Bomberman, what have they done to you!?

Post by **racketboy** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:44 am

Some of you may have seen the awkward modernization of Bomberman for the XBox 360.
If you thought the screenshots were bad, check out the trailer...
http://www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb ... /mpeg.html

Oh the humanity!

1) They ruin a great franchise
2) They look incredibly stupid doing it

Post by **neohx_7** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:28 am

Somehow it makes me think of the vision of games shown in early USA NES box art...

Post by **ravenmgs** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:48 am

I would like to see some 8bit style games.

Post by **Conn** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:34 pm

Uhm. Have you seen the boxart? It was probably the original vision of the game, but the NES' limited hardware prevented that.

I'm not all for this change, but hey. If it plays well, I'll buy it. Don't be so quick to judge games- I mean, Ninja Gaiden (NES) was just a faster Castlevania, but it was awesome (though hard).

Post by **lunar** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:46 am

I think the main point here is companies making use of a franchise and delivering something completely unfamiliar/uncharacteristic to fans of the franchise.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:08 pm

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:08 pm

lunar wrote:I think the main point here is companies making use of a franchise and delivering something completely unfamiliar/uncharacteristic to fans of the franchise.

Yes, my point is that it doesn't make good business sense to change an established brand so drastically. It doesn't matter if that was their original vision or not. It's the customer's perception that matters.

If they wanted to do something like this, they should call it something like Bomberman DX or some spin-off type name like they did with the Megaman series and all its spinoffs. Then, at least, you have the brand recognition without screwing up the original franchise.

Post by **neohx_7** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:14 pm

http://www.videogameconnection.com/imag ... an%201.jpg

http://www.videogameconnection.com/imag ... an%202.jpg

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Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:12 pm

Just for kicks

Post by **parkbench** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:50 am

Good points being made here, ones I didn't see easily recognised in other forums/communities.

I made some posts on Defunct Games about this. I could post em here but that'd be a tad redundant, I think.

And, racketboy: isn't that what they're doing? They're calling it "Bomberman Zero." In fact, I don't think there is really a canonical 'main' series for Bomberman. It kind of deteriorates after the first few numbered ones. All the last major ones had unique names. Generations? 64? Hero? Jetters, or whatever the hell it's called?

As far as I can tell, this is a spin-off. Or rather, all Bomberman games themselves are spin-offs.