I now love this dorky mascot and his helpful ways.
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We begin Silver’s story with much the same attitude we did the last two. We’ll soon find that wasn’t low enough.
Silver’s own unique flaws start setting in. Then Amy dies.
The other most infamous ball hallway in the game. My attempts to bypass it lead to a horrifying realization…
Luppyluppy indeed.
Bomberman received an official main-series entry in 2017 to the surprise of everybody (it’s Konami) but the applause of few (it’s mediocre). Outside of being a vehicle for the exact same multiplayer the franchise has had since the second game, its design now formally credited to Ctrl+V, SBR is also a revival of the SNES Super Bomberman subseries and loose remake of SB2.
R finds the multicolored, multi-one-dimensionally-characterized Bombermen facing the evil overlord Buggler and his lackeys The Five Dastardly Bombers. This time however, there are animated comic-bookish cutscenes and voice acting, which manage to bring an odd, innocent charm with their vibrant but low-budget art direction and B-grade voice acting. However, what could have been a cute-but-standard Bomberman game gets badly dragged down by some truly obnoxious boss design decisions. This may be a casual LP, but you’ll thank me for still editing the video.
After all, if anyone was going to LP this game, I guess it was going to be me.
This LP is edited down from a full playthrough I streamed on August 28 as thanks to my Patreon patrons for a month of support. Most of the LP is solo, except for my friend JigglyJacob popping into the Discord from late in Part 1 until early in Part 4. My computer’s power shut off midway through Part 3, losing the first chunk of the recording, so I had to use the YouTube stream; as such the video and audio quality are lower than my usual standards until then.
Lord Buggler doesn’t seem quite as endearing as his laughing robo-potato version, from Bomberman Hero.
Though I’ll admit I might be a little biased there, since that laugh is one of my all-time favorite dumb sounds.
Still, I’m always down to watch Bomberman.
Even for last-minute, “I have no other options before I keel over and die” plans, that was a really bad plan.
Aqua hates violence, so she’s gonna love me.
The major flaw of the bosses starts to rear its ugly head.
Hooray, double update! Both continue to be monotonous, but Sonic is tempered by Jacob’s fury and Bomberman by Yellow’s sheer joy in the face of surprising morbidity.
I blanked hard yesterday, so just have the last two parts together so I don’t blank tomorrow.
The game closes out with essentially the same drawn-out fight twice, and then a post-game planet was added in as DLC where you kill as many cute creatures as possible.
I wouldn’t call the game a scream. It had the makings of a perfectly good Bomberman story mode if they only tightened the whole thing up and made the player waste way less time. I think I’ll stick with the old Super Bombermans or Saturn Bomberman.
Silver’s story ends much how Sonic’s should have. Except the boss is worse.
Two parts for the final story and this ass shall pass.
Let’s Play Fist of the North Star (SMS)
So that new Fist of the North Star came out earlier in the month, and maybe you’re interested in it. Well I didn’t play that one! Instead I decided to take a look at one of the earliest games based on the media franchise, one that got released in other territories as Black Belt! Join me and Jay and FutureFriend as we talk about this Sega Master System beat 'em up and the entire first era of Fist of the North Star, which the game covers! It a surprisingly in-depth and accurate portrayal of the story, even for an 8-bit game.
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Probably the strangest thing about this game is that Sega decided to remake this game for the PS2 in 2004 for their Sega Ages lineup. It’s in full 3D and has a few extra additions but otherwise is just the same game.
https://segaretro.org/Sega_Ages_2500_Series_Vol._11:_Hokuto_no_Ken
Oh, Jacob.
See you all next week for Sonic Adventure DX!
Sonic takes the leap into proper 3D to declare himself the king of jank.
1998’s Sonic Adventure on the Sega Dreamcast was the requisite jump to 3D for speedy 2D platformer mascot Sonic the Hedgehog. The speed was there, but so was a kinda-open world to explore, a fully voice-acted story, and a rocking soundtrack. And also a massive learning curve for Sonic Team in developing and programming a 3D game.
It was popular but an awkward mess, and its updated re-release in 2003 as SADX: Director’s Cut somehow made it even worse. Many of the games that would come after it range from playable-to-abysmal, so it comes as no surprise that going back to Adventure reveals a game that covers that entire spectrum: there are the highs of Sonic and Tails’s awkwardly fun speedy platforming, and then there are the canyons of Big’s fishing nightmares. Having multiple playable characters, all of whom are subject to the nearly-theoretical hit detection, is like a microcosm in itself of how little Sonic Team understood what people enjoyed about Sonic for the next two decades.
Combined with the unintentionally hilarious cutscenes and a remarkably good soundtrack, you get a unique gaming experience that manages to be janky as all hell but still plenty playable all at once.
This is a straightforward, casual playthrough of SADX streamed on YouTube and supported by my Patreon patrons. Returning from my Sonic 06 livestreamed LP are my co-commentators Mugiwara Yoshi and Jiggly Jacob, who are as glad as I am that Adventure is so much more fun than 06. And yes, I played this game to death as a kid, even if not nearly as much as its sequel.
Sonic’s Story
Big’s Story
Tails’ Story
Knuckles’ Story
Amy’s Story
E-102 Gamma’s Story
Super Sonic’s Story
Most fun I’ve had with a casino or pinball.