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developed by

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and published by

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that was released in July for the

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and

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. Part of the ''

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'' franchise, it is the sequel and the second game in the '' Bomberman Land'' series.

Plot

One day, Bombermen were invited to the newly opened Bomberman Land theme park by the park manager. The player's goal is to collect 125 BOMPAD pieces obtained through the adventures inside the park.

Gameplay

In addition to mini-games within the main story, there are other mini-games: *Survival Bomberman - An action role-playing game *Bomberman Kart - A subset of the ''

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'' video game *Bomberman Battle - The multiplayer blasting action featured in most Bomberman titles. New game modes include Star battle mode, point battle mode *SameGame - Bomberman-themed

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*Panic Bomber - A variant of '' Super Bomberman Panic Bomber World''. Up to 4 people can play at the same time When connecting a Game Boy Advance to the GameCube version of the game, 10 mini-games can be downloaded and played on the

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Promotion

To celebrate ''Bomberman Land 2''s release, Hudson Soft scheduled ''Bomberman Land 2'' competitions at five retail locations in Japan.

Reception

The game received a score of 27/40 from ''

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''.

References

External links

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