History VideoGame / SuperBomberman

* PlanetSpaceship: Bagurā Ship / Battleship in ''Super Bomberman 3''. Also the ''setting'' of ''Super Bomberman 2''.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female characters in the ''Super Bomberman'' series consist of Pretty Bomber, Lady Bomber, and Honey. Pretty Bomber would go on in the ''VideoGame/BombermanLand'' series as the only main female.

* MercyInvincibility: A very generous amount is given to you at the beginning of every level in the first ''Super Bomberman'' game, so much that a trick could be used to take advantage of it. Lay a bomb, and wait for it to explode, then keep tapping the A button to lay more bombs which will immediately explode because they are within an explosion. Walk around the level while doing this and you can get a very nice head start.

* FakeDifficulty: 5-1 (actually the only stage in 5-X) in the first game. A very long chain of fights against Mecha Bombers, it will PROBABLY kill you at least once. Not by anything the bombers do, necessarily, but by virtue of running out of time without any time pickups to be had. Kiss your Remote Bombs goodbye, and it's not even your fault. Probably.

** One world in ''Super Bomberman'' pitted you against [[BossRush waves of]] [[EvilKnockoff unnamed evil]] [[WolfpackBoss Bombermen]] built by one of the game's main villains.

* HeelFaceTurn: Black Bomber was the primary antagonist from ''VideoGame/BombermanII'' through ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman 94}}'', but by ''Super Bomberman'' he's gone through this.

''Super Bomberman'' is a series of VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} games released in the [[TheNineties early-to-mid 90's]] for the [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]]. The first two games were released internationally, the third was released in Japan and Europe only, and the fourth and fifth games were Japan-exclusive.

The games make use of the classic Bomberman gameplay formula: the levels are laid out in a grid pattern with enemies and destructible blocks. When all of the enemies have been defeated, the exit will open and the player can progress to the next level. Some games instead require you to activate/destroy switches to open the exit. ''Super Bomberman 5'' also gives several branching paths, and it is possible to reach the (good) ending without seeing 3/4s of the game.

* ''Super Bomberman 4'' (1996) - Japan-only
* ''Super Bomberman 5'' (1997) - Japan-only

* ArcNumber: 5656. Entering it as a password in the various 16-bit Bomberman games almost always had an effect, though what it did varied depending on the game.

* CombiningMecha: The Five Bad Bombers from ''Super Bomberman 3'' enter into/become a large mecha for Bagular to ride after entering a vortex.

* {{Expy}}: The World Bombers from ''Super Bomberman 3'' could be this to the World Bombers from ''Super Bomberman Panic Bomber W'':
** Rasta Bomber: Mexican Bomber
** Metal Bomber: Metal Bomber [[ShapedLikeItself (?)]]
** Bomb Gunman: Bomber the Kid
** Animal Bomber: Bomber Uhho

* FakeDifficulty: 5-1 (actually the only stage in 5-X) in the first game. A very long chain of fights against evil/fake Bombers, it will PROBABLY kill you at least once. Not by anything the bombers do, necessarily, but by virtue of running out of time without any time pickups to be had. Kiss your Remote Bombs goodbye, and it's not even your fault. Probably.

* MirrorBoss: The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad evil bombers]], which started showing up in ''Super Bomberman 2''.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: The final bosses of ''1'' and ''2'' are hated for this. Like some enemies in the game, they float to avoid bomb explosions; ''un''like other enemies in the game, they '''[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard never come]] back down'''. The only way to damage them is to use the Bomb Punch power-up to hit them over the head... which is implying that you, you know, ''have'' it and didn't [[ContinuingIsPainful LOSE it from dying]]. It becomes less of a battle against the boss and more of a battle against the RNG to try and dig up a Bomb Punch from under a destroyable block; the game becomes {{Unwinnable}} otherwise. Thankfully all the later Bomberman games didn't use bosses like this.
* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: ''Super Bomberman 5'' reuses a lot of graphics from previous Super Bomberman games.

* PowerupMount: The Rooi kangaroos in 3 and 5; half of the enemies in 4.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The "Five Bad Bombers" from ''Super Bomberman 2''.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Before the N64 games the series female cast was Pretty Bomber and Lady Bomber. The former of the two would go on to fulfill this role by appearing in future Bomberman games as the only female character.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Buglear/Bugglar/Burglar/Bagular/agura, the recurring BigBad.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Four Bomber Kings (plus Great Bomber) to the Five Dastardly Bombers in ''Super Bomberman 4''.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Different dinosaurs show up early on in ''Super Bomberman 4'' as generic enemies... until you blow them up and they turn back into eggs. The first one you walk over hatches back into the same dinosaur and gives you a ride, while any extra ones follow you around like Yoshi eggs.

FakeDifficulty: 5-1 (actually the only stage in 5-X) in the first game. A very long chain of fights against evil/fake Bombers, it will PROBABLY kill you at least once. Not by anything the bombers do, necessarily, but by virtue of running out of time without any time pickups to be had. Kiss your Remote Bombs goodbye, and it's not even your fault. Probably.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Bagular, easily the closest thing the entire series has to a BigBad, barely averts this by appearing in ''[[VideoGame/{{Bomberman94}} Mega Bomberman]]''. However his later appearance in [[spoiler:''VideoGame/BombermanHero]]'' is based off his appearance in ''Super Bomberman 3'' and ''Super Bomberman 4'', neither of which was unreleased in North America. In fact, nearly all of the games with him never came out in the USA; pretty much no-one recognized him in [[spoiler:''Bomberman Hero'']].

* NoExportForYou: ''Super Bomberman 3'' through ''5''.
** At least, not in the US. In a reversal of usual fortunes, the UK got an official export of ''Super Bomberman 3''.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: The final bosses of ''1'' and ''2'' are hated for this. Like some enemies in the game, they float to avoid bomb explosions; ''un''like other enemies in the game, they '''[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard never come]] [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy back down]]'''. The only way to damage them is to use the Bomb Punch power-up to hit them over the head... which is implying that you, you know, ''have'' it and didn't [[ContinuingIsPainful LOSE it from dying]]. It becomes less of a battle against the boss and more of a battle against the RNG to try and dig up a Bomb Punch from under a destroyable block; the game becomes {{Unwinnable}} otherwise. Thankfully all the later Bomberman games didn't use bosses like this.

* PowerupMount: The Rooeys in 3 and 5, half of the enemies in 4.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Bagular/Buggler/Bagura, the recurring BigBad.

* ActionBomb: In many of the games there are enemies that are essentially hovering bombs with eyes. Occasionally they would plop themselves onto the ground and shoot out fire in four directions to emulate an explosion without destroying themselves. Other enemies (including other bomb monsters) aren't immune to their flames, so they might end up [[ArtificialStupidity accidentally killing enemies for you]], though you aren't awarded any points for the kill.

* CursedWithAwesome: The 2nd phase of the final boss in ''Super Bomberman'' has the two villains in a hovering vehicle tossing out [[PoisonMushroom Skull items]] all over the stage. Their intent is for you to [[BatmanGambit accidentally collect them and kill yourself because the Skulls' effects caused you to mess up while fighting the boss]]. However, getting a Skull does give you a hefty amount of points, so if you can deal with their effects, you can collect them to gain enough points for a few extra lives.

* ActionBomb: In many of the games there are enemies that are essentially hover bombs with eyes. Occasionally they would plop themselves onto the ground and shoot out fire in four directions to emulate an explosion without destroying themselves. Other enemies (including other bomb monsters) aren't immune to their flames, so they might end up [[ArtificialStupidity accidentally killing enemies for you]], though you aren't awarded any points for the kill.

The games make use of the classic Bomberman gameplay formula: the levels are laid out in a grid pattern with enemies and destructible blocks. When all of the enemies have been defeated, the exit will open and the player can progress to the next level. Some games instead require you to activate/destroy switches to open the exit. ''Super Bomberman 5'' also

The games make use of the classic Bomberman gameplay formula: the levels are laid out in a grid pattern with enemies and destructible blocks. When all of the enemies have been defeated, the exit will open and the player can progress to the next level.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Different dinosaurs also show up early on in ''Super Bomberman 4'' as generic enemies... until you blow them up and they turn back into eggs. The first one you walk over hatches back into the same dinosaur and gives you a ride, while any extra ones follow you around like Yoshi eggs.

** In ''Super Bomberman 2'', Plasma Bomber's doomsday device fulfills this role quite surprisingly by [[spoiler:killing Plasma Bomber just before he could complete a HeelFaceTurn then attacks Bomberman.]]

''Super Bomberman'' is a series of {{Bomberman}} games released in the [[TheNineties early-to-mid 90's]] for the [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]]. The first two games were released internationally, the third was released in Japan and Europe only, and the fourth and fifth games were Japan-exclusive.

** Rasta Bomber: Mexican Bomber
** Metal Bomber: Metal Bomber [[ShapedLikeItself (?)]]
** Bomb Gunman: Bomber the Kid
** Animal Bomber: Bomber Uhho

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Different dinosaurs also show up early on in ''Super Bomberman 4'' as generic enemies... until you blow them up and they turn back into eggs. The first one you walk over hatches back into the same dinosaur and gives you a ride, while any extra ones follow you around like Yoshi eggs.