Bomberman

Overview

Bomberman, known in Japan as Bomberman Portable, is a strategy maze video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Konami for the PlayStation Portable handheld console. It was released in Japan in July 2006, in North America in September 2006, and in the PAL regions in February 2007. It was initially released as simply Bomberman outside Japan, but later released in North America as Bomberman Legacy.

Players must navigate a series of levels, defeating enemies by blowing them up with Bomberman's infinite supply of bombs. Unlike previous games, power-ups are added to an inventory to be used when the player wishes, rather than activated immediately upon collection. Power-ups in the player's inventory are carried over should the player lose a life, but those which have been used have their effects canceled. A total of 18 different power-ups are available in the game.

The game received "mixed or average reviews" as reported by the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens and two sixes for a total of 26 out of 40.

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Game details

Genres

Strategy, Arcade

Developer

Hudson Soft

Publisher

Konami

Series

Bomberman

Platforms

PlayStation Portable

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

E

Release dates

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Konami

Developer

Hudson Soft

Released

2006-09-12

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 2.4 hours