(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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As taken from the European manual:
“Far to the north of BomberMan’s hometown, Peace Town, lies the modern metropolis Diamond City. There, the evil Carat Diamond and his cohort, scientist Dr. Mook, are holding a Robot Tournament with robots specially designed for their combat and offensive capabilities. Hoping to steal BomberMan’s advanced combat capabilities, Diamond has created a fake BomberMan to go to Peace Town and kidnap the real BomberMan. Aware of Diamond’s plot, Black Bomberman heads out alone to face the fake BomberMan. But Black BomberMan is defeated and his castle is taken. Somehow Black BomberMan escapes and seeks refuge with White BomberMan, and warns him of Diamond’s evil plan. Soon, wave upon wave of enemy robots begin their advance toward Peace Town. Now our two heroes must join forces to overthrow the evil Diamond !!”
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.
This video probably illustrates well what game writing was like back in the day.
Got some good laughs, both with the video and with myself trying to guess the games being referenced before their names were given.
