Some lag is obvious during matches (even when I matched with other people in the same state) and would sometimes lead to deaths that were outside of my control (literally). The performance during matches is slightly more variable, however. While the lack of voice chat is sorely noticed in a game as frenetic as Bomberman, finding and joining a match with a friend is surprisingly easy.
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Given that the Switch is a brand new console, it’s hard to believe that Super Bomberman R largely performs quite well. Players who die early spawn on the edge of the ring and can throw bombs into the arena for revenge, and if successful bring themselves back into the match. Super Bomberman R does a great job at making players feel engaged even if they die from the beginning from a badly placed bomb. The multiplayer mode supports up to four players on the same switch and up to eight players online, and boy does it get frantic. But no matter what way you choose to play the objective in Battle is the same – take down your opponent using whatever strategy (sneaky or not) to do so. You can even use two Joycons on the same television and take the fight online (though we’re not sure how this will work when Nintendo implements a paid service later this year).
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Super Bomberman R has a myriad of control options – you can use your Joycons, you can use a singular Joycon, you can use a Pro Controller. That caveat is that you’ll really need someone else to play the game’s signature Battle mode with. Bomberman has been around for 33 years solely because it’s base gameplay is tried and true, and Super Bomberman R does a fantastic job of bringing this gameplay to a newer generation – but with one caveat. What really brings value to Super Bomberman R isn’t the quirky presentation or the story mode but the battle mode and the robustness of your play options. Levels in Story Mode rarely amount to anything more than defeating all enemies or finding certain objects, and often some of the early phases of boss battles can only truly be defeated by kamikazeing yourself. It’s just a shame that this mode can be slightly repetitive. The boss battles themselves are fun – pitting you against a single bomber mirroring yourself before progressing to intimidating, larger forms. The story mode itself surprised me quite a lot – with roughly fifty stages culminating in some challenging boss battles.
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The voice work is corny, the cut scenes are melodramatic (yet oddly charming) and presentation is vibrant. There is a light story here that pushes you through “planets”, but it’s clearly designed for younger gamers and not aimed at someone like myself. It eschews the action-adventure, platforming filled designs of games like Bomberman 64 and instead returns to the arena battles that classic Bomberman is all about. The first Bomberman game in seven years, Super Bomberman R is an action game that takes a level-based approach. It’s reasonably successful if not slightly undercooked in some places, But is Super Bomberman R worth your time and money on the Switch? A return to what made Bomberman so popular in the first place.
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But Super Bomberman R feels like a return to the basics. The white bomber has enjoyed sporadic forays into the action adventure genre too. Bomberman has had a bit of a tumultuous history – but putting aside the ill-advised “gritty” reboot, the formula has not changed itself up all that much.