2017, they pretty much got their hands on all of their IPs, including the beloved Bomberman series. This occurred while the previous IP holder was hard at work on a 3ds title that sought to bring back the adventure formula (i.e, 64, Generation, Jetters), likely resulting in it's unfortunate cancellation. This wouldn't mark the end of the series, however, as the company would rather suddenly announce and release a successor of sorts to the earlier game: Super Bomberman R. This would, more or less, bring the series back into the spotlight and lead to an onl