Bomberman Land Wii Trailer - Kotaku Comments

Bomberman Land Wii Trailer

meow — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:29:42 MST

Enough mini games for Wii already! Can't they see there are adult gamers who bought the Wii and are expecting more mature themes?!

meow

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L_K_M — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:18:42 MST

It has Battle Mode. That is all I need to know, and all any Bomberman game needs. Bought.

L_K_M

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Evil Stick Man — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:23:51 MST

Here's hoping that they haven't gimped the available bombs like they did for the DS. Didn't they remove the bomb virus from that game, along with some others?

While some other games get stale, this is one case where hudson should just not try to screw with it and re-release the core game repeatedly, making it the centerpiece of the game as opposed to some optional selection from the menu screen.

Evil Stick Man

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Mienvard — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:08:49 MST

Praise Nintendo for VC. I'll rather buy Mario Party if I ever need another minigame collection. Untill that I'll stick with my Wario Ware.

Mienvard

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Luziphir — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:54:04 MST

Bomberman live is great, this looks kinda lame though.

Luziphir

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guy_jin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:53:49 MST

nornally i would be annoyed with yet another bunch of minigames, but it's Bomberman, so I'll forgive it.

guy_jin

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GenericKen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:52:20 MST

This thing looks like the entrails of a market-analyst explosion.

Some stuff cribbed from Rabbids. JRPG elements. Math games from Brain age. Entirely derivative, from start to finish.

GenericKen

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:45:17 MST

Problem I see with this is that almost everytime a game try to please every type of game they fail miserably.

The results are very oftenly a game that ends up pleasing noone.

As I see, the game will probably be boring as hell to play alone. As for party games... all depends on the people playing it, but for me and my friends it cannot be too simple (like the Mario Party ones).

Usually stuff like Kart racing, golf, some weird type of soccer and games that lasts more than 10 minutes each works best.

Maybe it's just me and my friends... but mini-games that lasts less than 10 minutes gets boring too fast.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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Mikeware — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:26:28 MST

Wow, that guy in the black shirt looked like he was having loads of fun...

Mikeware

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DELETED — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:07:37 MST

Yea definitely, Girl on far right at 0:56 is fine as hell.

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DELETED — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:02:11 MST

whoa, that girl was hot!

DELETED

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Knaaks — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:36:48 MST

I HONESTLY think I would rather die then play a video game where Bomberman snowboards! Sorry Bomberman!

Knaaks

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nlyonssmith — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:22:34 MST

@Quik:
Best part of the video was when they lowered the camera to her chest level. Errrr, i mean they lowered the camera so we could see her hands and the wiimote... and her chest in the back.

nlyonssmith

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:20:01 MST

If the game is anything like Bomberman Land for the N64 I'll definitely buy it. However, from the looks of this video it's not, so I'll stick to the XBLA version.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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cYcO_pLuXxEl — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:50:47 MST

Wow...this game looks just like Mario Party and I don' know why... wait a second...I've seen that bee before...

The worst part of this is not that Hudson just keeps making mini game based crapfests... THEY ARE ALL THE SAME!...

Sure, the first time you jumped the rope in Super Monkey Ball was fun. In Mario Party was OK... BUT AGAIN?

COME ON! Is flicking the Wiimote to jump the best thing you can do?. There's also that "sort the differnet colored balls in their place" game that ahs been done a bazillion of times. Pop the ballons? Meh. Memory Games? Oh noes.

THERE'S EVEN A PANG RIP-OFF! WHAT THE HELL!

I'm not against Mini Game collections. Well done ones are great, like the N64 Mario Partys or Rayman Raving Rabbids... But please... please... be a little bit creative. You didn't learn anything from Wario Ware?

cYcO_pLuXxEl

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Winterbringer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:48:01 MST

LOL

I love how when it gets to the minigame part, the guy playing it looks really pissed off.

Winterbringer

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Custom Reality — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:39:35 MST

@Dreamwriter: For the NES? Easy. All the Olympic games, the arcade ports, several Disney and Luney Toons and Muppets games, etc. There were plenty of games from the NES until now that had been a collection of mini-games.

As for FF, most side-quests WERE a mini game of sorts. Such as the aforementioned Blitzball and card game in FFVIII. Even other RPGs like Disgaea had you playing mini-games to upgrade your weapons. The all-mini-game style of game isn't new at all, and there have been plenty since the NES and even Atari days with their "collection of" carts.

Custom Reality

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CockroachMan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:39:01 MST

I died a little inside watching this..

CockroachMan

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Siegeman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:38:03 MST

Until I got to the last 25 seconds of the clip, I wanted to post something along the lines of "Hey, so, do you actually bomb things in this BOMBERMAN game?"

Still, the "classic" game mode seems completely sidelined to what appears to be a poor revision of Mario Party. Come on Hudson, you can do better than that!

Siegeman

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hueg_boss — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:32:35 MST

I just want another game like Bomberman 64... :<

hueg_boss

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crewwolfy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:26:51 MST

Finally some mini-games for the Wii!

crewwolfy

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Dreamwriter — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:02:48 MST

@Custom Reality:

OK, name 10 NES games from memory that were just collections of minigames, with *maybe* a bonus main game. Problem is, I *CAN* do that with the Wii, which has only been out a year. This style of game was not common at all on the NES. What you had then was a main game that maybe had a couple minigames to break it up, that were actually part of the main game (meaning, you'd be playing through the main game, and need to finish a minigame to continue or earn a bonus).

And what Final Fantasy game used minigames for all its side quests? I can't think of one. Most FF games have a minigame or two in them, but they aren't side quests.

Dreamwriter

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Argyle — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:01:58 MST

joy, the wii is as powerful as the DS...

Argyle

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NotoriousJnX — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:00:16 MST

3D Bomberman! This is an instant hit. And yes y'all the black haired chick is a hottie.

NotoriousJnX

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Grahamunculus — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:57:13 MST

What the hell is that crap?

Grahamunculus

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BumJay — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:55:56 MST

That looks a lil' fun but nothing that isn't out there already.

BumJay

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Seth L — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:03 MST

Appaling graphics, even for Wii.

Seth L

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zigx — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:41:21 MST

Reason that they are called mini-games is there is usually an actual game with substance on top of it.

zigx

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shinryuu — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:38:14 MST

@Quik: Amen. I was pausing it to check my email and it just happened to pause when she came up. :D

shinryuu

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Cuban__B — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:37:17 MST

I guess I'll have to wait to play it or see more footage...but it doesn't look better or even close to Bomberman 64.

Cuban__B

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Beatseeker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:36:10 MST

omg this makes me think wii's are only for kids & seniors.

Beatseeker

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jive238 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:28:35 MST

Oh yeah Bomberman Land Touch is what the DS version I have is called. This and other ones are new games, and after seeing that they brought back the battle mode with this game again i'm definately gonna get this now. The mini games don't break the game IMO as I really liked touch.

jive238

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TWEEDLEDEEDEEZ — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:28:01 MST

How do they cast for these commercials?!?

TWEEDLEDEEDEEZ

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TheCleaningGuy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:21:15 MST

@TheCleaningGuy: Well at least a certain part of that last rant...
Dammit, I'm triple posting!

TheCleaningGuy

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Christoph — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:20:31 MST

I loved how they showed like 3 seconds worth of ACTUAL Bomberman gameplay, or "Battle Mode" as they seem to have labelled it.

Sigh. Times are tough.

Christoph

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TheCleaningGuy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:19:57 MST

oops didn't get to the last 30 seconds.
disregard that last rant.
@Custom Reality: I don't mind minigames, I just want macrogames to go with them.

TheCleaningGuy

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jive238 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:19:30 MST

If I understand correctly the Bomberman Land series has always been about mini games and such so a bomberman land with mini games on the Wii isn't really surprising. I got the Bomberman land DS and I do say its and enjoyable game on its own(though the main reason I bought it was for the online multiplayer standard bomberman)

jive238

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Custom Reality — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:18:13 MST

@Torgen: Loved VIII and X, but don't get me started on virtual card games and Blitzball.

Custom Reality

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TheCleaningGuy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:18:11 MST

This advert sums up all that has gone wrong with both the Wii and Bomberman.
I love the wii. I love Bomberman.
I play the wii for a new style of gameplay control; a fun kind, without much waggle.
I play Bomberman to blow up my friends.
I don't buy either product to play uninspired minigames.
I saw no classic Bomberman gameplay in that trailer!

TheCleaningGuy

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yashichi8bit — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:17:48 MST

Wow, that looks lame as hell...and people say act:Zero was crap.

yashichi8bit

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:16:42 MST

@Custom Reality: Also, that CCG in 8 and Blitzball in X.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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Custom Reality — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:15:32 MST

Mini-games have been a huge part of gaming since the NES days of old. Where a mini-game was known as "side quests" or "bonus stages". Now that the Wii is popular and has them on their own they're a really bad thing? Sure a good number of them will be crap, but now suddenly 'Hardcore' gamers have condemned what they have essentially played and loved since the NES, as well as playing the mini-games in "hardcore games" of today. Grand Theft Auto has them, Final Fantasy has them and no one complains at how boring they are.

And yes, GTA and FF both have mini-games! Such as the RC levels in GTA and all the boring side-quests in most FF games.

Custom Reality

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cooldood — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:14:59 MST

@Quik: yes, i totally agree with you. too bad the video quality is shit

cooldood

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the-red-terror — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:13:21 MST

Didn't they already have this for ds? I remember playing it: Bomberman Land Touch. Ports from ds to wii to ds again sound scary...

the-red-terror

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Quik — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:09:25 MST

The Black Haired chick was pretty hot.
_>
Yeah, I said it.

Quik

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NowJacker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:06:23 MST

...not really

Also, '06 game of the year? Wth?

NowJacker

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NowJacker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:05:05 MST

Knee Slappin' Hilarious

NowJacker