is a 1997
maze video game developed and published by
Hudson Soft
was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...
for the
Sega Saturn
The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it was the successor to the succ ...
. It is the second ''
Bomberman
is a video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft and currently owned by Konami. The original game, also known as ''Bakudan Otoko'' (''爆弾男''), was released in Japan in July 1983 and has since spawned multiple sequels and ...
'' game for the Saturn, after ''
Saturn Bomberman
is an action video game by Hudson Soft for the Sega Saturn. The twelfth installment in the '' Bomberman'' series, it was first released in Japan on July 19, 1996, in North America on August 22, 1997 and in Europe in 1997. It is best known for its ...
''. 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
The term ''isometric'' comes from the Greek for "having equal measurement".
isometric may mean:
* Cubic crystal system, also called isometric crystal system
* Isometre, a rhythmic technique in music.
* "Isometric (Intro)", a song by Madeon from ...
viewpoint.
It features 14 characters.
Each character has a
life bar
''Life Bar'' () is a South Korean Talk show distributed by tvN every Thursday night at 11:00. Season 1 broadcast its final episode on April 13, 2017. Season 2 premiered on May 18, 2017.
Format
It is a unique talk show where celebrity guests an ...
that depletes when they are hit, instead of the one-hit kills of other ''Bomberman'' games. 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.
Release
It was released in Japan for the
Sega Saturn
The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it was the successor to the succ ...
on 11 December 1997, and it was not released outside of Japan.
To promote the game, a commercial featuring
Segata Sanshiro
is a character created by Sega to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan between 1997 and 1998. He is a parody of Sugata Sanshirō, a legendary judo fighter from Akira Kurosawa's 1943 film ''Sanshiro Sugata''. In television and radio advertisemen ...
was made. It was followed up by ''
Bomberman Wars'' in 1998.
Reception
Saturn Bomberman Fight!! received generally positive reviews.
GameSpot
''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...
rated the game 7.4 out of 10, praising the gameplay and calling it a "welcome surprise" after the disappointing ''
Bomberman 64''. In the review for ''
Bomberman World
is a maze action video game released in 1998 by Hudson Soft for the PlayStation. It is part of the ''Bomberman'' series. The game was also re-released for PCs in 2002 alongside the TurboGrafx-16 version of ''Bomberman'' and ''Bomberman '93' ...
'', 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
''Sega Saturn Magazine'' was a monthly UK magazine covering the Sega Saturn, a home video game console. It held the official Saturn magazine license for the UK, and some issues included a demo CD created by Sega, ''Sega Flash'', which include ...
'' gave it a score of 90 out of 100. ''
Famitsu
formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the ...
'' gave the game a score of 23 out of 40. ''Joypad'' gave it a score of 82 out of 100.
References
External links
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