>>577Hudson gave up on the series a decade ago and the new games that they phone in once every 5 years don't have any personality or take risks. The classic formula is okay, but the most memorable bomberman games all combined that formula either with an interesting story mode (64: The Second Attack) or by crossing genres (Hero - Mixed with platforming, Wars - mixed with tactical strategy, Story - mixed with RPG, etc). The new games are all just classic formula with nothing else besides an online mode, which I hear is overpopulated with bots. I don't know. Last new game I played was Bomberman Blast for the wii and the servers don't even work anymore.
I came up with a board game combining bomberman and abstract strategy wargames like chess only to realize Bomberman Wars already did this. But I'm gonna make my own version anyway.