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Plasma Bomber · #451 Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:54 pm

So among other things, Ragey has uploaded the guidebook for Super Bomberman Panic Bomber W. It has actual art of Space Bomber! This is a little surprising, given that Bomberman Maniax only showed his in-game pixel art despite showing art of the World Bombers.

It also has some text describing him. I figured that I would translate it, but it didn't yield anything that interesting (only the relevant parts are here):

[Collapse] Japanese

正体不明、宇宙に生息する謎のボンバーマン。
こいつこそが悪の元凶であり、最終ボスだ。
その目的は何なのか？
それはエンディングで確かめてほしい。

「Ｂａｇｕｒａ　Ｃａｐｔｉｏｎ］
今までの相手はほんの小手調べだった

「Ｓｐａｃｅ　Ｂｏｍｂｅｒ　Ｃａｐｔｉｏｎ］
ひ弱な外見からは想像のできない強さだ

***

６－２　スペースボンバー

いよいよ最後の決戦。ワールドボンバーズを操っていただけあり、その実力はまさにナンバーワン。
とにかく積むスピードが早く、的確に攻撃してくる。
大連鎖を狙ってこないのが唯一の救いだが、こまめな２、３連鎖による攻撃はそれ以上驚異。
遅れを取らず、素早く消していくこと。

「Ｃａｐｔｉｏｎ］
ワールドボンバーを操っていた最終ボス！！

そして……

スペースボンバーの居城である宇宙ステーションは破壊され、地球に再び平和が訪れた。
ワールドボンバーズたらはそれぞれもとの生活に戻っていく。
ボンバーマンはバカンスへと旅立っていった。
プリティとシャドウの行方は知れなかったが、とにかくめでたし。

「Caption Upper]
爆発する宇宙ステーション。
ボンバーマンはからくも脱出

「Caption Lower]
そして地球には再び平和が帰ってきたのだった

[Collapse] English

A mysterious, unidentified Bomberman who lives in space. He's the real evil culprit, and the final boss. What is his goal? Reach the ending to find out.

[Bagura Caption]
Your opponents up until now were only a warm-up.

[Space Bomber Caption]
Behind his weak appearance hides unimaginable power.

***

6-2 Space Bomber

Finally, it's the decisive battle. He controlled the World Bombers. His skills make him almost number one. Anyway, he attacks by quickly making piles with precision. Your sole salvation is not in making large chains, but by making chains of 2 or 3; any more would be a miracle. You cannot win by delaying. You must clear [Bombermen] quickly.

[Caption]
The final boss who manipulated the World Bombers!!

And so...

Space Bomber's space station lair* is destroyed, and peace once again returns to Earth. The World Bombers each return to their normal lives. Bomberman departs on a vacation. Pretty and Shadow's whereabouts are unknown, but they are fine.

* The word here specifically refers to a lord's residence, like a castle.

「Caption Upper]
The space station explodes. Bomberman barely escapes.

「Caption Lower]
Once again, peace returns to Earth.

So all we really have is:

1) He literally lives in space.

2) He's the one who really controlled the World Bombers, not Bagura. Well, that was already pretty obvious.

3) His lair is specifically called a space station.

4) The ending is described in detail. That stuff was pretty clear in the credits anyway.

If anybody is still wondering and never checked my article on the Wiki, Space Bomber's goal - which the guidebook decides to leave ambiguous - is apparently to either eat the world or its inhabitants (or both?). He uses the word "itadakimasu" which is something people say when they're about to eat something. It's probably an allusion to "To Serve Man".