History VideoGame / Bomberman64TheSecondAttack

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In the Good Ending, the knights plus Rukifellth and Lilith all come back.]]

* BloodKnight: Bulzeeb has more than a few shades of this. [[spoiler: In fact, the entire reason he pretended to be under Rukifellth's control is so he can fight and get stronger fighting worthy opponents.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Played straight with Sthertoth, but Subverted with the Angel of Light and Shadow. Bomberman doesn't succeed in blowing the Angel to smithereens, but instead fights it to more of a standstill and convinces it not to destroy the universe.]]

* FissionMailed: Dying to [[spoiler: Mihaele!Lilith]]'s One Hit KO Attack results in a cutscene where the elemental stones have their energy drained, but the stones somehow revive bomberman and allow him to continue the mission. [[spoiler: However, this locks you into the bad/neutral ending, because Mihaele loses to Rukifellth and allows Sthertoth to revive at his full power using the crystal energy she steals from you.]]

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]][[spoiler: It's more like Satan and Michael are both jerks. Sthertoth the demon and Mihaele the goddess are both manipulative and pitiless spirits who treat the characters as pawns in their war, with the latter being a WellIntentionedExtremist and the former [[OmnicidalManiac just being a jerk.]] Mostly subverted with the Angel of Light and Shadow who was ''also'' going to destroy the universe, but is so impressed with Bomberman's heroism it not only agrees the universe is worth sparing but revives everyone who had died up to that point.]]
** GodIsGood:[[spoiler: The Angel of Light and Shadow wants to destroy the universe [[WellIntentionedExtremist so that it may make a more pure and peaceful universe from the remains.]] After being beaten by Bomberman, [[GracefulLoser the Angel congratulates]] and thanks him for showing it that there is [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity still hope and heroism in the universe,]] deciding to go back to watching it from afar (though warns that it may return someday if things don't get better). It also revives the Astral Knights and Rukifellth due to them being victims of Sthertoth's corruption and Lilith for being manipulated by Mihaele.]]

** [[spoiler: The Astral Knights and Rukifellth recover from Sthertoth's corruption after being revived by the Angel.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Zoniha controls the element of light and is a maniacal sadist. [[spoiler: The goddess Mihaele is even more tied to light and is a cold and detached being who will [[KnightTemplar stop at nothing to beat Sthertoth]].]]

* MarketBasedTitle: Known in Japan as ''Baku Bomberman 2'' (Explosive Bomberman 2).

** [[spoiler: Bomberman sort of gets a title in Japanese too, from Mihaele. She addresses him as ''Bakuhonoo no Senshi Bonbaaman'', or "Explosive Flame Warrior Bomberman," which didn't get rendered in the translation.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: Bomberman's gone from completely mute in ''64'' to having implied conversations, but we never hear him speak. [[spoiler: A bonus reel in the good ending shows several of the above scenes again, with the bonus of Bomberman actually talking, letting us know exactly what he said.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Rukifellth. Lilith gets possessed late in the game as well]].

* LightIsNotGood: Zoniha controls the element of light and is a maniacal sadist. [[spoiler: The goddess Mihaele is even more tied to light and is a cold and detached being who will stop at nothing to beat Sthertoth.]]

''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!'' is the third game in the ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' franchise for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}}, released in 1999 as a sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman 64}}''.

* GameGourmet: Different meats, fruits, vegetables, and sweets to feed Pommy, who will evolve in such a way as to correspond to what he's had.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Probably the most serious Bomberman game. [[ApocalypseHow You are trying to prevent the end the entire universe,]] several characters are killed off, and has one of the most wicked and dangerous villains in the franchise.

%%* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The bad ending]].

%%* NiceHat: Rukifellth.

While celebrating his victory over Altair and Sirius on the hot springs planet [=Ksa2=], Bomberman finds a mysterious egg and decides to take it with him. On his way home, however, Bomberman's ship gets sucked into a black hole, and he wakes up to find himself in jail with the aforementioned egg, which suddenly hatches into a tiny creature named Pommy.

* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:Rukifellth → Sthertoth → The Angel.]]

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler: Sthertoth the demon and Mihaele the goddess are both manipulative and pitiless spirits who treat the characters as pawns in their war, with the latter being a WellIntentionedExtremist and the former [[OmnicidalManiac just being a jerk.]] Mostly subverted with the Angel of Light and Shadow who was ''also'' going to destroy the universe, but is so impressed with Bomberman’s heroism it not only agrees the universe is worth sparing but revives everyone who had died up to that point.]]
* {{God}}: [[spoiler:You have to fight ''The Angel of Light and Shadow'', who created the universe, as the TrueFinalBoss.]]
** GodIsGood: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged.]] [[spoiler: The Angel of Light and Shadow wants to destroy the universe [[WellIntentionedExtremist so that it may make a more pure and peaceful universe from the remains.]] After being beaten by Bomberman, [[GracefulLoser the Angel congratulates]] and thanks him for showing it that there is [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity still hope and heroism in the universe,]] deciding to go back to watching it from afar (though warns that it may return someday if things don't get better). It also revives the Astral Knights and Rukifellth due to them being victims of Sthertoth’s corruption and Lilith for being manipulated by Mihaele.]]

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:''GOD''. To be able to fight this boss, you must complete all the worlds, defeat all the bosses, and prevail in the preliminary boss fight with Mihaele in Warship Noah]].

* ISurrenderSuckers: Ashtarth, which makes it rather ironic that the instruction booklet describes him as "an honorable knight who always believes in a fair and just battle."
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Zhael, to Rukifellth.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The bad ending]].

* NiceHat: Rukifellth.

* UnwittingPawn: Bomberman. [[spoiler:And later the knights once Rukifellth decides they're more useless than he thought.]]

* VideogameSettings:
** TheAlcatraz: Alcatraz, obviously.
** SlippySlideyIceWorld: Aquanet..
** WorldInTheSky: Horizon.
** CasinoPark: Starlight.
** LethalLavaLand: Neverland.
** AmusementPark: Epikyur as a whole.
** BigBoosHaunt: A subsection of Epikyur.
** GraffitiTown: Thantos.
** CoolStarship: The Warship Noah.
** FinalBossNewDimension: The fight with [[spoiler:The Angel, the TrueFinalBoss of the game]].

** GodIsGood: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged.]] [[spoiler: The Angel of Light and Shadow wants to destroy the universe [[WellIntentionedExtremist so that it may make a more pure and peaceful universe from the remains.]] After being beaten by Bomberman, [[GracefulLoser the Angel congratulates]] and thanks him for showing it that there is still hope and heroism in the universe, deciding to go back to watching it from afar (though warns that it may return someday if things don't get better). It also revives the Astral Knights and Rukifellth due to them being victims of Sthertoth’s corruption and Lilith for being manipulated by Mihaele.]]

* EvolutionPowerUp: The food you find aids in Pommy's growth, and depending on what you pick up, he'll evolve in different ways by branching paths. At his initial form, he can only stun enemies, but when he evolves for the first time, he has improved attack animations. Evolving the second time makes him strong enough to hurt enemies.

* CowardlySidekick: Played with concerning Pommy. On one hand he will run into a corner and hide when a boss appears, but in the other hand he otherwise is at Bonberman’s side constantly.

** [[spoiler: The Astral Knights and Rukifellth recover from Sthertoth‘a corruption after being revived by the Angel.]]

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler: Sthertoth the demon and Mihaele the goddess are both manipulative And pitiless spirits who treat the characters as pawns in their war, with the latter being a WellIntentionedExtremist and the former [[OmnicidalManiac just being a jerk.]] Mostly subverted with the Angel of Light and Shadow who was ''also'' going to destroy the universe, but is so impressed with Bomberman’s heroism it not only agrees the universe is worth sparing but revives everyone who had died up to that point.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:It's rather telling that the results of letting either Mihaele, Sthertoth, or the Angel run free with their plans would have ''all'' caused a Universal Class 6 Apocalypse.]]

* CowardlySidekick: Pommy.

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: [[spoiler: Sthertoth the demon and Mihaele the goddess are both manipulative And pitiless spirits who treat the characters as pawns in their war, with the latter being a WellIntentionedExtremist and the former [[OmnicidalManiac just being a jerk.]] Mostly averted with the Angel of Light and Shadow who was ''also'' going to destroy the universe, but is so impressed with Bomberman’s heroism it not only agrees the universe is worth sparing but revives everyone who had died up to that point.]]

* SuperDrowningSkills: This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] [[NeverLiveItDown multiple times]] in the form of Pommy's taunts to the main character for his inability to swim down to noticeable underwater ruins in Aquanet, as well as his fear of crawling through a pipe filled with running water.

* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Stheroth the demon and Mihaele the goddess are manipulative And pitiliess spirits who treat the characters as pawns in their eternal conflict. [[spoiler: Subverted with the Angel of Light and Shadow, who was going to destroy the universe but is so impressed with Bomberman’s heroism he not only agrees to leave the universe alone but revived everyone who had died up to that point.]]

** GodIsGood: Played with. [[spoiler: The Angel of Light and Shadow wants to destroy the universe [[WellIntentionedExtremist so that it may make a more pure and peaceful universe from the remains.]] After being beaten by Bomberman, [[GracefulLoser the Angel congratulates]] and thanks him for showing it that there is still hope and heroism in the universe, deciding to go back to watching from afar. It also revives the Astral Knights and Rukifellth due to them being victims of Sthertoth’s corruption and Lilith for being manipauled by Mihale.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Zoniha controls the element of light and is a maniacal sadist. [[spoiler: The goddess Mihaele.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:[[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks It's rather telling]] that the results of letting either Mihaele, Sthertoth, or the Angel run free with their plans would have ''all'' caused a Universal Class 6 Apocalypse.]]

%%* DarkerAndEdgier

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Subverted. Bomberman doesn't succeed in blowing the Angel to smithereens, but instead fights it to more of a standstill and convinces it not to destroy the universe.]]

* ElementalPowers: Everywhere.

** GodIsGood: Played with. [[spoiler: The Angel of Light and Shadow wants to destroy the universe [[WellIntentionedExtremist so that it may make a more pure and peaceful universe from the remains.]] After being beaten by Bomberman, [[GracefulLoser the Angel congratulates]] and thanks him for showing it that there is still hope and heroism in the universe, deciding to go back to sleep and watch from afar.]]

* LightIsNotGood: At least two of the bosses.

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Most characters have names derived from ancient Near East mythology, some more obvious in Japanese.

* {{Bad Ending}} / {{Downer Ending}}: The Bad Ending more or less implies that [[spoiler:the universe and all life will be destroyed by the God of Chaos. To say nothing of how the Astral Knights stay dead, Rukifellth is engulfed by Sthertoth, and Lilith stays behind on the Warship Noah to be with Rukifellth just as it's being destroyed, leaving Bomberman, Pommy, and Sthertoth as the only surviving characters]].

** MagmaMan [=/=] DishingOutDirt: Molok and the Navarm Bombs.
** LightEmUp [=/=] HolyHandGrenade: Zoniha, the Mute/Light Bombs, and [[spoiler:Mihaele!Lilith and The Angel of Light and Shadow.]]

** PowerOfTheVoid [=/=] BloodMagic: [[spoiler:Rukifellth.]]

** SlippySlideyIceWorld [=/=] IcePalace: Aquanet is somewhere between the two.
** WorldInTheSky [=/=] RuinsForRuinsSake: Horizon.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The bombs return to the grid-like style of classic Bomberman, though the charged bombs still have a hemisphere effect, and the physics have also completely changed as well. Every boss fight and Gravity Generator room also disables the Remote Bomb ability; considering how differently ''Bomberman 64'' played compared to anything prior in the series, this means a player fresh off of the heels of prequel will have to completely relearn how to play more traditionally.