Super Bomberman 5 is an arcade developed by Hudson Soft, released 28 February 1997 on Super Famicom.
What Super Bomberman 5 is
Super Bomberman 5 is an arcade game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1997. It is available on Super Famicom only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An evil Bomber named Emperor Terrorin who has the power of Time itself has freed various criminal Bombers from their prison cells in orbit around Planet Bomber. Setting them up in a warped time and space, Shirobon, Kurobon, and their Louie (Rui) companions must travel through stages and defeat them before going up against Emperor Terrorin himself. Super Bomberman 5, released by Hudson Soft in early 1997, was the final Bomberman game released on the Super Family Computer - the Japanese version of the SNES. The game was released in two variations: a standard cartridge and a gold cartridge, which was sold exclusively through CoroCoro Comic. The gold cartridge included extra maps in battle mode.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Bomberman series
Super Bomberman 5 is the 33rd of 158 entries we hold in the Bomberman series. The next entry was SameGame in 1997.
What it launched against
Super Bomberman 5 launched on 28 February 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and NBA ShootOut '97.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, NBA ShootOut '97.
Official trailer
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