Super Bomberman 2

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The story mode consists of walking through maze-like areas filled with blocks, monsters, and switches with a goal of opening the gate leading to the next area. To accomplish this, the player lays bombs to destroy all the monsters and flip all the switches. Destroying blocks in the maze will uncover useful power-ups to increase their bomb count, firepower, speed, and grant them special abilities such as remote control bombs, throwing bombs, and taking an extra hit.

There are 5 worlds total, and at the end of each world is a boss. Each boss is first battled on foot before retreating into a giant machine. After the boss is defeated, the player will move on to the next world.

In Battle Mode, 2 players (4 with a multitap) can face off against one another in one of 10 arenas designed specifically for multiplayer. Matches can be customized as battle royal matches or team matches. A special option called G-Bomber was added making the winner of each match golden and giving them an item to begin the next match with a power up as determined by spinning a wheel at the end of the match.

5 evil cyborgs called the Five Dastardly Bombers are bent on taking over the universe. On Earth, they capture the original Bomberman, and he is placed in a prison cell in their space station. He awakens in the dungeon of Magnet Bomber and must fight his way to a final showdown with the Magnet Bomber himself. In the following four worlds, Bomberman will challenge Golem Bomber, Pretty Bomber, Brain Bomber, and their leader, Plasma Bomber, in an effort to free the Earth and himself from these alien invaders.

{{Video game reviews

|Fam = 26/40{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/803/reviews/|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: スーパーボンバーマン2|magazine=Famitsu|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=1994|lang=ja}}

|GamePro = 17.5/20{{cite magazine|last=Larry|first=Scary|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_066.pdf&page=78|title=ProReview: Super Bomberman 2|magazine=GamePro|issue=66|publisher=IDG|date=January 1995|page=68}}

|GMaster = 88%{{cite magazine|last=Kirrane|first=Simon|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamesMaster_UK_023.pdf&page=78|title=Reviews - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=GamesMaster|issue=23|publisher=Future Publishing|date=November 1994|pages=78–79|access-date=2020-08-07|archive-date=2020-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723180805/https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf&page=78|url-status=live}}

|NGen = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/NEXT_Generation_02#page/n102/mode/1up|title=Finals - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Next Generation|issue=2|publisher=Imagine Media|date=February 1995|page=101|access-date=2020-08-07|archive-date=2019-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118160409/https://archive.org/stream/NEXT_Generation_02#page/n102/mode/1up|url-status=live}}

|NP = 3.625/5{{cite magazine|title=Now Playing - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Nintendo Power|issue=64|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=September 1994|pages=104–105}}

|rev1 = Computer+Videogiochi

|rev1Score = 86/100{{cite magazine|last1=Mazzocchi|first1=Marco|last2=Secco|first2=Gabrio|url=https://archive.org/stream/computer-videogiochi-39#page/n119/mode/2up|title=Review: Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Computer+Videogiochi|issue=39|publisher=Gruppo Editoriale Jackson|date=July–August 1994|pages=120–121|lang=it}}

|rev2 = Consoles +

|rev2Score = 95%{{cite magazine|last1=Souibgui|first1=Sami|last2=Roure|first2=Maxime|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=&num=7659&album=oui|title=Super Famicom Review - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Consoles +|issue=33|publisher=M.E.R.7|date=June 1994|pages=106–107|lang=fr|access-date=2020-08-07|archive-date=2017-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002170945/http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=&num=7659&album=oui|url-status=live}}

|rev3 = Game Players

|rev3Score = 86%{{cite magazine|title=Review - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Game Players|issue=63|publisher=Signal Research|date=September 1994}}

|rev4 = Hobby Consolas

|rev4Score = 87/100{{cite magazine|last=Barral|first=Esther|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:HobbyConsolas_ES_039.pdf&page=136|title=Lo Más Nuevo: Tu Super Está A Punto De Explotar – Super Bomber Man 2|magazine=Hobby Consolas|issue=39|publisher=Hobby Press|date=December 1994|pages=136–137|lang=es}}

|rev5 = Joypad

|rev5Score = 89%{{cite magazine|last1=Morisse|first1=Jean-François|last2=Prézeau|first2=Olivier|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1802&album=oui|title=Cous Piege? - Super Bomber Man 2|magazine=Joypad|issue=36|publisher=Yellow Media|date=November 1994|pages=124–125|lang=fr|access-date=2020-08-07|archive-date=2017-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916211913/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1802&album=oui|url-status=live}}

|rev6 = MAN!AC

|rev6Score = 88%{{cite magazine|last=Forster|first=Winnie|url=https://archive.org/stream/MANIAC.N013.1994.11/MANIAC.N013.1994.11-DURiAN_Searchable#page/n58/mode/2up|title=Spiele-Tests - MD/SN: Mega Bomberman/Super Bomberman 2|magazine=MAN!AC|issue=13|publisher=Cybermedia|date=November 1994|pages=58–59|lang=de}}

|rev7 = Mega Fun

|rev7Score = 85%{{cite magazine|last1=Weidner|first1=Martin|last2=Hellert|first2=Stefan|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AMegaFun_DE_1994-10.pdf&page=8|title=Special: Bomberman - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Mega Fun|issue=25|publisher=CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG|date=October 1994|page=8|lang=de}}

|rev8 = Player One

|rev8Score = 95%{{cite magazine|author=Caliméro|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=32&num=1910&album=oui|title=Tests: Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Player One|issue=47|publisher=Média Système Édition|date=November 1994|pages=114–116|lang=fr|access-date=2020-08-07|archive-date=2016-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816181836/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=32&num=1910&album=oui|url-status=live}}

|rev9 = PlayStation Magazine (JP)

|rev9Score = 23.7/30{{cite book|title=超絶 大技林 '98年春版: スーパーファミコン - スーパーボンバーマン2|work=PlayStation Magazine|volume=42|type=Special|publisher=Tokuma Shoten Intermedia|date=15 April 1998|page=280|language=ja|id={{ASIN|B00J16900U|country=jp}}}}

|rev10 = Total!

|rev10Score = 2 (B){{cite magazine|last=Hartwig|first=Klaus-Dieter|url=https://total.bee-ware.ch/tests/snes/snes_SuperBomberman2.jpg|title=Test: Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Total!|issue=20|publisher=X-Plain-Verlag|date=December 1994|pages=22–23|lang=de}}

|rev11 = Video Games

|rev11Score = 79%{{cite magazine|last=Karels|first=Ralph|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=21069|title=Lang lebe TNT - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=Video Games|issue=37|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=December 1994|page=129|lang=de}}

|rev12 = VideoGames

|rev12Score = 6/10{{cite magazine|last=Meston|first=Zach|url=https://archive.org/stream/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_69_October_1994#page/n67/mode/1up|title=Reviews - Super Bomberman 2|magazine=VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine|issue=69|publisher=Larry Flynt Publications|date=October 1994|page=68}}

|award1Pub = Next Generation (1996-1999)

|award1 = #3 Top 100 Games of All Time{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-021#page/n73/mode/1up|title=Top 100 Games of All Time|magazine=Next Generation|issue=21|publisher=Imagine Media|date=September 1996|pages=36–71}}
#30 The 50 Best Games of All Time{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/NextGeneration50Feb1999#page/n77/mode/1up|title=The Fifty Best Games of All Time|magazine=Next Generation|issue=50|publisher=Imagine Media|date=February 1999|pages=72–81}}

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Scary Larry of GamePro gave the game a positive review, praising the strategic gameplay, cute graphics, and music, though he remarked that the single player mode is considerably less engaging than the multiplayer. Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "This is truly God's perfect party game."

Next Generation{{'}}s 1996 lexicon of video game terms included the joke entries "Bomb-o'clock" and "Bombaholic", in which they referred to Super Bomberman 2 as "the videogame of choice for game developers everywhere".{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-015#page/n31/mode/1up|title=The Next Generation 1996 Lexicon A to Z - A Definitive Guide To Gaming Terminology|magazine=Next Generation|issue=15|publisher=Imagine Media|date=March 1996|page=30|access-date=2020-08-07|archive-date=2018-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707033430/https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-015#page/n31/mode/1up|url-status=live}} Later that year they named it the 3rd best game of all time, saying it "epitomizes the Japanese art of taking a ludicrously simple concept, and then executing that concept faultlessly. The control is superb, the graphics are ultimately functional ... the play is balanced to perfection - and four players won't have more fun doing anything else. We mean it. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Quake, Daytona USA - they're all great multiplayer games. But Super Bomberman 2 is better."

In 1999, Next Generation also listed Super Bomberman 2 as number 30 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "Of all the games that came out of the 16-bit era, Super Bomberman 2 remains a timeless reminder of the ingenuity and purity of gameplay that characterized Nintendo's world-beating console." IGN ranked the game 89th on their Top 100 SNES Games of All Time.{{Citation|title=Top 100 SNES Games of All Time - IGN.com|url=https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-snes-games|language=en|access-date=2021-02-10}}

In 1995, Total! listed the game 3rd on their "Top 100 SNES Games", {{Cite journal |date=July 1995 |title=Top 100 SNES Games |url=https://archive.org/details/total-43/page/n37/mode/2up |journal=Total! |issue=43 |pages=38}} while in 1996, GamesMaster rated the game 6th in its "The GamesMaster SNES Top 10."{{Cite journal |date=July 1996 |title=The GamesMaster SNES Top 10 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |journal=GamesMaster |issue=44 |pages=75}} In the same issue, they also listed the game 10th in their "Top 100 Games of All Time" and at the time opined SuperBomberman 2 is "The best multi-player game in the world."{{Cite journal |date=July 1996 |title=Top 100 Games of All Time |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |journal=GamesMaster |issue=44 |pages=78}}

The game sold over 713,000 copies in Japan alone.https://web.archive.org/web/20010920123100/http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1994.htm [1994 Consumer Game Software Sales]. Dengeki Oh (in Japanese). Media Works. Archived from the original *[http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1994.htm]* on September 20, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071004231209/http://www.hudson.co.jp:80/gamenavi/gamedb/index.cgi?mode=info&f=SuperBomberman2 Super Bomberman 2 - Hudson Game Navi] at Hudson Soft (Japanese) on Wayback Machine
• [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588721-super-bomberman-2 Super Bomberman 2] at GameFAQs
• [https://www.giantbomb.com/super-bomberman-2/3030-12414/ Super Bomberman 2] at Giant Bomb
• [https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/super-bomberman-2 Super Bomberman 2] at MobyGames

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