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on 21 March 2007 in Japan, and in North America and the PAL region in 2008. Part of the ''

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'' franchise, it is the sixth game in the '' Bomberman Land'' series and the portable counterpart to the console version released for the

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in the same month.

Gameplay

The main game progresses through a series of mini-games, with story scenes in between some of them. The classic multiplayer battle mode can be played with up to 4 players, one per system, with just one copy of the game. Multiplayer mode can also work with most of the Story mode's mini-games.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the

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. In Japan, ''

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'' gave it a score of 23 out of 40.

References

External links

Hudson Soft pageRising Star Games page
* 2007 video games

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