Super Bomberman Collection has been announced for Switch and Switch 2, is available today
The compilation includes seven games including unreleased localised editions of some titles
A compilation of classic Bomberman games has been announced for Switch and Switch 2, and it’s available today.
Super Bomberman Collection contains seven Bomberman games, with 12 versions including previously unreleased localised versions of Super Bomberman 4 and Super Bomberman 5.
The full list of games included is as follows:
- Bomberman – Japanese version
- Bomberman 2 – Japanese version
- Super Bomberman – Japanese / US / European versions
- Super Bomberman 2 – Japanese / US / European versions
- Super Bomberman 3 – Japanese / European versions
- Super Bomberman 4 – Japanese version (English localisation available)
- Super Bomberman 5 – Japanese version (English localisation available)
Super Bomberman 4 and Super Bomberman 5 were only released on the Super Famicom in Japan – their addition here includes the first ever officially localised versions.
It will also include a new Boss Rush mode, “support features, libraries and more”.
The game is available digitally on Switch and Switch 2 today, with the Switch 2 edition having exclusive GameShare functionality.
A physical version of the Switch game is also set to be released in August.
While the NES version of Bomberman wasn’t the first, it’s generally considered to be where the series properly got started. The game introduced many traditions still present in the series, including the power-ups that increase your blast size, let you drop more bombs and move faster. At this stage though, it was still only a single-player game.
Its sequel Bomberman II (known as Dynablaster in Europe) added a multiplayer mode, but only supported three players (the only game in the series to do so).
Super Bomberman marked the series’ debut on the SNES, and offered multiplayer for up to four players. While previous releases on TurboGrafx-16 offered support for up to five players, the console’s relatively low sales meant Super Bomberman became a more popular multiplayer game.
Super Bomberman 2 offered 12 new multiplayer Battle Arenas, and was so compelling that Edge magazine once wrote about development studios around the world downing tools every lunchtime to play it, coining the phrase “Bomb o’clock”.
The third SNES entry Super Bomberman 3 added Louies, kangaroo-like creatures which had previously been seen in a TurboGrafx Bomberman game.
Japan-only release Super Bomberman 4 replaced the Louies with a number of other rideable beasts, including fish, flying turtles and a triceratops.
Finally, Super Bomberman 5 – also only released in Japan – was considered a celebration of the entire Super Bomberman series on SNES, with each world based on a previous game in the series.
