

It’s more impressive in terms of the rebooted aesthetics, with stronger visuals and writing, but the general execution of the reboot arguably comes at the cost of some of the nostalgic power that Konami wanted to harness.įans who lit their fuses with the SuperBomb games might feel differently than I do, of course. With mechanics that are pared down even compared to the game that inspired them, SBR completely failed to sell me on the old-school formula. While obviously I was – and still am – relieved that Konami is actually making good-faith efforts to bring Bomberman to life again and save him from the nothing he’s become, I was much less thrilled with what they threw back to, and wholly unimpressed by the result from a gameplay standpoint.

SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE GRADE CRACK
This is a terrible metaphor from a terrible fan with terrible crack theories. That is to say, SBR should have been a triumphant return to form for the Bomberman series, but ends up being… a little less so.įor a loser like me, who properly came in during the Nintendo 64 era and had been super-stoked about the apparent return to that style of gameplay with the now-canceled Bomberman 3DS, the reality of SBR is once a golden promise and twice a leaden disappointment, a description which really shortchanges lead in its ability to shield us from bone-frying radiation. Unfortunately, they barely make it to first base, and on the way to second base they fall into a sudden rift in space-time that leads to the universe of Normal End TSA, a universe which could ultimately be considered responsible for that other reboot everyone knows about. Super Bomberman R appears to be the result of what Bomberman used to be trying to score with what Bomberman could be. So here they are, spoiler-free: not so much a proper game review as it is me just bomberblathering into the void. Not comprehensive ones, not coherent ones, and probably not even particularly interesting or unique ones, but Thoughts™ regardless. Thirdly, to the surprise of absolutely no one, I have Thoughts™ about this game. I’ve been lost in the fields of Hyrule for the time being, though, so I haven’t yet had too much occasion yet to fully enjoy this update.

I had to use the not-quite-a-d-pad on the Joy-Cons the first time through, but now I can comfortably use the joystick to get around.
SUPER BOMBERMAN R ONLINE GRADE PATCH
Secondly, I’ve tested out the recent patch for SBR, and the controls are definitely improved. I’m not sure how long to keep this up for maybe six months to a year? What do y’all think? This is the first time I’ve ever had to be cautious about spoilers for a general audience, so I’m a little unsure on the etiquette. So, as you may have noticed, spoilers are noted and/or cut in the posts that they happen to appear in. Bomberlovelies! It’s your fruit-snack-loving neighborhood Sora here with some SBR stuff.įirst off, I’m not sure how many people this matters to, and I suppose technically I’m practically a month late on this, but! I’ve been striving to keep the Base as spoiler-free as possible for those unable to play SBR for the time being.
