Bomberman
Artwork fromSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
Species	Bomberman
First appearance	Lode Runner (Famicom/NES) (1984, as Runner) Bomber Man (1983,Bomberman franchise) Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (1994,Super Mario-related media)
Latest appearance	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018,Super Mario-related media) Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (Xbox Series X/S) (2025, overall)

Bomberman (also specified asWhite Bomberman orWhite Bomber) is the titular main protagonist of theBomberman series of video games. His first appearance in a game of theSuper Mario franchise isWario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! Bomberman also appears alongsideMario and others in three comics published in the GermanClub Nintendo magazine, as well as inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.

History[edit]

Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman![edit]

Bomberman riding his patrol vehicle,Moto

InWario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!,Wario finds the secret gateway intoBomberland and attempts to plunder its riches and conquer theMadbombers. In the game's campaign, if players choose to play as Bomberman, he fights against Madbombers that look like Wario. If Wario is selected, he fights against Madbombers that look like Bomberman.

Club Nintendo[edit]

"Warios Weihnachtsmärchen"[edit]

Bomberman as seen in theClub Nintendo comic,Warios Weihnachtsmärchen

Bomberman also appeared as a main character in the comic "Warios Weihnachtsmärchen" (a story based onCharles Dickens'A Christmas Carol), published in the GermanClub Nintendo magazine. In this story, he worked as a sales-clerk in Wario'sbomb shop. When he asked his cold-hearted boss for getting days off during Christmas, Wario fired him, resulting in Bomberman not having enough money to buy Christmas presents for his friends. TheGhosts of Christmas, however, made Wario aware of his bad behavior, so in the end of the story he hired Bomberman again. He serves the same role as Bob Cratchit from the book this story is based around.

"Sag niemals Holerö!"[edit]

Once again, Bomberman played a major role in the comic, "Sag niemals Holerö!". This story is about an evilAlien calledHeini who is able and plans to turn the humans onEarth into food by singing the magical song, "Holerö". Mario andTicToc, not knowing about the spell yet but noticing its consequences, were among the few who could resist it, and on their way fromSwitzerland toNew York, they met Bomberman inAustria who was not affected by the spell either. Bomberman introduced himself as "Bombi from Vienna", and decided to join Mario and TicToc in order to solve the mystery jointly. The three of them soon met aToad calledTodojewski who told them about Heini and his plans. He also gave the advice to go to "Taj Mahal", a restaurant inFrankfurt,Germany, so Bomberman and his friends went there. In Taj Mahal, they met a man calledMahgo who told each of the heroes about one special power they had. Bomberman's power was throwing bombs.

Later in the story, the three friends stumbled upon three girls calledNicole, Pia, and Balu, who had not been transformed either. Glad about this meeting, the six of them had dinner together. Balu decided to turn on some music, and Pia made a remark that she should play their "favorite song". In this moment, Bomberman, seeing through the girls' true plans - playing the "Holerö" song and thus turning Bomberman, T.T., and Mario into food -, threw a bomb at them and saved his friends. He made use of his power once again when the three heroes got wise to Heini in the kitchen of theAlte Oper. The Alien was just about to serve the transformed humans to his fellows, when TicToc stopped time, and meanwhile Bomberman threw bombs at the Aliens. Mario rescued the people, so the friends could save the world from evil Heini.

"Freeze Frame"[edit]

Bomberman also appears in theN-Gang comic called "Freeze Frame", where Big B,Yoshi, andDiddy Kong find him andKirby frozen in a solid block of ice.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

SmashWiki article:Bomberman

Bomberman's model fromSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate

Bomberman appears inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate as anAssist Trophy. When summoned, he places bombs that explode and deal damage. Bomberman also appears as a primary, ace, grab-typespirit. The Bomberman spirit battle is againstToon Link on theBattlefield version of theWrecking Crew stage, with the opponent having increased power on explosive and fire attacks, and hostile Bomberman Assist Trophies appearing. The music played in the battle is "Bomb Man Stage", originally from the gameMega Man.

Bomberman is one of the first Assist Trophies from third-party series without any playable fighters from their home series, with the others beingAkira,Rathalos andShovel Knight.

A BombermanMii Brawleroutfit was announced on October 3rd, 2020; it was released October 13th, 2020.

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  Bomberman Assist Trophy in-game

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  Bomberman Mii Brawler

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  Bomberman Mii Brawler

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

Bomberman coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

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External links[edit]

• White Bomberman on Bomberman Wiki

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