History VideoGame / BombermanGeneration

''Bomberman Generation'' is the first ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' title for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, released in 2002. Developed by Creator/GameArts, it was the fourth fully-3D game in the series following the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 titles.[[note]]''Bomberman 64'', ''Bomberman Hero'', and ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!''. Fifth if you include the Japan-only ''Saturn Bomberman Fight!!'' for UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn.[[/note]]

-->"''In the infinitely''\\
''expanding universe...''\\
''This is where energy''\\
''unfathomable...''\\
''...to human kind is''\\
''overflowing...''\\
''In the search for this''\\
''unknown energy...''\\
''...many researchers have''\\
''challenged outer space...''\\
''...The time is''\\
''Cosmic Year 200X...''"

!!This game provides examples of:

''Generation'' is also one of the first [=GameCube=] titles to use CelShading, and is one of the first ''Bomberman'' titles to use complete voice acting. Regardless, longtime fans probably just stuck to the [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer multiplayer]].

-->"''In the infinitely''
-->''expanding universe...''
-->''This is where energy''
-->''unfathomable...''
-->''...to human kind is''
-->''overflowing...''
-->''In the search for this''
-->''unknown energy...''
-->''...many researchers have''
-->''challenged outer space...''
-->''...The time is''
-->''Cosmic Year 200X...''"

* DarkChick: Beauty Bomber.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The Charaboms Stegodon and Dorako.

* HurricaneOfPuns: The devs took every chance to make squid and octopus puns in the level and world names, even when they made no sense. [[UpToEleven They even managed to make a "Tako"]] (short for "takoyaki": grilled octopus) [[UpToEleven and "taco" pun for]] [[ShiftingSandLand TakoDesert]] [[{{Spexico}} by having the bandit and ghost enemies wear sombreros]].

* NiceHat: Bandits occasionally wear hats, including sombreros and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metall-esque]] hard hats. Ghosts in [=TakoDesert=] also wear sombreros.

* PolygonCeiling: If Bomberman didn't break through with the N64 titles, he managed it with this.

* FamousLastWords: Eagle Bomber, after you defeat him in World 3.
-->''"Roses are... also beautiful when they scatter."''
** Then you also have those of the other Crush Bombers.
-->'''Megaton Bomber:''' I'm... ''I'm... dizzy...''
-->'''Beauty Bomber:''' [[SoreLoser This really]] ''[[SpoiledBrat stinks!]]''
-->'''Assault Bomber:''' '''''[[SkywardScream UUUUAAAAAAAAAAARRRRREEEAAAARRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH...!]]'''''
-->'''Bomber Elite:''' [[WorthyOpponent I'm happy... it was you... that defeated me.]]

--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Wg9i3UNOY#t=13s So.. are you BOMBERMAAAN!?!]] (''[[TransformationSequence laughs maniacally, and forms himself]]'') I... am the Master... ASSAULT... '''BOMBEEEEER!''' I am the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Reaper of the Crush Bombers!]] And... I WILL ''DESTROY'' YOU! (''takes aim and fires his Gatling Gun into the ground at Bomberman's feet, startling him'') BY RIPPING, '''AND TEARING YOU ''APAAAAAAART!'''''

-->'''Megaton Bomber:''' I...am the Strength...of the Crush Bombers! [[SpellMyNameWithAThe THE]] MEGATON BOMBER! I will crush all, who get in my ''[[PunctuatedPounding WAY!]]''

-->'''Bomber Elite:''' [[WorthyOpponent I'm happy... it was you ... that defeated me.]]

--> "I suppose I should commend you for making it this far! But ''praise'' you? '''''[[BigNo NOOoOOOoOOOoOOO!!!!]]'''''" [[labelnote: Note]]Yes, the BigNo has rapidly-changing intonation. It might actually be a BigNever or taunting you by going "NAAAAAAH!"; it's kinda unclear.[[/labelnote]]

** '''Tertiary''': Powerups, Charabom food.

--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Wg9i3UNOY#t=13s So.. are you BOMBERMAAAN!?!]] ''[[[TransformationSequence Laughs maniacally, and forms himself.]]]'' I...am the Master...ASSAULT...'''BOMBEEEEER!''' I am the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Reaper of the Crush Bombers!]] And...''I will '''destroy''' you!'' ''[Takes aim and fires his Gatling Gun into the ground at Bomberman's feet, startling him.]'' BY RIPPING, '''AND TEARING YOU APAAAAAAART!'''

* {{I Was Just Passing Through}}/{{Think Nothing Of It}}: MAX will sometimes aid you during a boss fight by taking out a full heart of the boss' health and giving you a full heart healing item. Either of the two tropes apply depending on what he says afterward.

* MissionControl / TheProfessor: Professor Ein.

-->''"Roses are...also beautiful when they scatter."''

-->'''Megaton Bomber:''' I'm...''I'm...dizzy...''

-->'''Bomber Elite:''' [[WorthyOpponent I'm happy...it was you ...that defeated me.]]

-->"[[UndyingLoyalty Glory... to the Hige]] ''[[UndyingLoyalty Hige...]]'' '''''[[SkywardScream BANDIIIIITS!!!]]'''''"

-->''"No thanks needed."''

-->'''Eagle Bomber:''' If you don't fear these beautiful wings of light silver... ''[AudibleGleam]'' ...THEN COME BATTLE WITH ME!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXKL7Ei--s CUNSTRUCTOOOOOOOOOOR-X!]]

-->'''Bomber Elite:''' [[WorthyOpponent I'm happy...it was you]][[TearJerker ...that defeated me.]]
* FiveBadBand: The Crush Bombers form a near-complete one.
** '''BigBad:''' [[JustToyingWithThem Bomber]] [[MindOverMatter Eli]][[TeleportSpam te]]
** '''CoDragons:''' [[TheFightingNarcissist Eagle]] [[FlyingFirepower Bomber]] and [[AxCrazy Assault]] [[WalkingArmory Bomber]]
** '''TheDarkChick:''' [[SpoiledBrat Beauty]] [[AttackDrone Bomber]]
** '''TheBrute:''' [[DumbMuscle Megaton]] [[EpicFlail Bomber]]

** Constructor-X. "''I will destroy you... with my LaserBlade!''"

* CombiningMecha: Constructor-X.

* HumongousMecha: Constructor-X, who qualifies for SuperRobot-hood with:

-->'''Constructor-X:''' I will destroy you...''WITH MY LASER BLAAAAAAADE!''

* CelShading

* LarynxDissonance: Though Bomber Elite is clearly voiced by a woman in English, the character is referred to in dialogue as "he." (Elite's Japanese voice is [[Creator/AkiraIshida male]], although one with a softer and lighter tone (as seen in [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22381881 this NicoNico video at around 1:50]]). It should also be noted that Japanese Elite uses the male-associated first-person pronoun ''boku''.)

** PlotCoupon.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Beauty Bomber. Not only is she the only female in the Crush Bombers, she's the only female in the ''game''.
** Though you'd be forgiven for thinking [[LarynxDissonance Bomber Elite]] was a girl.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''VideoGame/BombermanJetters''.

* LarynxDissonance: Though Bomber Elite is clearly voiced by a woman in English, the character is referred to in dialogue as "he." (Elite's Japanese voice is [[{{AkiraIshida}} male]], although one with a softer and lighter tone (as seen in [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22381881 this NicoNico video at around 1:50]]). It should also be noted that Japanese Elite uses the male-associated first-person pronoun ''boku''.)

*** '''BiggerBad:''' [[LargeHam Mujoe]]

-->''"In the infinitely expanding universe... This is where energy unfathomable... to human kind is overflowing... In the search for this unknown energy... many researchers have challenged outer space... The time is Cosmic Year 200X..."''

* AttackDrone: Beauty Bomber commands three of these as she fights. They resemble floating spotlights, and assist her in various ways - from acting as a shield to firing lightning as part of her [[LimitBreak "Lure of the Elegant Flash"]].

-->'''Beauty Bomber:''' Lure of the Elegant ''Flash!''

In the story, [[TheProfessor Professor Ein]] sends a space freighter to collect the "[[MineralMacGuffin Bomb Elements]]", six crystals with unfathomable power, to bring to Planet Bomber so he can study them. However, [[BigBad Mujoe]] of the [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad HIGE HIGE Bandits]] hired the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Crush Bombers]] to attack the freighter, scattering the crystals across Planet Tentacalls; the villains are on the move to find and collect the crystals. Ein sends Bomberman out to fight them off, lest they find the Bomb Crystals and send the universe into peril.

** There's also a few typos, with the most glaring one being a stage name: you apparently fight Bomber Elite on the "Phsyco Elevator".

* ElementalPowers:
** PlayingWithFire: The basic bomb is the Fire Bomb.

** ShockAndAwe: MAX's bombs.

* FriendlyRivalry: Between Bomberman and MAX. MAX intends to fight the HIGE HIGE Bandits on his own terms, but he will occasionally drop in to lend a hand, particularly during a difficult boss fight.

* MechaMooks: The bulk of the HIGE HIGE Bandits.

* ShiftingSandLand: World 2, [=TakoDesert=], complete with quicksand and {{Mayincatec}}-esque architecture.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: World 3, [=OctoOcean=].

* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The HIGE HIGE Bandits.

** MakingASplash: Water Bombs.

** ShockAndAwe: Thunder Bombs.

* PokemonSpeak: The Charaboms.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: In fitting with [[AxeCrazy his]] [[TriggerHappy character]], Assault Bomber laughs like a complete maniac as he tries to fill you with lead from his [[MoreDakka gatling gun]].
* GratuitousJapanese: Unlike most everything else in the game, the Charaboms' voices were not dubbed in English. They're still just saying their names, but they say them very Engrish-ey.

In the story, [[TheProfessor Professor Ein]] sends a space freighter to collect the "[[MineralMacGuffin Bomb Elements]]", six crystals with unfathomable power, to bring to Planet Bomber so he can study them. However, [[BigBad Mujoe]] of the [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad HIGE HIGE Bandits]] hired the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Crush Bombers]] to attack the freighter, scattering the crystals across Tentacalls; the villains are on the move to find and collect the crystals. Ein sends Bomberman out to fight them off, lest they find the Bomb Crystals and send the universe into peril.

* AttackDrone: Beauty Bomber commands three of these as she fights. They resemble floating spotlights, and assist her in various ways- from acting as a shield to firing lightning as part of her [[LimitBreak "Lure of the Elegant Flash"]].

* BigBad: Mujoe, returning from ''VideoGame/SaturnBomberman''.

** A more obvious example is World 5, which isn't known as Majestar in Japan (as ''Majesco'' didn't publish it in that region). It's Mujoe [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]].

* FriendlyRivalry: Between Bomberman and Max. Max intends to fight the HIGE HIGE Bandits on his own terms, but he will occasionally drop in to lend a hand, particularly during a difficult boss fight.

** Amusingly, the bosses use the exact same method of health indication -- although instead of Bomberman's pink smiling hearts, the ones belonging to the bosses are pale blue with an angry scowl on them.

* HundredPercentCompletion: Collecting all of the Lightning Cards [[spoiler:unlocks Max in multiplayer, who plays no differently than the bombers]].
* HurricaneOfPuns: The devs took every chance to make squid and octopus puns in the level and world names, even when they made no sense. [[UpToEleven They even managed to make a "Tako"]] (short for "takoyaki": grilled octopus) [[UpToEleven and "taco" pun for]] [[ShiftingSandLand Tako Desert]] [[{{Spexico}} by having the bandit and ghost enemies wear sombreros]].
* {{I Was Just Passing Through}}/{{Think Nothing Of It}}: Max will sometimes aid you during a boss fight by taking out a full heart of the boss' health and giving you a full heart healing item. Either of the two tropes apply depending on what he says afterward.

* MileLongShip: The [=ArmorJoe=].

* NiceHat: Bandits occasionally wear hats, including sombreros and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metool-esque]] hard hats. Ghosts in Tako Desert also wear sombreros.

* ShiftingSandLand: Tako Desert, complete with quicksand and {{Mayincatec}}-esque architecture.

* SimpletonVoice: Megaton Bomber has this, in fitting with his DumbMuscle status.
-->'''Megaton Bomber:''' Here I, here I, here I come!

''Bomberman Generation'' is the first VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} title for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, released in 2002. Developed by Creator/GameArts, it was the fourth fully-3D game in the Bomberman series following the three {{Nintendo 64}} titles.[[note]]''Bomberman 64'', ''Bomberman Hero'', and ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack''. Fifth if you include the Japan-only ''Bomberman 64''[[/note]]

In the story, Dr. Ein sends a space freighter to collect the "[[MineralMacGuffin Bomb Elements]]", six crystals with unfathomable power, to bring to Planet Bomber so he can study them. However the [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Hige-Hige Bandits]], led by BigBad Mujoe, attack the freighter, scattering the crystals across Tentacalls; the Bandits are on the move to find the crystals and team up with Bomberman's rivals, the Crush Bombers. Ein sends Bomberman out to fight off the Hige-Hige Bandits and the Crush Bombers, lest they find the Bomb Crystals and send the universe into peril.

''Generation'' was also one of the first Gamecube titles to use CelShading, and it was one of the first Bomberman titles to use complete voice acting. Regardless, longtime Bomberman fans probably just stuck to the [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer multiplayer]].

* BigBad: Mujoe.

* TheBrute: Megaton Bomber-

* CallingYourAttacks: The Crush Bombers. Beauty and Eagle Bomber are especially guilty of it-

* DemotedToExtra: Pommy was a semi-playable main character in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack'', but in this game he is just a [[{{Mon}} Charabom]]. He would stay that way for the rest of the franchise.

* EpicFlail: Megaton Bomber in World 1 wields a massive ball and chain that extends from his arm. He can either throw it forward, swing it around in a wide arc, or when he's down to his last few hearts, [[GroundPound smash the floor with it to stun you and force you to drop any Bombs you are currently carrying]]-

* {{Expy}}: The Crush Bombers are largely these of the Four Bomber Kings from ''VideoGame/SuperBomberman 4''.
* FamousLastWords: Eagle Bomber, after you defeat him in World 3-

** Then you also have those of the other Crush Bombers-

* FiveBadBand: The Crush Bombers form a near-complete one-

* FriendlyRivalry: Between Bomberman and Max. Max intends to fight the Hige-Hige Bandits on his own terms, but he will occasionally drop in to lend a hand, particularly during a difficult boss fight.
* GratuitousFrench: If you leave a Big Bomb near Assault Bomber after he's done charging around on his tank tracks, he'll convert one of his [[ArmCannon Arm Cannons]] into a [[WeaponsThatSuck vacuum]] and suck it to him, quipping the below line just before he [[CatchAndReturn launches it back out with multiple mortar-like explosives]]-

** Amusingly, the bosses use the exact same method of health indication-- although instead of Bomberman's pink smiling hearts, the ones belonging to the bosses are pale blue with an angry scowl on them.

* HundredPercentCompletion: Collecting all of the Lightning Cards [[spoiler:unlocks Max in multiplayer, who plays no differently than the Bombers]].
* HurricaneOfPuns: The devs took every chance to make squid and octopus puns in the level and world names, even when they made no sense. [[UpToEleven They even managed to make a "Tako"]] (short for "takoyaki": grilled octopus) [[UpToEleven and "taco" pun for]] [[ShiftingSandLand Tako Desert]] [[{{Spexico}} by having the Higes and ghost enemies wear sombreros]].

* JetPack: Eagle Bomber sports one, complete with wings of silver-

* LargeHam: Mujoe. Dear God, [[ChewingTheScenery is he ever]]. Especially during his BadassBoast at the end-

* LarynxDissonance: Though Bomber Elite is clearly voiced by a woman in English, the character is referred to in dialogue as "he." (Elite's original Japanese voice was [[{{AkiraIshida}} male]], although one with a softer and lighter tone (as seen in [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22381881 this NicoNico video at around 1:50]]). It should also be noted that Japanese Elite uses the male-associated first-person pronoun ''boku''.)

* MechaMooks: The Hige-Higes.

* NiceHat: The Higes occasionally wear hats, including sombreros and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metool-esque]] hard hats. Ghosts in Tako Desert also wear sombreros.
* OhCrap: In the multiplayer mode, the characters will say something when they realize they're stuck between bombs, like-

* RedBaron: The Crush Bombers each have their own little title that they declare alongside their names, which follows the standard pattern of ''"The ''[something]'' of the Crush Bombers"''-
** Megaton Bomber- ''[[TheBrute "The Strength of the Crush Bombers"]]''
** Beauty Bomber- ''[[LadyOfWar "The Red Jewel of the Crush Bombers"]]''
** Eagle Bomber- ''[[TheFightingNarcissist "The Blue Falcon of the Crush Bombers"]]''
** Assault Bomber- ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Reaper of the Crush Bombers"]]''
** Bomber Elite- ''[[TheDragon "The Leader of the Crush Bombers"]]''

* SimpletonVoice: Megaton Bomber has this, in fitting with his DumbMuscle status-

* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The Hige-Hige Bandits.

* HeartContainer: One of the two collectibles alongside Lightning Cards.
** HeartsAreHealth

* CallingYourAttacks: The Crush Bombers.

* LargeHam: Mujoe. Dear God, [[ChewingTheScenery is he ever]]. Especially during his BadassBoast at the end.

* OhCrap: In the multiplayer mode, the characters will say something when they realize they're stuck between bombs, like:
-->Oh no!!!
-->AAAAHHHHHH!!!