Saturn Bomberman Fight!!
{{Short description|1997 video game}}
{{Infobox VG
|title = Saturn Bomberman Fight!!
|image = File: Saturn Bomberman Fight!! cover.jpg
|developer = Hudson Soft
|publisher = Hudson Soft
|designer =
|composer = Yoshio Tsuru
Jun Chikuma
|artist = Shoji Mizuno
Kozue Satoh
|engine =
|series = Bomberman
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 11, 1997}}
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = Sega Saturn
}}
{{nihongo|Saturn Bomberman Fight!!|サターンボンバーマン ファイト！！|Satān Bonbāman Faito!!}} is a 1997 maze video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Sega Saturn. It is the second Bomberman game for the Saturn, after Saturn Bomberman. It features full 3D graphics unlike previous titles in the series.
Gameplay
Unlike previous Bomberman titles, which were 2D, Saturn Bomberman Fight!! is a fully 3D game featuring an isometric viewpoint.{{Cite magazine|date=November 1997|title=New Game Roundup: The Best of the Rest |magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|publisher=Emap Images/Sega|issue=25|page=12}}{{Cite magazine|date=December 1997|title=New Game: Blast from the Past|magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|publisher=Emap Images|issue=26|page=8}} It features 14 characters. Each character has a life bar that depletes when they are hit, instead of the one-hit kills of other Bomberman games.{{cite magazine |title=Saturn Bomberman Fight!!: The B-Man Prepares to Invade Saturn Once Again |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=101 |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=December 1997 |page=66}} Characters can also jump over walls or to avoid explosions. The stages are smaller than previous 2D Bomberman titles, and it features up to four players.
Gameplay modes in the game include Story Mode, Training mode, Battle mode, and survival mode.{{Cite magazine|last=Cutlack|first=Gary|date=March 1998|title=Showcase: Saturn Bomberman Fight|magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|publisher=Emac Images|issue=29|pages=56–59}}
Release
It was released in Japan for the Sega Saturn on 11 December 1997,{{Cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=797|title=サターンボンバーマン ファイト!! [セガサターン] / ファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815055353/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=797|archive-date=2018-08-15|url-status=live}} and it was not released outside of Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bomberman-world-review/1900-2546835/|title=Bomberman World Review|last=Fielder|first=Joe|date=1998-03-17|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214812/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/bomberman-world-review/1900-2546835/|archive-date=2018-07-25|url-status=live}} To promote the game, a commercial featuring Segata Sanshiro was made.{{Cite news|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999903/20130318042/|title=CM撮影の裏話も飛び出した「せがた三四郎劇場feat.藤岡弘、＆セガサウンドユニット[H.]～真面目に遊ばぬ奴らに喝！～」をレポート|last=Inc.|first=Aetas|access-date=2018-08-15|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815055334/https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999903/20130318042/|archive-date=2018-08-15|url-status=live}} It was followed up by Bomberman Wars in 1998.
Reception
{{video game reviews
| Fam = 23/40
| GSpot = 7.4/10
| rev1 = Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)
| rev1Score = 90
| rev2 = Joypad
| rev2Score = 82/100
| rev3 = Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)
| rev3Score = 5/10
| rev4 = MAN!AC
| rev4Score = 71/100
| rev5 = Mega Console
| rev5Score = 84/100{{Cite magazine|date=February 1998|title=Review Saturn: Bomberman Fight| magazine=Mega Console|issue=45|language=IT|location=Italy|pages=80–81}}
| rev6 = Ação Games
| rev6Score = 8/10{{cite magazine| author=Marinoto, Ronny | date=May 1998 | title= Saturno Bomberman Fighter|magazine=Ação Games | publisher=Editora Abril | issue=127 | page= 34 | language=PT| issn=0104-1630}}
| rev7 = Sega Magazin
| Ebay = 5/5
}}
Saturn Bomberman Fight!! received generally positive reviews. GameSpot rated the game 7.4 out of 10, praising the gameplay and calling it a "welcome surprise" after the disappointing Bomberman 64.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/saturn-bomberman-fight-import-review/1900-2533819/ |title=Saturn Bomberman Fight!! (Import) Review |last=Fielder |first=Joe |date=15 January 1998 |accessdate=16 November 2016 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815131446/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/saturn-bomberman-fight-import-review/1900-2533819/ |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} In the review for Bomberman World, GameSpot stated that the two best recently released titles in the series were Saturn Bomberman, and Saturn Bomberman Fight, but lamented that they were for a system that was not popular in America.
The UK Sega Saturn Magazine gave it a score of 90 out of 100.{{Cite magazine|date=July 1998|title=Import Review: Bomberman Fight!|magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|publisher=Emac Images|issue=33|pages=66}} Famitsu gave the game a score of 23 out of 40.{{Cite magazine|date=December 19, 1997|title=Cross Reviews| magazine=Weekly Famitsu|issue=470|pages=35}} Joypad gave it a score of 82 out of 100.{{Cite magazine|date=1997|title=Review|magazine=Joypad|issue=72|pages=82}}
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References
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External links
- {{official website|url=http://www.hudson.jp/game/view.php?id=10053007}}
{{Bomberman}}
Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Sega Saturn-only games
Category:Video games developed in Japan