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Does Bomberman have a lore? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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(Title corrected by a user) I mean, Mappy has a "lore". Dig Dug has a "lore". But I can't seem to find Bomberman lore.

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[–] Grntrenchman@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I own the TurboGrafx 16 version, it was one of my favorite games for it. That was my only console as a child, good times. There is a cutscene at the start, and that's all the lore the manual offers too: https://r.mprd.se/TurboGrafx-16/TG16-PCE/EXTRAS/Manuals/Bomberman%20%28U%29.pdf

Something along the lines of a inventor's daughter being kidnapped by an invention gone evil (black Bomberman), and you are the one who didn't go bad, trying to rescue her (which you do by the end).

I don't have the manual anymore, but it's findable online.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Holy cannoli western cover art strikes again!

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Possibly even more disturbing than the infamous Xbox 360 version.