I recently had the chance to play Bomberman Hero, the sequel to Bomberman 64. I liked the game so much I bought the game. Bomberman Hero is quite different from Bomberman 64.



In Bomberman Hero, Bomberman is trying to save Princess Millian, from the evil Garaden Empire (heard that one before. Princess Millian stole a Data Disk from the Garaden Empire, and Nitros, a soldier in the Garaden army is trying to get it back. When Princess Millian is captured, she gives the Data Disk to her robot (Pibot) who hides on a shuttle heading for Planet Bomber (Star Wars Anyone?). Pibot's shuttle crashes on Planet Bomber, and Bomberman is sent to investigate. When Bomberman reaches the crash site he is confronted by Nitros of the Garaden Empire. After they fight and Bomberman wins he finds Pibot, who tells you the same story I just did.



There are a few notable differences in the game. The first and most noticable difference is that Bomberman can jump and and hang off of edges. Also there is no Battle Mode. These things were never, or were always (in the case of Battle Mode) in any of the games in the Bomberman series. Also there are no pumped bombs, but you can throw up to four bombs at a time. Another difference is that you cannot control where the camera is positioned. You won't really notice this because the computer moves the camera angle to the best poisition automatically.





There are the same number of worlds (except they're planets) in the game (five regular worlds, and one special world). Each world is divided into three areas and each area is divided into at least four seperate stages. In total the game has over 70 levels and bonus levels after you defeat the end bosses. Each world has an end boss (like Bomberman 64), and almost every world has a mini boss (like Bomberman 64).





Bomberman Hero also has plenty of items for you to collect. Twenty-one in all, including the Special Bombs (which are like the gold cards of Bomberman 64). Also instead of target times (in Bomberman 64) you have to get a target score. You achieve this score by killing monsters and collecting all of the items that are scattered through out the level. As in Bomberman 64 if you collect all the special bombs (gold cards in Bomberman 64) and beat all the target scores (target times in Bomberman 64) you can play on a special world. Below are a few of the items in the game.



The music in Bomberman Hero is kind of annoying. You'll either get used to it (like I did) or turn the sound right off and complain about it (like one of my friends did).

The controls are pretty easy to get used to. Except if you're used to kicking bombs at enemies in Bomberman 64. It's a little hard to kick bombs at enemies in this since you can't really tell when you set down a bomb (there isn't any noise like in Bomberman 64). You'll probably throw bombs as you're main attack since they explode on contact.

Well... I think I've told you enough about the game. If you want to know more, you can either buy the game, or check out my Bomberman Hero Page which will be up soon.







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