Virtual Console Reviews

We had a great session playing this over the weekend. Got 4 mates over and some beers and relived our mispent childhoods! In my mind Bomberman really hasn't moved on since the 1993 version. It's genius in multiplayer mode!

I still regard Saturn Bomberman to be the greastest one of all time, but I had never played this version, until now. Its great and even better in multiplayer! Its a game worth spending those precious Wii points on. A top game.

This has quickly become my favorite multi-player game on the Wii. I've had sessions that lasted upwards of three hours without anyone noticing how much time had passed.

This past weekend my friends and I played a drinking game where you had to take a shot every time someone else (be it another player or one of the computer players) gave you a disease. It added a new, crazy dimension to the game and also got us very drunk.

Highly recommended.

It may not be the prettiest of the Bomberman incarnations, nor the one I enjoyed the most, but the elements that made this hit title a lasting franchise are here. It is simple, frantic, and the more players the better.

Aaaaaaahh..! Lovely, this game is extremely fun in multiplayer. Now i'm just hoping that they will soon release Super Bomberman from the SNES, thats the best Bomberman in my opinion!

I've got Bomberman 94 this year which I use a converter to play on my turbo- and I must say that I enjoy 93 a little more. However it's the battle mode in 93 that I like better- the one-player in 94 is better and more inventive than 93's...

I wish I could download this game but like the rest of Australian Wii owners I have to be tormented by the gaping white space where the turbografix would be in the "show games by system" menu. They don't even try to disguise the fact that we are getting blatantly shafted.

It's a real shame that I can't get this title because classic bomberman multiplayer was the thing I was most looking forward to on the VC. And now that this title is out nintendo have little incentive to upload any of the SNES bomberman games that I actually could download.

well, the only better bomberman game i know would be atomic bomberman...

man that one was fun!
on the other hand, i downloaded this and its fun as hell. played eight hours this weekend with friends.. damn...

Yeah, multiplayer's where it's at with the bomberman games. I felt Super Bomberman 5 was slightly better than this one, but it didn't add anything that a casual gamer would really care about.

Well i really like bomberman and this game sounds good but I'm gonna wait for the n64 bomberman, what ever it was called bomberman 64 i think.

This has become my friend's and mine's new addiction. Question guys: How do you get the 5 player working?

i heard you had to use a GC controller in addition to 4 classic controllers to get more than 4player..

Is the music similar to that of Super Bomberman on the SNES?

Downloading it tonight or tomorrow night! Only ever played the Ware bomberman game "Wario Blast" on the Gameoy, so I'm quite positive about this one!

I love this game, it was my first vc game

Bomberman 64...that alone would hold me over for about 2 years.

I wonder if there's any point in releasing another Bomberman game for the Virtual Console. Maybe Super Bomberman 3? (which was released only in Japan and Europe)

I would definitely like to see another bomberman game made available, if only because no TG16 games are downloadable in Australia. I used to own bomberman 64 and while the single player experience was an excellent puzzle experience I much prefer the cross shaped explosions in the earlier titles.

TG16 is being launched for Australian VC on July 6! I can't wait to get me some bomb action.

http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php

Dull in single-player-- Bomberman is basically the ultimate party game. Get 3 friends, slap controllers in their hands, and start blowing each other up. Even Halo's brilliant multiplayer pales in comparison to this retro-style blastfest.

Anyone else notice the update to this?

This game is fun.....however I remember Super Bomerman for SNES being way better. With many more and better items. Roller skates, detonator bombs, Golden flame, punch bombs as well as kick bombs. Nintendo please release that version.

I'm looking forward to the SNES super bomberman, but this one is a very good thing to spend your time waiting. Buy it for the multiplayer, but play the story aswell!

This is without a doubt the best multiplayer game of all time. There is just a magic quality about it which makes it so fantastically brilliant that you can simply not have more fun with a couple of your mates. For that it deserves 5 stars alone...

But, the single player by nature does quickly get repetitive and dare I say it a little tedious. I really wish there was a 4 and a half score but I just can't give it.

4 stars it is but STILL get this game (if you actually have people you can play with).

what did the update contacin that I downloaded today? cant seem to see any differences

I had my buddies over for my b-day yesterday and I had gotten about 3 wii points cards, this was one of the ones I downloaded. we played 5 player multi matches the entire night. I havent played any of the 16 bit bomber mans since I was a kid. Download this game right now it will become the best multiplayer wii game you have.

Good game! but here's the TRUE storyline.
The Black Bomberman has attacked a city, stealing the seven power circuits that provide it with electricity and scattering them across several planets. It is up to Bomberman to recover them.
The multiplayer is fun. I recommed this if you have people to play with you.

Buy it! Even the single player is fun!

Well, instead of spending my valuable Wii Points here, I might just wait out for the WiiWare game - even if it is 200 points more, it is very possible to have WiFi = win.

Even if there's a wiiware game for Bomberman coming soon, I refuse to get rid of this.

We're coming up to the one year anniversary of this game being on Virtual Console and this is the only Bomberman game available to us. I really am surprised at this, especially when other series have had sequels released on Virtual Console. Heck, Bomberman '94 hasn't been released on Virtual Console outside Japan...

A fantastic multiplayer experience with a so-so single player one.

This is a masterpiece! I love the Battle with just computer players, but when I had a friend to play, who, mind you, doesn't exactly appreciate older 2d games, we had a blast! The single player story is alright, but it is definately the battle mode that will have you spending hours on this game. But I want to emphasise the multiplayer once more. When I played this with a friend, the hours slipped by. We probably played battles over and over, teaming up on the computer players, for two and a half hours without even checking the clock. It was great fun, and as cartoony as it is, it even gets a intense at times. The multiple arenas helps. GREAT DEAL for six bucks. This easily gets 5 stars, and it is probably one of the top 10 VC games. Get this right away. -Clayfrd

Speaking of Top 10 VC games, that would a great New Year's activity for the Virtual Console Archive to usher in another year of classics... I wish I could make that list. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait for an authority in gaming to do that. Hint, hint.

This Game in multy player is absolutely awesome. I and my firends play it every weeks!

Classic Bomberman. Grab four friends and this is essential.

Its good because all the bomberman games are good, this is definately not the best version though. I used to have super bomberman 2 on the snes which had much better powerups.

Great multiplayer game. If only it was online enabled as well.

So this is definitely not for me. This doesn't interest me as much as bomberman 64 which was awesome. But I'm not getting ether since most of the fun comes from multiplayer

BEST 5P MULTI GAME ON THE VC TO DATE!

@DEMON, I sure hope that the Wii-Ware Bomberman has wi-fi! that would be awesome! Bomberman Land Touch has it, but its awful and runs really slowly! lets hope for for better things on Wii-Ware!

Great game, I just never had the time to play 5 players...

God I love this game. Me and three friends played this game on multiplayer for at least 2 hours, it was crazy fun. If anyone is unsure about this game, BUY IT! It is a great game with friends in multiplayer.

I'll just wait for the wiiware game if I want a bomberman game.

The single player mode in this game maintains the same caliber of quality as other single player modes in other Bomberman games: mediocre. However, the Battle Mode in this game is good just like it is in its others games. Although its options and stages are not as expansive as future iterations, the Battle Mode is still fun whether there is one human player or five. Consider buying this game if you have many friends or siblings. If you're a recluse, you may want to wait for a future Bomberman game.

This game gets a: 7/10.

Me, girlfriend, her sister and her boyfriend play this every time they are over at our place. This beats all our newer wii games, guitar hero III etc hands down when it comes to multiplayer.

I really hope we will see similarly interesting multiplayer games on the Wii proper eventually...

I love Bomberman games, proud owner of Atomic Bomberman! Anyway, the multiplayer it's awesome, good thing the A.I. it's not that dumb like the version for Xbox360, in this version the Kick icon, Spooge icon, Enclosement Depth and the fact that there is a LOT of diversity for Diseases(short fuse, short timer, "mute",etc.), makes a great if not, excellent multiplayer game. The single player songs are great but the gameplay can't be said the same, although the boss battles are challenging.

While Saturn Bomberman is still the penultimate game in the series (imho), this is where my love of all things Bomberman started. This game sucked up many hours of my life, and multi-player was amazingly fun. While I've been seduced away by more recent versions, in particular the Saturn and SNES games, this one will always get play.

I always loved bomberman. I remember we got if for the comp and networked it so we could play with 8 people that got a lil nuts. It was only computer class at school we had fun for weeks with that.

Can anyone offer any direct insight into the value of a two-player game?

I see lots of people here and on the net praising the 4 player and so on modes, however no one really directly addresses two player. I've only got two wii remotes and one regular playing partner. Is this a worthwhile purchase or just so-so like the solo mode is?

Conversely, I am trying to decide between this and Kirby's Dream Course. Any insight there insofar as two player fun and addictiveness goes? I have played and enjoyed both games on emu's.

Please advise.

@sirmatt: The game is pretty fun for 2 players as well. Throw in 2-3 computer opponents and you´re set to go. The computer can act weird at times, but at least it´s pretty tough to beat.

@EVERYONE: What is this "update"? It weights over 100 units, so I don´t want to download unless it´s very usefull... Like new levels or an editor

Could've been a little better though!

Fantastic game, but I think the WiiWare version will be the more definite choice.

Great game for when your pals are over for a few cans. Download this immediately.

Isn't the wiiware bomberman suposed to be almost exactly the same as this one?