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Preview: Bomberman Ultra

2:43 PM on 11.25.2008   |   Hamza CTZ Aziz

Preview: Bomberman Ultra photo

Bomberman holds a special place in the heart of Dtoiders. Not only has the Bomberman franchise always been a fun game to play, but the XBLA, and soon to be PSN version of the game, feature Mr. Destructoid as a playable character. Pretty impressive for a blog mascot to get into a game, eh?

I played the PSN version last week at Hudson's offices and it's exactly the same as the XBLA version with a couple of additions. The PSN release will have all of the DLC content that was released for the XBLA version with the overall price expected to be cheaper on the PSN when it's released. The other nice addition is the support for seven-player local matches. Yes, you and six of your friends can play on one console together.

Other than that, the game has eight-player online multiplayer, 14 arenas, 50 costumes with 150,000 possible combinations, leaderboards, 16 power-ups, and fully customizable matches.

As far as gameplay goes, well, it's Bomberman! You run around stages and try to be the last man standing as you blow everything and everyone up. You don't belong on the Internet if you didn't know this already.

Bomberman Ultra should be out sometime in January for the PSN. 

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Hamza Aziz, Destructoid's Community Director, has been here since day one. He was born when a tiger coughed up a hairball into a pool of ooze. He was one of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles before budget cuts. Hamza works as a previews editor and manages a team in San Francisco. To date he has given away tens of thousands of dollars in prizes to readers. What a dick. Actually, Hamza is as kind as he is hairy. Likes Super Mario RPG, Halo, iPhone, Videogame cover bands, Super Nintendo Meet the rest of the team



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A Humble Mr Perfect's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 14:43
A Humble Mr Perfect
Math Time!!!

You and seven friends = 8

You and six friends = 7
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 14:51
CelicaCrazed
Awesome!! I was hoping that it would support 7 players!! Or can the PS3 now support 8 controllers?? Actually why was it 7 in the first place or was I just imagining??
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 14:52
BluDesign
The PS3 has Bluetooth, and can only support up to 7 Bluetooth connected controllers at the same time. It remains to be seen if wired USB controllers can be used, so I'd hold off nitpicking the language of what he wrote until the game comes out.

Still, would anyone here still wanna buy/play this if we beat the 360 version to death months ago?
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 14:55
Hamza CTZ Aziz
math is for losers
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 15:03
ParaParaKing
I can't wait for this one. Bomberman is the shit.

Will this one also feature Mr. Destructoid?
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 15:04
Hamza CTZ Aziz
ParaParaKing can't read.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 15:04
Darren Nakamura
If I didn't already have Bomberman Live!, I'd pick this up.
MultiJoe's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 15:50
MultiJoe
Bomberman Live has hardly the best in the franchise. The levels were uninspired and the characters didn't have that crazy japanese feel. Shame they didn't port the Wii digital download Bomberman.
Dusty Gozongas's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 21:13
Dusty Gozongas
Shit, they seriously need to bring back the 3d playstyle from bomberman 64. The games are so much more intense than classic bomberman. My friends and I still play it every day :(
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 21:58
catsithx
Bomberman Ultra Combo coming soon and it's add on Combo Breaker
mo0man's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 23:30
mo0man
question: does bomberman act zero still exist, or are they doing that whole... "What bomberman act zero?" thing?
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2009 02:30
TheCleaningGuy
Finally! Took 'em long enough.
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