Topic: IMPRESSIONS: Bombermanland

[Svevan]

Not quite Bomberman.

Bombermanland at E3 was not Bomberman - it was WarioWare, minus fun. Apparently this is a future game, but so far I've only seen one bomb.    

The Bomberman tech demo/filler shown in Nintendo's booth featured three mini-games in the Mario Party, WarioWare tradition. The first was Mountain which had Bomberman holding a machine gun in a stationary position in front of a volcano. The volcano exploded and various lava bits would come towards Bomberman, which he had to shoot. You point with the Wii Remote and hit the A button to fire. This was an uneventful demo.    

The second game was called Pierrot which, interestingly, had Bomberman balancing a bomb on a stick. You had to move the remote left and right to keep the bomb balanced. It was rather fun, but easy to master.    

The third game was the "best." Bomberman rode down a giant pipe on skates; by twisting the Wii Remote, the pipe would rotate, and Bomberman could avoid traps and walls. Jumping with A was occasionally used as well.    

If Bombermanland is just going to feature small mini-games like this, it won't be worth anyone's time. However, I'm betting a real game is in development, and these mini-games are a front for now.